Bonnie, Thanks so much for your note! I'm fairly certain that the Imes book in the Historical Society is the one donated by my cousin, Carmen Harleston, the Imes Family Historian, who compiled the genealogy circa 1982. I began helping Carmen with the research in 1998 after my husband learned of his Imes' roots. Since that time I have been able to help coordinate the biennial Imes Family Reunions. We just had a wonderful one in Lewistown this summer. William Imes and the children of John Imes have been an enigma. I've sorta taken them on. I read with interest Tink Miller's reply to my query. I had not considered that the ages given in 1860 Census were wrong. Tink theorizes that the William and his wife gave wrong ages to protect William from Civil War service. I will follow through on his suggestions to check land records and estates/wills in the Franklin County Orphans' Court. After intensive research, I believe we have found one of John Imes' lost children in Ottawa County, Ohio. However the descendants of that person, John W. Imes (JWI), are not ready to acknowledge the connection without DNA testing. Interestingly, they have shared an oral history that JWI was an orphan in PA, that his mother's name was Elizabeth, that he was born near Greencastle and had a brother named Esau! Incredibly, both Esau Imes and JWI mustered in the Civil War at the same location in Wooster, Ohio. I think that's a sufficient connection but I'm trying very hard to find any documentation that will support the blood line. Hence, my note to the Franklin County rootsweb list for help with William and John's children. Do keep me in mind as you come across new databases or think of any other potential resources for me to check. I'm sending a copy of this note to Tink Miller, in case he hasn't checked the PAFRANKL board. Blessings, Carol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bingaman Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 1:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] William IMES Carol, I do know that the Franklin County Historical Society, 175 E. King St., Chambersburg, PA 17201 has a genealogy book on this Imes family. You may want to write to them and ask them to do a look-up in that book. Bonnie Bingaman---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Carol Black" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:10:38 -0400 >Requesting look-up for William IMES, an African-American, who at the >time of the 1860 Census was 65 years old, lived in Mercersburg, >Montgomery Twp, Franklin County, with his wife, Fannie (age 61), three >children: Margaret (age 5), Mary (age 14) and William (age 9) and >another relative, Henry IMES (age 38). > >The family seems to have vanished after 1860, except we were able to >find the wife, Fannie IMES, in the records of a Dietrich Funeral Home, >Greencastle, PA, that were on file in the Franklin County Historical >Society, listing her death in 1862 with the notation, "Mrs. Imes was >wife of William near this place." Thus, William was alive in 1862. > >Ten years earlier, at the time of the 1850 Census, the family lived two >doors from William's brother, John IMES, his wife, Elizabeth, and >children: David (age 10), Mary (age 8), James (age 6), Esau (age 4), >Caroline (age 3) and John (age 1). Tragically, the parents, John and >Elizabeth IMES, both died in 1854-1855 and left seven orphaned children >who most likely were taken in my neighbors. Two eventually made their >way to Oberlin College, became teachers, and subsequently settled in >Mississippi (Esau) and Kansas (Caroline). We have never been able to >discover what happened to William IMES or John IMES' 4 children or >William's 3 children. > >Would appreciate any look-ups for William IMES (1815- after 1862) and >the children by this list and/or suggestions for additional research. > > >Many thanks, > >Carol >Phila., PA > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message