Hello Ann,
I am researching Hootsell genealogy for my daughter and my two grandsons, all named Hootselle. The family now is centered in St. Louis, MO and is descended from John Thomas Hootsell, Sr., William Dix, Joseph Newton and Thomas Green Hootsell. Do you think I am right that Joseph Newton Hootsell is the son of William Dix Hootsell and Marcella H. Leakin? Census data indicates that John Thomas Hootsell, Sr. was from Pennsylvania. Have you had any luck tracing the line back to Pennsylvania?
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Conrad