Karen and all, I sure will put that correction on my site and also any other corrections anyone can supply with source to back it up. There is a price for admission though. As I have not really linked my Stanton ancestor with any Stanton lineage yet I am again asking for any help the rest of you might be able to supply. (the price I talked about) My ancestor is Thomas N. Stanton, b. circa 1835. Where I don't know. He lived in Newark, OH just prior to the war and had a son Owen Foster Stanton 8/12/1858 in Newark, OH d. 3/10/1920 in Newark, OH. by his wife Elizabeth ?. She might have died giving birth to their second son August which I also have no date of death. They might have died together or close together as August does not show up on any census records. Thomas served as Master at Arms aboard the ironclad ship The Benton, flagship to Admiral Porter and part of the Mississippi Squadron. They took part in many battles among them being the siege of Vicksburg. I have a letter he wrote to Owen giving him a powder horn taken from the burned remains of Joseph Davis' plantation, older brother to Jefferson Davis. I also have the powder horn. When he returned from the war, he must have seen that Owen was being taken care of and left to seek his fortune. Owen shows up in the 1870 census as living with the Nathan English family. Thomas was known to return periodically for family events such as my grandparents wedding. I have no idea where he died or when. I found a box in the Ohio Historical Society that was supposed to contain all the service records for those serving in the Navy from Ohio in the the Civil War, but there was no mention of him. I have been trying to recruit anyone who has access to the national archives for a lookup of his service record and or pension record, but keep getting promises and have even contacted a professional researcher but no one has come through yet. I was just kidding about the price, but it's been a while since I posted this and I've seen some new faces and thought someone might be able to help. I would love to connect to some Stanton line, and if I had to bet it would be Robert's but until I connect all I will put on my site is access to the book and any corrections anyone is willing to submit. I haven't heard from anyone on Dr. William P. Stanton of Coshocton, OH. who is a possible father to Thomas. (By the way Thomas' mother's name might be Isabella.) How about a helping hand. This mystery has plagued our family for almost 70 years. Denny Shirer Shirer Family Genealogy Project http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/1485