I always knew there were some problems with James Randolph Lough's ancestry records; I simply never had time to work them out.
I have been in contact with a distant cousin (if J. R.'s ancestry proves correct), who has helped sort out some information.
What it amounts to is that a lot of things are in doubt: J. R.'s birth date, his mother's name, and even whether he is a son of Philip Lough. I am sure that he is, but there is a dearth of recorded information that simply makes it contingent. It is possible that, instead of being a twin brother of Joseph Lough, J. R. may be a twin brother of John A. Lough. Probably not, but maybe.
I am still trying to track down the family of J. R.'s eldest daughter (Lexenia). Perhaps they have an old Bible or something that will lead us to a solution to the problems.
Or...I am planning a foray back to Frankfort, Indiana, and into Ohio, to try to get a line on firming up some of the names in the family tree. (I had a bevy of stories from the Frankfort newspapers about the Lough family--and my computer crashed and I lost almost all of them. There's something to be said for photocopies in the place of JPEGs.)
Some sort of information is lurking somewhere...I just know it.
