http://ohiomayflower.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/family-tree-information-of-some-familiar-names/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:01:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://ohiomayflower.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/family-tree-information-of-some-familiar-names/#comment-7 John Edwards » Blog Archive » Family tree information of some familiar names Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:14:56 +0000 http://ohiomayflower.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-7 A quick excerpt From the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/arts/14reun.html?pagewanted=1&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/S/Sharpton,%20Al A recent genealogical study indicated that ancestors of the Rev. Al Sharpton, for instance, were once slaves owned by ancestors of Senator Strom Thurmond, who ran for president in 1948 as a segregationist. A genealogical researcher has said that the white mother of Senator Barack Obama, Democrat of Illinois, had ancestors who owned slaves NYT [...] A quick excerpt From the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/arts/14reun.html?pagewanted=1&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/S/Sharpton,%20Al A recent genealogical study indicated that ancestors of the Rev. Al Sharpton, for instance, were once slaves owned by ancestors of Senator Strom Thurmond, who ran for president in 1948 as a segregationist. A genealogical researcher has said that the white mother of Senator Barack Obama, Democrat of Illinois, had ancestors who owned slaves NYT [...]

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