Thanks for visiting my page. I am a California girl, and I'm searching out my ancestors, as so many of us are. Here's some information and some names - I'd be pleased to reply to you if my family looks like yours. LAIN: John T. born about 1795, perhaps married to Melissa SHERRILL: in Kentucky. Parents of Samuel, James, Henry, Josephine, Alvira, and more! Most born in Jones Co., Iowa, where John and Melissa died. James' sons William, Andy, Tom, George and daughters Clara and Melissa came to California, and along the way picked up an 'E', making their name LAINE. William married my grandmother, Cora Belle HARVEY, whose father was George E. Harvey, born (perhaps) in Cleveland OH about 1840. He married Catherine PUGH, whose family goes all the way back to Lewis and Ann Pugh in Virginia about 1700. She was the daughter of Laban STEWART and Nancy WELLS Stewart. Catherine and George had four daughers: Mabel, Cora, Mayme and Georgianna. Cora Harvey Laine was the mother of my mother Edith Laine, who married Chelsea BUTTS, son of Cyrus Butts and Catherine ROCKENFIELD Butts. Cyrus was son of Lindorff Butts and Mary Jane AKERS, who married December 22, 1960, just two years, two months before Lindorff was killed in the Civil War. Cyrus married Catherine Rockenfield, daughter of Elias Charles Rockenfield who was the son of Martin Rockenfield (aka Rockfield and Rockafield) of Greene Co., Ohio, and Catherine HUSSONG, who was born in New York City in 1847. Lindorff's father was Aaron W. Butts, who was the brother of Albert, and son of Josephus and Martha, originally of New York. His mother was Zelinda GOODING, of Athens Co., Ohio. I'm still seeking confirmation and generations beyond. Let me know if we might be cousins!
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