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I'm glad to hear that. My grandmother was Nannie Lou Chronister who married John Harper Tuck. I would love to get more information on her family. I already have a huge file which dates back to the 1500s but cannot get much information on my grandmother's brothers and sisters. Do you have any of that information? You can e-mail me at bhathaway11(a)cox.net.
Thanks
If ever anyone finds a picture of Adam and Susan I sure would like a copy.
Nice hearing from you again, Ms. Juanita!
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From: juanita973(a)msn.com
To: CHRONISTER-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 9:52 AM
Subject: [CHRONISTER] Re: Benjamin Sylvester Chronister
I am sorry, I dont remember asking for any thing, Ben Chronister is my grandfather, I have all of the info on him and the family,I am the oldest of nine from his daughter,Gertrude.He has a daughter still living in Howe,Oklahoma and I have a picture of his brother John now,
It was nice of you to write any way, Juanita
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Surnames: Harper,Goforth,Chronister,Uselton,Shelton
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I am sorry, I dont remember asking for any thing, Ben Chronister is my grandfather, I have all of the info on him and the family,I am the oldest of nine from his daughter,Gertrude.He has a daughter still living in Howe,Oklahoma and I have a picture of his brother John now,
It was nice of you to write any way, Juanita
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What kind of information are you looking for? I have this person in my information on the Chronisters.
There was a "recently added" item on the York County, PA GenWeb that was posted to the York mailing list. I have copied the address here:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/york/bios/gibson/chronister-levi.txt
This is a biography of Levi Chronister as it appears in the book "The History of York County". after seeing this posting about Levi Chronister, I now know where a lot of the oft-told Chronister tales have come from.
Town and county histories are usually put out by various historical societies as fund-raisers. Folks can submit a piece on their particular family for a fee, and have it included. They can pretty much say whatever they like about their family and get it into print, and apparently that is what has happened with Levi Chronister. For any who are interested in this Chronister family, I would like to share some facts:
1. I'm sure there were a number of Pennsylvania Chronisters who were
drafted for the War of 1812, but I am positive that none of them actually
served. There are no 1812 Pennsylvania Chronisters in the service records at NARA, nor do you find any in the muster rolls of the printed "Pennsylvania Archives Series". There are a few 1812 Chronisters from the southern line of the family in NC and beyond who served in 1812, but not one from Pennsylvania.
2. The biographical sketch also states that: "A brother of the subject's
grandfather was killed in the Revolutionary war". The subject's grandfather was Abraham Chronister, son of Heinrich. I do not have an exact birthdate
for Abraham (est. between 1770 and 1777), but records of the Lower Bermudian Church do give birthdates for many of his siblings. NONE of them would have been old enough for service in the Revolution. If any of them "died in the Revolutionary War", it must've been a drive-by civilian shooting, lol!
3. There are only two documented Chronister soldiers in the Revolution,
both from North Carolina. Heinrich Chronister of Pennsylvania (father of
Abraham) and his brothers were of age, but apparently they paid to hire
substitutes, since there is no record of ANY Pennsylvania Chronister
having served in the Revolution.
I hate to see inflated stories being perpetuated, so I thought I would take
this opportunity to correct one of them! Thanks.
Peggy Reeves
Burtonsville, MD