A lady I know is in possession of a blank book in which appears to have belonged to a girl named Susan in the 1840's, probably Susan H. FURNISH or DUVALL, and later in possession of a WILLIAMS family around 1900. It has poems in it addressed "To Susan," many of them written in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at places such as Jersey Shore, Pine Creek, Hall, The poem is in an autograph book that says some names in it from Sanders, Kentucky, and a lot of material was written into the book in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, with places like Jersey Shore, Pine Creek, Williamsport, and Mill Hall, which is in nearby Clinton County, Pennsylvania. This book was previously owned by a daughter-in-law of Alice Williams GRIFFITH, who died in 1989 at age 102. She was the daughter of J. Newton WILLIAMS and Elizabeth RESSLER, who married in Gallatin County, KY in 1868. We suspect that Elizabeth was the daughter of Charley RISLER, who is buried next to Susan RISLER (1821-1828) in the Ghent, KY Cemetery. Perhaps Susan owned the book, and perhaps Susan was a Furnish. We have not been able to find a marriage record for Charley Risler to Susan _____. We find very little about Rislers or Resslers in the Gallatin - Carroll County area, but there are Resslers to be found in Pennsylvania. One of the poems in the book was signed by Priscilla HAMILTON, Pine Creek, Aug 28 1840. I found on the LDS site a Priscilla Hamilton, born May 21 1807 in Lycoming County, PA, daughter of Robert HAMILTON and Anna JACKSON. One notion is that Susan came from Lycoming County, or was visiting relatives there, or perhaps she was sent to school there. Would like any comments. Does anyone know of schools for young ladies in the county around 1840? Bill Davis [email protected] **************************************************************** * * * Fax (978)334-7850 * P.O. Box 337 * Ghent * KY * 41045 * * * ****************************************************************