Clan Meneely http://clan.meneely.net/ has obituary info on John C Meneely the junior which describes John C Meneely the elder went to Texas from Clinton IN in 1856 & then returned to Clinton IN, but wife Isabella (Cunningham) died in TX 2 Jul 1856--settlers still had to fight off Indians in those times there. Francis A & Eliz (Meneely) Leach & family including Edwin A b.ca1845 IN & Margaret Isabell b.1 Apr 1849 IN must have gone with them--they are in Clinton IN in 1850 Census & in Weatherford Parker Co TX in 1860 Census. (The death notice you have must be a different Edwin Leach.) I have Leach descendants of CA-TX of Francis A Leach m. Elizabeth Meneely, then traced them to Clinton IN & your Msg Bd info. I'll start checking into the info you just provided. Thank you very much for your help. Yes, I have genealogy software-Personal Ancestral File v.5 so I can handle GEDCOM files if that's what you're thinking? Looking forward to your email with further details on Joshua Leach & family to see where Francis fits. He is a brother to Abel Wilkinson Leach b.1814? I've been researching the Joshua D Leach family line but info is pretty skimpy on Francis A Leach b.abt 1823 OH--father of MD & mother of VA... The unclaimed letter for Francis Apr 1 1839: he would have been only age 15-16--interesting. Thanks again for your help. Fred