NAME OF REUNION:  
2007 Taylor/Dennis-Horner/Sims-White-Miller Family Reunion celebrating Our Pioneer Ancestors

THEME:  "Where We Come From" Honoring our Military members

Saturday, June 23, 2007 
Family Reunion Picnic
Place: Mingo Creek Park, 3111 Route 136, Finleyville, PA (park is abt. 12 miles east of Washington, PA)
Time: 10 am until 8 pm
What: Family Picnic 

E-MAIL me at c28tl56@yahoo.com or go online to our site where I have some surnames associated with these families listed. 

WEBSTE:  http://taylordennishornersimswhitemiller.myevent.com/

NAME OF REUNION:  
2007 Wonsettler/Whonsetler/Haas Reunion

THEME:  Getting Reaquainted

Sat. July 21, 2007 
Creston City Park 
Canaan Township
Wayne Co., OH. 

The county seat of Wooster is about 150 miles or 2 1/2 hours from Washington, PA. It has been over 50 years since a family reunion has taken place and we would encourage all the families of Philip, Daniel, Jacob, David, Samuel, and others in the Whonsetler lineage to come and get reacquainted with their "cousins" here in Ohio. We will be sharing family history information, photos, memorabilia; and good times, stories, and friendship - to say nothing of all the good food the Whonsetler reunions were known for. 

We are making this a covered dish picnic-style event. There is no fee but we are asking for donations to help the organizers offset the rental, mailing, and materials costs.

Please spread the word among the families in the Washington area. For anyone interested in more detailed information including specifics as to time, maps and directions, hotel lists, etc., please contact one of the two people listed below.

CONTACT:  

E-MAIL: Pam Blaha       at richandpamblaha@AOL.com   OR
             Christina Haas at christinahaas@hotmail.com 

WEBSTE: 

NAME OF REUNION:  
2007 The Gathering of the Cousins-Descendents of William and Mary Sharp

THEME:   

 
Registration begins at 10 am. 
The Gathering is over when the last person leaves. 

The Gathering of the Cousins-Descendents of William and Mary Sharp through the 13 children of their son Isaac and Mary W(o)olverton Sharp.  Isaac and Mary lived their lives in Greene and Washington County, Pennsylvania.  From their 13 children there are thousands of descendents. 

We have many descendants in Greene and Washington County area. The Historical Sharp Store is in Washington. In Amity is the old stone house of Zachariah, son of Isaac and Mary.   Zachariah's descendants stayed in the area when the others moved farther West. 

Accommodations: 

In Batesville, 13 miles from Cave City. There are also accommodations in the historical town of Hardy, Arkansas. You can use the internet to locate other lodging.   We suggest the following motels/hotels:

Super 8 
870-793-5888

Comfort Suites [our newest one]
870-698-1900

Best Western [Is at the top of the mountain at South Side still in Batesville City limits, also has a good restaurant ]
870-698-1855

Holiday Inn [very nice]
870-698-2700

Ramada [Accepts pets, has a nice restaurant, but the physical facility may not be to your liking.]
870-698-1800

Super 8, Ramada, Comfort Suites and Holiday Inn are all with in walking distances of each other. 

E-MAIL tootied@suddenlink.net

WEBSTE:   We have a website with over 4000 pictures and 300 cousin connections, from every state in the union. From this we have the organized The Gathering. 

NAME OF REUNION:    

Philips Family Reunion
THEME:   

REUNION REPORT

Moved from Chester County, PA, where it has historically been held. 

The organization of the program will much the same as in the past:   

Friday night: get-together dinner at the host hotel, Comfort Suites in Lebanon

Saturday: the actual Reunion, held in the fellowship hall of a local church
Group photos.

Sunday: lunch at a county park and live blue grass music entertainment and a catered meal at Fiddler's Grove in the Wilson County Fairgrounds - self-guided tours of this 1800s period village are also available).

Speakers, musical entertainment, singing, and the usual luncheon. 

HOTEL:

Host hotel is the Comfort Suites in Lebanon, TN (615-443-0027) - no alternate was given in the mailings.

E-MAIL  

WEBSTE:   

REUNION REPORT:   Someone in the group asked me if I attended the Philips Family Reunion this year, which I did. A brief report:

This year marked the 136th consecutive annual reunion! For this year's edition (on June 22-24), the Reunion was moved to Tennessee from Chester County, PA, where it has historically been held. The actual location was Lebanon, TN, which was very close to Watertown, and is about 30 miles East of Nashville. Two of the sons of Rev. David Philips (who was the pastor at Peters Creek Baptist Church in the late 1700s) left the area of Library, PA and travelled down the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers to the Cumberland River; they then travelled up the Cumberland and settled near Watertown in 1797. Family graves from this era can still be seen - many cousins went to visit them during the weekend. There are quite a number of descendants still in that area (many of whom, through usage, spell their name "Phillips"), which is why it was selected as a site for the Reunion.

As is usual with this Reunion, it began on Friday evening with a get-together dinner at the host hotel, the very nice Comfort Suites in Lebanon. Saturday was the actual Reunion, held in the fellowship hall of a local church. The President of Cumberland University was on hand to give the welcome address. The keynote speaker was from the Wilson County Archives. There was some musical entertainment, some singing, and the usual luncheon. A group photo was taken in the Sanctuary, and, through the wonders of modern photography, framed 8" x 10" prints were available within a half an hour, even with the legend "Lebanon, TN - 136th Philips Family Reunion - June 23, 2007" printed right on the photo. The 1935 book Phillips Family History by Judge Harry Phillips, which has been out of print for many, many years, was reprinted in a hard cover edition and sold at the Reunion. It deals primarily with the descendants of the two sons mentioned above who had settled near what is now Watertown a little over 200 years ago.

Sunday we had lunch at a county park where there was a collection of old, historic structures (log cabins, etc - dating from when the region was first settled) and that was followed by live blue grass music entertainment in an outdoor setting. A good time was had by all. Over all, the attendance was about 100. Some were there all weekend, some could only attend on Friday night, others arrived too late for the Friday dinner. 

There is discussion of having "mini reunions" in 2008 in Montana and Salt Lake City, among the sites mentioned. A possible site for 2009 is Missouri, and in 2010, the present plan has the Reunion coming back to western PA (probably at Peters Creek Baptist Church).

Mark Friden