At 08:02 AM 03/04/2004 EST, you wrote: >In a message dated 2/29/04 1:43:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, >singhals@erols.com writes: >I've uploaded the biographical sketches from the 1897 version of Maxwell & >Swisher's History of Hampshire County. > >They're found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/max/ > >Too late for many of you, but it might help a newbie. And, anyway, I've >gotten some good leads off other county's biographical sketches, so it's >payback. (g) > L. B. HEARE, farmer of Gore, son of Matthew and Mary Heare, Irish parentage, >was born 1831; married, 1861, Zulemma, daughter of Silas and Joanna >SHANHOLTZER; children, Johnston T., Augusta F., Lillian E., Minor G., George W., >Lorenzo H., Bertha V., Wade V., Walter R., and Virgil H. [pg 710] > >One of those errors in the books.......and was carried into articles on the >Heare line. This should read J. B. Heare, as in James Brown Heare. James I'm *pleased* to report that this one is indeed Maxwell & Swisher's error not one of my typos! (g) Thanks, Kathy for pointing it out. Cheryl *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Cheryl Singhal (Singhals@erols.com) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ http://bottonycross.purpleflowers.net (Bottony Cross DAR) http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC)