Hi, I'm just forwarding this message to the list. Iris ----- Original Message ----- From: <Siddorken@aol.com> To: <dmreily@compuserve.com> Sent: Sunday, 07 October, 2001 18:04 PM Hi: I am Dorothea (Whitfield) Kennedy, and a member of the Daughters of The American Revolution on the service of Charles Yelton. I was b 05 JUL 1926 at Avon, ID m John S. Kennedy, b 18 JAN 1923, Spokane, WA, married at Coeur d' Alene, ID 28 FEB 1946. John S. "Sid" Kennedy is a Pearl Harbor Survivor and past president of the SF Bay area chapter of the PHSA Daughter of Ruby Viann Smelser m Harry Edward Whitfield, 26 APR 1922 Spokane b 18 JAN 1902, Prior, OK b 25 JUL 1899, Spopkane, WA d 29 MAR 1989, Spokane, WA b 29 MAY 1990, Spokane, WA Daughter of Margorie Yelton m John Henry Smelser b 20 APR 1872, Falmouth KY b 25 FEB 1863, Stoutsville< MO d 19 NOV 1947, WA d 25 FEB 1949 WA Dau. of James Ferdinand Yelton m Viann Chain Cole, 02 AUG 1868 b 04 OCT 1847, Falmouth, KY b 23 NOV 1848, Famouth, KY d 29 NOV 1921, Spangle, WA d 13 MAY 1927, Spangle, WA Son of Charles Yelton m Marjory Kirby 19 NOV 1846 b1826, Bethel Pend Co KY b 23 NOV 1848, Bethel, Pend. Co. KY d 1913 Bethel d 1911, Bethel Son of William Yelton m Nancy Taylor 11 JAN 1810 KY b 1777 VA b 07 FEB 1789 VA d 14 AUG 1831/38 KY d 05 NOV 1876 KY Son of Charles Yelton (RW) m Amelia Ellis 05 MAR 1769, Stafford Co. VA b 01 NOV 1746, Stafford Co. VA b 30 SEP 1750 Staffoird Co. VA d 02 JUL 1817 KY d 22 FEB 1830, Bourbon Co. KY Charles and Amelia were marr. at Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co. at the Aquia Church which is still being used today. Son of James Yelton m Isabel Hinson 13 NOV 1743 Stafford Co. VA b ca 1714 GB b d 1783 d 13 FEB 1781 Stafford Co. VA My Whitfield line goes back to the Rev. Richard Whitfield of North Umberland, England in 1145, where he was personal chaplain of the Princess Ida. Dorothea.