Hello Subscribers, I know this is such a long-shot that it's laughable, but if there is anyplace to throw out this query, it's here. I am looking for a MYERS family that had sons, Charles, born before 1825, and son John, born 1825, somewhere in PA. Parents would be desceased by 1839. I have no idea of what county. Thought it worth mentioning, if anyone has this surname in their family history, and may have some information on parents who would have left orphans, I would love to hear. My g-g-grandfather John Myers was 13 years old when he and his older brother Charles MYERS left Pennsylvania as orphans and became hands on a coal boat coming down the Ohio. The boat put in at North Bend, Ohio, few miles downstream from Cincinnati, for supplies, and crew split up. John caught sight of a burial procession for Carter Bassett Harrison, the son of William Henry. He was separated from his brother and did not make it back to the boat in time. He was given the job of waterboy for the workers who were building the canal through North Bend. General Harrison's only surviving son, John Scott Harrison, father of Benjamin, noticed the boy while visiting the construction and asked him if he would like to come to his farm to live and work. John eventually married a young girl, Anna Bevens who was a nursemaid for the Harrison children. They had eight children and remained on the Harrison estate throughout their lives. It isn't known if the brothers ever saw each other again. Great family story, but I have found no clue as to where they came from. Family tradition and census state Pennsylvania. Thought I'd start with the "Dutch country." Karen Klaene, Cincinnati <benklaene@compuserve.com>