Jacob ROTH and family in Benson, Woodford Co., Illinois. I have a business card---"Roth and Gommels, Dealers in General Merchandise, Benson, Illinois". A picture of Jacob Roth on reverse side of card. I have no idea who he is but it is tho't by older cousins in Houston, Texas, that our 2nd grtgrdmother, Augusta Sybille (?) Schmidt may have been a ROTH. She was born in Lauterbach,Kur-Hesse and came with husband Conrad Schmidt and dgt. to Texas in 1846. I also have a picture of him and wife with children. The State of Illinois sent me an extract of the 1880 Census showing Jacob and wife born in Illinois and all their parents born in Prussia. Hopefully you will see some connection here. Children were Louis,1 and Anna 7/12. Christian Roth, Father, 56...born Prussia. Two other children in photo are Martha and Elcie. Please contact: Doris Kirschke Brown kirschke@atlantic.net