The emigrant ancestor, Thomas Smith I, was born in the 1830's in Ireland. He married Nov. 12, 1856 Julia Drum (ca. 1830-1889), daughter of Brian Drumover and Mary Brady of Ireland, in Shelby Co., Tennessee. She came to America during the famous potato famine. Thomas died in 1873 during the yellow fever epidemic. Julia married (2) 1875 at St. Brigid, John Bohlen (d. 1883). Includes Barry, Oakley, Harty, etc. families originally of Ireland, and later...

Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Charley Wesley McGinnis who was born 10 April 1871 in Peoria, Illinois. He was the son of Issac McGinnis and Sarah Osborn. Charley married Orie May Hulick 19 September 1893 in Beloit, Kansas. They lived in Oklahoma and were the parents of four sons and three daughters. Descendants lived in Oklahoma, Texas, Idaho, Washington and elsewhere.

Section 2 newsletter are for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Littell (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, France, Ireland, and Scotland in the 1600's-1700's. Some were French Huguenots. Among immigrant ancestors were: John and Samuel Littell, who lived in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, then moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, ca. 1783; also Jonah Littell (born ca. 1740), who moved from New Jersey...

A genealogy of the descendants of Jordan Stewart Quinn born about 1799 of Bedford County, Virginia. He died 27 Oct 1878 in Clifford, Va. He married 15 June 1823 Nancy A. Coffey of Virginia. They had 8 children all born in Amherst County, Va. Includes Dillard, Harvey, Marshall, Massie, McGinnis, Waddill, Whitehead, and related families.

William Hansell (ca. 1772-1855) was probably the son of John Hansel. He married Elizabeth McGinnis in 1799 and they lived in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Descendants lived in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and elsewhere.

Paul Larson Rud, son of Lars Jons Myrvold and Kristine Larsdatter, was born in 1805 in Myrvold farm, Trogstad, Ostvold, Norway. He married Berte Johansdatter in 1834. They had seven children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in South Dakota.

Abinah Wood was born in New Jersey in 1777. He married Susannah Humphreys and they were the parents of fourteen children. Susannah was raised as a Quaker but after her marriage she became a Methodist. Abinah worked as a sea captain until he moved the family to Ohio where he became a farmer. Information on many of his descendants through 1900 is included in this volume. Descendants continue to live in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere. Includes Ainsworth,...

John Easton was born in 1894. He married Ruth Emery Twitchel. Their children included William, John, Dorcas, Steve, Hannah, Mary. Other surnames include Shreves, Walton, Bryant, Whittum, Stearns, Chambers, Dickson, McGinnis. Localities include Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri.

Russell David McGinnis (b. 1915) in Gaston County, N.C. married Ozell Arthur Hallman (b. 1915) in 1934. They had 2 children. He was the son of Charles Marcus McGinnis (b. 1888) and Bessie Lee Heafner (1888). They had 7 children. He was the son of John Moses McGinnas and Margaret Pauline Rudsill. The family settled in the North Carolina area.