I've been surfing through Belmont co, Ohio newspaper obits for , I believe it was 1856-60, looking for that elusive Elisha Newlin, and ran cross a couple of folks that might be the 'long losts' someone has been wondering about. Aug, 1856 John Mechem, 83, died Washington two, arrived in Ohio 1804 and was a Friend. Margaret and Philip Ward arrived from Chester Co, with 5 children, in 1813..... Sounds like she married out. (About every 4th or 5th person died with ''consumption' and many, many from typhoid..... Sandra Sent from Sandra's iPod ????