Hi Debbie, Thanks for the information. I think you are spot on here. Joseph Reckard is listed in the 1850 census for Washington Co. A Solomon Reckard is listed in Lawrence Co., where Sophronia was living in 1850. Not proof positive but it is starting to fit together. John Welsh I don't know if this is of any help, but could it be a possible that Sophronia's family lived in Washington Co.? I found this in the History of Washington County, Ohio 1788-1881 by H. Z. Williams pge. 737 In 1811, Joseph Leonard Reckard emigrated to Marietta township from Massachusetts, where he was born in 1795. He engaged in the blacksmith trade and the manufacture of axes. In 1816, he married Delilah Jennings, born in Pennsylbania in 1798. Six of their eleven children are living. Mr. Reckard opened the first livery stable in Marietta, in which business he continued until his death, which occured in 1870. His son, Joseph L. Reckard, who continued the business, was born in 1839; he married Mary E. Morse, who was born in 1839. They have two children. Debbie Noland Nitsche Diamonddeb@comcast.net __________________________________________________________________ New! Unlimited Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need.