It figures, all those names and old great grandpa Edgar (Rowe) was hiding even then! But does anyone know about CW Purcell & Co? I've been looking for info on Edgars mom Margaret Purcell Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: <VAThomson@aol.com> To: <VACAROLI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 5:25 PM Subject: Re: Attention, descendants of these 119 VA. men !! > >Hello all, > > There is an advertisement in the Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper > >today. > > > > It lists 119 men who appeared on the oldest page of one of the old > >newspapers of Richmond, > >THE DAILY DISPATCH. > > > > Now the current Richmond Times-Dispatch is looking for any descendnats > >of > >these men whom I will list below. > > > >They plan to highlight some representative descendnats to include in the > >150th anniversary edition of the > >R T-D. > > > > Now there are no dates of birth or ages listed just the names, that is > >all > >the paper gave. > > > > You can go by the fact that they must have all been grown men by 1850. > > > > Also when you contact the reporters, just tell them you are writing > >about > >the ad. > > > >Please though know for sure you are a descendant. I am sure they only > >want > >people who are positive. > > > >Here are the men from the 1850 paper: > > > >WILLIAM LAMBERT > >J. B. VALENTINE > >JOHN F. WREN > >H. BALDWIN > >C. W. PURCELL & CO. > >J. THOMPSON > >WM. C. TOMPKINS > >T. C. RICE