This tree was started with my mother Dorothy Edith Gwynn, Carter. A member of my  mother's family gave this Genealogy report on the Gwynn family which I primarly used  to enter information about the Gwynn tree. 
  I also found some records in the world Vital Records.com. The Summitt and Carter are  from "Personal knowledge" with the help of Linda Carter Hladeck. My mother, Dorothy  Gwynn Carter also gave me some photos of her side of the family and some on the Carter  side. These are the ones you will find here. I also have information about Lena  Hoffman Carter and her side of the family (Hoffman side). I hope you all will enjoy  this site. If anyone finds any mistakes or you can add information please contact me  the administrator of this site. 
     We had a 90th Birthday party for Dorothy and Family Reunion in Anderson,     Indiana on July 4th of 2009.It was great.  
        Thank you for visiting; and please don't forget to sign our guest book.

The manuscript I received from Dorothy Gwynn Carter who received it from Paul                     Gwynn Jr who did a Genealogy on the Gwynn Family.                (Susannah Shull is the Carter kids's great, great grandma)

Johannes Scholl, born about 1685, came from Germany on the ship "Adventurer", whose  Captain's name was Robert Carson. They landed in Philadelphia Harbor and signed this  name to point of Entry on Sept. 23, 1732 at the age of 48 years and brought the Shull  name into this country.
 His son Jacob Shull, born 1734 and died 1785, who married Rebecca Shull, no date or  info, was the first to spell the name Shull.
 William Shull, Sr. was the son of Jacob. William was born (Approx.) 1773 and died  (Approx.) 1829.
 Mycajah Cake Shull, born July 1812 was (7) the son of William Shull, Sr.. The above  information furnished from a Genealogy book on Shull, Schull & Scholl, written by a  Shull in New Jersey.
 According to an Obituary of Susannah Shull (Merrill) (Doty) she was born in Ohio and  with her parents came to Indiana, Hancock County in 1836--so Mycajah Cake Shull came  to Indiana, Hancock County in 1836. That would place the birth of the other children  in Hancock County, Indiana. Obituary in possession of Louie W. Shull.     Mary Elizabeth Caudell, born Jan. 1816, was one of the fourteen children of John  Caudell, born 1772 died 1836 and Susan Caudell, born 1782, died 1857, who came to this  country from Ireland--came to Kentucky, then to Indiana,, Hancock County at the time  of it's early settlement. Also, Mary Elizabeth Caudell's brother, David Caudell came  to Indiana in 1834, according to Lucian N. Shull, from Clairmount County, Ohio. Above information came from Caudell Reunion Record Book and was supposed to have been  run down by John F. Wiggins, Atty. at law at that time.

                Copy of Obituary of Susannah Shull, (Merrill) (Doty)

Susanna Shull, eldest daughter of Micajah and Mary Shull, was born in Ohio, August 11,  1834 and died in Fortville, Indiana, Feb. 7, 1908, age 73 years, 5 months and 26 days.  With her parents she moved to Hancock County, Indiana in 1836. She was first married  to William Merrill. The result of this union was a daughter, now Mrs. James H.  Fausset.Her second marriage was to Charles Doty. To them were born 10 children. Five  of whom were boys and five daughters. Both husbands and four of the children have  proceded her to the spirit land. The remainder, together with four brothers, nineteen  grand-children and eight great grand-children are left to mourn her departure. Her  last sickness was of two years duration and during the time she bore her sufferings  with Christian fortitude and forbearance. She united with the Christian Church in  Fortville in 1898 and lived a faithful christian life until God called her home.       (Eva Elizabeth Gwynn (Herron) says she remembers of her passing away at her  mother's home in Fortville, Indiana. Eva was very young at the time.)                           Verse with the Obituary
                        
                         
     Please check out the stories.You will find a few about the Hoffman side of our  family also there a few extras about our family. There are also photos of graves on  the Carter side, Hoffman side, Gwynn side and Denny side.

    Have additional information from my brother Jim on the Denny side of the family.

Our 4th Great Grandfather on the Denny side of the family died in the Revolutionary war at the age  age of 34 in the "Battle of Kings Mountain". 
   Our 8th Great Grandfather was Sir Arthur Denny, born September 9, 1629 in Tralee, Kerry. Ireland. His His father, Sir and his mother, Lady. He married Lady Ellen Barry September 9, 1651 in Cork, Ire Ireland. They had 4 children in 13 years. He died in 1672 at the age of 42.

John Denny, born in 1746 was a twin. Born in Albemarle, Virginia. Their father, Samuel was 24. Their mother was Sarah age 26. He married Elizabeth Buckley in 1769. They had one child. He died  as a young father on October 7, 1780 at age of 34.