Janet, This is just a hunch that I'm going on, or a family tale. We have misplaced a Willard Whitaker, & seems the tale of the family is that he may have went to OHIO after he left KY. This man was probabally b. btw 1875-1880. He was in KY until 1910 or a little after, & had a wife & kids that he just left. My great grandmother, his dau, was married 1918, & he was gone before she got married. His children never heard from him again, unless it was his youngest. This is where the "family" tale is, that he kept in touch with his youngest daug, b/c she was a little on the mentally challenged side, & felt that she wouldn't be believed even if she told anyone. All his children are gone, died when I was kid, the youngest had some strange dates that coordinated with he father's bd, & later yr, like she was subtracting the dates to find out how old he was at that time. We do know that he m. twice, once to my greatgrandmother's mother, Virdie(Smithart?), & Virdie died shortly after my ggrandmother was b. then he m. Luralee Estes & had three more children, total of 5 children. Lived in & around Garrard, & Madison Co, KY. With your OH connection, I thought that maybe you may have heard of him. I've tried everything else. Thanks for your time Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: <RWhit18007@aol.com> To: <WHITAKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:41 PM Subject: Re: [WHITAKER] Re: james whitaker > dear buddy. > Minerva Ohio is about 20 miles from me . I also know there are many > Whitacers in this area. and around Alliance Ohio. & Canton there are > 29 Whitacre's in phone book and 17 Whitaker's. > > Yes, my James Whitaker & family was in Dearborn co. Ind. that is > right at the corner of Ind. just across the state line next to Cincinatti > Ohio. > > my e mail is rwhit18007@aol.com > > be glad to share anything. > Janet whitaker of canton ohio > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > WHITAKER List Administrator > <commander@inetone.net> > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >