To Janet Williams Jkw5935@aol.com and others researching BAUGHMAN and FLICKENGER in Crawford County. Here are the references to these surnames I found in the "History of Crawford County, PA, 1885." On pages 864 and 865 in the Biographical Sketch section for Fairfield Township: "Joseph H. Dickson, farmer, PO Cochranton, was born August 10, 1832, in this township, and is a son of George and Rachel (McQuiston) Dickson. The father was a native of Fairfield Township, this county, where he lived all his life, dying March 1, 1845; the mother, after the decease of Mr. Dickson, married John Crouch, with whom she now resides on the old homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Dickson had a family of eleven children, of whom five are now living. Our subject was married, December 23, 1858, to Mary E., daughter of Johnson and Eliza A. (Larimer) Birch. They have one daughter - Nettie, who was married, May 30, 1883, to Andrew J. BAUGHMAN, and one son, George, deceased aged fourteen months. Mrs. Dickson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Dickson is a Democrat, and has held the offices of Collector, Constable, and Judge of Elections." On pages 897 and 898, in the Bio Sketch section for Mead Township: "O.G. Lake, farmer, PO Meadville, was born in Chautauqua County, N.Y., December 2, 1833, and is a son of Calvin and Elizabeth (Goodsell) Lake, natives of New York and of French, German and English descent. Calvin Lake was a farmer; came to this county in 1833, and raised a family of three sons and three daughters, of whom our subject is the eldest. He was early set to learn carpentering and has also worked in saw-mills. He is a natural mechanic and has traveled considerably, thereby improving his skill in that line. He settled on a farm in 1862, and the same year he was married to Catharine, daughter of John Cole, a farmer of Cussewago Township. Their children were - Mary Ellen (Mrs. John FLICKINGER), John (deceased), Mark Parker (at home on the farm), George L., Luke J., Mina E., Emma C., Matthew H. and James K. During the late war our subject enlisted and served three months in the first three requisitions under John W. McLane, Colonel in the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He owns the farm of fifty-three and a half acres on which he resides, and has made what he has by his own exertions. He went into the oil business when it was booming, and, to use his own expression, he came out "busted," but he was not the man to give up the battle of life. For several years he was a resident of Erie County, Penn., living on the farm which he exchanged for the one he now owns. In politics Mr. Lake has been a Greenbacker since 1876." On page 1125, in the Bio Sketch section for Vernon Township: "John Brown, farmer, PO Evansburg, was born December 19, 1812, in that portion of Vernon Township which was then included in that of Sadsbury Township. His parents, Peter and Catherine (Trace) Brown, natives of Berks County, Penn., came in 1802 to what is now Vernon Township, and reared a family of eleven children, three of whom survive: Gabriel, Gideon and John. Our subject was married April 8, 1851, to Catherine, daughter of Jacob FLICKINGER, by whom he has four children, three surviving: Mary A. (Mrs. H. Lupher, has three children: Alice K., George B. and Ella A.), Samantha A. (Mrs. Oliver Brayton, has two children: Jessie K. and William John), and Rebecca A. Our subject is one of the oldest settlers in the township. He is in comfortable circumstances, owning a well-improved farm of ninety-six acres. He is a member of the German Reformed Church." On page 1128, in the same section: "William E. FLICKINGER, farmer, PO Meadville, was born May 15, 1860, in this township, and is son of Mathias and Christiann (BAUGHMAN) FLICKINGER, natives of this county. Matthias FLICKINGER, who is deceased, was a prominent early settler and careful farmer of Vernon Township, located near the center of the southern portion. He had five children: Alice, Cyrus (deceased when young), Katie (who married a Mr. Zimmer and died, leaving one child, Willie), William E. (our subject) and Ella. Our subject is a promising young man, and has charge of the finely-improved farm of seventy-five acres, belonging to his mother. He is a Republican in politics." That's all on those two surnames - hope it helped! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net