Hi Becky, I checked the 1850 Census which is the earliest one I have and there were 2 Plant families and no McGarys. So then I checked the HC death book. The only Laughery listed as dying in 1865 was Emily, age 35 yrs, died 9/3/1865, parents are listed as Samuel and C Maria Cottrill. These are the rest of the deaths listed in the HC book Loughry, Susan 4/31?/ 1875 32y w/o William E Lauchrey, Every 1/5/1886 age 2y parent: E D Lochrey, John 11/11/1886 age 1y parent: John Louchery, Lucy V 8/20/1890 age 16y D C and Mary C Loughy, Lloyd May 1890 age 24y h/o Mary V Loughy Louchery, Robert 11/15/1898 26y6m10d parents: J and H born 5/15/1870 Laughery, Mary 5/8/1880 60y d/o Patrick & Cisely Hyland; w/o John Loughery, George H 12/23/1864 35y no parents/spouse listed Loughrey, William 6/15.1895 age 97y no parents/spouse listed These were the only ones in the HC death book which runs from 1853-1903. There were no McGarys in the death book but there were Plants. Mariana ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Lucas <rlucas@neo.lrun.com> To: <WVHARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 11:08 AM Subject: Re: [WVHARRIS] Swiger-Laughery Hi, I was going by what was in the book "Jeremiah Loughry Family Genealogy Records from Ireland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Beyond" by Harold Jones and James Stephens The book has a note that Hiram's wife was Eliza Plant according to Dale Nestor's files but says nothing more. For some reason the authors of this book list Elizabeth McGary as his wife. The book says she was born 1813 Va and died Oct. 19, 1865. I will e-mail the author and find out about this. Were there other "Plants" or "McGary's in the area? Becky ==== WVHARRIS Mailing List ==== Link for Harrison County Lookups: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvharris/lookups.htm ============================== Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM