Pat, I have Robertson in my family tree,not saying that this is the same family.,but please email me on them & mayble we do have some of the same family,[email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 9:48 AM Subject: [KYLEWIS-L] WOLFE-Pendleton, Harrsion, Grant, etc. KY: 1800-1980 >My husband is a double WOLFE. His mother was born Kathryn "Marie" WOLFE on >the Harrison-Pendleton line and his father was Virgil Lee WOLF in Pendleton >Co. She informed him that he didn't know how to spell his name so they used >the "E". Both lines concentrated in the same few counties, repeatedly used >the same given names (George, Lewis, John, Thomas, and famous people, i.e. >George Washington WOLF(E), Benjamin Franklin WOLF(E) etc.), and many were >blacksmiths. Everyone assumed that there had to be a connection but no one >knew it. > >Last December, in the Cynthiana (Harrison Co.) library, I found the answer. >(You may have heard my shouts of joy in CA or Australia.) Thanks to a lady >who sent me info with the caution that she knew there were mistakes (One of >those mistakes gave me a clue - second wife was listed as wife of son instead >of father and her children were listed as children of first wife), the >fabulous people in Cynthiana (Harrison Co.), and the BARTON PAPERS, I found >the answer. Marie and Virgil were 3rd cousins. > >I am listing only these two direct lines here. I have much more info than >this. > >First Generation: >Lewis WOLFE, Rev War Patriot (1752 Frederick Co., VA-1848 Harrsion Co., KY) >m. Barbara ? > >Second generation >marie's line) John WOLF (1792- ) m. Rebecca Robinson >virgil's line) George Lewis WOLFE (1801- ) m. Mary Massey DUNN Harrison >Co. Sep 8, 1822 > >Third Generation >m's) John Lewis WOLFE (ca 1815-1900) m. 1) Melinda LEMONS and 2) Lucinda >ASBURY **We come form second marriage** We had these as if John "Lewis" >were 2 different people. My discovery was that he was one man with two >marriages. >v's) George Lancelot WOLFE (1838- ) m. 1)Sarah Angelina DUNN (1st cousin) >in Tipton Co., IN in 1867. These are Virgil's grandparents. 2) Nancy Chandler > >Fourth Generation >m's) James H. WOLFE (1865-1953) m. Amanda Newton KING (1880-1980) in Harrison >Co. in 1895 >v's) Bejamin Franklin WOLF ( ca 1865 IN-1953 KY) m. 1) Margaret FRAKES - no >children 2) Easter Lavinia "Lula" BAKER McMILLIAM VASTINE ca 1895. > >Fifth Generation >m's) Kathryn Marie WOLFE (1898-1995) >v's) Virgil Lee WOLF (1897-flood of 1964) >These two married Sep 19, 1916 Harrison Co., KY > >Pat WOLFE > > > > >==== KYLEWIS Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty Lou at: [email protected] >Arch: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=KYLewis >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >