Lewis of Warner Hall History of A Family Genealogy Virginia Hardbound Excellent

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Lewis of Warner Hall
The History of A Family
Merrow Sorley
Hardbound volume totaling
889
pages. Book is in excellent  condition. Just what you need  for genealogy research. Per the publisher;
The Lewis family of Warner Hall, York County, Va. probably  descends from Robert Lewis of Brecon, Wales who came to Virginia in 1635. This  book traces his descendants in the male and female lines, and descents from  other early Virginia families. The bulk of this work is concerned with Col. John  Lewis and Francis Fielding and their descendants, Col. Charles Lewis and Mary  Howell and their descendants, and Col. Robert Lewis and Jane Meriwether and  their descendants, with much attention given to these related families: Ambler,  Ball, Barret, Bowles, Bushrod, Byrd, Carter, Cobbs, Crawford, Eppes, Fauntleroy,  Fielding, Griffin, Howell, Isham, Jefferson, Kennon, Marshall, Piersey, Ragland,  Randolph, Taliaferro, Taylor, Thompson, Walker, Washington, Willis, Woodson, and  Worsham
Take a Look at My Other Genealogical Books up for Auction Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory of Farmers and Breeders
Whiteside County Illinois
Originally published Prairie Farmer Publishing Company, Chicago IL, 1917, 170 pp.
This is a reproduction on CD.
Farm directories can be a gold mine of information for the genealogist. They contain:
Farmers Directory
- This contains the name of farmer, spouse's name, name of children, how many acres he farms, if he owns or rents the land and the year he moved to the county. Often this is the year the farmer was born.
Ads
for banks, auto dealers, furniture stores, lumber companys, hardware stores, drug stores, clothiers, livestock dealers, doctors and more. Some of the ads are illustrated with photos.
Breeders Directory
- in order by type of livestock.
Business Directory
- for each small town.
Articles on farming.
Do you need to know how to adjust your plow, care for horses, judge your tractor horsepower or mark your litter? The info is contained in the book.
Whiteside County was formed in 1836 out of Jo Daviess and Henry Counties. It was named for General Samuel Whiteside, an Illinois officer in the War of 1812 and Black Hawk War. It is surrounded by Carroll County, Ogle County, Lee County, Bureau County, Henry County, Rock Island County, and Clinton County, Iowa. The county seat is Morrison and other towns are Albany, Coleta, Deer Grove, Erie, Fulton, Lyndon, Prophetstown, Rock Falls, Sterling, and Tampico.
About the CD:
This CD provides the genealogist the opportunity to have access to information from a book that is difficult to locate in the used book market.   The CD was made by scanning an original copy of the book.  Any defect such as notes in the margin or light text will also appear in the CD version.  The CD requires  Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the file.  When viewing on your screen the page size can be increased to make reading easier.  This CD is searchable and has a series of bookmarks making navigation through the file easier.  The CD is packaged in a protective sleeve.
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