Hi Carlisle, I've made some leaps of logic from those early tombstone listings, while dodging poison ivy and snakes, plus some other data, and have some time ago included as siblings of children of James McHenry and Sarah(?) Anne McHenry - Amstard, Ansalow, and (Benjamin?)Franklin McHenry. Seems James had a historical bent, naming his sons Benjamin Franklin, Francis Marion, and John Westley (?) McHenry. So, it comes as little surprise that George McHenry was George Washington McHenry, I'd bet. One Gravestone in the Burch Cemetery reads: "Amstard son of J. & S. A. McHenry Died Mar. 2, 1859 Aged 8 Yr." Another headstone in Burch Cemetery reads: Ansalow - Son of J. & S. A. McHenry Died Dec 9, 1855 - Aged 10 Yrs." (?) (last line indistinct) (I have come across the given name Ansalow before, in Belmont County, Ohio, as well, among the Moores, Mary Jane Moore's family, possibly.) Another read: Benjamin - son of J & M. J. McHenry - died Dec 11, 1862 (or 1860?) Aged 8 yrs. 4 Mos. 11 Da. > Also significant is the finding of the graves of "Margaret J., daughter of J. > & A. McHENRY, December 14, 1856" and her brother "Franklin, son of J. & A. The above is new to me, though. > And now one of the MOST INTERESTING items of all, is the posting of the grave > of "Benjamine, son of J & M. J. McHENRY died December 11, 1860--8 years 4 > months 14 days." > Why is this so important---because Mrs. Briggs had read this stone as > "Benjamin son of J. D. McHENRY 11 Dec. 1860 - 8/11/11. > 1. This is obviously the son of James McHENRY and his SECOND WIFE Mary Jane > (MOORE) McHENRY. (We have him listed in the records as Benjamin F. McHENRY > born August 1, 1854 and died December 11, 1862, the dates of which are > obviously incorrect. He is listed in the 1860 Marshall County Census Record > with James and Mary J. and shown as age 7--so the 1860 death date is most > probably correct.) Not necessarily incorrect, until proven one way or the other? It wouldn't be the first time a subsequent son (or daughter) was named the same as a sibling who had died some years previously. I have Benjamin F. McHenry as son of James and Mary Jane (Moore) McHenry. > 2. This James McHENRY is carried throughout the genealogy records of most of > the family researchers as James (D.?) {evidentally based on Mrs. Brigg's > cemetery reading} McHENRY, and we now clearly see that is not correct, and he > has to go bact to just being another in the LONG STRING of "James McHENRY" > people we have to deal with. I have to go with James D. McHenry, for now. It looked that way to me, too and if nothing else, it sure helps discriminate from among many other James McHenrys. (I have at least one more James of the same generation as my g-grandfather, James, who was in the Civil War from that area who I am unable to place with any certainty. > Still very puzzleing to me are the three brothers "Amstard, Hiram, and Anaslow > McHENRY", who all appear to be sons of J. and S. A. McHENRY. Very interesting > is the fact that Hiram is listed in the research records as a son of George > and Anne McHENRY, discussed above. (Mrs. Briggs has Hiram's stone reading "son > of C. & A. McHenry, Aug 7, 1865--11 years old."). There are no listings in > the 1860 Census for any of these boys. I have Hiram as son of George & Anne McHenry. The "C" in Mrs. Briggs' notes must be a "G"? > I have NO "J. McHENRY" who is married to anyone with the initials of "S. A.". > So I have no idea Amstard, Hiram, or Ansalow belong to. Does anyone else > have an idea? See Above. "J" is my g-grandfather, James, and S. A. is "Sarah Anne," his first wife, I have surmised. Records of those days are hard to come by, though. But - I am always open to other interpretations and better tombstone-reading eyes than mine! -- Jim = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = James Wiley, AKA: [email protected]