W.W.SLAPPEY WAS MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER.MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS BORN TO HIS FIRST WIFE ELIZABETH MCLEOD.(W.W. HAD 3 WIVES )THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE TO MY POSTING.I AM NEW TO THIS GENEOLOGY THING BUT IT CERTAINLY IS AN ADVENTURE.FICTON HAS NO PARALLEL TO THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF REAL LIFE.................BRIAN