This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBRBAIB/1111.1 Message Board Post: You and I MAY be seeking information on the same Ph(o)ebe SWEET. My gr gr grandfather. John PIERCE, married Phoebe SWEET in Cortland county in 1820. John died in 1840 in Cortland Co. Phebe PIERCE is found in the 1850 Iowa census as head of household with 3 sons. My gr gr grandfather had married and had his own household by that time. All the boys were born in Cortland Co., NY. I have to date been unable to identify Ph(o)ebe's parents, although I have found several SWEETs in Cortland Co. Laura