Dear listers, I was at the library today looking for clues to my brick wall, Thomas N. Stanton and finally was able to locate a reference to a Thomas old enough to be him and living in Guernsey Co., OH where he was know to reside before his sons were sent to the Newark Poor House. He shows up in the 1850 Ohio census for Guernsey Co., Somerset Twp. as living with Enoch and Mary Stanton. This Thomas is probably their son but is listed as a labourer as he was 22 at the time and most adult males professions were listed. Enoch, a farmer, was previously from RI so is not directly connected with the NC Stantons of adjacent Belmont and Jefferson counties although he is probably connected farther back as those Stantons were originally from RI before moving to NC and then to OH. Listed in Enoch (60) and Mary (60) Stanton's household was a daughter, Ruthannah (21) an Elizabeth Johnson (6) and a Charlotte South (25) also from RI and her daughter Mary F. South (2). I would appreciate anyone recognizing this family or the people living with them to contact me. Denny Shirer - drdx@neo.rr.com Shirer Family Genealogy Project http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysong