Cousins, Many of you have seen my repeated calls for help in locating Thomas Stanton of Newark, OH. Through some creative thinking, I have located my first lead in over 70 years of our families search for this ancestor. Thomas' son Owen Stanton appears on the 1870 Licking Co. Census as being a 15 year old farm worker living with the Nathan English family. I have tried looking beyond this tidbit and have been met with failure after failure. I thought if his father was away in the war and his mother had died, where would he go? I had asked about possible places where children might go if orphaned. Turns out the Genealogy Society in Newark, OH has been operating in the building (up until this month when they move to the new library) where the county infirmary/poor house was located. Turns out it has operated since the 1830s and a lady at the society found a card on file in their records for Owen Stanton being placed there in 1855 at age 1. Much before I thought his mother died but since I have no date on that or any other info this is my best bet. The card states he was from Guernsey Co., OH and had been in Newark Twp for six weeks. It also said that he was a pauper and had been awarded money by the state for his welfare. He was placed with the Ed Jones family in 1861. His brother was always thought to be August Stanton but no record of him was ever found. Also entering the infirmary about the same time as Owen was a boy named Patrick Stanton. He was 3 at the time and was placed with an August Feuerigel (sp) in 1855. An old family tree has the name Feuereagle written in parentheses next to August Stanton's name. I believe the boy to be this Patrick and August was the man who he was discharged to. The bottom line here is now I have expanded my search to Guernsey Co., OH. I have found a Joseph Stanton in the 1830 Heads of Households census there and would like to find out if anyone has any Guernsey Co., OH Stantons. I know descendants of Robert Stanton of RI were living in Belmont Co., OH next door to Guernsey and wonder if they are related. There was also a Joseph Stanton in Belmont that is listed in "Our Ancestors the Stantons" available on my site but none of his descendants appear to be my Thomas Stanton or look like they were ever in Guernsey. I also found a marriage of a Patrick Stanton in 1872 in Trumbull Co., OH but that is much farther north of there and I believe those Stantons were from PA but if any one has any knowledge of them I would like to hear as even ruling someone out helps more than nothing. How about it? Anything sound familiar here? Denny Shirer Shirer Family Genealogy Project http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysong/