OK, a few more pieces to the puzzle in this discussion: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CURTIS/1997-10.... Harriet is in the bio (the name of her husband is H(a/o)yser)a/o)dt in the 1840 census but I've seen it spelled a half dozen ways. Of interest to Terri and I, the name Sil(v/b)erna(il/agel) keeps coming up when I've been researching these lines. I wonder if this person ever got an answer?