Never forget that a butterfly, without its wings, is just another bug.
BARTHOLOMEW GOSNOLD: Explorer, a co-founder of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia. My 3rd cousin 10 times removed.
THOMAS TURNER: Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy. Fought on the union side and commanded the vessel New Ironsides in the attacks on Forts Sumter, Moultrie, and Beauregard in Charleston Harbor. My 5th cousin 3 times removed.
BUSHROD WASHINGTON: Supreme Court Justice, George Washington's favorite nephew. My 3rd cousin 5 times removed.
FAMOUS OR NOTED NON-RELATIVES FROM ASSOCIATED FAMILIES:
NELSON EDDY: singer, dancer, actor. His first cousin 8 times removed was the daughter of Amy Doggett, my first cousin 10 times removed.
MERIWETHER LEWIS: of the Lewis and Clarke expedition. His uncle, John Lewis, married Catherine Fauntleroy, my second cousin 6 times removed.
JOHN MARSHALL: Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. His son Thomas married Margaret Waddrop Lewis, whose 2nd cousin Betty Washington was the aunt of Judge Bushrod Washington, my 3rd cousin 5 times removed.
JAMES MONROE: 5th US President. His niece, Susanna Monroe Grayson, married Lund Washington, who was the 4th cousin of Judge Bushrod Washington, my 3rd cousin 5 times removed.
EDWARD IV PLANTAGENET: 15th-century King of England. His brother George was the great great grandfather of Winifred Windsor who married John Gosnold, who was a 1st cousin of Bartholomew Gosnold, my 3rd cousin 10 times removed.
GEORGE WASHINGTON: 1st US President. The uncle of Judge Bushrod Washington, my 3rd cousin 5 times removed.
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