William Ax and Barbara Barkey were my ggg-grandparents. William was born 17 August 1806 and died 26 March 1858. Barbara was born 24 March 1823 and died 30 August 1848. They were married 2 February 1837 in Holmes County, Ohio. (Yes, those dates are correct. Barbara was indeed not quite 14 years old when they married.) They lie buried in Wilmot Cemetery, in Stark County, Ohio; the grave markers are in excellent condition and quite readable (that's the source of the birth and death dates given above).

William and Barbara had five children. Two of them (Susan, b. 1839 and Anna, b. 1842) died in infancy. The other three were Eliza (b. 1838; m. Jonathan Reese [that's my line]), Andrew (b. 1840, m. Clarissa Reed), and Isaac (b. 1841, m. Cynthia Ann Ax [yes, it appears that Ax was her maiden name; but I don't know if they were related; this appears to be the line you are following]).

After Barbara's death, William married Elizabeth Keller, and fathered 2 more children: William E. (b. 1858, m. Arminda Resh) and Mary Ann (m. George Manson). He died when his son William was only 2 weeks old.

William lived most of his adult life on a farm in Wayne Township, Tuscarawas County, between the villages of Dundee and Beach City. The adjoining farm in the 1850 census is owned by a Jacob Ax, who was probably a brother.