I can't go farther then Joseph Tatam / Tatum [1819 - ? - blacksmith - Maryland] who married Martha [?]and who had sons,
Joseph [c1840 -?] & Samuel [1844-1924], and daughters, Mary & Maria. I don't know why Joseph [sr] & Mary & Maria are gone after 1860 census.
Samuel [Tatum / Tatham] went to Kentucky [MD - KY] who had Joseph [KY, IL], Sally & Ida
Joseph had William Merritt [KY, IL, OH] who had my dad, William Junior [OH].
Can anybody help me?