Talk:John Sifers (c1750-)/Notes

First, I wanted to let Wm. Willis know how much I appreciated his article about my ggggggrandfather. It was very informative about my ancestor and the area he settled in. I have just begun to work on my Cyphers(in all of it's various spellings) lineage. This is me: Fred Parker Scyphers (b:1903), William Madison Scyphers (b:1867), Jonathan Linder Cyphers (b:1829), Amos Sheffey Scifers (b:1795), John Calvin Siefers (b:1775), John Siefers (b:BEF1750 in Germany), Francis Scypeart I (b:1718 in Germany), Lorrance Scypeart (b: 1680-1690 in Germany). The last three gentlemen were all born in Germany (what is now Alsac-Lorraine, France today) but married women from America, except Lorrance who married his wife, Margaret in Germany. Lorrance and Margaret migrated to America, with at least two of their children, Francis I and daughter, Margaret, somewhere between 1725-1735. If you have any additional information on John Sifers(b:BEF 1750) that you have since the article of 2005, I would greatly appreciate learning of it.

I have been trying, without any success to get information about my Great Grandfather, William Madison Scyphers. On 19 Jan 1908, he was with his cousin, Oliver Otey Lee Scyphers in Goodrich, VA, where they were both assassinated on this date. At the time they were all living in the Haysi, VA area. Oliver Otey Lee Scyphers was married to William Madison Scyphers sister, Winnie Willis Scyphers. I have been unable to find any information about the "assassinations". Who shot and killed them, why were they both killed,(obviously, this was not an accident), what were the circumstances? If there is any information on this, any at all, or suggestions of where to look, again, I would greatly appreciate it.76.97.90.115 22:04, April 25, 2010 (UTC)