my paternal lines
Ancestors of Larry
Steven Clapp
Descendants of Thomas Clapp
1563-1624 My 10th GGrandfather (updated 17 Jun 2014)
Descendants of Robert Rutherford
1634-1728 My 8th GGrandfather
Descendants of John
Acuff, Sr.
1736-1810 Descendants of Isaac
C. Sharp 1712-1767 6th GGrandfather
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DEAR
ANCESTOR
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected
and alone.
The name
and date are chiseled out
On
polished, marbled stone.
It
reaches out to all who care
It is
too late to mourn.
You did
not know that I exist
You died
and I was born.
Yet each
of us are cells of you
In
flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our
blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely
not our own.
Dear
Ancestor, the place you filled
One
hundred years ago
Spreads
out among the ones you left
Who
would have loved you so.
I wonder
if you lived and loved,
I wonder
if you knew
That
someday I would find this spot,
And come
to visit you.
Author
Unknown
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my maternal lines
Descendants
of John Johnson
born 1808 Madison Co., KY
3rd Great-Grandfather
(update 3 Nov 2010)
Descendants
of James Lawrence
born ca 1720 VA
6th Great-Grandfather
Descendants
of Col. Thomas Hunt
ca 1588 London, England
10th Great-Grandfather
Descendants
of Peter Williams
1792 Germany-1883 KY
3rd Great-Grandfather
Descendants
of James Roberts
born ca 1811 KY
3rd Great-Grandfather
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assorted family information
Clapp
and Gates Firearms Company
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