This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DYB.2ACE/1343.1 Message Board Post: Well if you really want to know, I'll tell you what Lester was about in 1880. His dad, William A., was 27, worked in a coal mine, and was from KY but living at Zaleski in Vinton Co. OH. His parents were from VA. His wife Mary E is 24, born in OH, but her parents were also from VA. The children were Irean 5, Lester 4, and Paulina 2. They are the only Venters in that town. Over at Madison in Jackson County is an interesting family; the wife may be a relative but not his mother as we shall see - his mother is from VA but this lady KY as were both her parents. A Larkin HENSON 72, farmer, born KY from NC parents is married to Elizabeth age 52. They have children Joseph F 11 and Maud who is 9. There are also VENTERS stepchildren John H 19 born in OH so they have been around that long in OH and Mahala, 24, KY. One other household in the state that year seems to also have a VENTERS stepchild. At Elizabeth in Lawrence County is another miner, James WALTON 30, OH, married with Mary born WV but both her parents are born VA, so *maybe* William's sister or widow/ex of a brother of his.Their children are Daisy 3, Willard 2 - and May VENTERS, 8, born OH. That's the lot.