thanks Mary Ann: Patricia was my mother, William Gray died in 1953 and I was born in 1956, I was adopted and grew up in Ripley, I didnt find out about my mom being in Parkersburg until in the 1980's after she was already deceased, in 1981, some leads on my birth father have led to a man named Sam but havent learned alot yet,ive traced her side thru the Deem website, and spoke to her relatives who have been very helpful, mom worked for a mortgage company in parkersburg at the time of my birth, Her family is who suggested a man named Sam, im still looking thanks John