This is my sheet for Soleman S. Vestal of Yadkin County, NC and his wife Caroline Pendry. My mother and Aunt said he picked up and went west some place. His wife Caroline and kids stayed in Yadkin County, NC. Later they moved to Leaksville NC (now called Eden,NC). Caroline and her son John is buried in the same cemetery as my father just north of Eden, NC. Dates were taken off of their tombstones. I was 9 years old when my great grandfather John Vestal died in Eden NC. He's buried near my father. Family Group Sheet ---------------------------------------- Husband: Soleman S Vestal #22 Born: in: Died: in: Buried: in: Father: Mother: (Granddaughter) Ovada Hankins Was told he went west and was never heard from again. Also that he and a Reynolds ran a brewery for the goverment in NC. The name "Swink" also enters the picture...don't know how it is connected to Soleman and Caroline. ------------------------------------------------ Wife: Caroline Pendry #23 Married: in: Born: 3 Jul 1835 in: Died: 25 Dec 1909 in: Eden,NC Buried: in: Woodlawn Cem,Eden,NC Father: Mother: ------------------------------------------------ M Child 1 John H Vestal #14 Born: 22 Dec 1862 in: Died: 7 May 1947 in: Buried in: Woodlawn Cem,Eden,NC Spouse: Angelina J Swisher #15 b. 11 Dec 1865 d. 11 Jul 1906 Married: in: ------------------------------------------------- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: SSiegrist@aol.com <------- Back to you COUSIN ********** another reply to rasberry. I looked up my info on your Vestal - here's what I have (of course subject to correction!) Solomon S Vestal born abt 1831 NC m. Mary C Pendry born abt 1836 ****** This is my gggfather *********** children: Silas H abt 1857 Jesse S abt sep 1859 Susan J abt 1861 John H abt 1862 ****** This is my great grandfather ********** William C abt 1864 Nelly E abt 1866 Sarah I abt 1869 Mary E abt 1870 Miles A abt 1871 Andrew abt 1872 Hilary B abt 1874 Martha G abt 1876 Eugene W abt 1879 I'm really hoping my Henry is also a member of this family. He was born abt 1860 so it's possible! >..born 1860 in Yadkin Co, NC. (he married Laura Seymour and some of their >.children moved to Warren Co Indiana) His marriage record to Laura listed his >.parents as Sal S and Caroline Vestal. ** You know Soleman could have went to Indiana to live with Henry or one of his kin. We know that he never wrote or came back home to NC. And no one know why he really left home to start with. rasberry@ezol.com