Les, Hi and thanks for the reply. BRANSTETTER is one of those names where there is no agreed upon correct spelling. I descend from John BRANSTETTER (various spellings) via his son Henry. I don't have any of my own info, but this database puts it in the ballpark http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lazzers&id=I03376 Branstetter Family Tree Entries: 18568    Updated: Mon Sep 22 16:31:06 2003    Contact: Carl Chaney Branstetter, Jr    Home Page: Branstetter Home Place ------------------------------------------------- * ID: I03376 * Name: John Branstetter * Sex: M * ALIA: John /Branstiter/ * Birth: 6 AUG 1804 in Lehigh Co., PA * Death: 10 FEB 1884 in Allen Co., OH Father: Daniel Branstetter b: 1781 in Heidelberg Twp, Lehigh, PA Mother: Christina Bowman Marriage 1 Anna Cox * Married: in Allen Co., OH * Married: in ,Allen Co, Ohio, USA Marriage 2 Eliza Band * Married: in ,Allen Co, Ohio, USA Marriage 3 Effie Hardesty * Married: 4 APR 1828 in Champaign Co., OH * Married: 3 APR 1828 in ,Champaign Co, Ohio, USA Children 1. Eligah Branstitter 2. Rebecca Branstitter 3. William Branstitter 4. Louisa Branstitter b: 9 DEC 1830 5. Charles Marion Branstitter b: 11 DEC 1831 6. Elizabeth Branstitter b: ABT. 1832 7. Henry Branstitter b: 10 MAY 1839 8. Caroline Mahala Branstetter b: 15 DEC 1841 in ,,Ohio, USA 9. John Wesley Branstetter b: 30 JUN 1849 in ,,Ohio, USA This one, too. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kennethkoch&id=I8 28 SHOCKEY is just one of the names I am interested in. Looks like John spent his last days with his daughter's family. She appears to have died within two or three years of his death. Brandy