This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CAREY, COONEY, CORRIGAN, DELANEY, DONOVAN, GRAY, GROSS, MAHANNA, PADEEN, REILLY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DFC.2ACE/1744 Message Board Post: Reply to Lynn Lillibridge: In the book Land and Lumber: A History of Portage County, there is only a general reference to the surname CAREY: pg 34 Before the Deleware Irish came to Lone Pine, the hills on Lanark were occupied by the families bearing the names of COONEY, DONOVAN, MAHANNA, CAREY, PADEEN, DELANEY, CORRIGAN, REILLY and GRAY who founded the aptly named St Patrick's Church. As recalled by Reverend Martin GROSS in his history of St Patrick's, they were a pious group who welcomed visiting priests traveling up the stage lines from Berlin or Gills Landing. I am not related to nor have any additional information on these surnames. R/S MAK http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag ++++++++++ Could you possibly look for the names of a Fred Arthur Carey and or Julia Carey. Thank you Lynn Lillibridge