>From Sharon's post, Alice would be the sister of John E. Dover the author of the 1934 letter which states that Alice below was the widow of J. Gid Lovelady, a farmer of Daisy, Tennessee residing at 411 Oak Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee. >From memory, there was a Cherokee claim on the Whitice family. Alice's parents, William M. Dover and Mary T. Whittice were married May 7, 1863 in Whitfield County, Georgia which was formed from Murray and Walker counties in 1851. There may still be these Dover connections in Chattanooga. I think there's an attorney in town from this family who may have run for political office in recent years. Two things which I think are important. The 1934 letter says that Alice's grandparents were John and Elizabeth Dover ... the implication that John was born about 1756. This has never been proved to my knowledge. The second point is that it might be easy to "assume" that everyone in this branch of the Dover family has the 1934 letter. I "doubt" that very much. I know the family members of John Randolph Dover, also mentioned in the 1934 letter, are about as clueless about their family as we are about "our" branches of the family. The 1934 letter contains information that would sure be nice to be able to verify and the ONLY way "we" can do that is to find these family members and share our kinship. From memory, William Dover, father of John E., Alice and others from the 1934 letter is buried in or near York. I think there's a chance John E. Dover might still be alive. I seem to remember that some recent or current state politician in Tennessee is married to a Dover. Anyone ever heard that? Dennis #2 Alice Dover b. June 7, 1870 Place: Cherokee Tribe of Chattanooga, Tennessee Father: William Dover Mother: Mary T. Whitice