This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fitzwater, Valentine, Forsythe Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GdW.2ACIB/198.3 Message Board Post: I don't know if there is a connection or not. I just finally after several years found out something about my gggrandmother. She had 9 siblings one of which was David and David who married Sarah Abella Shaffer had a son, William Alonza Fitzwater, he was born Feb 7, 1884 in Barbour County, West Virginia and did April 13, 1967 in Darke County, Ohio. Let me know if you think this might connect with your Alonzo. Frances Smith fsmith@nctr.fda.gov