Alas, no...it does not ring a bell. My Trotter line is so elusive that I just learned of his Portage County birth a month ago, and I've discovered he had a brother, Hortincho/Horatio and very probably a sister, Jane. I don't even know his parents' names yet. However, if Ruel does show up at any time, I'll be sure to let you know. Good luck in your search, Waynne > >Waynne- >The Trotter message caught my eye. Would you happen to have a Ruel Trotter >show up in your database? All I know from the SSDI is that he was born in >1899 and died in 1985 in KY. He married a G-Aunt, Ruth Caroline Watts. >Since the Watts' had ties in both Ashtabula, Ohio, and Knoxville, >Tennessee, I'm not exactly sure where he was from, and was just wondering >if the name rang a bell. >Regards, >Gregg Watts