Paul and Nancy, (and All of us with roots in Gallia County) Welcome to my club, my GGG Grandfather is John Carter and my GG Grandmother is Wilsena Prose with all of the Ripleys and Allisons mixed into that. I am going to make copies of the papers that I have requested in the time I have been working on this and send them to the Historical and Genealogical Society for safe keeping. I live in Florida and must depend on others, such as yourselves, Henny, Cheryl, and generous people who live in Gallipolis to do research at the local library for family information that I can not access through my various subscriptions and LDS disc collection. If you, Henny, Cheryl, and all of the other researchers and members of families who work on their genealogies copy the information they already have obtained, we can hopefully replace some a portion of what has been taken. I know that you can never replace the original handwritten notes and references from our ancestors that are priceless. I am currently going to "purchase" my Grandparents photo albums from my first cousins who ended up with them when their mother, divorced from my uncle, died. They could care less about the photos but they can be bought, pathetic as that may be. I would even settle for copies. This is another thing that should be handled in wills and divorces, designate your family photo albums to the people that will appreciate and cherish them. At this point, John Carter may have well have been the originator of the "Witness Protection Program". The man lived past 96, approx. 60 of those years in Gallia County and there is not one scrap of information about where he was from, his parents, siblings, etc. I hope this information has not been discarded in an estate due to lack of interest. If anyone has any information on him, an alias pehaps, I'm open to suggestions. Denise Ashleman

Denise, Your John Carter sounds like my George Sheets, I know the man was married at least twice ( I descend from two of his sons, William and George) but he must not have liked any of his wives of his children. He left no will or estate and there is also disagreement within the family as to whether he is buried in Gallia County or another state. My family always said he was buried in Gallia County but I have never found a grave for him. I don't know if you have ever seen any of the information that Carol Carter put together before her death but her husband gave a copy to the Historical & Genealogical Society. I know she had worked very hard on her husband's family and I remember her saying they descend from John Carter. Marjorie L. Wood ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Ashleman" <saultz@bellsouth.net> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 7:50 PM Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] > > > Paul and Nancy, > (and All of us with roots in Gallia County) > > Welcome to my club, my GGG Grandfather is John Carter and my GG > Grandmother is Wilsena Prose with all of the Ripleys and Allisons mixed > into > that. I am going to make copies of the papers that I have requested in > the > time I have been working on this and send them to the Historical and > Genealogical Society for safe keeping. > I live in Florida and must depend on others, such as yourselves, > Henny, Cheryl, and generous people who live in Gallipolis to do research at > the local library for family information that I can not access through my > various subscriptions and LDS disc > collection. > If you, Henny, Cheryl, and all of the other researchers and members > of families who work on their genealogies copy the information they already > have obtained, we can hopefully replace some a portion of what has been > taken. I know that you can never replace the original handwritten notes and > references from our ancestors that are priceless. I am currently going to > "purchase" my Grandparents photo albums from my first cousins who ended up > with them when their mother, divorced from my uncle, died. They could care > less about the photos but they can be bought, pathetic as that may be. I > would even settle for copies. This is another thing that should be handled > in wills and divorces, designate your family photo albums to the people that > will appreciate and cherish them. > > At this point, John Carter may have well have been the originator of > the > "Witness Protection Program". The man lived past 96, approx. 60 of those > years in Gallia County and there is not one scrap of information about > where > he was from, his parents, siblings, etc. I hope this information has not > been discarded in an estate due to lack of interest. If anyone has any > information on him, an alias pehaps, I'm open to suggestions. > > Denise Ashleman > > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. > > > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm >

Sorry, but the book that Carol Carter's husband gave the Gallia County Historical/Genealogical Society, in her memory, is missing. Evidently someone felt the need to remove it from our shelves for their personal use and either forgot to return it or decided to keep it. Mary Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marjorie L. Gilliam Wood" <woodchuck@eurekanet.com> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] > Denise, > > Your John Carter sounds like my George Sheets, I know the man was married > at > least twice ( I descend from two of his sons, William and George) but he > must not have liked any of his wives of his children. He left no will or > estate and there is also disagreement within the family as to whether he > is > buried in Gallia County or another state. My family always said he was > buried in Gallia County but I have never found a grave for him. > > I don't know if you have ever seen any of the information that Carol > Carter > put together before her death but her husband gave a copy to the > Historical > & Genealogical Society. I know she had worked very hard on her husband's > family and I remember her saying they descend from John Carter. > > Marjorie L. Wood > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denise Ashleman" <saultz@bellsouth.net> > To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 7:50 PM > Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] > > >> >> >> Paul and Nancy, >> (and All of us with roots in Gallia County) >> >> Welcome to my club, my GGG Grandfather is John Carter and my GG >> Grandmother is Wilsena Prose with all of the Ripleys and Allisons mixed >> into >> that. I am going to make copies of the papers that I have requested in >> the >> time I have been working on this and send them to the Historical and >> Genealogical Society for safe keeping. >> I live in Florida and must depend on others, such as yourselves, >> Henny, Cheryl, and generous people who live in Gallipolis to do research > at >> the local library for family information that I can not access through my >> various subscriptions and LDS disc >> collection. >> If you, Henny, Cheryl, and all of the other researchers and >> members >> of families who work on their genealogies copy the information they > already >> have obtained, we can hopefully replace some a portion of what has been >> taken. I know that you can never replace the original handwritten notes > and >> references from our ancestors that are priceless. I am currently going >> to >> "purchase" my Grandparents photo albums from my first cousins who ended >> up >> with them when their mother, divorced from my uncle, died. They could > care >> less about the photos but they can be bought, pathetic as that may be. I >> would even settle for copies. This is another thing that should be > handled >> in wills and divorces, designate your family photo albums to the people > that >> will appreciate and cherish them. >> >> At this point, John Carter may have well have been the originator > of >> the >> "Witness Protection Program". The man lived past 96, approx. 60 of >> those >> years in Gallia County and there is not one scrap of information about >> where >> he was from, his parents, siblings, etc. I hope this information has >> not >> been discarded in an estate due to lack of interest. If anyone has any >> information on him, an alias pehaps, I'm open to suggestions. >> >> Denise Ashleman >> >> >> >> ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >> Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. >> >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________________ >> This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm >> > > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. > >