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&sx=&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&sx=&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 >