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Grandchildren of Ernest E. Epling (b 1875) and Stella B of WV

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Grandchildren of Ernest E. Epling (b 1875) and Stella B of WV

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 5:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Epling, Leftwich
Hello,

I am looking for any living grandchildren of Ernest E. Epling (Born 1875) and wife Stella B. Epling (Born 1882), both who were from the Flat Top/Shady Spring areas of Mercer and Raleigh County in WV. The names and birthdates of Ernest and Stella's seven children are:

Gladdys (1900), Neta (1902), Wayne (1905), Tennyson (1907), Mary (1909), Alma (1912), and Carl (1916).

All of the above children were born in Flat Top/Shady Spring WV. If any of you are children or grandchildren of the 7 Eplings listed above, please contact me.

The reason - I am searching to confirm indian ancestry in my Epling line, which supposedly occurred when Andrew Shelburn Epling (B 1850) married Mary Elizabeth Leftwich (B 1844) in Giles County VA in 1874. Legend has it that Mary Elizabeth's mother, Evaline, was full-blooded "Mahock", Manahoac or Monacan Indian. Her father was William Early Leftwich, and Mary was William and Evaline's only child. Andrew and Mary Elizabeth had only 2 children, William Shelburn Epling, and Ernest E. Epling. I come from William Shelburn Epling's line and have exhausted all sources information from that line. My hope is that grandchildren of Ernest will have similar stories or actual evidence of the Indian ancestry.

Thanks!
Michael Barber
Grandson of Andrew Dayton Epling

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