Faith, Thanks, it give me somewhere to look. There was a Purl Salyers in Pa., Allegheny Co. I spoke with his widow. It could be the 1885 Pearl was his father. And the Pa one was from Ky. Thanks, Bonnie Wms.

Hi Bonnie, Here is what i found.. This Pearl was b. circa 1885. ` He was the son of Henry Clay Salyer b. circa 1844; d. 1919 in Estill Co. KY & Louise Dunaway b. ? d. 30 Aug 1901. They married 1 Oct. 1872 in Estill Co. KY. Henry served in the Union Army, it also states he applied for a pension in 1909. Henry & Louise had the following children: Wiley Salyer b. ca. 1873 Laura Salyer b. ca. 1875 Missouri Salyer b. ca. 1877 Eva Salyer b. 14 Nov. 1879 Etta Salyer b. 14 Nov. 1879 Myra Salyer b. 5Sept. 1883 Pearl Salyer (male) b. ca. 1885 Craig Salyer b. 10 April 1888 Stella Salyer b. 10 Jan. 1890 Vernon Salyer b. 27 July 1892 Ibba Rosetta Salyer b. June 1894 I have'nt found any mention of any of them ending up in PA. I don't know if this helps or not but i thought it was worth a shot. Faith

Faith, What was the reference, do we know where he lived? Thanks, Bonnie Looking for Williams near the Salyers or Spears near them>

Hi everyone, My surnames for Johnson County are Arrowood, Daniel, Brown, Castle, Borders, Sellards and Salyers. Others in eastern KY: Duvall, Porter, Davidson, Stewart and Williams. Amy Hatcher Ryan ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi Bonnie, I am not sure if this one went to PA., i had found a refrence to him in E.S. Salyers Book, The Salyer Family. Faith

May an Ozarker (with roots in Johnson Co) make one more comment. We Ozarkers have fought the stereotype of the "shiftless hillbilly" for decades. Hang in there, they'll get used to us someday! Researching Mankins, Nott, Remy, Hitchcock and related families of Johnson Co. Betty J. Pulley, Miami, OK. beejay@datalinkok.com

Faith, I don't know who were PUrl Salyers' parents, the Purl I know of went to Pa. The one you are talking about did he or a son named Purl go there? Bonnie Wiiliams

I am researching the ancestors/descendants/in-laws, etc. of these folks: Valentine Akers David Branham, Sr. Robert Mead/Meade (md Hannah Rhodes) Moses Preston Isaiah Salyer Jesse Price Samuel Rice, Sr. John Hitchcock The Ramey family Regards, ===== Earl B. Akers, Sr. Puyallup WA http://www.geocities.com/ebasr/ http://www.geocities.com/ddaggie826/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com

Ann, sorry to disagree with you on copyright law but I do. From my research, lookup's, minor quotations and even personal photocopying for personal record keeping are perfectly legal. What would not be legal is copying and posting large sections, charging for access or distribution of the material. If I am wrong, would some lawyer please set me straight. Mac Webb

All surnames listed for Eastern Kentucky, SISCO/FRANCISCO,BOWLING/BOLIN-G,BOYD,BUTCHER,WEBB,PACK. Donna Sisco

Donna, I am a Webb,with distant relatives of Packs.Please Email me privately,and see if we may be kin. Have a great Day everyone, Kate (LuvKids1@aol.com )

This is just an opinion from a northern born, southern raised girl; I agree with Amy in that Robert's daughter was caught up in a good story, and presented the family as having problems as the next family. I thought they should have focased more on the southern values and cultures that is the greatest part of being a southerner. Living in the north, I see the differences. Here, I am labeled as being southern. In Kentucky I am a northerner. I can't win either way. We raised our children with southern values, and we are very proud of the results. It always makes us mad when we see shows such as this. I only watched it because I thought that family of Bowlings might be related to us. I haven't made a connection yet though I will keep looking. I thought it would be genealogical based. They did give names and some dates. I was going to record it, but hesitated because of the content. Now I'm glad that I didn't. I would rather take my chances and find that information elsewhere. Donna Sisco Ps. My husband was born In Martin, and raised in Johnson County and he will always be 'proud of it'. Amy Ryan wrote: > > I've been out of town, but I need to get in on this, too! Although Robert > Kennedy died before I was born, I have read that his interest in and concern > for Appalachia was sincere. Although I believe his daughter, who filmed the > documentary "American Hollow," had good intentions, she got a little > sidetracked by a good story.

I am researching Smith, Caudill, Holbrook Jo http://pages.prodigy.net/jhubb22/indexa.htm

My research and interests cover about all of Eastern Kentucky, including many in Johnson County. Bud Caudle Guthrie, Oklahoma Researching: CAUDLE/CORDIAL/CORDLE/CAUDILL/CORDELL/etc. PATRICK, JONES, BROWN, COFFEE, LACY, MCGUIRE, NICKELL, LINDEL, PATTON, LEMASTER, SALYER, CRAIG, NEWTON, COLLINSWORTH, ADKINS, WEST, VAUGHT, and probably any name found in eastern Kentuck, one of the best places on earth.

I've been out of town, but I need to get in on this, too! Although Robert Kennedy died before I was born, I have read that his interest in and concern for Appalachia was sincere. Although I believe his daughter, who filmed the documentary "American Hollow," had good intentions, she got a little sidetracked by a good story. Apparently it's easier to show footage of rundown houses with big satellite dishes in the front yard, and to juxtapose beautiful quilts hanging on the line with a pile of trash in the yard, than it is to dig a little deeper and show the rest of America the people of Appalachia who actually hold down jobs. This documentary is not going to make the rest of the country sympathetic to the economic plight of eastern Kentucky--it's more likely to make them think the area's lagging economy is a result of its reluctant-to-work residents. I know that's not the case! My mother is one of 13 children, and only one of them left the Appalachia region, just like the family in "American Hollow." UNLIKE that family, every one of her nine brothers was gainfully employed (some have retired now)--coal miners, bus drivers, farmers, steel workers. Three of the four daughters work outside the home as well--the other was a homemaker with five children to raise. I'm very proud of my family and their eastern Kentucky roots, and I will venture to say that there are thousands more hard-working families like them who would have represented the area more accurately than the family in "American Hollow." Just another opinion, Amy Hatcher Ryan Ooltewah, TN (but born and raised in southeastern Ohio, a lesser-known corner of Appalachia) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

I can't pass up this opportunity to say how very proud I am of my Eastern KY heritage also. My grandfather Charles "Wesley" Slone was born in Johnson County. He married Calista Murphy from Lawrence Co and started a family there. He lived in Boyd Co and eventually settled down in Pike Co. I was born in Boyd Co and raised in Pike County. The Army took me away in '63. This part of the country is beautiful and I visit every chance I can. I had a very good experience this past week in that I was able to visit Boyd Co, Lawrence Co and Johnson Co Courthouses and Libraries. I found a lot of gold buried there. Living in (also) beautiful Augusta, Ga. Chuck Slone

Bonnie, Was he the son of Henry Clay & Louise (Dunaway) Salyers? Faith

I hope this issue isn't finished (I'm behind in my email)... I'd like to add that this is an excellent speech. Of course, I get to claim John as one of my cousins. I'm very proud of my Eastern KY heritage. Even though I was born and raised in MI (my grandparents left the area when my parents were little to work in the Steel mills and auto factories), we carried that heritage with us as we grew up. We cook many of the same meals (one;s my husband has come to love). We visited frequently and never looked down on anyone... in fact, I was annoyed with the fact that I learned that all of my Eastern KY relatives have cable tv. They live 30 minutes from the nearest gas station. Yet we live 30 minutes from 4 major cities (Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lansing and Flint) and can't have cable on my parents road... 1/2 mile outside of city limits! Anyhow, upon researching my family history, I have discovered that every line I trace back (maternal or paternal) goes back pre-rev. war. I have more Rev. War Vets than I can count on my fingers. I have one group that helped to settle Jamestown along with John Smith (of Pochahantes fame) long before those pilgrims came. I make it a point to tell my kids and to relay to their teachers how "annoyed" we are with Thanksgiving. We had white men in Jamestown long before. That is not included in the curriculum up here. I did persuade my son's 2nd grade teacher to add it in. How exciting it was for my son to relate that his gggggggg (??) grandfather knew John Smith and Pochahantis. (I assume this as an effort to relate our roots to their lives). My children also share with the class each year that they had a gggg grandfather who fought with George Washington at Valley Forge. My living room is "decorated" with family photos, mostly of past generations. I have Confederate soliders, individuals that settled and named sections of Johnson County and many, many grandparents on my walls. Of course, it turns out that my parents are 5th cousins, but that's ok. I have gggrandparents that are 1st cousins! It saves me some work in tracing more lines. :>) Our heritage is important. I'm sure that there are many, many individuals who had their roots in Eastern KY. Ohio and Michigan are full of them. I know that as I explore my heritage, I find it hard to get back to the Immigrant. I can go back to the late 1600's and still be int eh us. How much more American can you get than that? Candy Parent Tazewell County, VAGenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~vatazewe Candy's Clan http://www.htonline.com/~candy candy@htonline.com -----Original Message----- From: Joan Williams <stefan@foothills.net> To: KYJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com <KYJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, December 03, 1999 8:27 PM Subject: Founder's Day speech, by John B. Wells III > >Good day fellow-listers, > I don't often post to this list, but since we too have found ourselves >in the midst of the "American Hollow" issue I must speak up. Although, I >didn't watch the HBO presentation(deliberately), I have seen too many of >it's type. I find it very sad that anyone would think this kind of trash is >in anyway representative of myself and my neighbors. For those of you who >have Eastern Kentucky roots, and aren't really sure what that means, I've >copied from a Magoffin County site a speech given this past Founder's Day by >one of Johnson County's leading and more knowledgeable citizens(speech >follows this note). >Mr. Wells is an American History professor at Prestonsburg Community >College, and a local businessman. He has lived here all his life, and has >raised his family here. His roots go to the very depth of Eastern Kentucky, >as mine do. > And as far as what this has to do with genealogy? Well, if you have >roots here read on and you'll see. > One last point, which is not to defend Ms. Applegate's use of the term >"city suits", but to say that I agree with her. My understanding of this >term is to mean "corporate" America, and in NO WAY is meant as a slur toward >people who LIVE in bigger cities!!! I wasn't aware that this was a >colloquial expression, particular to this area, but if it is -- well IT >IS!!! I hope someone will let me know whether or not this expression is >used like this in other parts of the country, because I always love to learn >new things about my native land. > Searching for Ball, Davis, Turner, Waller, Wyatt. > >Your Gen Friend, > >Joan Ball Williams > >MAGOFFIN CO. HISTORICAL SOCIETY SPEECH >By John Britton Wells, III > The late Harry M. Caudill of Letcher County is credited with writing the >best historical overview of our East Kentucky mountains. His book, entitled >NIGHT COMES TO THE CUMBERLANDS, stands as the most popular and most >widely-read account of our region's settlement, culture, and eventual >demise. According to Harry Caudill, our origins are, to say the least, quite >modest, and I quote... > "In the early days of the American experience, it was to the English >orphans and debtor's prisons that labor hungry American planters turned. The >English Parliament wanted to get rid of these social outcasts who so >proliferated and burdened the respectable classes of England and a series of >Parliamentary acts made it possible to transport street orphans, debtors and >criminals to the New World, their transportation costs to be paid by the >planters. Of course, these wretched outcasts were obliged by law to repay >the generous planter with their labor -- usually for seven years. And so for >decades there flowed from merry old England a raggle-taggle of humanity -- >penniless workmen, pick pockets, thieves, and children of all ages. Not all >were brought legally, some had been kidnapped for sale. > "It is apparent that much human refuse, dumped on a strange shore was >incapable of developing the kind of stable society under construction in the >New World. (Most) ran away to the interior, to the rolling Piedmont, and >thence to the dark foothills on the fringes of the Blue Ridge. And here we >have the people -- few in number, but steadily gaining recruits, living >under cliffs or in rude cabins -- who were the first to earn for themselves >the title of "Southern Mountaineers." The Southern Mountaineer, his last >name marks him indelibly as the son of a penniless laborer whose forebears >had been simply serfs." > Then, in this book and others, he lists some of the names of this low class >HUMAN GARBAGE: Adams, Allen, Arnett, Bailey, Conley, Gullett, Howard, >Preston, Shepherd, TO NAME A FEW, and, of course...he included the >illustrious family of WELLS!! > Caudill goes on to elaborate that our low beginnings explain our modern day >lack of ambition, our laziness, our apathy, our violent nature, our >ignorance, our isolation, and our poverty. > This best selling account of East Kentucky's genesis upsets me greatly >...for two reasons. First, I don't particularly care for anyone calling my >family "human refuse". Secondly, ...SECONDLY, with all due respect, Harry >M. Caudill's entire thesis is one very large odoriferous pile of EQUINE >EXCREMENT (HORSE MANURE). In my humble opinion Caudill's work is a demeaning >attempt to explain away the modern social and economic conditions in >Appalachia. > I do not share his low opinion of us, but the problem he discusses IS very >real. We as a people HAVE lost our identity, we HAVE lost our place in >history! Somewhere along the line we have become convinced, by people such >as Harry Caudill and many, many others, that we have no history, we have >LITTLE to be proud of, nothing to recommend us...We have played no >significant role in the formation of this wonderful country. And Caudill is >not the only one. We hear it from almost every possible source. Any time we >venture out of the mountains, the vicious hillbilly stereotype follows us. > Sociologists contend that an individual's background is a very important >part of his self-image. Who you are, your attitudes, your outlook, are >affected deeply by where you've come from and those who came before you. In >part, it explains why orphans and adoptees search for their biological >roots...to help discover who they are and why they are the way they are. >One prominent historian went so far as to speculate that "a people who do >not understand their past...have no future". > Fellow East Kentuckians, in many respects we are orphaned children. We have >lost our past...and we are being told that there is nothing to re-discover. >Our past is either very bad...or not there at all. That is why groups like >the Magoffin County Historical Society, the Muzzleloaders and the Sons of >the Confederate Veterans are so very, very important for the people of >Magoffin County. > WE ARE JUST AS GOOD...OR BETTER...THAN PEOPLE FROM ANYWHERE ELSE IN THIS >COUNTRY. > I remember vividly my first, hesitant ventures out of the mountains. I >played football for Paintsville High School and eventually our success took >us to Mt. Sterling and Covington and points west. The verbal insults we >suffered are burned in my memory forever! > "Hey, hillbilly, does the sunshine hurt your eyes?" >"Got any moonshine with you? > > "Did you cash your welfare check to buy those shoes?" > Just a few years ago, Paintsville won the State High School Basketball >Championship. The Lexington crowd shouted insults, asking how things were up >in "Mayberry" and "Aintsville." > The hillbilly stereotype has been around since before the Civil War and it >has been reinforced through embarrassing "hillbilly" jokes, movies like NEXT >OF KIN, cartoons such as Snuffy Smith and Little Abner, and television shows >MUDDY GUT and the BEVERLY HILLBILLIES. It has become so pervasive that many >of us believe it ourselves. Isn't it a tad peculiar that we continue to be >the only American minority that it is still politically correct to ridicule? >Can you imagine a television show like the Beverly Hillbillies about any >other American minority? Can you imagine for one second a show called the >"Los Angeles Negroes? About poor, ignorant Blacks named Rufus, Rastus, and >Jerome eating chittlins on the billiard table? NOT FOR ONE SECOND! Then, >why is it O. K. to do it about us? Heck, we even do it to ourselves! We >hold hillbilly festivals that ridicule ourselves! LET'S LOOK AT THE TRUTH >ABOUT OUR HISTORY! > The most of early settlers of East Kentucky were yeomen farmers who moved >into these beautiful mountains after the Revolutionary War. The reason why >so many came after the Revolutionary War is that most HAD HELPED WIN OUR >AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE BY FIGHTING FOR IT!! They were soldiers and freedom >fighters! In lieu of military pay hundreds of veterans accepted warrants for >land "in the west", ...in the Kentucky mountains. These men were not >thieves. They were not beggars. These men were warriors, ...heroes! They >were at Valley Forge with George Washington. They fought at Saratoga, at >King's Mountain, and Yorktown. They watched proudly as the British Gen. >Cornwallis surrendered and our new nation was born. THEY WERE THERE. THEY >MADE THIS COUNTRY! THEY WERE OUR ANCESTORS -- OUR HUMAN REFUSE! > The 1840 U. S. Census reveals that the East Kentucky mountains contained >one of the highest per capita percentages of Revolutionary veterans in the >entire country. I think that bears repeating: In 1840 the population of East >Kentucky contained more Revolutionary War veterans per capita than almost >any other section of the country. > These veterans represented good, honorable families of Europe...No, they >were not noblemen (very few of the nobles ever came to America -- they had >no reason to come). They were farmers and blacksmiths and artisans and >ministers and millers. They were proud Scotsmen such as the Arnetts and >Baileys who resisted English domination and were forced to leave their >verdant glens and lochs. They were Northern Irish Protestants such as the >Connelleys and Patricks who fled the sectarian violence that still plagues >Belfast and Londonderry today. > They were English and Welsh Quakers such as the Howards and Williams >families, unable to worship freely in their mother country. They were German >speaking Protestants such as the Wiremans fleeing religious persecution, >many of whom Americanized their names to assimilate, such as the BUTCHERS of >Butcher Holler, immortalized by Loretta Lynn, who were originally known as >"Metzgers" or "butcher" in German. > After arriving in East Kentucky they settled on scattered grants of land, >often consisting of several hundred acres -- they developed good farms, in >river bottoms, at the mouths of hollows, in wide valleys. The topography did >not allow for dense population and therefore no large towns developed. But >these people were NOT poverty-stricken and they were not ignorant as later >writers would have you believe. The 1860 censuses of Magoffin, Johnson, and >Floyd counties show that over 75% of the adult males could read and write. >And they participated in every aspect of our nation's history. Fully 80% of >the eligible voters voted....and when our nation went to war, our people >fought for their beliefs in higher numbers than anywhere else in the nation. >We sent two full companies of volunteers to fight in the War of 1812. The >East Kentucky boys were feared by the British and their Indian allies. The >commander of the American forces noted that "the mountaineers shoot >quick...and they hit what they aim at. I'm glad to have them by my side in >the fight". > In the War Between the States, our area provided well over 4,000 soldiers >to both sides. There were at least two hundred skirmishes and battles in the >region, part of a vicious partisan warfare unequaled anywhere else in our >nation! Slavery was not the major issue here. These were proud Americans >who had different interpretations of our country's Constitution. DIFFERENT >INTERPRETATIONS!! ...HILLBILLIES?? Wow! We dumb, ignorant mountain folk >actually had interpretations!!! > The 39th KY U. S. Infantry was formed largely of Big Sandy residents. The >14th KY U. S. Infantry, mountain boys all, served under Gen. Sherman in his >"March to the Sea." The 10th KY Confederate Cavalry was in Gen. John Hunt >Morgan's famous cavalry command, the unit in which Governor Patton's >great-great grandfather served, ...and the 5th Kentucky Confederate Infantry >in the famous Orphan Brigade were almost completely composed of Mountain >boys, all willing to sacrifice all for their concept of "American freedom!" >There were battles fought in Magoffin County. Can you name them? Do you know >where they fought...or are they lost to history? > In World War I, East Kentucky was the ONLY SECTION of the country where in >some counties the military DRAFT was not needed. Why? Because our young men >VOLUNTEERED in record numbers. We also experienced the highest casualty >rates per capita in THE NATION...in WWI, WWII, and VIETNAM! > Why this monument dedication today? Because mountain boys won American >freedom for ALL Americans and have continued to protect it for over 200 >years. It is high time that these heroes receive the honor they are due. >That's why!! And we need to shout it from the hilltops! > Our section of the country has produced a disproportionate number of >military heroes, business leaders, movie stars, musicians, novelists, and >artists. > Butch Cassidy of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids" traced his roots to >Martin County. Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 pilot downed by the Russians, >was born in Jenkins. And Heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey was from the >Williamson area. > Rosemary Clooney, John Boy (Richard Thomas) of the Waltons, Tommy Kirk of >Old Yeller, Patricia Neal of my favorite movie "HUD", Ashley Judd, Johnny >Depp are all East Kentuckians. Homer Robinson of Pike County was on the U. >S. S. Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor. Heber Ward won the Congressional Medal of >Honor after capturing 23 Germans single-handedly -- after being wounded in >both hips. Frank Sousley, a marine from the Morehead area raised the >American flag over Iwo Jima in World War II! Matthew Sellars of Carter >County is documented as having accomplished the manned airplane flight over >a year before the Wright Brothers. John Paul Riddle, the founder of American >Airlines, was a Pike Countian. And then there's the myriad of music stars: >Loretta Lynn, Tom T. Hall, Ricky Skaggs, Billy Ray Cyrus, Dwight Yocum, >Crystal Gayle, the Judds, etc., etc., etc. > We should be proud...but, the fact is that many are not!!! Primarily >because most of our people do not know our own history. Our children know >about Fort Harrod, My Old Kentucky Home, the Kentucky Derby, and the >Bluegrass Horse Farms. But, folks, those places are NOT OUR Kentucky. The >Bluegrass history is NOT our history. And if we wait until outsiders treat >us fairly in published histories, we'll be waiting until "you know what" >freezes over. > How many of you are aware of your county's role in American history? How >many of you are aware of your own family's role in our nation's history? How >many of you even care? How many of you have passed on a pride of being from >Magoffin County to your children? ... or have you told them to get out as >fast as they can? > It is time to rediscover what it means to be an East Kentuckian and groups >like the Magoffin County Historical Society, the Muzzleloaders and the Sons >of Confederate Veterans are leading us in the right direction, ...not for >outsiders, but for US. With their help you will learn your REAL East >Kentucky heritage...and Little Abner isn't here. Jed Clampett isn't >here...but, YOUR ancestors and mine ARE here, and their stories are >infinitely more interesting. > Their military exploits are far more courageous than Hollywood's movies. As >you study records, as you interview older residents, as you collect >artifacts, books, and tall tales, you will come to know and love these >special people ... and be proud ... perhaps for the first time. > Let's crush the negative stereotype of our people ONCE AND FOR ALL and >replace it with a NEW IMAGE---of a TOUGH, INDEPENDENT, PROUD MOUNTAIN >PEOPLE -- GOD'S BEST HANDIWORK, who have continually volunteered to defend >our country against all enemies. It is an awesome responsibility folks. You >have in your hands the self-esteem of our people. > Build it and share it with all of Magoffin County so they, too, can know >... and be proud. We can do no less for our children and our children's >children. > > > > > > > >==== KYJOHNSO Mailing List ==== >Comments or suggestions pertaining to this list may be sent to the listowner, Ann Lemaster-Applegate >annapplegate@maysvilleky.net >Visit the Johnson County Historical Society homepage: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjchs/johnson.html > >

Mary, I think we should credit for having Kentucky roots--even if we are stuck up here in Michigan. Candy Parent Tazewell County, VAGenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~vatazewe Candy's Clan http://www.htonline.com/~candy candy@htonline.com -----Original Message----- From: Mary Ann Merritt <pharoh@eesc.com> To: KYJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com <KYJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, December 03, 1999 5:08 AM Subject: Re: EASTERN KENTUCKY >Sorry everyone but I just had to put in my 2 cents. My Mom was born in those >hills and what she became instilled in us was it is not what you have but >how you use it. Mom quite school in the sixth grade. Education was not >really deemed necessary in some places. Mom was very articulate. She met and >married my Dad, (a northern Mi. potato farmer) Dad started a construction >business and Mom took care of all the paperwork and payroll. It should be >noted that the IRS did come to the house to do an audit and after going back >into 4 years of records they found one error of 7 cents, in their favor I >might add. Just from the learning of a country girl. I think I should also >point out that Mom took great pride in the fact that whenever someone had >the nerve to call her a hillbilly, she pointed to the dictionary and >directed them to look up the word. It seems Dad was the hillbilly as it >shows a hillbilly to be " a northern Michigander" Since I am from lower Mich >that must make me only half hillbilly. >Poorness knows no boundaries. >Semper Fi. >Mary in Mich > >Researching surnames: Hajduk, Welch, Litton, Collins, Merritts, Meier, >Staples and Szela > >Proud member of the WOMEN MARINES ASSOCIATION, MOTOR CITY CHAPTER > > > >==== KYJOHNSO Mailing List ==== >Comments or suggestions pertaining to this list may be sent to: >annapplegate@maysvilleky.net >Visit the Johnson County Historical Society homepage: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjchs/johnson.html > >

Greetings from Washington state. I too must add my two cents worth to the discussion. I have never lived in Kentucky and have only once been able to visit my ancestral home. I can tell you that I am immensely proud of my heritage and those wonderful people who greeted me so warmly during my visit. My great grandmother married at 16 and was a widow at 30 with 3 children to raise. She made sure that all of her children, including her daughter received college educations and professional careers. My grandmother received a degree in science in 1908 - a time when few women were educated. Instead of viewing Eastern Kentucky as backwards I think them as progressive and am proud to call Kentucky my family home. Charlene Woodring Chehalis, Washington