Nancy and Elizabeth Drake were sisters and they married the Custer brothers, Amos and Joseph Custer, II. Their father, Henry Drake, apparently died between 1850-1860. A "J." Custer had land next to Amos on the plat map. Who is the "J" Custer on the map. Section 72. Also, who is William Carns? Isaac Carns, age 66 years, deaf, was living with Amos Custer in 1860. He was living with the Elizabeth Honey (43 years of age) family in 1850, deaf. On the Federal Census, Brookfield Township, Trumbull Co., 1st June 1850, Dwelling 224, Family 230, he was a farmer and couldn't write. 60 years of age on that census. On the 1860 Federal Census: Dwelling 340, Family 333:Pg.44, it just said he was deaf. Can he possibly be a relative of the family? Elizabeth Carnes m. George Snyder. They had a daughter, Margaret that m. John Asa Arthurholt. Are the Arthurholt's related to the Custer family? John Arthurholt was an appraiser on the Joseph Custer Intestate record. John Arthurholt arrived from the east in 1825. Along with Arthurholt, were his three sons, Eli, Asa, and Daniel who obtained tracts of land adjoining each other. Others of the Arthurholt and Lafferty famiies were buried in the plot during a span of nearly a hundred years. Most passed away at early ages which seemed to be a trait of both families. Last known burial in the Arthurholt cemetery was John Arthurholt in 1926. Joseph Custer also appears for the first that I know of 22 Dec 1825, when Samuel E. Custer was b. in Hartford Twp. They moved to Burgh Hill 1826. Norma Rice 12929 16 Mile Road Rodney, MI 49342 nbrice@!net-port.com