During one of my recent forays into looking for where Thomas F. Renshaw was buried (he owned property near Hardin in both Allamakee and Clayton County, Iowa), I found the following record in a Rootsweb file. Hardin Cemetery, Franklin Township, Allamakee County, Iowa (.75 miles north of Clayton County line): Renshaw, Easom J. b. 1874 June 9 d. 1876 August 9 Renshaw, Ella M. b. 1867 May 3 d. 1868 April 8 daughter of ME & LA Renshaw. I can't find any Renshaws in my files for the descendants of James & Araminta Renshaw with the initials ME. However, I do have a Marshall Pierce Renshaw (son of Thomas F.) married to a Laura A. (last name unknown). He would have been 20 when Ella Renshaw was born. Could these have been his children? Does anyone have a reference to a M.E. Renshaw living in this area during this time frame? Any help would be appreciated. Victoria L. Klehn -----Original Message----- From: mylhasa <mylhasa@softcom.net> To: RENSHAW-L@rootsweb.com <RENSHAW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 12:32 PM Subject: [RENSHAW-L] James & Catherine Renshaw,Fayette co., PA >Hi Eleanor, > >This morning I was reading through the will of Jonathan GALLEY, which I had >printed out when doing a search for RENSHAW'S in the USGenWeb Archives.The >heading is Wills: Jonathan GALLEY, 1852: German Twp., Fayette Co.,PA. > >I am posting this to the list rather than to directly to you, on the off >chance some one else may see a connection. However I think these are good >candidates for your line. > >Jonathan GALLEY was apparently a rather wealthy coal miner. Half way through >the will he lists his eight daughters. Catherine being one of them, he >states she intermarried James RENSHAW. Based on the time frame stated in the >beginning of the referenced will, I am wondering if this could be the >youngest son, of your James & Aramintha RENSHAW, who you have in your file >as being born after 1814. Later on in the will he makes this declaration. > >"Seventh I will and devise, to my daughter Catherine RENSHAW, the tract of >land in Nicholson Township, Fayette Co., which she now occupies, containing >sixteen acres more or less and after her death to her two daughters, Mary >Ann, intermarried with George WIEGLE and Carrie L. SCHNATTERLY intermarried >with John SCHNATTERLY in fee simple to them their heirs and assigns." > >The will is dated Oct 4,1899 >>From will book 11, p.325 1900 > >The beginning date preceding the will and the actual date of will was >signed, is quite a span but, this particular version may have been an update >to the original will written in 1852, think one would need to see the will >book. > >Looking forward to your thoughts on this, >Gwen Maurer > > >==== RENSHAW Mailing List ==== >For those subscribed in digest form, the procedure is the same as above. Send unsubcribe message to RENSHAW-D-request@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >