In a message dated 4/7/01 10:01:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, PALAWREN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > X-Message: #1 > Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 00:31:24 -0700 > From: "Dick & Pam" <pangandy13@home.com> > To: PALAWREN-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <019601c0bf34$c06939a0$e2f90c18@KELLOGG1.ID.HOME.COM> > Subject: Sample Family > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > > We are looking on any records of Alvin? Alvan? Alvah? E. Sample or Semple > who was born in PA 1840 and raised in New Castle, PA. We have no idea who > his parents or siblings were, but the name Elon Sample has been passed on > generation after generation/ if this helps. Alvin married in Brockford or > Brockport, NY, then they farmed in Illinois and headed West in 1870's to > Kansas where they homesteaded a farm in Lyons, Kansas where Elon A Sample > and his other children were raised and continued on the farm and all buried > in a Cemetary in Lyons, Kansas. We have the family names after Alvin > married, but none of his immediate family. We feel he was born in or near > New Castle. Thanks, Richard Charles Sample > Richard Charles Sample > > Some assorted info that came up on a search of your name. Try the census on <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/PA/index.htm">Mercer County Genealogy</A>. I added a little info on the 1860 below. Terry Database: AIS Mortality Schedules Index Combined Matches: 1 Year Surname Given Name(s) County State Age Sex Month of Death State of Birth Cause of Death Occupation ID# 1850 SAMPLE ELON A. LAWRENCE CO. PA 07 M AUG PA CONCUSSION NONE LISTED MRT43_4699 1850 SAMPLE ELIZABETH MERCER CO. PA 31 F JUN OH MEASLES NONE LISTED MRT43_1719 1860 SAMPLE L.S. MERCER CO. PA 1M F JAN PA ERYSIPELAS NONE LISTED MRT317_20234 looks like a double entry 1870 SAMPLE ADDA MERCER CO. PA 2 F MAR PA WHOOPG CGH NONE LISTED MRT197_288562 1870 SAMPLE ADDA MERCER CO. PA 2 F MAR PA WHOOPG CGH NONE LISTED MRT197_288563 Sample, Samuel PA LAWRENCE CO. TAYLOR TWP 476 1860 ae 75 Ester 74 b. pa Sample, Sidney PA LAWRENCE CO. POLLOCK TWP 304 1860 this page is the jail. (sidney 12 and lewis 11) Sample, Sidney C. PA LAWRENCE CO. NORTH BEAVER 205 1860 age 11 living with McConollep Semple, Ann PA LAWRENCE CO. NEWCASTLE BOROUGH 184 1860 age 82, Martha 35, Nancy 28 Semple, Lidy PA LAWRENCE CO. HICKORY TWP 047 1860 age 65. Sarah Smith 16 servant Semple, Thomas PA LAWRENCE CO. TAYLOR TWP 469 1860 age 70, Margot 67, and others