Earl, John Sasser is my first cousin. He holds Ph. D.s in both mathematics and theology and is a professor of Mathematics at the U. of Cinn. and pastors a Baptist church in the area. John has done a lot of work on the descendants of Henry Sasser. John is fluent in both Russian and German and worked for Army Intelligence in Germany in the 1960s. There he married Heidi and they have 2 children. John was the first person that I heard who espoused the theory of the Sasser/Heimersheim connection. I do not know of any hard data on that, though and have not conversed with him in over a year. John is the son of the late Rev. Robert E. Sasser of Laurel County, KY. who was the son of Taylor Sasser, son of James Buchanan Sasser, son of William Henry Crawford Sasser, son of Henry Sasser. John is also the brother of the late Hugh Calvin Sasser who died recently (note that there were a couple of errors in the obiturary that you published-if you want corrections, let me know.) down in your neck of the woods (Alabama/Georgia). John's father, Robert E. Sasser, was a wonderful man whom I greatly respected. It was Uncle Bob that first did a lot of geneological work on our family. He died in 1979. John picked up where his father left off. Some of John's information was passed on to my father, George Sasser, the only remaining child of Taylor and Rose (Brock) Sasser, who submitted his information to the Laurel County Historical Society several years ago. That's probably more information than you wanted but if you need more, please feel free to contact me. John has an e-mail address at the U. of Cinn. if you need it, e-mail me privately. As Usual, Phil Sasser 1207 Kingston Ridge Rd. Cary, NC 27511 (919) 460-7277