Good evening Nena, 1) what time period are we talking about with regards to the Ohio Valley. Remember that prior to the establishment of TN, OH, IN and KY, that was VA. 2) a stemmery is a buiding used in the tobacco industry. After tobacco is dried, some is re-dried to the specifics of a customer. That is a seperate unit from the warehouses or drying houses. So Brandford Stemmery would be a builing used in the tobacco growth by a family named Bransford. 3) I will be up pretty late tonight if you should need me. hee hee. Your cousin, Russ - --------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Nena Smothers <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 9:06 PM Subject: [SMOTHERS] Bransford Stemmery > > I was so excited about this new kin...I meant to also ask if anyone knows > what a "Bransford Stemmery " is....this new kin has told me that my elusive > 5th generation grandfather Smither [m. to Anna Marie mary] was killed on the > site of the Bransford Stemmery, within view of the Ohio River....and found > by his sons, William & James and some neighbours...so this difusses the info > he was killed in Virginia...as ..as far as I know the Ohio River borders > western kentucky, if I am not mistaken...but sure would like to know what a > Stemmery is??? He read on to say from this information that the family did > stay there awhile longer, then the mother Anna Marie mary died and believed > both to be buried right there as William's body was torn by Indians and > critters. Looks too, like Bill's father finally has a first name-William. > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > ============================== > Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >