I need to make a correction to my post of 5 January 2003.
In the paragraph about Frances Maria Conklin and her husband, Wilmot Kester, I wrote that Wilmot was the son of William Kester and Catherine Yake married 28 July 1871. The correct marriage date was 16 October 1849 - William died 28 July 1871.
Sorry about that !!!
Bobbi