Hello Cousin Beth, YOU"VE HIT PAYDIRT! And, Beth. I can do you better than Elaine's book! Mildred Smith Parkinson, my father's cousin published a small book in 1954. Your father, Harold Dean Sauer was b 10-19-1940! Elaine's book is wonderful and takes the ancestors back to old William the immigrant of Long Island. However, she takes off on James' brother, Joseph, Jr and OUR line is through James. Mildred's book is of the James' line. It can be found on the shelf of the SLC. I'm sure it's out of print by now. My Dad was born in Greenwich, I've visited there as a child and as a young woman. The farm that Jay lived on (so stated in Mildred's book) was "around the corner" from my grandfather's farm. Richard Flint is the owner of Jay's farm now-or was at the time we sold my grandfather's farm in 1980's. Any other questions? Father of your Jay and my g-grandfather (Daniel Smith W.) was HENRY G(riffin) Washburn m. to ANN MARIA VAN BENSCHOTEN. (Her ancestry can be found in "The Van Benschoten Family in America" by W. H. Van Benschoten). I am lucky enough to own a small bedside table belonging to her, also, a rocking chair that she was sitting in for a picture taken of the family at Daniel Smith W's home. Mildred, in her youth was so taken with the fact that her grandfather took time off from work to take Mr. W. H. Van Benschoten around (while W. H. was gathering material for his book) - that she decided to write family history ~ and the result was her book. So much I can tell you. I have letters from D.S. and also from Ann Maria in my posession. 'Nuf for now ~ Marilyn Washburn Powell Orange TX ---------- > From: BETH SAURER <[email protected]> > To: Washburn Families <[email protected]> > Subject: Elain Olney's Washburn Family Book > Date: Monday, February 09, 1998 9:44 PM > > Hello cousins! :) > > Tom Neel of the Ohio Genealogical Society was kind enough to refer > me to Elain Olney's (of Manhattan, Kansas) book on the Washburn family > in regards to research on our Huron County, Ohio WASHBURNs. Would any > of you happen to have this book? Tom mentioned that these Huron County > WASHBURNs lived in Greenwich (as did mine), Fitchville, and New London, > Ohio. I would *love* to have a look-up done on the below WASHBURNs to > see what kind, if any, info it has on them! :) > > Thank you cousins! > > Beth* Saurer......San Diego, California....... *;) > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > Mr. Washburn, b. ~1815-35, NY > + Mrs., b. ~1815-35, OH > Jay Washburn, b. 4/1852, OH, d. 5/9/1922, OH > + Mary, b. 2/1852, OH > (at least 3 children names are unknown to me) > Howard Washburn, b. 8/1879, OH > Etta May Washburn, b. 10/1895, OH, d. 2/16/1919, > OH at 23 yrs. > (Burried in Edwards Grove cemetery, > Ripley twp, OH) > + Archie Paul Bliss, b. 1890, OH, d. 1977, OH > (Burried in Maple Grove cemetery, New > Haven twp, OH > with subsequent wife, Lavella B. > Bliss 1900-1982) > Mary Bliss, b. ~1914-5, OH > + "Tub" Scott > 3 children, most likely still > living > Bernice May Bliss, b. 5/23/1916, OH, d. > 2/4/1985, OH > (Bernice was 2 when Etta passed > away) > + Elmer Ray Saurer, b. 10/2/1907, OH, d. > 12/7/1992, OH > One child, my father > ME! ;) > My younger sister >