I am searching for ancestry of my paternal great grandfather: Isaac J? Donahoo b 1 May 1826 Berkeley Co, VA (Now WV) m 19 Nov 1848 Athens Co, OH d 31 Jan 1891 Nuckolls Co, Ne Supposedly left home at age 14 and changed spelling of name??? Married Elizabeth Jane McKee (b. Ohio) in Athens Co, OH - McArthurstown Dist 1880 Census shows Father & Mother both born in OH 1850 Census - Vinton Co, OH - McArthurstown Dist. - Issac a saddler a Martha Smith 11 living with them (don't know who she was) Issac & Eliza had dau Mary L. 4-12 mo old (died young) 1860 Census - Vinton Co, OH - Richland Township, Allensville P.O. Charles W. 4 Ellmore (Elmer David) 2 Carey (Carrie) 2 6 Aug 1864 Issac mustered into Ohio Infantry Volunteers Co. G. 173 Reg. As Corpl - Served under Capt. Charles Slavens (muster rolls give various spellings and is only place I've ever seen "J" as a middle initial.) 26 Jun 1865 Issac discharged at Nashville, TN 1865-1871 lived in Appanoose Co, IA 1870 Census-Appanoose, Co. IA - Taylor Township - There was a Mary Dahadly 71 living with them. She was a member of the family and was born in NC but I've not been able to find anything else on her. (Possibly mother of Eliza who remarried thus name Dahadly. 1871 Moved to Jewell Co, KS and homesteaded Issac's son, Elmer, mentioned an uncle John McEwen proved up one of the first homesteads in Jewell Co, Dec 1871 but I haven't been able to figure out just how this uncle was related. Issac & Eliza's children Charles Warren b. ca 1855 Elmer David b. 1857 Vinton Co., OH Carrie Flora Aquila (son who died young) We have a small New Testament in which my Gr-Grandfather, Elmer, placed a note that reads: "This book to James T. Donahoo. Back in 1770 he was a preacher lived near the mountains in Virginia". I don't know the relationship of this James T. I have quite a bit of info on a James T Donahoo with the M.E. Church, Ohio Conference. But the dates are mid-1800's. Therefore he would probably be about same time frame as Isaac and too young to be Isaac's father. Any help on Donahoo, McKee, McEwen, or Dahadly families in Berkeley Co would be appreciated. Jan Donahoo Gibbs