James Otho Miller (1906-1991) was born in Mumford, Alabama to Oscar Raymond Miller (1874-1932) and Matilda Adams (1874-1961). He descended from early settlers of Tennessee and South Carolina who had moved to Alabama by the middle of the nineteenth century. His parents had moved to Texas where they had five children born and died at an early age. Shortly afterword they moved back to Alabama. Otho married Leila Beatrice Thompson (1912-1971) in 1927...

William Brand (1802-1886) married Sarah Coward (1809-1883), the daughter of Robert Coward and Sarah Leeds of Bintry/Bintree, Norfolk, England in 1830. They lived in the area they had married and were the parents of four sons: James, William, George and Henry. In 1852, they emigrated to South Australia and arrived at Port Adelaide. The family eventually settled at Overland Corner. The descendant lineages are traced for three sons of William and Sarah....

David Almendinger, son of Johann Erhard Allmendinger and Regina Dorthea Fruh, was born 7 October 1809 in Horrheim, Germany. He married Louisa Friederika Benzler (1817-1887) in 1839. They had nine children. They emigrated in 1840 and settled in Marion County, Ohio. He died in 1886.

"Very few facts are known of the Sheerman family until they first appeared in the Burghclere Parish Registers in the early 1770's. The family was first mentioned in connection with Sarah West who married Richard Mason of Vernham, County of Southampton. From this union one daughter, Martha, was born. We have no date of her birth or place. Martha m[arried] Edward Sheerman."--P. 1. Descendant "Daniel Sheerman was b[orn] 6/24/1837 at Berkshire, England...