This is in addition to my post of yesterday (included below): my aunt tells me that her father (my grandfather) always said that the Whitaker branch of our family was from the Piney Creek area near Harrisburg, Pa. Hope this helps make a connection. Ginny ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: Self <sergio> To: [email protected] Subject: Henry Whitaker, Blair Co., Pa., and Lanc. Co., Pa. Reply-to: [email protected] Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 17:13:00 Hello! I've finally dug up my info on my gg grandfather Rev. Henry Whitaker. I hope someone out there has something else on his family. He was born December 30, 1843, in Blair Co., Pa., to Reuben Whitaker and his wife Nancy Tipton, both apparently born in Pa. He married Catharine Miller (1846-1920) in May 1864, then enlisted in the Union Army in August 1864 to avoid being drafted. He served as a corporal in Company C of the 205th Regiment of the Pa. Volunteer Infantry until he was honorably discharged at Alexandria, Va., on June 6, 1865. His ministry began in 1859 (at 16?), and he held charges in Harrisburg, Mt. Carmel, Elizabethtown, Landisville, Rohrerstown, Smithville, New Providence, Bainbridge, and Rowenna. His last charge was at Second Church of God in Lancaster. Henry's siblings were: Prof. Joseph T. Whitaker, George Whitaker, Reuben Whitaker, Susan Whitaker, Ellen Whitaker, Mrs. John Shoenfelt, and Mrs. Harriet Bollinger (of Hagerstown, Md.). His and Catharine's children were: Nancy (who died in infancy during the war), Robert M. Whitaker (1867-1921), Harry A. Whitaker (of Powls Valley), and Susan K. Whitaker Swarr (1872-1954) (my g grandmother), wife of Harry Heistand Swarr of Lancaster, Pa. Any connections?