[gunsmith]

I am a descendant of Aaron Burr, famous for winning a duel
with Alexander Hamilton.
He was also VP for Thomas Jefferson during his 2nd term .

[jsalcedo]

My wife is directlly decended from Jesse James, her aunt goes to the family reunions in West Texas.

My Great Uncles rode with Pancho Villa. The pictures were displayed on my grandfathers bookshelf until he passed away.

[TechBrute]

I'm a decendant of Andrew Jackson. I don't know how, I haven't sat down to have the lineage talk with Mom.

Sitting Bull is said to be in my heritage, as is Jesse Chisholm. I don't think they were famous shooters, but somewhat historically significant.

[4v50 Gary]

The blood of many cowards flows in my veins. You have to catch us before you can shoot us. :)

BTW TechBrute - I visited Ol' Hickory's home in Nashville, The Hermitage, last year. Very well kept and they have the original 1400 acres too. He's buried in his garden with wife & a faithful servant is buried there too. Gotta love that necessary (outhouse) which is a three seater.

[ACP230]

I'm not related to any famous shooters, but my kids are. ;)

[TechBrute]

I'm not related to any famous shooters, but my kids are. Ok, I'll bite... who are you?

[Ryder]

My great aunt was a Lafayette and the name Jean Lafitte has been mentioned. Never payed very close of attention to the details.

[Legionnaire]

Interesting question. My paternal grandmother was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. I'll have to ask my dad if he has the records in his files.

[Kim]

I'm kin to The outlaw Sam Bass on my Mom's side. I have a newspaper article where my great-uncle on my fathers side killed the last white tail deer in Arkansas back in the days when everyone hunted deer to survive. I also have his bullet mold for a 30 caliber I think or maybe a 32. ;)

[Teufelhunden]

I'm a decendant of Andrew Jackson. I don't know how, I haven't sat down to have the lineage talk with Mom.

That makes two of us then. As far as I know, my relation to him is something along the lines of his being an 8-times great uncle. I could pin it down perfectly, but that would involve diggin' out the family tree, which is still in a moving box somewhere... :rolleyes:

-Teuf

[liliysdad]

My family tree includes Daniel Boone directly, and Tom Horn by marriage.

[stv]

My Great Uncles rode with Pancho Villa. The pictures were displayed on my grandfathers bookshelf until he passed away.

So did my great-grandfather.

[Larry Ashcraft]

My wife is a direct descendent of Davy Crockett, her family is from Crosbyton, TX.

Me, I don't know if I should say it or not. My paternal grandmother was Evelyn Wilkes, direct descendent of John Wilkes Booth (I believe his mother was a Wilkes).

[GigaBuist]

4v50 Gary,

The blood of many cowards flows in my veins. You have to catch us before you can shoot us.

So... you're French?

Sorry, I had to. Continue on with the discussion -- my family came here too late for me to be related to any of the founders.

[pbman]

I'm a decendant of Ethan Allen, and Daniel webster.

[Mike Irwin]

Supposedly I'm descended from "Captain Jack" Armstrong, a quasi-famous Indian fighter in Pennsylvania in the 1740s and 1750s, but given that there's a lot of question about who Captain Jack really was, it's probably just family legend. Members of my family were, however, among the first settlers and trailblazers in the Mifflin/Juniata/Huntington counties area of Central Pennsylvania, so who knows.

I'm also a Son of the American Revolution on both sides of the family.

[Tierhog]

I am the son of my Father, a great man and my best friend. My father taught me to be a man, to respect the power of the gun, to be proud to be an American, that duty is more than a word, to cherish the wilderness, to enjoy the fruits of my labors and love my family with all of my being. There are many great men and women in this country that we can all be proud of, but my Father is the one that I have learned from and tried hard to emulate. I pray to God that I may be the father to my son that he is to me. Today he is a tired old man (or so he says), but I still see him as a giant among men, and I enjoy every minute that I am able to spend with him.






Oh, I am distantly related to Robert Morris, he signed the Declaration of Independence..

[jsalcedo]

my Father is the one that I have learned from and tried hard to emulate. I pray to God that I may be the father to my son that he is to me


Amen. I am fortunate enough to have a father who is a war hero and
a man who took the time to teach me how to be a decent, responsible
worker, citizen and shooter. I pray to be at least half the man he is.

[Sisco]

I think there was a horse thief or two in the family tree but we don't talk about it much. :p
Wife's family came over on the Mayflower so it's hard telling there.

[abdrdude]

I am related to Pres Thomas Jefferson through my mothers side. My great great... grandmother was Jeffersons aunt. I also have links to some Brittish royalty.

[Dave P]

Anybody related to Bill or Hillary?!?

[Sisco]

Wife just informed me that the Wright Brothers are in her family tree. Lot of good it does me.

[TerryBob]

Zachary Taylor

[Mauserlady]

Not american but I am related (just can't remember the link) to General Alexi Nikolajevich Kuropatkin...

[Kharn]

Mom's side traces back to the Adams (the father & son Presidents).

Kharn

[entropy]

Very distantly, Col. Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, and thus his son, Robert E. Lee. Also, unsubstantiatedly, on my mom's side, Jean Laffitte;maybe we're related, Ryder;) An ancestor of mine founded Stephen King's hometown, Fryeburg, Maine, in the late 1600's.

[Smoke]

Lets see....

The first Parks we can trace hit here in the early 1700's.
Aaron Parks rode with Light Horse Harry Lee.
There were numerous relatives in the Civil War, Great Great Uncle served under Hood, was wounded someehere (I forget)
William Parks fell at the Alamo, he was a brother to my Great Great Grandfather that established the ranch we still own.

I can't remember what else.

Note of interest to Kim:

Sam Bass often kept the Denton mare on a piece of property that we own. In those days it was owned by a family named Godager. They were friends of the outlaw and he often stayed in their cabin (reminants can still be seen there) while passing through. My family purchased the property in the 1920's.

[444]

I am also a son of the American Revolution on both sides.
We also traced the family back to the Mayflower.

My uncle retired and did a lot of geneology work on that side of the family. He came up with a lot of interesting actual documents such as the paperwork signed by our family swearing alligence to the union upon release from a Union POW camp.

[Kinsman]

Looks like jsalcedo and I are cousins....I'm related to Jesse and Frank, on my mother's side. Also, somewhere back there were some granpappys who fit the Yankees during the War between the States.Amen. I am fortunate enough to have a father who is a war hero and a man who took the time to teach me how to be a decent, responsible worker, citizen and shooter.
Same for me; my grandfather though. Wish I were half the man he was.

[Pendragon]

On my dads side, our family traces back to the Strouds who founded Stroudsberg PA and were also "Sons and Daughters of the Revolution".

On my wifes side, she had an uncle or great uncle who was one of the crew for Wild Bill Hickock (sp?).

[TonyB]

My ancestors were stomping grapes in Italy and growing potatoes in Ireland so I'm either related to mobsters or drunks depending on the side of the family...either way I'm SURE there was gunplay:D

[TechBrute]

Anybody related to Bill or Hillary?!?

Uh... I don't think that has any place in this thread. Please double check the title. :D

Tearing the country apart doesn't make you a founding father.

[ahenry]

Supposedly I am descended from Patrick Henry. The family has done the genealogy and we have quite a few relatives that fought in the revolution. In fact, we had family members, “Overmountain� men, at Kings Mountain where Col. Patrick Ferguson, inventor of the Ferguson rifle, was killed. However, we never came across anything indicating any of my relatives were the one(s) that shot him.

Jsalcedo,
My Great Uncles rode with Pancho Villa. The pictures were displayed on my grandfathers bookshelf until he passed away. Interesting, I believe that the grandfather of a friend of mine (and occasional poster on this board) chased Pancho Villa and his gang and your great uncles, back in the day. Crazy connections, I just found out the other day that my grandfather and the grandfather of a friend of mine probably “played chase� across the Tex-Mex border as “la migra� and “mojado�.

[striker3]

Thats kind of interesting, I am a direct decendant of Alexander Hamilton.

[trooper]

Um... my younger brother once knew a girl who used to play tennis with Dubya's daughters... does that count? :D ;)

[simon]

My father, of whom I am proud, once traced our lineage back as far as U.S.Grant,who IIRC, was my great 6X uncle by marriage.

Also, Grand mothers maiden name was Anderson, and directly related to Hans Christian Anderson of story book/writing fame.

[bogie]

Ooohh... Should I go there...

Sure!

Capt. Adam H. Bogardus was an exhibition shooter with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show until he retired to ensure that his children (also exhibition shooters) received educations. He was a shotgunner, and is credited with developing the artificial target (originally glass balls) and throwers.

On my mother's side, I'm distantly related to Simon Kenton, who is unfortunately credited with saving the life of that dang mercenary. I grew up in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, which was founded by James Harrod, whose group hired that dang mercenary, and whose settlement, founded in 1774, is essentially the oldest town west of the mountains... The mercenary's settlement didn't make it.

Back in New Amsterdam, the Rev. Everardus Bogardus married Anneke Jans, the illegitimate daughter of the king of Holland. They had a whole passel of kids.

My father was a glider rider in the 82nd.

[squibload]

Family is from RI originally, and my dad's a BIG geneology buff.

Looks as though I may be related to Joseph Bucklin, involved in the burning of the HMS Gaspee in June 1772...he shot British Navy Lt. Duddington. Not a very well known incident, but Bucklin fired one of the shots leading to the American Revolution.

Otherwise, "cowards RUN in my family"...:D

[oldfart]

On my mother's side there's Nathan Hale. Since he didn't have any kids I can't claim direct decsendency, but it's close.

On my dad's side I can claim Kit Carson as some degree of grandparent.
I've never been very interested in that sort of thing so I really haven't investigated it much. If I ever dug into it very much I'd probably find out about all the horsetheives and traitors. No thanks.

[Correia]

No famous Americans on my side. Father's side came over much later from the Azores (Terceira) after most of the exciting stuff had finished. :) There was a Gaspar Correia that sailed with Vasco DeGama, but good luck pinning down that geneology. Good chance however, as far as I can tell because there seems to be only two branches of Correias out of the Azores from the late 1400s, and if you ended up in the Azores in the 1400s, you had to know something about sailing. :)

Mothers side, poor Polish/Lithiuanian cole miners on one side, and back woods of Mississippi on the other. No real info about any of them.

Now my wife is a direct descendant of Wilford Woodruff and Lorenzo Snow. That won't mean much to anybody who isn't Mormon however. :)

[BowStreetRunner]

One of my precedents was a Colonel in the War of Independence, William Crawford.......he was killed by Indians in Ohio in 1782 and as a friend and business associate (land speculation/surveying) of George Washington appears often in Washington's old journals
he served (I have found) with the 5th and 7th Virginia Line regiments....although the 7th was reorganized into the 5th, so he may have only served in "one" regiment......at his death he commanded a regiment of Virginia militia.......
he was an associate of Simon Girty (back in their F&I War Days), the famous/infamous white man who went over to fight with the Indians in the War........of course, Girty's treachery kinda stiffled their friendship
There are, I have read, counties in 5 states named after Colonel Crawford, for sure Crawford County Ohio is named for him and I suspect the Crawford Counties in Indiana, Michigan, and Penn. as well.
BSR

[oweno]

Sort of on topic: One of my ancestors was taken as a POW by Col. George Washington during the French and Indian War.

Owen

[Navy joe]

Family been in Virginia since 163-sumptin' so I suppose. I know we supplied a bride that became Bobby Lee's mom. Trying to do my genealogy since no one else has done much with it.

[Lupine]

I've got a great great grandfather who signed Custer's Last Paycheck and was a good friend of Buffalo Bill. That count?

Other than that, Admiral Bull Halsey is somewhere on my family tree.

[Ed]

Has anyone studied their familys history and never found anyone famous?

[Papakeith]

Ahh what the heck, I'll chime in. My family is directly decended from John Q. Adams.
My Family(both sides) have been in the same area for a minimum of 7 generations. Names like Hopkins, Steere, Adams, Williams are littered throughout my lineage.

[gunsmith]

Has anyone studied their familys history and never found anyone famous?

My girlfriend has a great great uncle Ed,does that count?:neener:

A comedian once asked,why are the mental hospitals full of people who think they're Jesus? why don't they think they are Bhudda or Krishna?

and the question was famous shooters or Founding Fathers...other countries have famous shooters as well

[Upst8NYer]

Don't know if it exactly qualifies as "famous shooter of founding father" but my father was a soldier in the 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division in WWII also known as "The Rock of the Marne".

The 3rd ID was one of the units that deployed behind enemy lines in France and advanced to the front lines along the Marne river. John G Pershing (Commander of the US Army in France) stated:

"On this occasion, a single regiment of the 3rd Division wrote one of the most brilliant pages in our military annals.

"It prevented the crossing of at certain points on its front, while on either flank the Germans who had gained a footing pressed forward.

"Our men, firing in three sections, met the German attacks with counterattacks at critical points and succeeded in throwing back two German divisions into complete confusion, capturing 600 prisoners."

I have a very detailed lineage and geneology that my father did before his death that lists my father's family line back into the 1700's and includes some of the actual birth and death records (which at that time were hand written on plain paper by the doctor present at birth and death) and one of the death records has dark stains on it, that I almost think are blood, and which bears one word that makes it stand out. "Patriot"

I don't know if it was common at the time to note on death records whether the person was a patriot or not, or for that matter to include the persons military rank on a death record. It tends to make me think that the descendant mentioned in the record had died in the line of duty and if not, it's at least a noble thought.

I am conincidentally also related on my mothers side to the Otis family, of which include the inventor of the elevator and escalator.

Upst8NYer

[444]

"Has anyone studied their familys history and never found anyone famous?"

Plenty of people, but they didn't respond to this thread because it clearly only asked for famous people and/or founding fathers.

[Tusker10mm]

Well a couple that I know of. Ole D. Boone Himself, and Sam Adams. :)
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[RepublicanMan]

A semi-recent (in)famous attorney general, more of a man than most men, and she sat to pee......

Great Great grandfather survived Little Big Horn, was court martialed and later cleared, other than that, not sure. Family fought on both sides of the War of Northern Aggression. :D

[TechBrute]

A semi-recent (in)famous attorney general, more of a man than most men, and she sat to pee...... Founding Father... or Floundering Mother? :D After that Elian thing, is she considered a famous shooter?

[manyironsinfire]

I'm a direct descendent to Dr. Samuel Fuller who was on the Mayflower..My brother is our Geneoligist and has traced us to the 12th century England..:D

[manyironsinfire]

444; I just read your post who was your ancesteor on the mayflower? maybe we're related......:what:

[Freightman]

Sorry but my ancesters scalped a few of your ancesters, but yours prevailed because of shear weight of numbers. Sure glad I do not think I am ready to live in a tepee.

[RepublicanMan]

After that Elian thing, is she considered a famous shooter?

If most of what I've heard is true....she wouldn't be caught dead near an actual functioning firearm.

[Ryder]

Heya entropy,

That's interesting. Many facts about Jean Lafitte are unknown including where he came from, the real spelling of his name, and even when/where he died. Substantiation would be impossible. Guess we'll just have to settle for word of mouth pass-me-downs.

Found a great read on him, 15 chapters, learned quite a bit. Check it out:

Jean Lafitte - Pirate and Patriot (http://www.crimelibrary.com/americana/lafitte/main.htm)

[jsalcedo]

My Grandmother is from Atchison KS. and was Emelia Earharts 1st cousin which makes me 3rd?


Funny thing is, I hate flying.

[Erik]

My soon to be born son (any week now...) will be distantly related to Sam Colt thanks to his mother.

[gunsmith]

Sorry but my ancesters scalped a few of your ancesters, but yours prevailed because of shear weight of numbers. Sure glad I do not think I am ready to live in a tepee.

Hey it's cool,knowing my relatives like I do,I'm sure they were "asking for it" ;)

[Evil_Ed]

No founding fathers that I know of in my family tree. As to historical figures, my great great something uncle had a farm south of Gettysburgh that the south retreated through. From what I hear it is part of one of the bus tours in the area. I think it is under Staples or Stapleton.

My wife, however, is related to Jesse James through her mothers side of the family. By an interesting coincidence a few years into our marriage I ended up working for a lady who was a direct decendant of the guy that SHOT Jesse James. Ironic that my wife moved to Florida from Maine and the lady I worked for moved to Florida from Kentucky. Amazing how much families move around in this country!

[davek]

As for Famous, I'm related to John Hancock on my father's side, and Mary Queen of Scots (they named a drink after her) on my mother's side.

Not so famous, but contributing a lot to history are my Great great grandfather, great grandfather, and grandfather.

GGGrandad was Col. Charles W. Taylor. He was a company commander in the 9th U.S. Cavalry during the end of the Indian Wars and into the Spanish-American War. It was he, and the rest of the 9th that pulled Teddy Roosevelt's fat out of the fire when he charged up the San Juan Heights against orders and without support. (I know, the history books tell it different, but that's the way Taylor told it.)

GGrandad was Col. W.M. Modisette. There's an article about him
here (http://www.indianamilitary.org/Camp%20Atterbury/Anniversarys/Anniversary3.htm) about a quarter of the way down. His is the first pic.

Grandad was Col. W.M. Modisette Jr. and fought tooth-and-nail during the island hopping campaign in the Pacific during WWII. He made it as far as Iwo-Jima where the jeep he was in hit a land mine injuring him severely. Oddly enough, he was in the Army Air Corps, but he was an infantryman. His men went in with the 2nd or 3rd wave of Marines and went directly past the beach head to capture air fields from the enemy. He saw a lot of action. I recently inherited the 1911 that he carried during that time. It's a commercial model and I don't know if the Army issued it to him or if he bought it himself. As you can see, it has four notches in the grip.

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http://www.fototime.com/{F9665687-CDB9-420E-94E2-42502935769C}/picture.JPG

http://www.fototime.com/{1F998D75-44D0-4A0C-9AF5-FD4CFAF94ABB}/picture.JPG

(BTW, he wasn't a Flying Tiger. I bought that blood chit mail order years ago and was just using it as a prop for those pics.)

[SteveS]

On my mother's side, I'm related to Richard J. Gatling, the inventor of the Gatling gun.

[BHPshooter]

I don't know much about my lineage, as it's always been a big snoozer to me.

I do know that relatives on one side came over on the Mayflower, so I suppose it's possible that I'm related to a FF. On the same side of the family, my Great Grandmother (who died before I was born) came to America from England in the early 1900s. I know nothing about the other side of my family.

I'll have to ask my Grandmother one of these days -- she's big into geneology. She would know if I was related to a Founding Father.

Oh, as a totally unrelated note, I'm also related to a famous pirate from the 1300s. :D Don't remember the name, though.

Wes

[Vasilia Zhietzev]

er....not a founding father, but a man whom certainly helped change the face of america: William Edenborn. One of the guys who held major patents on barbed wire & laid a lot of rail. That's on the maternal side. Paternal side is croatian immigrant.

[nico]

I'm a descendant of the first mayor of LA on my father's side, a guy on my mom's side signed the Declaration of Independance for Rhode Island, and a woman on my mom's side was born on the Mayflower. My grandmother's uncle on my mom's side was a flying tiger. My great uncle used to be the biggest pineapple/sugar cane (can't remember if it's one, the other, or both, but he grew both) producer in the world, but he's Japanese so i guess it's not really relevant to this discussion.:p

[gunsmith]

We have Cowboys,Indians,Hamitons & Burrs and we are all on the same side!

Look out anti gun lying nazi's! you do not have a chance!

[Hkmp5sd]

I think I'm a cousin, several times removed, of Barnie Fife.

[pignock]

no famous shooters but my father has a mug shot from the Missouri State Penitentiary from 1894 of my great(cubed) uncle, the unsuccessful train robber. He likes to take it out and show it to visitors - Mom does not approve:eek:

[Butch]

My dear old daddy told me we were kin to Billy Dixon(Adobe Walls fame) but he never said how. Pappy is dead now since1983 so guess I'll never know for sure.:(

[wardog]

Don't know exactly how, but I'm related to a Civil War General, General Logan. He helped found Memorial Day as a National Holiday in 1868.

[K40]

from a long line of mormons, most notably John Moses Browning and Im probably the only one here who doesnt own a 1911!:( Incidentally the mormon church has great resources for those who really want to delve...

[general]

Great post gunsmith!!
Really enjoying reading about folks lineage.
According to my Maternal Grandmother, I am the namesake of my GGGGrandUncle (fraternal) Gen. Robert E. Lee. I have yet to investigate..... I guess there is no present like the time...

entropy & Navy joe
Kinfolk?:eek:

bogie:
Capt. Adam H. Bogardus was an exhibition shooter ..... He was a shotgunner, and is credited with developing the artificial target (originally glass balls) and throwers.
IIRC, the glass balls are mentioned in Ed McGivern's book "Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting. Can't remember where or if they mention the Capt.

Tierhog:
Having a good example to follow is highly underated these days. Made a lot of difference in my life too.;)

[Traithe]

Like TechBrute, I am also a decendant of Andrew Jackson. I am an 8 or so grand nephew of his, just like Teufelhunden.

[BlkHawk73]

Not a shooter or founding father but on my fathers side, I'm related to the painter of this famous artwork.
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/spiritof76-2.jpg by Archibald Willard. My grandmother was a Willard. It was also the same Willard lineiage that is quite famous for his clocks. I can trace my grandfathers family back to the early 1600's but nobody noteworthy. I've read that that part of the family wasn't exactly a peaceful clan back in Scotland though.

[bp_cowboy]

Sgt Alvin York on my Grandmother side of the Family. She showed me in her Bible one time how we were related.

[CWAdams]

Uh, well ----- how 'bout a "didn't shooter?". One great-great grandpa was Thaddeus "Moses" Rose. The guy that didn't cross Travis' line in the sand at the Alamo, went over the wall the night before the seige began, and lived to a ripe old age. (He sorta forgot to marry my g-g grandma, though, who happened to be a Cherokee.)
Only guy in the Alamo that could count ...

[panzerfuehrer]

Button Gwinett, DOI signer from GA. Top of left column.

James Butler (Wild Bill) Hickok.

[TechBrute]

Incidentally the mormon church has great resources for those who really want to delve... Prior to the Compaq takeover by HP, the mormon church was the single largest customer of Compaq servers in the country. Their IT resources are mostly spent on lineage.

[pmbiker]

I'm related to Calamity Jane on my mothers side. She's like my GGGGgreat aunt or something close to that. Her real name is Martha Jane Canary, my ggrandmother was a Canary. I've seen her in some family picture albums, fugly woman she was!! :barf:

[gunsmith]

because of all the interesting histoy here, I hadn't thought of famous gunnies from other countries...cool

[Moondoggie]

pmbiker...that's interesting, my Grandfather on my Mom's sides last name was Canary and he was supposed to be related to Calamity Jane.

He gave me an 1873 trapdoor Springfield before he died...I've always wondered what the history of that rifle might be. I still shoot that rifle, btw.

[White Horseradish]

I'm not related to any americans, being the first generation on this continent. My great-uncle isn't really famous, but he did have a hand in a famous shot. He said "fire" on May 1st of 1960 near Sverdlovsk, which launched one of the missiles that brought down Gary Powers.

[1911 guy]

Apparently, my family has had an "interesting" history. Seems shortly after the crusades we got kicked out of Brittain and went to Germany. Couple hundred years there and my Great Great Grandfather was no longer welcome there. Hellooooo, New York! Then Pittsburgh, then Youngstown,... Nobody famous, but infamous, perhaps.

[1911Tuner]

Related to Ance Hatfield & Sons....of the Hatfield/McCoy thing...if that counts.:D

[Matthew748]

No founding fathers or outlaws in my family tree. The closest I come is John J. Pershing on my mother's side. We have a family picture or two of him with other members of the family.

[Kodiaz]

Hmm well if Castro would have lost my Grandfather would probably be well known but then my parents wouldn't have met. Well my great grand fathers used their machetes against the spanish a while back and with some help from you fellows the Spanish were driven out of Cuba. And a long time before that my forefathers rode with Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (El Cid) and drove the moors from Spain. Some of my relatives went back to Vivar for awhile before coming here because Castro would only let people leave to Spain for awhile. My uncle enlisted during Vietnam but he wound up going to Germany.

[pmbiker]

Moondoggiepmbiker...that's interesting, my Grandfather on my Mom's sides last name was Canary and he was supposed to be related to Calamity Jane.


Nice to meet you cuz'

This is an oldie, but I'm glad to see it again. I never thought I'd be meeting family here though.:)

[Hacker15E]

Related to Ance Hatfield & Sons....of the Hatfield/McCoy thing...if that counts.:D

I always knew there was somethin' craaaaaazzzzzy like that about you, Tuner! :)

Guess that's where the gun knowledge comes from, though, hee hee.

[1911Tuner]

I always knew there was somethin' craaaaaazzzzzy like that about you, Tuner! :)

Guess that's where the gun knowledge comes from, though, hee hee.

It gets better, Hacker mah fren...Kelie is related to the McCoy (West bygod Virginia) side of the gentleman's disagreement...:rolleyes:

Also noticed the post on Gary Powers. A homeboy from Wise County Virginia,
Francis Gary Powers' hometown was the small coal mining villiage of Pound, Va. Actually not much more than a mining camp, and locally known as "The Pound"...a short distance from Coeburn...my mother's hometown. My first cousin bought a J-45 Gibson from Gary shortly after he enlisted. It was the very first guitar that I played, and managed to pick out the theme to Bonanza by ear at age 8. I have memories and surreal visions of the coke ovens at full burn on The Pound. Positively medeval sight, for those who have never seen a coke oven. Powers and cousin Jack went to high school together.

[axeman_g]

I have a great uncle that apparently was involved in the disembowlement and hanging of Mussolini. Family picture of event hangs in my Aunts basement.

Thats it. I cant really count King Hakon of Sweden yet, haven't found definitive proof yet

[perpster]

Dad was a rifle "Expert" (higher even than Marksman) in Korean War.

Great-Grandfather on his side was conscripted into Czar's army. Apparently distinguished himself so well in battle that a town in Russia was named after him.

[Lupinus]

according to my greats aunts we are related to some kinda Albanian royalty or nobility or something along those lines I forget which I never really asked her for details. Not sure if it counts but we didn't get here till early 1900's give us some time :neener: .....unless you count mobsters we had a few of those but that was many moons ago and all dead now.

[The Freeholder]

Direct descendant of William Anderson Hatfield.

35773

And yes, I have taught my kids better manners with firearms. :D

[gunsmith]

and McCoys on thr...

no wonder our threads have to be moderated:neener:

[Nematocyst]

Definitely not a founding father, but I have no doubt he was a shooter (even if not famous for his shooting): mountain man Jim Bridger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridger).

My mother's maiden name was Bridger, and her family came from the same part of Virginia that Jim did.

My grandfather (on mom's side) and I both have a remarkable resemblance to JB.

Wonder what rifle he shot?

Nem

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

Only famous people come from my mom's side---Admiral Nimitz was my grandfather's uncle---or in other words my great grandmother's brother.

Francis Scott Key--(great 5x) uncle----my grandmother's maiden name was Key.

[USMCRotrHed]

I'm a decendent of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition. I am also related to a private in the continental army who served under Gen. Washington at Valley Forge. My family also sold a parcel of land to George Washington that is now part of D.C. I have relatives that has served during every major war in American history except WW2.

There are also a couple who were hanged for being horse theives.

I claim relatives on both my mom's and dad's side to the revolutionary war.

My mom claims we can trace our family tree back to the mayflower, but I am not yet convinced of that one.

Ex-wife is related to John Wilkes Booth.

[shermacman]

I am not related to anyone famous. My father and his father, as all of their fathers before them, swore a vow of celibacy...

[Barbara]

Several Revolutionary War veterens, including a Captain in the New Jersey Militia.

As far as shooters, one of my ggg-uncles was a indian scout and got shot at Beecher Island. He later died in a gun fight in Grand County, Colorado in 1883. His brother was killed by the Nez Pearce a decade earlier.

There's a thread or two on genealogy on APS right now if anyone is interested.

[telcontar]

Let's see. John Winthrop and Thomas Dudley, two Governors of Mass. Descendent of five men who responded to the April Alarm. No big names just ordinary men who took up arms. Descendent of a couple of other Revolutionary war soldiers.
My son is also from Mayflower stock.

[Trainman]

I'm told that General John T. Thompson (inventor of the Thompson submachine gun) was a distant relation of mine somewhere up the "tree".

[Dave Markowitz]

Definitely not a founding father, but I have no doubt he was a shooter (even if not famous for his shooting): mountain man Jim Bridger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridger).

My mother's maiden name was Bridger, and her family came from the same part of Virginia that Jim did.

My grandfather (on mom's side) and I both have a remarkable resemblance to JB.

Wonder what rifle he shot?

Nem

Jim Bridger used a Hawken -- a real one.

[beaucoup ammo]

I live near Topperwein Road. Does that count? :O)

Take Care

[KriegHund]

Not that i know of.

Farthest back i know of is my great-great-great (sounds right...may be another great in there) grandfather on my dads side fough tin the civil war. I have his bayonette. He was a seargent, i believe.

[shooter58]

Am related (on mother's side) to Bigfoot Wallace (indian scout, featured in McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk). Great Grandad was Captain Manny Galt of Texas Ranger fame (the "other" ranger with Captain Hamer when he killed Bonnie & Clyde). The rest were outlaws.

[MS .45]

Related to William Floyd(signed Declaration of Independence)

Namesakes
Able Mann(Not famous but faught in Revolutionary War)
Jesse Mann and his brother(forget his name) fought at the Battle of Vicksburg for an Illinois infantry regiment. There names are on a monument at the National Park in Vicksburg. Again not famous but cool non the less.

[Spec ops Grunt]

Dont know how but I'm related to Ol' Hickory.

[V4Vendetta]

I'm related to Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, Thomas Jefferson & Clint Eastwood.:D Since we are all children of Adam & Eve there is some truth to my previous statement. As far as being closely related, I have only me.

[CypherNinja]

Family legend says that my fathers side traces back to David Crockett.

Family legend also says the my mothers side is somehow connected with William Brodie.

[carlrodd]

directly descended from john morton, signer of the declaration of independence, descendant of morton mortonson who settled darby creek west of philadelphia. every generation on my dad's side has had a male with the first or middle name morton since then.

[PaulBk]

My dad claims lineage to Attila the Hun :neener:

-PB

[PistolPackin'Papa]

Daniel Boone through his youngest sister Hannah. ( He would be my 5 great uncle.) and Meriweather Lewis, a cousin. The daughter of Hannah above, (ANN), married a Lewis, ( first cousin of Meriweather.) Trouble is, I still get lost in the woods sometimes. :uhoh:

[Drewtam]

I dont have the tree with me, but I've been told that my Ellis lineage came over as indentured servants, and my family has fought in every (major) american war from the Revolution. During the Civil War my fathers family fought for the North and my Mother's was on the South (Now that I think about it, I remember somethin about that great grandpa being injured in Tennesee, and some other battle). 'Bout the only war we missed was Gulf War 1 since it was over so fast, but cousins are over playing in the sand box now, so maybe that counts.

Drew

[spooney]

My step-dad is decendant from Noah Webster of the dictionary fame, and his grandfather was a well known teacher and school administrator in this part of the country.

On my dad's side my ggg-grandfather was a Texan during the texas revolution, there is a census paper with his name wrote in Sam Houston's handwriting.

So not much for actual famous people.

[stevekl]

My wife is directlly decended from Jesse James, her aunt goes to the family reunions in West Texas.

.

Well I hate to tell you this but my great great great great uncle was the sherrif who was responsible for capturing Jesse James :o

[TexasRifleman]

I'm a descendant of Cullen Baker, a Texas Gunfighter. My grandfather has a sixgun reportedly belonging to Cullen. The provinence is pretty good, about as good as you can get with these things.

He was not a nice man.....


http://hometown.aol.com/Gibson0817/baker.htm

[LSCurrier]

A woman ancestor of mine was a good shot. Her name was Eve and she had a husband name Adam. She shot her mouth off pretty well:

"Here!! Eat this apple!!", she told Adam.

and that's when the trouble started. :what:


Luke

[baz]

One of my ancestors is William Ashley, one of the founders of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. He fought with the Missouri Militia in the war of 1812, was elected lieutenant governor of Missouri in 1820, and later was a U.S. Representative for Missouri. One of his early ventures was a gunpowder factory. I imagine firearms were a significant part of his life (duh).

[Ala Dan]

Yep, old Bob Ford that killed Jesse James~!:D

Some kind'a distant kin.:uhoh:

[isp2605]

My grandfather's uncle was Pat Garrett.
My dad's uncle was commander of the Cameron Highlanders. He was also commander of the Royal British Rifle Team, traveling all over the world doing shooting matches. He had married into the royal family.
Also a number of relatives in the Civil War and Revolutionary War - on both sides of both wars.

[Kim]

I'm a decendent of the outlaw Sam Bass.

[41hunter]

I'm also descended from Hamilton on my Mother's side, or so I've always been told. Hey Striker3, should I start lookin for you at family functions?

BTW, I seem to recall hearing somewhere that Burr pulled a fast one on our man with some kind of tricky triggers on his dueling pistols. Has anyone else heard this?

41hunter (keeping a wary eye on Gunsmith)

[gunsmith]

I went to high school with some Hamilton's, a brother and sister.
They were shocked when I asked if they were related to
Alexander, I was the first person outside of their family to note the
last name.
I was pretty good friends with them, (I was in deep crush on the girl too).

The brother owes me ten bucks.

I consider all who served in fighting for our rights in the American Revolution to be a founding father and famous shooter btw.

The more folks showing an interest in our history the better.

[Alexfubar]

I am a direct descendant of Gen. John Glover of Washingtons Army. His daughter married Nicholas Broughton , Captain of the first American Warship.

That's Mom's side of the family.

Dad's side was rumored to be part of the Daltons of ye Olde West lore. But my father is no longer with us.

[therealsteamer]

When I was growing up my Great grandfather (Who was a Bryan) told us kids how we were related to Daniel Boone through his wife Rebecca Bryan (supposedly not all her kids were not Daniels or something of the like). He really enjoyed showing us his mothers, my great great grandmother's, family Bible that supposedly traced the lineage to Dan'l... Sad thing is the handwriting was soooo poor that I couldn't make much out....

[pcosmar]

this is as far back as I could trace this line of the family.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nalakota/photogallery/photogallery2_wotw033032.html

[ryan b]

i am part cherokee indian and have been determined that we were related to the old chiefs somehow

[1557]

My great grandmother claimed to be second cousin to Doc Holiday but I have have never been able to confirm that,and have not delved deeply into the family tree.I'm afraid of what I might find.:D

[rugbyer81]

Ulysses S. Grant on my mom's side. Not direct ancestor but still blood I think.

[Caimlas]

I'm a descendant of Enoch Crosby, aka Harvey Birch as portrayed in the post-Revolution novel by James Fenimore Cooper, The Spy. Ironically, I've not read the book yet.

(Crosby was a famous spy who had dealings directly with GW during the War.)

Also, non-protestant Oceanis Hopkins - born on the Mayflower voyage - is a direct ancestor. There were Hopkins in my family as recently as 5 generations past. So I've got famous people in my lineage all throughout the history of the US - but mostly, they're just common captains and privates fighting for America. I've got ancestors who fought in the Civil War (for the North, fortunately or unfortunately) and other such things.

I've also got a slew of others, but that's the most unique that I can claim aside from links to Neopolean and Lief Erickson. :P

[Ric]

We just did our family history and Ethan Allen was a great great uncle.
And during the civil war we actually had brothers on different sides.

[Mr White]

I'm a descendant of a guy named Adam. He didn't have a last name AFAIK. :)

Sorry, with all of you having such famous lineage, I had to come up with something.

The best I have in my actual family is that my great grandfather was a well known, big, BAD A$$ Irish cop in Pittsburgh back in the late 1800s/early 1900s.

[SeanSw]

I am related to Abraham Lincoln's biological father, Abraham Enloe. There is still controversey over the paternal origins of our 16th president but our family records clearly establish a link to Enloe, whether or not it can be proven that he was the true father. That side of the family also had men who faught and died in our Revolution and Civil War (for the north). They are namless in the history books but are still remain founding fathers of the country.

The rest of my heritage is all Swedish and Scottish without any notoriety.

[brerrabbit]

kin to Pancho Villa on my mothers side, and one of the members of the boston tea party on my fathers.

[fordfan485]

Related to Patrick Henry by marriage from some great great, etc , etc aunt

[AlvinAmerica]

My daughter-in-law is related to Zachary Taylor and Wild Bill Hickok.

On my mother's side are ancestors who fought in the Revolution
(the feds have never paid back the money that my grandmother's
ancestor loaned them).
I am distantly related to Don Knotts, still have an old photo of his grandfather. I realise that he was not a shooter (hard to be a gunfighter
with only one bullet).

My father was spawned in Oklahoma. On his side is the "dirty little coward
who shot Mr. Howard", and another who rode with the Dalton gang.
And then there is my uncle Joe who spent time in the Oklahoma state
pen for robbing banks. Won't even talk about my grandfather who spent
time in San Quentin during WWll.

[Nate137]

Im related to Cole Younger. He is my several great Uncle on my mothers side. My moms grandmother can remeber when she was a little girl her mother hiding Cole Younger and Jesse James in the attic from the Pinkertons.:)

[Tom Bri]

Bowie and Hawkins, unfortunately not THOSE Bowies or Hawkins.

Supposedly an ancestor was Sir John Hawkins, the first Englishman to import African slaves to North American colonies. But other ancestors were Quakers, so I can hope they helped slaves escape....

[Malone LaVeigh]

I can't list many names, but my aunt had one of the longest DAR ribbons in the Mississippi chapter. Of course, that means my mother could have claimed just as many ancestors, but she wasn't as in to it as her sisters.

Also, my great-grandfather rode with Nathan Bedford Forrest (DURING the War, not after, AFAIK).

[Deanimator]

According to my grandmother, my great uncle was either the first man (or first Black man) drafted in Chicago during WWI. He shot a few Germans in WWI while attached to the French Army, then a criminal or two while a Chicago policeman in the '20s, '30s and '40s. I guess that makes him a "shooter". :D

[Gaucho Gringo]

I have traced part of my family back to late 1600's-early 1700's in the US. I am sure somewhere along the line someone in my family was involved with someone famous or did something famous themselves. Just the law of averages going back that far.

[Werewolf]

My great, great grandfather - Thomas J. Callahan - on my my paternal grandmother's side of the family fought in the Battle of San Jacinto in Infantry Company B (Volunteers). According to my Grandmother (long dead now) his homestead is a Texas State monument though I've never been there and can't verify that. I suppose that might qualify as a founder though just barely.

That same grandmother was a Daughter of the American Revolution, a Daughter of the Republic of Texas and a Daughter of the Confederacy so our family roots go all the way back to the American Revolution at least. She was into that kind of thing but all the records went to the other side of the family.

[CornCod]

One of my great-grandfathers on the paternal side was said to one of the best shots in all of Scotland. My great-aunt still has a beautiful clock he won as a prize at a match sometime in the Victorian era. He was a man named Louttit from the Orkney Islands.

[spartan55]

I believe im related to guy named ADAM and his wife EVE, NOT sure ill have to recheck my TREE:neener:

[mountainclmbr]

Yes.

[Guitargod1985]

Wow. Old thread.

I am directly descended from Robert Morris, who signed the Declaration, Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.

As a side note, he was descended from Robert I (Robert the Bruce), King of Scotland.

[BruceRDucer]

I'm distantly related to Betsy Ross, who is said to have sewn the first American Flag.

Other than this, my only fame is for inventing torn whole sheets of paper to make small notes, and I invented accuracy in the bathroom for men.

[jungleroy]

Just mountain men and their Cherokee wives back up in my family tree, and if they ever did something astounding, they surely kept it to them selves. :-)

[possom813]

Clyde Barrow was/is my dad's uncle, My Grandpa's brother or half brother, It's been a long time since we talked about them.

Bonnie Parker's mom was Emma Parker, she was the half sister of my Grandma, I think that makes her my aunt or great aunt or something twice removed. I'm not sure how that works.

Both of the above grandparents were on my dad's side of the family.

John Dillinger was my Grandma's second or third cousin, on my mom's side.

That's all I can remember being told when I grew up. Somewhere in storage is an original picture of Bonnie with the rose in her mouth instead of the cigar, and several pictures of them together with other people that I don't know.

-John

[Sylvan-Forge]

Grandma was a Colt down the line from Sam Colt.
I'm getting that he was somewhat "prolific" :p

[Guitargod1985]

John Dillinger was my Grandma's second or third cousin, on my mom's side.

Hey possom, I heard that Mr. Dillinger was very well endowed and that a certain appendage is kept in a jar in some museum - similar to the stories you hear about Einstein's brain being in a lab somwhere. Can you confirm or deny this? Did you hear any stories?

[deck52]

I'm related to John Brown (of Harper's Ferry fame) on my mother's side.

[possom813]

Hey possom, I heard that Mr. Dillinger was very well endowed and that a certain appendage is kept in a jar in some museum - similar to the stories you hear about Einstein's brain being in a lab somwhere. Can you confirm or deny this? Did you hear any stories?

I never heard any stories about any "museum quality" pieces from any of my kinfolk.

[beaucoup ammo]

I'm blood related to Thomas Rogers who came over on the Mayflower and was this man's father:

"John Rogers, can be authenticated from New England records. He probably arrived at Plymouth about 1630 when the last of the Separatists arrived from Leiden. John was taxed in Plymouth on 25 March 1633.[9] On 6 April 1640 Joseph Rogers and John Rogers �his brother� were granted fifty acres each at North River (Marshfield), thus proving John�s identity."

I'm proud to be a direct descendent from The Separatists who left England to start our great country. This and .50 cents will get me a cup of coffee, but it's a source of pride. When I see my country harmed or otherwise treated badly from outside or within, it gets me riled!

[alsaqr]

My 4th Great Grand-Father is John Hart, Signer of the Declaration of Independence.

[OMGWTFBBQ]

My family's so messed the farthest I can trace back my lineage back is about 4 generations :D.

[jackinil]

FWIW-One of my great-uncles was in Al Capones' gang.:confused:

[Hokkmike]

The guy who played "the Rebel" was my cousin.

One of the best Western series of all time. Johnny Yuma, The Rebel took no grief from anybody and was quick to help the underdog defeat injustice. Amazon.com

[IfYouOnlyKnew]

Lee Harvey Oswald. Now you know. ;)

[1911NM]

Ok, I'll play. An uncle who pursued geneology of the family found a number of relatives in the Green Mountain boys of the revolutionary period, one of whom was shot out of a tree, evidently mistaken for a turkey. Now you know, the rest of the story. :D

[snorko]

I just recently found out that my 5X Great Grandfather was Elijah Craig, baptist minister and credited with inventing Bourbon!

I now proudly claim my Kentucky herritage.

[drtworks]

My Great-great-great-not so great uncle was the famous outlaw Harry Tracy. Harry was a bank robber, schoolmarm ravager, and prison escaper. He was finally cornered in Creston, Washington in 1903, when a posse flushed him out into a wheat field. He shot up all his ammo and saved the last one for himself.

There's a big historical sign next to the highway in the middle of Creston that tells the whole story. It doesn't say that Harry's real last name was Severns, and that's my Mom's maiden name.

[strat81]

My wife is related to Ethan Allen. Her grandmother is a member of Daughters of the American Revolution. My wife looked into membership, but she said it was just a bunch of old ladies who didn't do anything.

As for my family, we came over a bit too late. Although I have an uncle who was somehow connected (not by blood) to Paul Castellano.

[GearHead_1]

Abe Lincoln by way of his mother Nancy

[Rachen]

My grand-uncle was a soldier in the Communist 8th Army during the Anti Japanese War. He participated on the Long March and when the Red Army was crossing the Great Snowy Mountains, he and his comrades were reduced to drinking the stew from boiled leather to try to survive. He was one of the 20,000 to reach Yu'nan safely.
During the Battle of Pingxingguan (September 18, 1938), he killed 35 Japanese soldiers with his broadsword when the 8th Army finally charged down the mountain. Like many other young soldiers from the countryside, he studied martial arts before he joined the Revolutionary Army.

During the Liberation War of 1947-1949, he fought in the Heillongjiang Campaign, then in the Nanjing Campaign. His unit was also the first to enter Shanghai in 1949.

[Henry Bowman]

It's possible that I'm related to the famous pirate "Black Sam" Bellamy. Argh! I recently saw some of his flintlock rifles and pistols on exhibit, so I figure he was a shooter.

[IndianaBoy]

Well I know I have some Indian blood in me from my mother's side.

Most likely nobody famous.

My great-great grandfather came over before, but I'm sure that I am related to some guys who carried these rifles in WWII.

http://www.mauser.org/rifles/german_k98/GermanK98-02_1200.jpg



Irish on my mother's side. But my temper is mostly gone nowadays.

[fspitzdorf]

On my mother's mother's (grandmother) side the family history has been traced directly to the Mayflower. Along the way Sir William Johnson Married Chief Joseph Brant's sister and they became my grandparents I don't recall how many times removed.

[jackstinson]

My dad was a pretty good shooter and he founded me.
Jack

[Deer Hunter]

Does Sir Francis Drake count?

[03Shadowbob]

According to a family tree search conducted in college and verified by the Alden Kindred society, I am related to one of the real founding fathers of America, IMO. I am a direct decendent of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. John as many of you may know came over here to America on the Mayflower and signed the Mayflower Compact. Split off many many generations ago are none other than the Bushes...yes those Bushes as well as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
My grandfather's grandfather (whose last name was Alden) was adopted by a family of the last name of Ormsby. Many of you may also know that the Ormsby's are famous for a viking named Orm who took over Scotland.
Anyways, I do believe there are more descendents in America related to Alden than any other original Mayflower voyager. I just happen to be one of them.

[WildeKurt]

Benjamin Tyler Henry. I don't know if you could shoot but he came up with a neat idea for a rifle.

[Titan6]

The best I can do is the Swamp Fox.

[Fourbits]

I'm a descendent of William Bradford, of Mayflower fame. I actually have papers from the Mayflower Society that were part of my grandmother’s estate.

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

I am an apprentice of FPS Doug.

[markmc753]

Jack McCall, killer of "Wild Bill" Hickock

[eric.cartman]

Yep.
My grandmother's uncle was Stanislaw Skalski: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Skalski

[gunsmith]

We have so many new members and interesting stories.
Thank you guys/gals for really interesting reading.
Gunnies are far more interesting then antis.

[MakAttak]

Not so much famous as INfamous.

My grandmother assures me (I am not convinced as I have not seen the family tree confirm this) that we are related to Jesse and Frank James.


At least I know I had ancestors in the civil war and the revolutionary war. (And on the right side in both wars! Too bad the second was the losing side...)

[3pairs12]

My great grandpa was a rough rider.

[frogomatic]

I'm a blood decendent of Annie Oakley, and my step-father was a blood decendent of John W. Booth.

[Rocketman56]

My wife's maternal grandmother was an Adams... Not sure if its a direct trail back
to John, but that's what "NaNa NaNa" said before she died last summer... Have to do
a little digging, I guess.. She lived in Western PA, near Punxsutawney..

My birth father traces back to a Turley, who fought in the Revolutionary War from Virginia.
My birth mother traces back to Ireland and Scotland (Blakeman).

Night,
Steve

[Aguila Blanca]

Related to any famous shooters or founding fathers?
Yes.

[Winchester 73]

Yes.

Related to Aguila Blanca.

[MASTEROFMALICE]

I'm not but one of my co-workers is a decendant of Alexander Hamilton which, oddly enough, was the opponent of the original posters relative.

They still have the name Hamilton and they have his dueling pistol.

[mustanger98]

I've noticed this old thread's been revived a couple of times. I didn't post in this one before because I didn't know anything. But lately, my sister's been hunting records. It seems on Daddy's side, his father's mother's line traces back to Jamestown, VA, 1607... one of the original settlers. More recently, there was a governor of Maryland and a link to George Washington which would make us distant cousins. Further back and we're traced to Yorkshire and Saxony, England, and then back through Prussia... seems one ancestor was a Teutonic Knight. (FWIW, my sister compares the TK's to the KKK. At that time, they were spreading Christianity by force. I've spent how many years eschewing swords and find out I'm descended partly from someone who fought with swords for a living.) Sister said there's record of one being buried in some cemetery in Prussia and there's record all the way back to the 1100's in Acre, Palestine. The only records I've seen on that side of the family said they'd moved to Texas and then moved back to Alabama... time period was 1820's and 1830's.

Famous shooters... none that I know of. However, I do know my Grandpa could shoot quite well. And Daddy said Grandpa had the steadiest hands of anyone he ever saw. Grandpa inspired me to try to shoot better.

My sister said a good many of our relatives fought for the South. A good many of them died as POW's.

Mom's father has never really been a shooter, but he's the one that got me good and curious about the M1 Garand... he used one in the Pacific during WW2... U.S. Army, 43rd ID in New Guinea and the Philippines. They went in ahead of MacArthur. Granddaddy said he didn't have any use for MacArthur too... they did all the work getting in there and backing the Japs out and then MacArthur wades for the cameras in and says "I have returned" and takes all the credit.

[gyp_c2]

...not really famous as a shooter, but Nathan Bedford Forrest is back there somewhere...the fustest with the mostest...Cavalry Supply as I recall...and a few other things better left for the low road...http://emoticons4u.com/smoking/rauch06.gif

[searcher451]

George Drouillard. He was the principal hunter on the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

[DUCKNDAWG]

not gun related but I'm a direct decsendent of johnny appleseed

[single action]

John wesley Hardin was my grandmothers uncle. (on my mothers side.) I proudly hail from a long line of mean drunks.

[springer7676]

I am related to J.O. Whisnant a renowned gunsmith who made rifes in the early and mid 1800's in North Carolina. His specialty was a 32 caliber squirrel rifle that every one who hunted had to have. My Grandfather left me his that his grandfather left him and it will still shoot stacked rounds at fifty paces.

[gunsmith]

I have sometimes wondered why small caliber carbines are not popular
(except for .22lr's) I would love a .32 or .25 carbine

[The Deer Hunter]

I think most of my relatives came over just prior to the turn of the century. So probably not. I haven't taken time to figure that out, though. That actually sounds like fun.

But I do have my great Grandfather's 16GA break barrel.

[wheelgunslinger]

Most prominently, I'm a direct desendant of the James Brothers (Jesse and Frank). Our family was still living in the area two generations ago.

I'm also descended from a moonshiner or two who are reputed to have put a couple or three revenue agents in the ground.

[Winter Borne]

Okay, I'll plat too... My farther was a Sergeant of a three-man Rapid Tactical Force at one of America’s largest indoor retail shopping areas...:rolleyes::D

[Winter Borne]

Okay, I'll play too... My farther was a Sergeant of a three-man Rapid Tactical Force at one of America’s largest indoor retail shopping areas...:rolleyes::D

[JWarren]

This is hardly a famous shooter... but I'd call these "founding fathers" of sorts:


I am a descendant of John Warren, one of the first colonists who came over with the Mayflower's fleet-- the Winthrop Fleet-- in 1630.

I am a descendant of John Warren Sr. and his son, John Warren Sr. II (odd I know) --along with 10 other Warren relatives who fought in Dubose's company out of South Carolina-- who were soldiers in the Revolutionary War under the Swamp Fox, Francis Marion.

Incidently, I am the 13th John Warren in our line. It makes for a creepy trip through our Family Cemetary to see your name all over tombstones. I probably should have got dad and mom to spring for some therapy.

So, one came over here to start this whole ball of wax before a nation was a blip on the radar, and the others fought to make this country a reality. I'd call those "Founding" from a certain perspective. But I know what you was meant.


-- John

[lee n. field]

Supposedly, per my Mom's Mom, there was a connection (via the Folger family) to Ben Franklin.

[baz]

Hey, wheelgunner, my wife's mother's maiden name is James, and is somewhat related to the same clan (southern Missouri).

My mother's maiden name was Ashley, and one of her forebears was William H. Ashley, cofounders of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company.

[statelineblues]

Both sides of my family can trace our lines directly back to the Mayflower.

Patrick Henry ("Give me Liberty, or Give Me Death") is an ancestor on my mother's side.

[CSA 357]

Wild bill Sullivan , smith county Mississippi there have been 2 or 3 books about him, my great grandmother told me a few storys about him, csa

[GBExpat]

I am a descendant of Aaron Burr, famous for winning a duel
with Alexander Hamilton. ...

Interesting ... my father's side has ol' slow-draw Alexander in The Tree ... my paternal grandmother's maiden name was Hamilton. She was a member of both the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

[Mikee Loxxer]

I am descended from Andre Robidoux who is an ancestor I share with the famous trapper/traders the Robidoux brothers (Antoine, Joseph, Francois, etc).

Joseph Robidoux was the founder of St. Joseph Missouri. Antoine Robidoux helped guide Stephen W Kearny to California where they fought at the Battle of San Pasqual during the Mexican-American War.

[BADSBSNF81]

I'm related to the lawyer that defended Burr.

[Ratshooter]

I have the same birthday as Clyde Barrow. My youngest son has the same bithday as Adolph Hitler. Does that count?

I think my wife is related to Attilla The Hun.

[gunsmith]

Interesting ... my father's side has ol' slow-draw Alexander in The Tree

I was madly in love during high school with a girl with the last name of Hamilton, When I got around to being brave enough to ask her about her last name she had a boyfriend already...yup...she was yer cuz!

I think my wife is related to Attilla The Hun
& if she has a key logger yer in the doghouse for a week!

I'm related to the lawyer that defended Burr

For the false treason charge or the dueling charge?

[Ratshooter]

Well my wife found my post and said if i wrote anything like that again she will impale me on a post and leave my body at the gates of the city for a warning to others. Egads.

[the iron horse]

Daniel Boone

Rebecca, his wife, was one of my distant cousins.

My aunt Lib did research on our family tree back in the 70s and found this interesting fact.


My first grandson is named Daniel.
He two and a half and yes, he has a toy rifle.

:)

[misternothingman]

I'm reminded of the quote from Bull Durham about being Joe Blow reincarnated......And as far as I know I am only related to enlisted men of Vietnam, Korea, World War II, The Civil War (both sides, but much more directly to confederates), mountain men, and other farmer/soldiers, but nobody famous.

If I remember right, the family came over in the early-mid 1700's (Pre-Revolution)

Unrelated, My dad's uncle had an offer on the table from Sam Walton to be half partner in opening a second store back in the day.......chose to continue as a manager at the local Western Auto instead. So we're still poor, and one more family of the unknown masses. I don't mind that, though.

[Nate C.]

My daddy was a pistol, and I am a son of a......

How did that end again? I keep getting conflicting reports:eek:

[ShunZu]

I'm not related to any famous shooters, but my kids are.

Thanks. I needed that. :cool:

[SwampFox]

Where to start...

The Townshend Duties was an import tax written by an ancestor that caused some folks in Boston to have a tea party.

John Townsend is my seventh great-grandfather. He use to own a bit of land in the city of Philadelphia. When he died, his son and daughter-in-law sold it to trustees of Philadelphia, to be used as part of what is now known as State House Square. The State House which is located on State House Square is best known as Independence Hall.

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/4196/spiritof76.gif

The guy with the flute is (distant) uncle Hugh Mosher. Yes, he really played the flute.

President Grant is my sixth cousin five times removed.

James Cherry Townsend is my first cousin four times removed. He died September 28, 1864 in Andersonville Prison, Georgia from diarrhorea, exposure and starvation.

James Townsend ran an inn known as Travelers Rest. It was a station on the Underground Railroad and a favorite hang out for Captain John (Osawatomie) Brown. It was at Travelers Rest where John Brown and his men took their last meal in Iowa, before heading to Canada with their last shipment of freed slaves and then on to Harpers Ferry.

Joseph Townsend is the known head of the Quaker family of that name in Ohio. He was accidentally shot for a wild turkey.

David Wood (first cousin three times removed) It is believed that he was the youngest soldier to enlist in the Union Army during the Civil War. He served a little less than a year because he contracted malaria in Missouri while serving with his father's cavalry company.

I'll stop before I bore you boys to death.

[CSA 357]

I Know There Are More!:d

[hobbeeman]

Great thread! I have enjoyed it!

My son AKA "thekid" is also related to the Presidents Adams, through his mother's line. In my line we can claim a pioneer, if not a founding father, Elijah Goodnight, brother of Charles Goodnight of the Goodnight-Loving cattle trail. Also a famous nurse, Clara Barton (my grandfather's great-aunt).

Interesting thing happened on a historical tour through the DC area last year. I was in a gift shop at Mt. Vernon looking for something on the Adam's line, for my son, when I found a book on the Hairston's...my name. I had no idea about that side of the family. I am apparently related to the folks in the book who came to America about 1729 and fought in the Revolution and in the Civil War. I seem to learn more when I am not looking for it. I learned a lot at my grandmother's funeral last November.

David

[Stevie-Ray]

Not me, but my wife is related to Daniel Boone. And interestingly enough, Fess Parker, who played Daniel Boone.:cool:

My ancestors used tomahawks and stone clubs.:D

[butt_ugly_cowboy]

Well, I'm related to Wyatt Earp. I caint remember exactly how, I never thought to much about it...till now! I wish I would have payed more attention then!

[Boiler_81]

I am a distant cousin to Annie Oakley. I also am descendant from at least three Revolutionary War solders.

[Rugerlvr]

Two of my ancestors were patriots in the American Revolution. I could be a Son of the American Revolution if I took the time to document the genealogy thoroughly. Also, I am descended from Richard Warren, one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact, and orginal Mayflower colonist. Once again, I'd have to do a lot of work to document the genealogy to join the Mayflower Society. However, I have no doubts. :) (I've done the genealogy, but not with enough documentation to qualify for membership.) Not necessarily famous shooters, but for sure, I'm an American through and through.

[doc540]

Jonathan Swift

[Mr.1973]

I am related to George Clooney. I know he isn't a famous shooter but he has played shooters on TV and he's famous. :)

His mom, Rosemary Clooney is my father's - aunt's cousin.

Both are dead, Rosemary and Isola (my fathers aunt), and I don't know what that makes George Clooney related to me, maybe a 3rd cousin?

[ZombieHunter]

Somehow I'm related to Sam Houston. Yes...that Sam Houston. You're welcome Texas :neener:

[CZ.22]

Herb Parsons

[Big Boomer]

Distant cousin to Winston Churchill, direct bloodline to Sir William Winston (family carries the coat of arms), Andrew Johnson 17th president.

Grandma was part of the D.O.R supposedly I can get into the S.O.R. (sons of the American revolution) I've got the paperwork and her member number.

Has it done me any good? Not yet.

[justin 561]

My Grandfather was a WW2 vet. MOH winner. I was not able to ever talk to him as he died in war on the Pacific front. I consider him a "famous shooter" and wish I had the ability to chat with him at least once. I have visited his grave a few times with some of my family members and my Grandmother.

Quote directly from: http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/wwII-a-f.html

*BROSTROM, LEONARD C.

Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company F, 17th Infantry, 7th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Dagami, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 28 October 1944. Entered service at: Preston, Idaho. Birth: Preston, Idaho. G.O. No.: 104, 15 November 1945. Citation: He was a rifleman with an assault platoon which ran into powerful resistance near Dagami, Leyte, Philippine Islands, on 28 October 1944. From pillboxes, trenches, and spider holes, so well camouflaged that they could be detected at no more than 20 yards, the enemy poured machinegun and rifle fire, causing severe casualties in the platoon. Realizing that a key pillbox in the center of the strong point would have to be knocked out if the company were to advance, Pfc. Bostrom, without orders and completely ignoring his own safety, ran forward to attack the pillbox with grenades. He immediately became the prime target for all the riflemen in the area, as he rushed to the rear of the pillbox and tossed grenades through the entrance. Six enemy soldiers left a trench in a bayonet charge against the heroic American, but he killed 1 and drove the others off with rifle fire. As he threw more grenades from his completely exposed position he was wounded several times in the abdomen and knocked to the ground. Although suffering intense pain and rapidly weakening from loss of blood, he slowly rose to his feet and once more hurled his deadly missiles at the pillbox. As he collapsed, the enemy began fleeing from the fortification and were killed by riflemen of his platoon. Pfc. Brostrom died while being carried from the battlefield, but his intrepidity and unhesitating willingness to sacrifice himself in a l-man attack against overwhelming odds enabled his company to reorganize against attack, and annihilate the entire enemy position.

[beaucoup ammo]

I don't have a lot of money, but I come from great stock! Mayflower descendant and forefathers that fought in the Revolutionary War.

None, however stand as tall as my Dad and my late friend "Joe". They fought and were wounded in the storming of the beaches at Normandy during WW2. I've always found it interesting that the REAL heros, the ones who saw and did it all, hardly ever say a word about it.

[Nolo]

Ironically, my friend Adam Hamilton is not related to Alexander Hamilton, but he is related to James Madison. Go figure. Me? I don't think I'm related to any famous shooters or founding fathers, but I am named after Nathanael Greene. Well, according to my father. My mother says I'm named after the 13th disciple, Nathaniel/Bartholomew.
Whatever. The only marginally historic ancestry I've got is the Thoburn family, a sub-clan of the Scots. We were almost all killed off in the battle of Culloden. The rest of us were sent to Northern Ireland and then moved to America in the mid to late 1800s.

[AZ_Rebel]

My wife is related to Abraham Lincoln.
I am a proud member of Col. J.D. "Jeff" Cooper's extended family.

[gretske]

Simon Kenton was one of the original Kentucky Colonels, and the subject of the best-selling book, The Frontiersman. I am also a direct descendant of a Revolutionary War veteran, Henry Lutz.

[pappy]

I'm a descendant of Sir Francis Drake , does that count?

[wheelgunslinger]

Frank and Jesse James.
Lots of outlaws in my family.

[guitarhero323]

well no founding fathers but on my moms side i am related to abe lincoln. also not american but on my dads side my family were like nobles in medival holland and there is an old castle named after my family it is now a tourist attraction

[scrat]

Moms side. Not much to say as her family came over during WWII. they actually went to mexico. Then after the war her mother and father moved to california. So i have relatives i have never met in Mexico. Some relatives in Italy. Never met them either. Not to sure i want to either as i no habla.

Ok fathers side. HUGE ROOTS. My great aunt traced our family back to the 1500's. My fathers side of the family came here in the early 1800's from spain. In California, there were also some relatives who rode with pancho villa. Some of the family early on lived in mexico. then somewhere around 1820 most moved to San Gabriel Valley in California. In fact my great uncle had pictures that went back to the 1820's. Most of our family were farmers some businessmen. Most spoke spanish and everything. No real famous gun men or people though.

Though it was said we killed a lot of Frenchman.



Sorry Gary

[aomagrat]

My great great grandfather was John G. Taylor, Private, Company B, 17th South Carolina Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia.

[scrat]

None, however stand as tall as my Dad and my late friend "Joe". They fought and were wounded in the storming of the beaches at Normandy during WW2. I've always found it interesting that the REAL heros, the ones who saw and did it all, hardly ever say a word about it.

I will drink to that. Grandfather
WWII Tank Destroyers

[chaim]

Founding father: On dad's side we are related (distant cousins or great, great...great uncle I'm not sure, dad is the genealogist so he'd know the exact relation) to Benjamin Rush, physician, professor, soldier in the Continental Army and signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Famous shooters: Not so famous, but on dad's side we also have some Scot-Irish nobility, several ancestors fought in the Revolution, and a bunch on the Union side of the Civil War.

Mother's side: Since in much of Eastern Europe it was illegal for Jews to own guns, no shooters let alone famous shooters. My great-grandmother was the sole survivor of a pogrom so she wasn't a famous shooter, but she was on the target side of an infamous anti-semitic tactic using guns and other weapons.

[W.E.G.]

My dad was a WWII vet.

He survived the war, and went on to develop the process, and obtain the patent, for the continuous polymerization process for manufacturing Kevlar fiber.
See http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=3849074.PN.&OS=PN/3849074&RS=PN/3849074

Stephanie Kwolek developed the formula for Kevlar. Problem was, nobody could get it to run through a spinning-machine for more than a couple minutes - and then it would gum up the works - requiring a complete disassembly and cleaning of the machine (required many hours) before it could be re-started.

After about a year of experimenting with different "fixes," Dad "invented" this gizmo that cleared the clog instantly, and without any need to disassemble the spinning machine.

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd7/rkba2da/Kevlar/kevlar-15.jpg

I used a spool of one of the early batches as kite-string when I was a youngster.
It wasn't named Kevlar yet. Dad just referred to it as "PRD-58."
(Project Research and Design formula 58)
PRD-58 was unsuitable as kite-string because it was too fine-gauge, and would slice into a tree branch like a knife.
Once it cut into the bark, it would hang, and the kite-flier was done.
No amount of pulling on the line would break it.
All you could do is cut it at the spool. The kite would stay marooned.

They found a better use for Kevlar anyway.
At least I think this soldier would agree.

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd7/rkba2da/Kevlar/kevlar-16.jpg



Dad's grandson (my nephew) now works at DuPont, shooting Kevlar daily, and developing data for soft body-armor development.

[kdave21]

Doc Holliday and I share the same grandmother (as in great great great great etc grandmother) and ironically, also related to Johnny Ringo. No lie. Also a direct descendant of Thomas Lindley, the owner of the mill in "The battle of Lindley's Mill" which took place in South Carolina in the Revolutionary War.

[kdave21]

PS I have been verbally told that we are descendants of Jesse James, but have yet to see any evidence which verifies that.. Seems to me like the James family is pretty big, I have seen about 3 posts on this topic of James descendants, and thats just the 3 pages I have looked at!

[subierex]

Robert E. Lee is somewhere down my family tree. I guess he's a famous "shooter".

[DRYHUMOR]

My family came over in 1650 to Virginia, surname Floyd.

Fighters in both the Revolutionary War and The War of Northern Aggression. My great grandfather was in the S.C. Cavalry.

There is a Floyd signer of the Declaration of Independence, but we haven't determined that branch. They were from Long Island New York.

They claim, but I haven't seen proof; that Pretty Boy Floyd, the gangster was one of ours.

[Rellian]

I was told by my grandmother on my mom's side that she was a descendant of Benjamin Franklin.
(But then again from what I have read about the man.... LOTS of people could truthfully say that.)

:evil:

[2RCO]

No offense to everyone here but who the Heck Cares? Honestly I can trace my ancestry back to some pretty famous folks but what good does it do me. None quite frankly --I didn't get their Noble titles, their cash or much of anything except their genetic input. I appreciate these folks for existing and leading to my creation but just because My Great to the Gazillionith power Gramps Ruled a European Nation that and a quarter will buy me a Gumball.

Just my .02

[alsaqr]

I am a descendent of John Hart, Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Through Deborah Scudder, wife of John Hart, I am descended from several of the royal families of Europe and Charlemagne. Also trace my ancestry to at least 12 Revolutionary War soldiers.

[axeman_g]

2RCO....

Misery, Mo must be perfectly named. You dont need to add your .02 to every thread you read if you dont like to content. It's somewhere in the rules... you can pass.:rolleyes:

[jordan1948]

I'm related to The Great White Hap, the Caucasion Sensation "if you will".

[KarenTOC]

The only famous person my family claims an ancestor (and I've never actually seen any proof) is Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat (1667-1747), chief of the Clan Fraser. His claims to fame were rape, treason, and being the last man in Britain to be beheaded on Tower Hill, London.

He's not one of our founding fathers, but I think one of his sons emigrated to Canada.

Pretty sure he wasn't a famous shooter, but I found this quote on Wikepedia:

Hitherto nothing seems to have been known among the Jacobite exiles of the efficiency of the Highlanders as a military force. But Lovat saw that, as they were the only part of the British population accustomed to the independent use of arms, they could be at once put in action against the reigning power.

Apparently he recognized a militia when he saw one.

[paintballdude902]

umm not many founding fathers

we had several family members fight in the revolution
my great grandfather or something like that was a senator from wyoming robert galbraith

my grandfathers uncle (other side of the family) was the commanding general of all polish forces in WWII and WWI izydor modelski please keep the polish jokes to your self

im also a chenault some where down the line im related to claire lee chenault founder of the flying tigers

in scottland we have the picture of a family member hanging in edinborough hall

al jolson is my great uncle (jazz singer)

norman krasna (oscer winning writer) is also my great uncle he married als wife after he died he had adolph hitlers lamp and fire place tools from his office not sure which office he took them during the war

my mothers father was on the last boat that left dunkirk

my father is a retired colnel vietnam vet bronze start recipiant and my personal hero

there are a few more im forgetting

terrybob Zachary Taylor

then you are a friend of mines relative his name is max tayler his grandfather is named after zachary taylor they are direct lineage

[Diamondback6]

Modesty forbids me to identify exactly, but ego compels me to admit that per family legend one of my ancestors was among the Alamo martyrs.

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[nitetrane98]

Genealogy is one of my favorite pastimes, especially in the winter months. Though very convoluted I can take you through the branches that lead to G.W Bush (unfortunately also John Kerry) FDR, Winston Churchill, Princess Diana, Phillip Livingstone (signatory of the Declaration of Independence) Double digit cousins all. The one that I'm trying to track down that has eluded me so far is a reference by a Great, Great, Great Grandmother that we were kin to Wild Bill Hickok somehow.
Just to show how carried away one can get with this. King Henry the First is my 20th great grandfather. It's cheaper than therapy.