Since I posted my query last week, I have discovered a little more about my Abner Davis THOMAS. According to my source, he was born 16 Sept 1825 in Ovid, Seneca County, NY to Jonathan and Nancy (SCOTT) THOMAS. He married Laura Almena KENT in Grand Rapids, MI 23 Nov 1853. He was a farmer in Kent and Barry Counties, Michigan. Their children (born between 1854 and 1876) include: Missouri Ann, Laura (these first two died young), Ida, Harris Ely, Harriet (Hattie), Wilder Abner, Mary Nancy, George Kent, Jennie, N.C. (Nathan Cole), and Leroy Campbell. Do any of you link up to these folks? Laura Prescott Duffy Brookline, NH