Source: A HISTORY OF THE PIONEER FAMILIES OF MISSOURI By Wm. S. Bryan and Robert Rose Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc. Baltimore, copyright 1977 HATCHER --- John Hatcher was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and afterward served twenty-one years in the Legislature of Virginia. He married Nancy Gentry, of Cumberland County, Virginia and they had sixteen children, of whom the following lived to be grown --- Nancy, Susan, Polly, Joseph, Samuel, John, Elizabeth, Martha, Henry, and Frederick. John and Henry came to St. Charles county in 1837. John had previouusly married a Miss Flippin, and after remaining in St. Charles county a short time he returned to Virginia. Henry maried Susan A. Speares, daughter of John Speares and Margaret Bates. They had twelve children --- Ann M., Caroline, Charlotte V., Frederick, Martha,Mary E., Sally M., Permelia, Worthy, John H., Henrietta, and Samuel. Ann M. married Strother Johnson. Caroline married Hon. Barton Bates, son of Hon. Edward Bates. Charlotte V. married Daniel H. Brown. Frederick never married. Martha died in childhood. Mary E. married George W. Jackson. Sally M. marred Peyton A. Brown. Permialia married William E. Chaneyworth. Worthy died when she was a young lady. John H. married Caroline Harris. Henrietta and Samuel are unmarried. Does anyone know what family Caroline Harris was part of? What Harris line(s) came into St. Charles County, Missouri? The Gentry family is also related to the Harris family. Does anyone know who the parents of Nancy Gentry of Cumberland County, Virginia? I have done very little research in Missouri and am unfamiliar with the Harris lines there. Any insight is appreciated. Please respond through HH or H-MO so that others may be helped. Ira L. Harris III Evansville, Indiana