Adventures with the ancestors
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Ancestor names: Blanchan, Boone, Brent, Brice, Bryan, Coleman, Crews, Crosthwaite, Davis, DeRyk, DuBois, Elting, Fonville, Fox, Hagler, Hardwick, Hendrick, Hite, Humphries, Jackson, Jones, Ladd, Linville, Lowry, Marshall, Masel, McGinnis, Merckle, Montague, Morgan, Mueller, Newland, Powell, Ross, Schupp, Simms, Slecht, Smith, Stapp, Stone, Sturman, Summers, Tribble, Turner, Van Hooser, Van Meter, Ward, Wendleton, Wolfe, Wren, Wright.

Inclues bibliographical references and index (pages 299-302).

"Adventures with the Ancestors is a collection of [127] American history stories of pioneers on the early frontier. The characters are real people in real circumstances, the ancestors of a single family. . . You'll encounter indentured servants and plantation owners in 17th century Virginia, Dutchmen, Frenchmen, and Germans in the Hudson Valley, a caveman in Pennsylvania, land speculators in the Shenandoah Valley, strong women and wronged women, lawbreakers and lawmakers in North Carolina, pioneers of Kentucky, frontier preachers, Patriots of the American Revolution, an escaped slave from Florida, and Civil War soldiers. You'll follow the descendants of these pioneers to Missouri, where their cultures and families merged. You may recognize some of the early names: DuBois, Van Meter, Hite, Bryan, Boone, Linville, and Wren. Their experiences are documented in records from their own times, even in writings of Washington and Jefferson. Added to these stories are the author's personal adventures following the family trails back in time."--Back cover.

Electronic reproduction. Salt Lake City, Utah : FamilySearch International, 2023