Jonathan Guess, b. abt 1773, lived in Stark & Hocking Co., OH
The following information was found in a 1912 weekly genealogy magazine that had been bound into a collection titled:
"Genealogy: A Journal of American Ancestry"
by William M. Clemens, Publisher,New York, 1912
This bound collection can be found on-line at http://books.google.com/
Information comes from articles about a John Cameron, born about 1740, whose sons Alexander Cameron and John Cameron lived in Stark and Hocking Counties, OH in the early 1800s.John Cameron had eight children: 1. John,2. Hugh,3. Nancy,4. Betsy,5. Alexander,6. Margaret,7. Susan,8. Peter
Page 66.
“Margaret Cameron, third Daughter of John (1) Cameron, married Jonathan Guess.To them were born nine children:1. Brice,2. Polly,3. Sarah,4. Margaret,5. Ruth, 6. John,7. Basil,8. Alexander,9. Rachel”.
Page 209.Additional information about the families of John Cameron’s children.
“Margaret (Cameron) Guess was always poor.She had a large family of children, and her husband was intemperate”.
Page 224.Some deeds of Stark County, OH.
“December 13, 1809.Bezeleh Wells and wife Sally to Alexander Cameron of Stark County, Canton township”.
Also, Alexander Cameron, brother of Jonathan Guess’ wife Margaret Cameron, had a son Samuel who was born 24 Oct 1800 in Somerset County, PA.There was a Jonathan Gess in Somerset County, PA for the 1800 census - just married with one daughter under 10 years old.
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