THE STORY OF THE FAMILIES
By Joseph Vernelle Phillips
(Mr. Phillips is really a Gentry, the son of Arzetta Slane and Ralph
Ogle Gentry, also known as Charles McKinney. He was born Joy Vernelle McKinney
and he legally changed his name to Phillips from his stepfather Darrell Austin
Phillips. Unfortunately, he died on December 24, 2005, before he was
able to complete this family history.)
Joseph Vernelle Phillips
Please Note: This book must not be used for commercial purposes of
any kind whatsoever since it contains many copyrighted pictures. It can,
however, be used for personal family purposes, discussions and education. The
pictures are used only as a means to make the stories more interesting. Any
copyright owners of pictures in this book who have not been credited may contact
me and I will add their credit lines to the pictures. Send an email to: editor@family-history.com)
This is the story of more than 200 families connected to the Slane, Elliott,
Souther, Clark, Gentry, Taylor, Allison, Carr and many other related families
whom I have researched over the past 50 years. It will be a story of the human
side of these hardy, heroic, sometimes saintly, sometimes devilish folks, our
grandparents, who have come down through history since Adam and Eve. We’ll
spin true yarns about some of these ancestors. It’s a pity we can’t
tell the stories of them all.
This book will be illustrated with many photographs of places and people directly
involved with our genealogy, including tombstones, farms, ranches, castles,
fortresses, rivers, multiple great grandfathers and grandmothers, and maps
charting their march through history.
We present the Stories of the Families in PDF format due to the enormous size
of the book. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat reader installed on your computer, you can
download it here.
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Wyandotte (Huron) Indians
Chapter 2: Lorena Joy
Chapter 3: Nicholas Gentry
Chapter 4: The Sooner Shootout: Jesse and William Elliott
Chapter 5: James Taylor
Chapter 11: Archie Earl Slane
Chapter 15: Earl Elliott
Genealogical
Appendix
