Rick, In the 1850 Census for Ohio, Meigs county, Bedford Township, I found: Samuel Kirkendall, age 35, farmer, born PA, owns real estate Mary Kirkendall, age 32, born VA Sarah Kirkendall, age 7, born PA Elizabeth Kirkendall, age 3, born PA Milo Kirkendall, age 1, born PA Looks like husband, wife and 3 children. The childrens' names and ages match up with Sarah, Elizabeth and Miles Swearingen from your 1860 Census. Perhaps they were the nieces and nephew of Henry Swearingen. Swearingen and Kirkendall-Kirkendoll-Kuykendahl, etc. are old, common names in SW PA. Emailed census directly to you. - Wilberta -----Original Message----- From: RWilson7@aol.com To: PAWASHIN@rootsweb.com; PAFAYETT@rootsweb.com; PAGREENE@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, Jun 29, 2009 4:44 pm Subject: [PAGRE] Missing SWEARINGEN (Clarification) [Clarification of my previous email: The census information of the Swearingens are from 1860 rather than 1850 as I had previously posted. This is corrected below. Thanks.] Has anyone run across this Swearingen family? I have communicated this information previously but have new information / theory that I'm hoping someone can help me solve the puzzle. I found the children living in Meigs County Ohio in 1860 and all were suspected to be from southwestern PA. I cannot find them in the 1850 census in SW Penn or anywhere else for that matter. I suspect they are all siblings (with the exception of Henry's wife) as Henry is too young to be the father of most of the children. I am assuming that perhaps their parents just died and the family moved to Meigs as many of the people of SW Penn did. Does this family appear familiar to anyone? 1860 - Ohio, Meigs County, Bedford Twp SWEARINGEN, Henry D. born 1832 PA -Mary (wife of Henry), b. 1821 PA -Sarah (sister of Henry), b. 1844 PA -Elizabeth (sister of Henry), b. 1847 PA -Miles (brother of Henry), b. 1849 PA -Samuel (brother of Henry), b. 1851 PA -Mary (sister of Henry), b. 1853 PA -Cyrus H. (brother of Henry), b. 1855 PA Henry and Mary are then found in Meigs in 1870 with a child Florence (b. 1861 OH). Henry's sister Mary marries Edward Shumway in 1874. No other information is known. Thanks, Rick Wilson New York, NY _rwilson7@aol.com_ (mailto:rwilson7@aol.com) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message