David McCreary was born in 1804 in the town of Gettysburg in south central Pennsylvania. In 1828, he married Ann Rebecca Flore. This book is a story of David and their 8 children after Ann Rebecca's death. Although most of the dialogue is fictional, the story is basically true.

William McCreary came from Chester County, Pennsylvania to Adams County, ca. 1774. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Indiana, Iowa, and elsewhere. Porter family is traced to John Porter who came from England to Massachusetts in 1627 and later settled in Connecticut.

Jakob Hepper, born ca. 1836, probably in Grossliebental, South Russia married Karolina Karolina Kundert. Jakob died in 1904 and Karolina and some descendants came to the U.S. in 1909 and settled in South Dakota. Descendants lived in Russia, South Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, and elsewhere.

Sovereign Evans Holley (1856-1917) was born in Aiken County, South Carolina, the son of Milledge Travis and Sarah Evans Holley; and the grandson of Wise and Elizabeth Holley. He married Julia Etta Woodward (1856-1815), daughter of Hansford and Emily Toole Woodward, in 1879 in Aiken County. They had eleven children, 1880-1901. Sovereign and Julia Holley are buried in the churchyard of the Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken County, South Carolina. Descendants...

Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of William Struthers who was born 13 May 1790 in Soctland. He was the son of W. Struthers and Jane Lindsay. William immigrated to America with his parents ca. 1795 and married Martha Eleanor Saville ca. 1817. They lived in Greene Co., Ohio. Martha died 2 October 1838 and William married Elizabeth L. Alexander. They lived in Monmouth, Illinois. Descendants of William Struthers and his...