Connections to History

Our ancestors and cousins participated in the significant events of our nation: the initial settling of America, the Revolutionary War, the settlement of the western frontier, the Civil War, Depression and World War II.

Here we focus on six of our ancestors:

I
William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania
John Test was the First Sheriff of Philadelphia

II
Benjamin Test
Signatory to The 1783 Petition Against the Slave-Trade

III
The Great Migration to Ohio

IV
John C. Whinnery Abolitionist
The Liberal Character of Salem, Ohio
The Anti-Slavery Movement and the Women's Suffrage Movement

V
Edwin Coppock
Hanged for His Role in
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

VI
Lew Wallace
Civil War General - Author - Ambassador to Turkey

VII
Chalkley Beeson:
Businessman - Lawman - Cattleman - Bandleader
Best Known as One of the Owners of the Famous Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas

	I William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania John Test was the First Sheriff of Philadelphia
	II Benjamin Test Signatory to The 1783 Petition Against the Slave-Trade
	III The Great Migration to Ohio
	IV John C. Whinnery Abolitionist The Liberal Character of Salem, Ohio The Anti-Slavery Movement and the Women's Suffrage Movement
	V Edwin Coppock Hanged for His Role in John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
	VI Lew Wallace Civil War General - Author - Ambassador to Turkey
	VII Chalkley Beeson: Businessman - Lawman - Cattleman - Bandleader Best Known as One of the Owners of the Famous Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas