Chris Thank you so much! Yes, it does help a lot and appreciate you taking the time to send this to me. I am now wondering if Elisha Carrier was related in some way to the other Carrier family that was there. I will have to check out the town of Kent as well -thanks again, you've given me some good leads. Jan > Don't know if this helps at all, but I've transcribed the stones that could > > be read at West Lawn Cemetery in Brimfield, and there are 6 Carrier's in > that > cemetery. One was killed in the Civil War and is actually interred in > Knoxville > TN. Another has a GAR marker at his stone. > > Most of the settlers of Kent and Brimfield were from Connecticut, and this > area was known as the Connecticut Western Reserve. I'll see what I can dig > up > about that for you. >