(EXCERPTS FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY UNCLE FRANK TEMPLETON TO HIS DAUGHTER, MARIE TEMPLETON - MARCH 1933)

"Your Uncle Reuben will probably be able to tell you more than any other living member of the family.

"Here is what little I know of the family history on my mother's side. Her parents lived in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Mother, I think, was the youngest member of a large family. She was born in 1823 or 1824. The family name was Fusselman, originally spelled Fosselman. I do not know the given name of her father nor anything about his brothers and sisters, nor the maiden name of her mother. They were of German extraction, known in that day and time as "Pennsylvania Dutch".

"When my mother was about five years old, the whole family, except the eldest sister (then married) moved overland in a covered-wagon drawn by oxen, to Ohio, either to Trumbull County or some of the adjoining counties. The eldest sister, Aunt Juda, remained with her husband in Philadelphia, reared her family and died there. I have heard, but have forgotten, what her married name was. Your Uncle Reuben and Uncle George Templeton visited them in 1876 when they were in Philadelphia to attend the Centenial World's Fair.

"Now of the family that went to Ohio, I do not know just how many children there were but there were several. Another of my mother's older sisters married a man by the name of Shafer - they moved to Wisconsin and reared their family there. I never saw them. Another brother, Jonathan, married and moved to Iowa near Berlington where they lived and died. I visited them in the spring of 1884 on my way to Ohio from Missouri on my first trip back to Ohio. Uncle Jonathan at that time was very old. I think there was but one child, a cripple, who got about the country with a dog team. His name was also Jonathan. He was very intelligent and was honored with various positions of trust.

"Mother had one sister, Aunt Polly, who remained in Ohio; married, and reared her family there. Aunt Polly is a nick name - her real name was Mary Magdaline. She married a man by the name of Wannamaker. They reared a large family in Lordstown, Trumbull County, Ohio.

"Now mother had three brothers, as I remember, who remained in Ohio, married, and reared their families there. Uncle Joshua, Uncle Aarhardt, and Uncle Reuben. I knew Uncle Reuben's family well. You have met about all of them. The families of the other two brothers, I have met some of them only.

"All of my grandparents were dead before I was born. My brother Reuben knew some of the grandparents and perhaps can tell you something about them. Of course there are traditions of some of - 7 - my ancestors on one side of the house or the other having been in the Revolutionary War. It is likely that this is true but I cannot tell any of the facts in connection with it.

"Now on my father's side I will tell what little I know. As I remember it, his father, my Great-Grandfather Templeton, was born in New Jersey. He was Scotch-Irish, and Holand (low Dutch). My grandfather Templeton reared his family in Austintown, Mahoning County, Ohio. I do not know for sure what my Grandmother Templeton's maiden name was, but I have the impression that it was Hanson, which sounds Welch to me. I donot know about the Templeton family except that my father's immediate family, and I do not know much about it.

"Of father's sisters, I know of three: one married and went to Green Bay, Wisconsin. There they reared their family. Another sister married Jim Rayne. They reared their family in Austintown, Ohio. I was in their home several times and knew all their children. One of the younger boys was and probably still is a prominent educator. He was connected with Youngstown schools many years in a leading position. The third sister, Aunt Olive, married Jake Harding. They reared their family in the same locality. They were engaged in the coal-mining business.

"Now my father's brothers: John married and went to Wisconsin where he lived and died. I never saw him. Uncle Robert married. They went to Indiana where they lived and died. I never saw Uncle Robert but I did meet three of his children. Uncle William reared his family in Champion, Ohio.

"Now Marie, write to your Uncle Reuben, Reuben F. Templeton 1568 Hillside Terrace, Akron, Ohio. He will be glad to tell you all he knows about the family. He may be able to give additional information."

"s/ Frank L. Templeton
Bolivar, Missouri"