A Perrin? Ohmygosh, I am descended from them! An old Virginia family, going back to the 1600s. Yikes! Assassinating a president is a bit much... Nancy ------- Take my advice; I'm not using it. On Jul 17, 2008, at 10:32 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote: > I know what you mean by interesting characters in ones tree. Take my > Huffstutler family. My grandfather was married 3 time, the first to a > woman who later married in 1946 to a Robert Lee Perrin. The same > person > that Jim Garrison of the Warren Commission hearing concerning the > President > J.F.K. assassinations suspected as being the person in the grassy > knoll who > fired the fatal shot. He believed that Perrin's suicide death in > 1962 was > faked (that one is still out as there are physical discrepancies on > autopsy > report and lived to fire that shot as he was mixed up with Jack > Ruby and > ran guns to Cuba. > > Another colorful character is a Huffstutler great.... grandmother > Elizabeth > Roberts married one of the notorious Harp Brothers - America's > first and > most brutal serial killers. After he was caught and hung and the > women > escaped jail time, she remarried to John Huffstutler. > > Eric S. Huffstutler > Richmond, VA > > > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Fern [log in to unmask] > Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:58:03 -0600 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Fading interest in Genealogy > > > Mickey, I think we all have the various Rogues and a few mis-fits > dangling > from our family trees. It takes a good mix to make a strong family > tree... > One of my cousins killed an appeals court Judge on the "Ladies" > entrance > steps to a Frankfort, KY. hotel. One of his brothers killed a > sheriff who > managed to kill him before he died. Maybe I should have left out > the gory > details when I wrote my book but I wrote it all down and it is > there for > generations upon generations to read about. I got a kick out of > reading > the > newspaper articles about it and figured others would too. On the > brighter > side I have a cousin who fired the first shot at Gettysburg. The > Gettysburg > story is here: http://www.bufordfamilies.com/Gettysburg.htm The > rest is > in > my book.. > > Take care everyone and stay cool. Our summer here in Colorado has > been > VERY > pleasant without one single 100 degrees day. YEH!!!! > > fern > www.bufordfamilies.com > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on > Microsoft® > Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html