This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cryssicc Surnames: Blackshere, Blackshire, Blackshear Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blackshear/194/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to find information on the Blacksheres of West Virginia and not sure if they were related to the Blackshears or not. Aaron Elias Blackshere 1809-1885 married to Eliza Ramer 1811-1893 son - John Wesley Blackshere b 12-19-1838 - d 12-21-1899 married Zana Virginia Sanders 1847-1921 had 2 daughters: Jessie Blackshere b 1875-8-27-1961 in New Jersey. She married Edward Grandison Smith. They had two children - Jill Smith who married Reville Turk and maybe didn't have any children? And John Blackshere Smith who married Kathryn Lee Hamilton. They had two daughters - Zana Lee Smith who married Herbert Becker and Phoebe Ann Smith who married Robert Louise Ruckle. The other daughter was Eleanor Virginia Blackshere who maybe married twice - first husband A.C. Free and second husband's last name was Patterson. I can't find any information on them and if they had children. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.