This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/odB.2ACI/100.116.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I also believe you are right about Peter being William;s father. I also have visited Luth. Ch. Cem. and Shope Cem. and seen same names. I also seen a biography of Jeremiah Shope b1832 was a Twp. Supervisor, son of John Shope 1803. Jeremiah was born in Perry Co., his paternal grandf. was a native of Germany, a family of 16 children, in 1897 only Samuel and Benjamin were living. Jeremiah's father John Shope b1803 in Perry Co. Line is Peter Shope Jr. 1774 - Peter Shope Sr. 1748, and Bernhardt Shope 1722. I also have seen some family lists put on internet which show Peter father of John 1803, William 1818, and Benjamin 1819 and other children.