This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: clod85 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.washington/45.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I believe James and Alice from Watertown/Beverly had a son John and John had a son-Perley and daughter- Bertha others. I am a descendant of Perley. Our family gossip of John is that he killed his wife in England and then was a stole away on a ship to America. I know this to not be true since his family was here already. My elderly uncle said that John used to hang out with an Indian woman named Bebe and that John repaired boats on the Ohio river. He remembers meeting Bebe as a kid. He thinks that maybe John just did not want to pay taxes so he did not have an address-living on a houseboat. I do find John in several censuses with his wife Isabell Angle. My grandmother wrote a poem about her father Perley learning how to play the fiddle and his "farmer Father" catching him learning how to play it when he wasn't even suppose to touch it. My grandmother was one of the most positive influential persons in my life. She had a rough beginning but led a good life and raised 2 boys. ! I think that by looking at pictures of my gt grandfather and his father John, there was a lot of alcholism. I would like to at least get some of the story straight on John. Everybody has skeletons in their closets even if they seem a little "Fishy" Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.