Here's more explanation of the last mail: I'm comparing the Pyle book to the newspaper articles I copied from the Washington Co. History at the library. The William that Jane has listed as born in 1791 and married Mary Barlow 1st, then Elizabeth Slayton 2nd - IS the WILLIAM that this Washington Co. Newspaper article says married Mary Jones of Polly Jones or Janes in 1801! The newspaper article lists all of the same siblings, gives all of the siblings' spouses and marriage dates that Jane has in the book. The only thing different about the family in both sources is the marriage of William to Mary or Polly in 1801! So, DID the author of the article pick up a marriage of ANOTHER WILLIAM, and assume it was this family? It MAY be that the William who married Mary Jones in 1801 is from the family of William b. 1761 or his brother Thomas. Jane gives the children of Richard, the other brother, this newspaper article does not. One of the main reasons I discarded this William the last time, was because this article says that William was administrator of his father's estate in the 1820's and our William would have already been in Ohio. But if the William who married in 1801 was the son of William who was b. 1761, who this article says died in November 1807, but the will names only his wife, and reference to many children unnamed - then this could still be our William! Or if the William who married in 1801 was a son of Thomas, this could still be our William. Rachel -- Find out more at: http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer Wohleben Family Online Reunion -- http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer/wohleben/index.html Auglaize Co. OH GENWEB Coordinator -- http://www.genweb.brightusa.net/index.html Pickaway Co. OH GENWEB Coordinator -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohpickaw/index.html