PERSONAL PROFILE My name is Virginia Leddy. My maiden name is SHETTER. I presently live in Arkansas, but was born and raised in Loudoun County, Virginia. I am presently researching my family names of SHETTER, BALLENGER, MAPHIS AND MUNROE. THE MAPHIS FAMILY The MAPHIS and MUNROE side of my family belongs to my mother. Thanks to many family members and a 1982 MAPHIS REUNION, we have been able to locate some of this side of the family. Many live(d) in Virginia, Maryland, New York and Florida. I have just found some relatives in Virginia, Colorado, California and Delaware; and added another branch to our tree. There are still some gaps to be filled. JOHANNES MAPHIS is the earliest member of the family we have found. Johannes arrived from Germany by ship to Philadelphia, PA in 1737 with a son GEORGE MAPHIS. They lived in Philadelphia for a while before coming to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. GEORGE (1) MAPHIS and family lived in the Shenandoah Valley, where the Maphis old homestead is just south of Saumsville, Virginia. George MAVIS was born in 1738 and died in 1795, leaving a wife and seven children: George (2), Philip, John, Adam, David, Regina and Magadelene. George (1) signed his will George MAVIS. Later, his sons David, John, Adam and Philip spelled their names MAVIUS to which John (or Johannes) signed his will with MAFIUS. John died in 1828 leaving seven children: George, Samuel, Christena, Eva, Hanna, Sally and Mary. GEORGE (2) MAVIS married Madaline Miley Gochenour and had four children that we know of: John Miley Maphis, Joseph, Samuel and Lydia. I have found Samuel as being in the 5th Virginia (Augusta Volunteers) during the Civil War. This has been most interesting. There are also Lockhart, Gore, Funkhouser, Hottel and Miley relations to this family. John Miley Maphis married Elizabeth Ann Coffelt who died in 1894 and is buried at the Coffelt Family grave Edinburg, Virginia. Our branch of the family comes from LINDEN PORTER MAPHIS and MARY SIDNEY FRANCES LOCKHART, married December 19, 1882 in Winchester, Virginia. They had six children: George Turner Maphis, Valaunta, Eula, Otelia, William Henry and Ladsie. Ladsie is my grandmother. If you would like to share your family with us, please email or sign our guestbook and leave your surnames. Thanks. THE MUNROE FAMILY The MUNROE FAMILY has not been researched much. CHARLES A. MUNROE SR.(1870-1918) married Hannah Johnson Ware (1867-1953). They had four children: William Lloyd, Alice Estelle, James Frank and Charles Albert, Jr. Charles Albert Munroe Jr. was born in Baltimore, MD 1901. Our family has just received some pictures and surnames of the MUNROE family but not many connections. THE SHETTER FAMILY The SHETTER and BALLENGER branch of my family belongs to my father. My grandparents have long gone (but not forgotten) and I have not been able to find much information on this side of the family. I do know the original Shetter family began in Pennsylvania, but have been unable to document this as of yet. So I have started with myself and have tried to go backward in time. Many lived in Virginia, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Let me give you a little background. There are many John Shetter’s, hope I don’t confuse you. JOHN WILLIAM SHETTER Sr.: It is very hard to find information on the Shetter branch of the family. John William Shetter was born in Myersville, Jefferson County, WV, and I have tried locating information from the Jefferson County, WV Court House where they have notified me that there were no male children born between 1891 and 1928, but a girl was born to a John and Mary Shetter in 1892. JOHN WILLIAM SHETTER, SR. was born September 14, 1894; died October 4, 1987 in Sterling, Loudoun County, VA. and buried at Union Cemetery in Leesburg, Virginia with his wife, Viola Ballenger Shetter. John William Shetter, Sr’s parents were John Shetter and Scena Edwards. They had 4 children: Edith Rebecca, John William Sr, James Clifton and Annie. John William Shetter, Sr. married Viola Ballenger April 14, 1921 and lived in Leesburg, Virginia; They have 3 sons. This is about all the information I have on this side of the family for now. THE BALLENGER FAMILY Seems the BALLENGER family has moved all over the east coast and it has been hard to pinpoint just where the family originated. While I was home in September of 1997, I located some BALLENGER gravestones in Hillsboro Cememtery, Hamilton Cemetery and the Ebenezer Cemetery in Round Hill, Virginia, all located in Loudoun County. There isn’t much information here, but I hope I have made this as interesting to you as it is to me. I would love to hear from others who are or are not researching, but might be related. And please check out the Surname Index for more information. THANK YOU to all who have contributed Family information. S. Nesbiett D. Sampley T. P. Maphis J.A. Maphis Samuel Maphis & Family John Miley Maphis & Family William Maphis Iris Maphis C. Carrick & Family S. Wortman & Family J. Shetter & Family B. Shetter & Family W. Shetter & Family Plus others to numerous to mention, but greatly appreciated! The World is big, and there are many people related to others who they do not know. I am looking for any of my relatives from both sides of the family. Are you related? Would you like to know who you are related to? Would you like to help? Virginia Leddy 860 Highway 62 East, #8205 Mountain Home, AR 72653 Email: valeddy@hotmail.com WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! HOME PAGE © Virginia Leddy, 1997-2006