who was kind to write, showing a name change from Finn to *Flynn:

I READ WITH INTEREST YOUR BIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS N. SAMMONS. HE WAS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER. I HAVE THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED HIS PAST AND HAVE RECEIVED DEATH RECORDS, CENSUS, AND OTHER INFORMATION. HIS FATHER WAS JOHN SAMMONS AND HIS MOTHER WAS JULIA (FLYNN) SAMMONS, NOT JULIA (FINN) SAMMONS). JOHN SAMMONS AND JULIA FLYNN EMIGRATED FROM IRELAND IN THE LATE 1840’S OR EARLY 1850’S. THEY WERE NOT BORN IN SAMMONSVILLE, NY. IN 1880, JOHN SAMMONS AND JULIA (FLYNN) SAMMONS WERE LISTED IN THE CENSUS. JULIA WAS SHOWN AS IN “STATE INSANE ASYLUM”. THEIR BIRTH PLACES WERE LISTED AS IRELAND. THOMAS N. SAMMONS WAS LISTED AS THEIR SON, AGE 17. AFTER MUCH SEARCHING, I ALSO FOUND HER IN THE 1880 CENSUS AS A RESIDENT IN THE INSANE ASYLUM IN SENECA, NY. JOHN SAMMONS DIED IN ABOUT 1888 AND JULIA DIED AROUND THAT TIME, TOO. I HAVE NOT YET LOCATED THEIR DEATH RECORDS, BUT I AM STILL SEARCHING. YOU LIST WILLARD WHEELER SAMMONS AS THE SON OF THOMAS N. SAMMONS. THIS IS TRUE, AND WILLARD WHEELER SAMMONS IS MY GRANDFATHER. MY MOTHER WAS ELIZABETH WHEELER (CONNOR) SAMMONS (II). YOU ALSO LIST WILLARD WHEELER SAMMONS AND DOROTHY WEBBE AS BEING MARRIED ON JUNE 28, 1914. THIS IS INCORRECT. I HAVE A PLATE FROM THEIR WEDDING DATED JUNE 28, 1913. THEIR FIRST BORN SON, WHEELER SAMMONS, JR. (MY UNCLE) WAS BORN MAY 23, 1914 (NOT 1915). I HAVE HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE TO PROVE THIS ASSERTION. I HAVE ENJOYED MY GENEALOGICAL SEARCHES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP IN LOCATING THE “REAL” JOHN SAMMONS AND JULIA SAMMONS DEATH RECORDS, ETC. ALSO, WILLARD WHEELER SAMMONS JOINED THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION UNDER THE VAN ALSTINE ANCESTRY (I HAVE THESE RECORDS, TOO). WHY WOULD HE JOIN UNDER THE VAN ALSTINE ANCESTRY IF J. FREDERICK SAMMONS WAS ONE OF HIS DIRECT ANCESTORS? SINCERELY, CHRISTOPHER W. CONNOR

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