Linda, There are seven counties in PA that have townships named Center, but Union is not one of them. Snyder Co., which was taken off of Union Co. in 1855, has a Center Twp., but that area came from portions of Penn and Beaver Townships. I do not think Union Co. ever had a Center Twp. Since you have the old English spelling Centre, it is most likely your "Centre, PA" refers to Centre County, which lies in the center of the state and has Bellefonte as its county seat. I realize this enlarges the area for your research, but at least I think it puts you in the right area of PA for your research. Since he married a girl from Mifflin Co. and Mifflin Co. adjoins Centre Co. on the southeast, I would suggest you begin looking in the southeast quadrant of Centre Co. for your Hartley family. With "three little ones" left at home when John died in Andersonville Prison, I question your remark that John "promptly died" there after his marriage! I think you should look for a marriage date at least a couple of years prior to 1860, which suggests John may have been born earlier than 1842. Nelson /////////////////////////////////// > I have a John Hartley, born about 1842 in Centre, PA. I know this isn't > much to go on, but I'm hoping this meant Centre Twp. He married Sarah > Sabina Cupples of Mifflin County and promptly died in Andersonville > Prison during the Civil War leaving three little ones. Does anyone lay > claim to any Hartley's in this county? Any help at all would help, if > only to cross Union County from my list of possibles. > Thanks. > Linda