Hello, all you cow people. I just couldn't resist telling you that in 1902, my great grandfather James Hart Hunter moved his family "out of the woods" of Mt. Washington ( now Independence, Jackson County, Missouri) and sold a cow to buy a lot on Sterling Avenue. They moved into the new house in 1906. Just down the street lived the Daniel Irving Gessley family whose son Hilton Harry Gessley married Estelle Margaret Hunter, d/o daughter of James Hart Hunter. They produced my father Irving Hart Gessley. My husband and I operate a cattle ranch. Guess I wouldn't be here if it weren't for that first cow. <g> Patty in Colorado PS. The Hunter and Gessley families also lived down the street from the Truman family. They had a son named Harry S. ----- Original Message ----- From: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 6:00 AM Subject: VA-SOUTHSIDE-D Digest V05 #148