In a message dated 11/26/00 5:54:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, bugler103@home.com writes: << A lot of the folks from the South who were Northern sympathisers moved north to escape the rath of their neighbors, just as the Southern sympathisers from the North moved South (A couple of my ancestors did this in 1859 - Connecticut to Kentucky) There was a lot of movement by families during this time so your Amelia and her family were more than likely Northern sympathizers and moved to get away. >> Hi Fred! How interesting! I never thought about that. I had kin move around then too, and wondered why! It just hadn't occurred to me, and answers some questions.....thanks for your post. Annie upstate NY

----- Original Message ----- From: <Arrowfreez@aol.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 5:45 AM Subject: Re: [CRV] Charles H. COOPER's Wife Amelia, Born in Georgia: Residence Hamden,... > In a message dated 11/26/00 5:54:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, > bugler103@home.com writes: > > << A lot of the folks from the South who were > Northern sympathisers moved north to escape the rath of their neighbors, > just as the Southern sympathisers from the North moved South (A couple of my > ancestors did this in 1859 - Connecticut to Kentucky) There was a lot of > movement by families during this time so your Amelia and her family were > more than likely Northern sympathizers and moved to get away. >> > > Hi Fred! > How interesting! I never thought about that. I had kin move around then too, > and wondered why! It just hadn't occurred to me, and answers some > questions.....thanks for your post. > > Annie > upstate NY They couldn't have known it at the time, but CT -> KY was out of the frying pan and into the fire. Kentucky became the scene of bitter guerilla warfare in which many innocent civilians were killed. Yrs aye, Warren Wetmore