Surnames

This is primarily a blog about the how of writing a narrative family history, but we're still genealogists at heart. Here are the family names that make up our story. If you think they intersect with your story, let us know!

Acuff – Grainger County, Tennessee; 1800 to present
Bassham – Arkansas from 1900
Brown – Texas from 1900
Capps – Grainger & Union Counties, Tennessee; 1800 to present
Chaplin – Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire (1800–1875) to Iowa (1875–1925)
Crump – Missouri from 1850
Darting – East Tennessee from 1850
Etter – Pennsylvania (1825) to Iowa (1850-1950)
Fanska – Kansas from 1900
Larzelere – New York (1800-1850) to Michigan (1850-1900)
Montgomery – Pennsylvania (1800) to Ohio (1825-1850) to Wright County, Iowa (1850-1925)
Morgan – Grainger County, Tennessee; 1825 to present
Pierce – Oklahoma to Kansas from 1900
Pride – Pike County, Indiana (1825-1875) to Iowa (1875-1950)
Russell – Georgia (1875) to Arkansas (1900)
Ryan – Iowa (1850-1900) to Kansas and Oklahoma (from 1900)
Sweeny – Madison County, Illinois from 1875
Stevens - Pennsylvania 1850 to Madison County, Illinois (1850-1900)
Webster – Iowa (1850-1900) to Kansas from 1900
Wright – Northern Ireland (1825-1850) to Massachusetts (1850-1875) to Iowa (1875-1925)