HELLO COUSINS, AND FELLOW GENEALOGY FOLKS: PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING LINEAGE AND LET ME KNOW IF ANYONE OF YOU CAN SHED SOME LIGHT MY BALLINGER/CARTER MYSTERY: JACOB BALLINGER: �B. 1833, WARREN, OHIO D. IN 1885 ((BURIED IN MCLEAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS) SERVED IN THE 40TH OHIO INFANTRY CO. D JACOB BALLINGER MARRIED TO: MARY E. ? ? B.1843 IN N.J. D. 1897� (BURIED IN MCLEAN COUNTY, IL.) 1880 CENSUS- ILLINOIS JACOB & MARY ARE LIVING IN CHENOA, IL. OFFSPRING: (NONE ALL ADOPTED JOHN (N.)OR (M.)� CARTER �STEP-SON B. 1862 (IN ILLINOIS) MINNIE C. (ADOPTED DAUGHTER) B. 1877 (IN ILLINOIS ?) JACOB BALLINGER, AFTER THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES� TRAVELED TO ILLINOIS (OTHER FAMILIES FROM THE OHIO VALLEY AREA). JOHN N./M. CARTER IN THE 1900 CENSUS IS IN W.VA, AND HAS CHANGED HIS NAME TO JOHN CARTER. INTERESTING TO FIND THAT AFTER 137 YEARS, YOUR GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS IN REALITY A CARTER AND NOT A BALLINGER CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHO WAS JOHN CARTER'S FATHER ? (KILLED IN THE CIVIL WAR??) WHAT WAS MARY E.'S LAST NAME ? � IF ANYONE CAN ADD OR ADVISE FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANKS ED BALLINGER