in search of robert kerlin

I stumbled upon this today :

Kerlin, O. B. (Grocer) Fourth Above North, Steubenville, OH (Morgan#9547)
Citation: Steubenville. Directory. Steubenville Business and Local Dir
(Steubenville, 1850) Page 33. O. B. Kerlin

Kerlin, William B. (Merchant) Fourth Below Market, Steubenville, OH
(Morgan#9547) Citation: Steubenville. Directory. Steubenville Business and
Local Dir (Steubenville, 1850) Page 33. William B. Kerlin

Which only serves to make me even more curious as to what the relationship with my Kerlins was to William B. After all, Robert A. had his place of business next to O.B. ( son of William B.).

The 1810 Winchester census suggests that a lot more people were living at Robert ‘s home then just his wife and children : by 1810, he was married for 11 years. And yet there is a boy between 16 and 26 in his home, as well as a girl in the same age bracket. And a man over 45 ( not him). And the boy wasn’t William . Born in 1802, he could be one of the two under 10 boys listed.
As Robert A. was born in 1812 and Henry in 1816, I have no idea who the two young boys are : William B. and Wesley B. ?

The younger girl listed ( under 10) might be Eliza B. : she would have been 2 at the time. She will die the same year as Robert – 1823- and be buried in the family plot in Ohio.

Unlike Robert.

In the end, I’m not even 100% sure that Robert was the father of Robert A. and Henry. I am only sure of who their mother was, thanks to her will, which only mentions Robert and Henry. Not a word about any William B.

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