Sam, Ferne Buckel Beachy also told me her (great?) grandmother was a full-blooded Indian from West Virginia. Lois, I have Book III on the Descendants of Michael Beeghly and Barro Inken. Actually, the Amish in early Eastern Pennsylvania typically adopted Native American children. According to their religion, they sought to raise Native American children in their Christian faith, converting them as the Great Commission dictates in the Bible. Is anyone on this list attending the Pennsylvania Genealogical Conference Sept 29-30 in Pittsburgh? Jan Hess

Hi Jan: Good to hear from you again. I'm pretty sure Ferne also told us once that she had Indian ancestry, but it was quite a while back and I don't think she went into any detail. The Buckle side was German, so it would have been on the Wiley side. Her grandfather on the Wiley side was Thomas Benton Wiley, son of Holmes Wiley. Thomas Wiley was married twice. According to "Hoye", page 566 his first wife was Isabelle Lohr. The Bittinger Book page 662 gives her name as "Savilla" Lohr. Thomas Wiley's children were all by 2nd wife Lydia Winterburg. "Hoye", page 566 says "Holmes Wiley married (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Yeast of Chestnut Ridge." Ten children including Thomas are listed for this marriage; there is no mention of the second wife, if there was one. "Yeast" (same as Yaste?) sounds German, so without getting details from Ferne, I don't know where her Indian ancestry would have come in, unless it would have been from the story of William H. Bittinger being an Indian child brought back from Ohio, which seems unlikely to me. Just judging from Ferne's appearance in her earlier years, there wasn't any reason to question her further about it. Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl and Jan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Indian Blood/Pow Wow Medicine > Sam, Ferne Buckel Beachy also told me her (great?) grandmother was a full-blooded Indian from West Virginia. > > Lois, I have Book III on the Descendants of Michael Beeghly and Barro Inken. Actually, the Amish in early Eastern > Pennsylvania typically adopted Native American children. According to their religion, they sought to raise Native > American children in their Christian faith, converting them as the Great Commission dictates in the Bible. > > Is anyone on this list attending the Pennsylvania Genealogical Conference Sept 29-30 in Pittsburgh? > > Jan Hess > > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html >