This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reynolds, Moore, Waterman, Pease, Cooley/Coley, Chapin, Prudden, Sumner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TJDBAIB/1259.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have Flora on the 1860 CT Federal census in Hartford. Flora's father, Edward, and at least two of his brothers, fought in the Civil War. Two of his brothers fought & died in the Civil War. His brother, Walter, survived Andersonville, but died in a Florence, SC prison thereafter. There is a gravestone for him in the Palisado Cemetery in Windsor, CT, but he probably is not buried there. I have no dates other than that, to gauge. If I estimated his birth date, it would probably be 1830 to 1840. Edward's parents MAY have been Asa & Electa and estimated birth dates on them would probably be about 1810 to 1820?? They had many children, including Edward, his brothers & sisters. Other than that, from family information & their research (ongoing), Asa's mother may have been Mehitable or Mehitabel (surname unknown), estimated birth date of 1790 to 1800?? The railroad could be a connecting issue, and where it was running at the time. I'm not sure of the time frame of when th! e various lines began, but Edward was supposedly a baggage master. I know nothing of Flora's husband, James Moore, other than his name. From that generation downward, I have fairly precise information, as they are direct lineage, most of which I used for DAR membership. They are mostly Waterman & Pease, but The Cooley family intermarried into both families, I believe. Samuel Cooley/Coley and Ann Prudden were my 10th GGrandparents. Abilenah Cooley/Coley, their daughter, was my 9th GGrandmother, and she married Japhet Chapin. I also have more information on those families. I'm transcribing some local cemeteries, and have many Reynold stones that I want to, hopefully, tie in. I saw many Sumner graves in Windham, CT today, and they were also a very prestigious name in Bolton, CT. I could get photos of those for you. I have limited personal knowledge of that family. Does any of this information help you?