Ruby: Thank you for that information. Sarah Hacker & David Smith, Jr are my ggg grandparents. Their oldest son, Rev. John Smith & wife, Mary "Polly" (Swisher) Smith are my gg. Their youngest son, Lewis Dexter & wife Virginia Rebecca (Gardner) Smith are my great grandparents. Their son, Elmer Edward Smith & wife, Ethel (Kelley) Smith are my grandparents, all on my mother's side. When my mother did her research on the Smith's in the '70's, she couldn't make an indisputable connection between David Smith, Sr. & Capt. John Smith of Augusta Co., Va. I guess that sometime after my mother's research, they have been able to make that firm connection. How about the Sommerville family (my ggg grandmother) of Good Hope? Certainly need anecdotal stories about that wonderful family both before they arrived in America from Ireland & as they laid down their roots in Good Hope. Hiram W. Lynch Ashtabula, Ohio On 1/7/2010 9:21 AM, Ruby Casto wrote: > Hiram, > My late husband also had descendants from John Hacker. His daughter Sarah Hacker married David Smith and Bob descended down through the Smith line from Lewis County, WV. > > Ruby Casto > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Don't know if you caught my email a month ago about this, but  I recently purchased the "Good Hope History" (book) by the late Jean Rapking (from her daughter, Patty Douglass) - hoping to find out more about the locations of the families mentioned in my Great-great grandfather John E. Smith's Civil War pension papers - one of which was a John H. Sommerville (b.ca1851).  I thought it might help knowing more about my GGgparents'  associates - and where they lived.  It's a well-done book, hardbound, indexed, 315 pages, and I was surprised she only charged me $10 + $3 postage!!   It's worth much more.. If you give me a name, I will be glad to look it up for you - there are skuds of Sommervilles in the index.  On page 223, there's a photograph of the J.W. Sommerville house (Victorian style) ________________________________ From: Marilyn and Bill <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 4:08:57 PM Subject: Re: [HCGS] HACKER'S Ruby:  Thank you for that information.  Sarah Hacker & David Smith, Jr  are my ggg grandparents.  Their oldest son, Rev. John Smith & wife, Mary "Polly" (Swisher) Smith are my gg.  Their youngest son, Lewis Dexter & wife Virginia Rebecca (Gardner) Smith are my great grandparents.  Their son, Elmer Edward Smith & wife, Ethel (Kelley) Smith are my grandparents, all on my mother's side.  When my mother did her research on the Smith's in the '70's, she couldn't make an indisputable connection between David Smith, Sr. & Capt. John Smith of Augusta Co., Va.  I guess that sometime after my mother's research,  they have been able to make that firm connection.  How about the Sommerville family (my ggg grandmother) of Good Hope?  Certainly need anecdotal stories about that wonderful family both before they arrived in America from Ireland & as they laid down their roots in Good Hope.  Hiram W. Lynch      Ashtabula, Ohio On 1/7/2010 9:21 AM, Ruby Casto wrote: > Hiram, >    My late husband also had descendants from John Hacker.  His daughter Sarah Hacker married David Smith and Bob descended down through the Smith line from Lewis County, WV. > > Ruby Casto > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >    ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There is a gentleman at Hacker's Creek almost everyday, was born and raised in Clarksburg. He left 50 years ago, and returned 3 years ago-spending nearly every moment of time researching the Smith's, and has compiled a wonderful history. He always happy to share, and his name is Howard "Bud" Smith. You might call the Library and leave a message for him to return the call, or he well may be there. Barbara Palmer -------Original Message------- From: Marilyn and Bill Date: 1/7/2010 4:09:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HCGS] HACKER'S Ruby: Thank you for that information. Sarah Hacker & David Smith, Jr are my ggg grandparents. Their oldest son, Rev. John Smith & wife, Mary "Polly" (Swisher) Smith are my gg. Their youngest son, Lewis Dexter & wife Virginia Rebecca (Gardner) Smith are my great grandparents. Their son, Elmer Edward Smith & wife, Ethel (Kelley) Smith are my grandparents, all on my mother's side. When my mother did her research on the Smith's in the '70's, she couldn't make an indisputable connection between David Smith, Sr. & Capt. John Smith of Augusta Co., Va. I guess that sometime after my mother's research, they have been able to make that firm connection. How about the Sommerville family (my ggg grandmother) of Good Hope? Certainly need anecdotal stories about that wonderful family both before they arrived in America from Ireland & as they laid down their roots in Good Hope. Hiram W. Lynch Ashtabula, Ohio On 1/7/2010 9:21 AM, Ruby Casto wrote: > Hiram, > My late husband also had descendants from John Hacker. His daughter Sarah Hacker married David Smith and Bob descended down through the Smith line from Lewis County, WV. > > Ruby Casto > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message