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From: "George M. Kelley" <>
Subject: Re: [PABEAVER-L] Ohio movement
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 10:12:30 -0500


wrote:
>
> Does anyone know the connection to all of the movement between Beaver Valley
> and the Coumbiana and Mahoning Counties in Ohio? There is a lot in my family
> (Showalters and Armstrong). I would think that movement or migration would
> have been up and down the Ohio River. I am sure that the railroads may have
> had a part in it at one point in our history. Just wondering..Cathy
>
Hi Cathy
The only thing that separates these counties is the state line.
Although it might not be the reason in all cases, the "migration" might
have been finding a beautiful place to live after a Sunday stroll. I to
had ancestors leaving Pennsylvania for "Beautiful Ohio". :-)
George Kelley, Cadiz, Oh.
(birthplace of Clark Gable)

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