Maj ALVY RAY SMITH's Tree
Alternative view, showing relationship with my Mother's tree.
Pvt JAMES SHAW was a Private in the Revolutionary War.
Hon James Shaw was in the cavalry under Gen Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto, making him a Texas hero. He was promoted to Lieutenant after this and eventually became a Senator for the Republic of Texas. His father John Shaw was a Captain in the War of 1812, and a representative of Clermont Co in the Ohio legislature.
Rev BETHUEL RIGGS was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. He was also a Baptist preacher who started at least three churches.
Gen Jonathan Riggs would have saved the life of Daniel Boone's grandson, if only that grandson had listened to his advice. For the full story, see the Callaway Massascre.
Pvt WILLIAM LOWE was a Private in the Revolutionary War, and his father,
Pvt JOHN LOWE Jr was too.
The other names in purple were also patriots in the Revolutionary War:
MATTHIAS RICHARDSON Sr and his father,
Capt William Butler, and
Pvt Edmund Butler II, all three the brothers of NANCY ANN BUTLER, wife of Pvt JOHN LOWE Jr
Pvt JACOB CLEARWATER was a Private in the Revolutionary War.
All of the persons in the chart above are related - remotely in some cases - to our family via direct genetic link (in upper case), marriage, second marriage, or various degrees of cousinhood. The diagram above is a picture of my Father's mishpuchah. See also my Mother's mishpuchah (for a definition too).
