As a lover of history and genealogy, I can't say thank you enough to Gary Shover for researching and writing this book. I'm sure it was a labor intensive process but he did it! I have been dabbling in genealogical research off and on since I was about 13 and it's nothing short of fascinating to read the accounts of my direct ancestors as well as great several times over uncle Simon Shover. I am so very proud of my ancestors. To think of all they did, all the living, toiling, and yes dying that took place across so much of the very ground I walk upon and drive across as I go about my own life. My, it's absolutely riveting and I could go on all day. Thank you, thank you, thank you!