Chris, Thanks very much for the offer. I have the location of Charlotte Giddings's and son Darwin's headstones from a transcription that includes info from the Western Reserve Historical Society's survey from the twenties or thirties. I think I've found the stone (I live in Kent). It's in rough shape, but I think a rubbing or strong raking light might bring out what's left of the lettering. It looks like someone has adopted the stone. (My wife and I have adopted Thomas and Dorothy White in the same cemetery. First Giddings (not a relative, by the way), then the Whites lived in our house in Kent.) I wonder, does Pioneer Cemetery allow rubbings? Thanks for the Giddings tips, too. I think the Wisconsin Giddings was living there before my Giddings left Kent, unless some of the Wisconsin local history I've seen has incorrect dates. Maybe I'll take another look. There was a James Giddings who was active in Franklin Township politics around 1840, and who co-owned land in Streetsboro with David Giddings--maybe brothers--but I haven't been able to find any genealogical info about James, either. Speaking of Portage County cemeteries, have you seen what's being done at Streetsboro center cemetery? The road is being widened to within about 8 feet of the headstones! Thanks again! See ya around the graveyard! Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: <OHCemeteries@aol.com> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] David Giddings, Franklin Mills > Jeff, > > I've transcribed what I could read of the Stow Street Cemetery (now called > Pioneer Cemetery). You can find the transcription here: > > <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ohiocem/pioneercem.htm">http: //freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ohiocem/pioneercem.htm</A> > > I do not see any Barton's or Giddings in the list, but so many of them were > unreadable, and I could only read sections, if anything at all. Take a look and > if you see anything that looks like it might belong to your ancestors, let me > know and I'll be happy to go take pictures, etc. I live just down the road > from the cemetery (in fact that was the first cemetery I ever transcribed!). > > I found 2 David Giddings in the 1880 census: > Columns are: Name, Age, Est. birthdate, birthplace, relation to > head-of-house, marital, race, gender, City. > <A HREF="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?&gsfn=david&gsln=giddings&s x=&f5=&f4=&f7=&f14=&f21=&db=1880usfedcen&ti=0&hc=&prox=1&submit.x=48&submit. y=11&gss=angs&indiv=1&fh=7">David GIDDINGS</A> 70 <1810> Massachusetts Other Single White Male > Austin, Mower, MN > <A HREF="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?&gsfn=david&gsln=giddings&s x=&f5=&f4=&f7=&f14=&f21=&db=1880usfedcen&ti=0&hc=&prox=1&submit.x=48&submit. y=11&gss=angs&indiv=1&fh=8">David GIDDINGS</A> 71 <1809> Massachusetts Self Married White Male > Empire, Fond Du Lac, WI > > Don't know if either of these are your David, but they might be worth looking > into, depending on how old he was when he married Charlotte. > > There's also a David Giddings in Montgomery County, Jackson Twp., OH in the > 1850 census. > > I can do some more looking on Ancestry if you're interested. > > Good luck! > Chris > > > In a message dated 7/11/2003 10:52:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, > af369@acorn.net writes: > > > I'm looking for info about David Giddings, who lived in Franklin Mills, > > upper village, between about 1837 and 1840. He married Charlotte Barton on > > 29 Nov 1835 in Portage County. Charlotte was born 27 Sep 1807 in Mansfield, > > Tolland, CT. Charlotte's father, Elkanah Barton, died in CT in 1829, and her > > mother, Ann Starkweather, seems to have died in the early thirties. > > Charlotte had a brother, Horace Barton (married Belinda Gore in 1835), who > > was in Streetsboro in the mid thirties (and witnessed Charlotte's will in > > 1840), and a sister, Laura Barton (married Rufus E. Beman), who seems to > > have been in Franklin Mills in 1840. Charlotte, ill after the birth of a > > child, Darwin Barton Giddings, died 28 Jan 1840. Darwin died 23 Mar 1840, > > aged 2 months. Both were buried in Stow Street Cemetery. > > > > In 1840, after the deaths of his wife and child, David Giddings sold his > > house. Apparently he left Portage County. Any information or clues as to > > where he came from and where he went will be greatly appreciated! > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > Uh-Oh!!! <----- Missed or deleted a post that might put a crack in > your wall? Remember, day & night, the RootsWeb Archives are usually > open to browse or search. Go to: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ . > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >