Blair County was not established before about 1842 when the Pennsylvania RR started to build the RR across Pennsylvania and built the Horseshoe Curve over the Allegheny mountains from Altoona [which was established for the purpose] and was finished about 1854. Before about 1842 or so, Huntingdon included Blair County. The Atlas for the two counties is a joint one. Before 1804, when Cambria and Clearfield Counties were established, the northern Cambria area and southern Clearfield area were listed as Frankstown Township, Huntingdon County. This is where you will find the Census listing for 1790 and 1800 for those areas. The area around Loretto in those years is Allegheny Township, Huntingdon County. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Baker, Perry L <Perry.Baker@delta.com> To: 'bdjlk@roadrunner.com' <bdjlk@roadrunner.com>; 'JCTripp' <jctripp@charter.net>; 'pjohn685@comcast.net' <pjohn685@comcast.net>; 'Cambria Co. PACAMBRIA' <PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com>; 'michael.mertle@comcast.net' <michael.mertle@comcast.net> Sent: Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:41 pm Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Riffle research help! Here are some more clues linking some of these families together. More census data on a neighboring Hugh shows that in 1840 a Hugh was living in Fell township Huntingdon which I believe should be Tell township in the same area that the other Hugh came from. They could potentially be cousins - no proof to this, but multiple McMullen/in families were living in the area of Bedford and Huntingdon. The other Hugh that married Catherine had moved to Clearfield TWP Cambria County by 1840. By the census record below this other Hugh married Mary between 1840 and 1850. Now more Riffle links: From the Loretto Souvenir book I know that Jacob Riffle and Catherine Conolly were married in 1817 in St. Michaels. They had a daughter Mary shortly after marriage. They had a son HUGH who was born in 1822 and died in 1823 in Bedford County PA. I'd be curious to see who baby Hugh Riffle's baptismal parents were. This Jacob Riffle is the son of Barnabas Sr. and Margaret Diffendahl. John the Hatter is the son of George James Riffle. Barnabas Sr. and George James are brothers - sons of Matthias. Therefore Jacob who married Catherine Conolly and lived in Bedford County is the first cousin of John the Hatter who relocated from Northumberland to Loretto. The areas where the Riffle's were living in Bedford and the McMullens in Tell Township Huntingdon are not that far apart. Hugh McMullen Age: 46 Birth Year: abt 1804 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1850: Allegheny, Blair, Pennsylvania Gender: Male Family Number: 165 Household Members: Name Age Hugh McMullen 46 Mary McMullen 33 Hugh Mcmullen Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Fell, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1 Total Free White Persons: 1 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 1 I have not researched James M. from Maryland other than to see some newspaper clips showing his name listed in political positions. I'm surprised by the obit stating he came from Maryland to this county with his parents when he was quite young. The first Riffle I recall seeing in Cambria census data is John the Hatters family and they clearly came from Northumberland PA. Perhaps the obit mistook Northumberland for Cumberland MD? Based on his obit age he would have been 13 years old in 1832 when John the Hatter arrived in Loretto from Northumberland. As always I appreciate any and all the insight. Thanks for following my saga. Perry - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: http://www.camgenpa.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message