"The purpose of this publication: 1) Make corrections and additions to the Fortney-Fortna Genealogical Family, Inc's [1989] edition of: The Fortineux-Fortinet family (Forney, Fortna, Fordney, Furtney) in America. Commonly known as the "Big Book." 2) Include information on all lines male and female (that we have). 3) Include sources for all data; making it easier for researchers to follow, correct, and add to the work already accomplished. 4) If a...

Abraham Ebersole married Eve Stauffer (b. April 12, 1751) and lived in Lancaster and Dauphin Counties in Pennsylvania. They were the parents of twelve children. Abraham died about 1819. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Washington, Oregon and elsewhere.

Charles Richard, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, was born in 1755 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Stough (1757- 1826) in Berks County in 1774. They had eight children, 1781-1804. The family lived in Berks, Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, and Westmoreland Counties, Pennsylvania. He died in Westmoreland County in 1852. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere. Includes the Berry, Bossart/Buzzard, Fortney, Fry, Steele,...

Leon Mathis Despres (1820-1907) emigrated from France to New York, settled at Hagerstown, Maryland, and married Berthilde Levy in 1854. They moved to Niles, Michigan by 1857, and to Constantine, Michigan by 1868. Descendants and relatives lived in Maryland, Michigan, Illinois, California and elsewhere. Includes ancestry in France to the early 1700s.

John Hawley was born in 1686. He married Hester Burch, daughter of John Burch, in 1712 in Accokeek, Maryland. They had three sons. He died in 1755 in Charles County, Maryland. Descendant, William Carl Hawley, was born 18 October 1837 in Reedsville, West Virginia. He married Caroline Sharps (1840-1912), daughter of John Sharps and Susannah McGee, in 1855. They had eight children. He died in 1923 in Gresham, Nebraska. Ancestors, descendants and relatives...

William Franklin Easley (b. about 1770) was born in South Carolina and moved to Missouri, after living in Warren County, Ky., with his family between 1820 and 1825. His wife's first name was Sarah. Their descendants and relatives lived in Missouri, Idaho, Kansas, California, and elsewhere. Henry Martyn Cheavens (1830-1920) was born in Philadelphia, the son of John Cheavens and Catharine Allen. In 1836 his family moved to Alton, Illinois, and in 1840...

"John Shrode, the father of all the Shrodes of this branch, was a very prominent man in the early colonial days of Pennsylvania. He served in the Revoloutionary War ... was an Indian fighter, and an outstanding pioneer. There are no records of his birth and death. We know he married an Irish girl, but do not know her name. ... It is thought that John Shrode and his two brothers, Jacob and Henry came to America in about 1761 or 1762."--P. 139. ...

Information was generally taken from York County, Pennsylvania, court records, county records, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, etc. Includes Larue family in the U.S.; Sitton family of Callaway County, Missouri; LaRoux family of New Jersey.