Hi Researchers, I found the wife's name and her parents of Rev. Thomas H. Vail on the World Connect site of rootsweb last night. Thought it might interest someone. The rest of the names are from various sources including Steve. Descendants of Samuel Bowman 1 Samuel Bowman 1800 - 1864 .. +Susan Sitgreaves 1802 - ...... 2 Ellen Bowman 1828 - 1894 .......... +Thomas Hubbard Vail 1812 - 1889 ............... 3 Israel Everett Vail 1842 - 1902 ............... 3 Thomas Christopher Vail - 1900 ............... 3 Rodgers Kinnicut Vail 1847 - 1879 Joyce in CA http://www.geocities.com/jarmscoop