To: snippy_about_it
West Virginia, eh? My Dad's family came from north of Paris, Pennsylvania, located at PA's south western corner with West Virginia both to the west and south within a very few miles. Still heavy duty boondocks.
A group of brothers of his name settled in the area after moving west for elbow room. These lads had left Ireland very hurriedly and secretly after the Rising of 1799, they say. Didn't use their real name in public for more than a generation. Paranoid bunch!
113 posted on
10/23/2004 11:26:49 PM PDT by
Iris7
("The past is not over. It is not even the past." - William Faulkner (Quote from memory.))
To: Iris7
Didn't use their real name in public for more than a generation. Paranoid bunch!Well you know the Irish weren't thought highly of then so I can't say as I blame them.
115 posted on
10/23/2004 11:44:31 PM PDT by
snippy_about_it
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