This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Atwood/Pierce/Ralston/Streevey/Koch/Rinehart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VZB.2ACI/207.1 Message Board Post: Diana, My gggrandfather, William Koch (possibly William Robert Koch) b. abt 1815 in Saxony-Weymer came to U.S. between 1851-1855. Wife was Mary Sheridan, born in Prussia abt 1822. Settled in Ross Co., Huntington Twp. Listed in 1870 census with six children. August shown as the oldest being age 19 born in Sax Wegmer, Robert, 15 born Ohio, William , 11 born Ohio, Matilda, 9 born Ohio, Frederick, 5 born Ohio, Mary (my ggrandmother) 3 born Ohio, and John 5/12 born Ohio. August: 19