In a message dated 8/13/00 12:29:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dpuffer@ddminc.net writes: > checking to see if mail has been fixed, and if it is still taking 8-12 hours > to hit list, sending this at 6:35 am. The best test is a query, so who knows my folks Ancestors of Sylvanus Lee Sommerville Generation No. 1 1. Sylvanus Lee Sommerville, born 04 March 1859 in Harrison Co., VA; died 05 February 1924 in Salt Lick Dist., Braxton Co., WV. He was the son of 2. Thomas Alexander Sommerville and 3. Mary Ellen Smith. He married (1) Lilly Blanche Watson 29 December 1881 in Lewis Co., WV. She was the daughter of James Wilton Watson and Margaret Ann Morrison. He married (2) Gertrude Ann Singleton 1920 in Braxton Co, WV. Generation No. 2 2. Thomas Alexander Sommerville, born 22 July 1831 in Harrison Co., VA; died 12 October 1872 in Harrison Co., WV. He was the son of 4. George A Sommerville and 5. Anna Woodard. He met 3. Mary Ellen Smith 1855. 3. Mary Ellen Smith, born 1835-1836 in Virginia. She was the daughter of 6. Shelton/Chilton Smith and 7. Rachel Melvina Heflin. Children of Thomas Sommerville and Mary Smith are: i. George T Sommerville, born Abt. 1856 in Virginia. 1 ii. Sylvanus Lee Sommerville, born 04 March 1859 in Harrison Co., VA; died 05 February 1924 in Salt Lick Dist., Braxton Co., WV; married (1) Lilly Blanche Watson 29 December 1881 in Lewis Co., WV; married (2) Gertrude Ann Singleton 1920 in Braxton Co, WV. Children of Thomas Sommerville and Tamsa Coffindaffer are: i. George L Sommerville, born 22 January 1867 in Harrison Co., VA; died 13 June 1887 in Harrison Co., WV. ii. Clemza Belle Sommerville, born 02 November 1868 in Harrison Co., VA; married Permetus A Haught 01 April 1899 in Davisson Run, Harrison Co., WV. iii. Mollie May Sommerville, born 18 June 1870 in Harrison Co., VA; died 31 July 1892 in Harrison Co., WV. Generation No. 3 4. George A Sommerville, born Abt. 1784 in Ireland. He was the son of 8. Thomas Sommerville. He married 5. Anna Woodard 15 August 1825 in Harrison Co., VA. 5. Anna Woodard, born 1785-1793 in Virginia; died Abt. March 1835 in Harrison Co., VA. She was the daughter of 10. Richard Woodard and 11. Ann Elizabeth Dalton. Children of George Sommerville and Anna Woodard are: i. Robert L Sommerville, born Abt. 1827; died 11 June 1853 in Harrison Co., VA. ii. Elizabeth Sommerville, born 27 October 1830 in Davisson Run, Harrison Co., VA; died 05 January 1860 in Harrison Co., VA; married Hugh Garrett 01 January 1857 in Harrison Co., VA. 2 iii. Thomas Alexander Sommerville, born 22 July 1831 in Harrison Co., VA; died 12 October 1872 in Harrison Co., WV; met (1) Mary Ellen Smith 1855; married (2) Tamsa Jane Coffindaffer 04 January 1866 in Harrison Co., WV. 6. Shelton/Chilton Smith, born Abt. 1803 in Virginia. He was the son of 12. James Smith and 13. Charity Benear. He married 7. Rachel Melvina Heflin 26 February 1828 in Fauquier Co., VA (Source: CD 229 Marriage Records.). 7. Rachel Melvina Heflin, born 28 April 1808 in Fauquier Co., VA; died in Lewis Co., WV. She was the daughter of 14. William Heflin and 15. Mariah Susan Ellis. Children of Shelton/Chilton Smith and Rachel Heflin are: 3 i. Mary Ellen Smith, born 1835-1836 in Virginia; met (1) Thomas Alexander Sommerville 1855; married (2) Thomas Scott Posey 16 February 1862 in Lewis Co., WV. ii. William Smith, born Abt. 1837. iii. John Smith, born Abt. 1840 in Virginia. iv. Lewis Smith, born Abt. 1845 in Virginia. v. Adaline Smith, born Abt. 1847 in Virginia. vi. George J Smith, born 1849-1854 in Virginia. vii. Marshall Smith, born Abt. 1854 in Virginia. Sandy in Florida <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/sandrag/index.html">All My Mama's</A> [Sandra Sommerville Wells Griffith]