This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MESSECHER - RUSH - BLAIR - MARTIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AEC.2ACE/403.2 Message Board Post: This deed mentions the Messecher property. Nicholas Messecher had a wife named Mary. Nicholas died and widowed Mary married my widowed gggg grandfather, David Rush. I need more information about Mary Messecher, his second wife - maiden name, parents, marriage information, etc. David's first wife, Mary Skinner (1776-1830) is buried on Blairs Ridge. David moved with his son Willets to Morgan County, OH. David is mentioned in early Marshall County history as a county supervisor (1835). He and sons, Willets and Robert were blacksmiths. Robert - Cameron & Willets and David - Pleasant Valley. His daughters married into the Blair and Martin family.