Looking for info on parents/siblings/ancestry of Jacob V. Deardorff (Dierdorff), born ca 1815 in Ohio, died ca. 1879 in Darke County, Ohio. His mother's name was Anna __?__, born ca. 1778 in Pennsylvania. Jacob was enumerated in Warren County in 1850 and 1860, Butler County in 1870. Married: 1st (?) Emily A. Funk in Champaign County, Ohio; 2nd (?) Rosannah L. Taylor, daughter of Alexander and Mary Ann (Tucker) Taylor of Montgomery County, Ohio. Jacob and Rosannah had at least 4 children. Their son, William Augustus Deardorff, was my g-grandfather. There were at least two other Jacob Deardorff's in southwest Ohio in the early-mid 1800s which adds confusion. Any info appreciated.

Dear Dean,

I have the same ancestry as yours and can send you my thoughts on this family. I've been trying to connect them for years and think I finely have done that. I think it rather lengthy to post all my thoughts and verification on this message. Could you e-mail me at bwilde1@earthlink.net.
Thanks,
Beulah

Hi Beulah,

Yes, I will. Excellent! You're the first person I've ever made contact with, outside of the immediate family, from our Deardorff line.

Thanks,
Dean

I would be curious as to what you have learned. Have you been able to tie back to the immigrant Anthony? My Deardorffs were in PA, some went to Ohio and beyond. Wonder if there is a connection. My email is vrstern@earthlink.net.

Thanks,

Vanessa
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~vstern

Hi Vanessa,

Yes, I think I have finally found my way back to the original Dirdorff. There are so many Daniel, Jacob and other names here. I'm going to send my information off to Dean Sliger. If he agrees with my findings I'll be more than happy to send them to you.
So much of the information on these family trees regarding this family are wrong and I don't want to add more wrong information out there to be passed along.
If any one does post my information I would hope people would know to contact me if the information is incorrect.
Probably hear from you again soon. I hope to get this off to Dean tomorrow.
Beulah

We should remember, though, that there might not be one, single original Dierdorf immigrant. There might be several, and not necessarily related. So connecting one line doesn't necessarily mean connecting them all.