This is the story of the ancestors of Charles E. Roseberry and Betty Jean Keister. Charles Roseberry's parents were Charles Wesley Roseberry and Elizabeth Clancy Sutton of Radford, Virginia. Charles Wesley Roseberry was born in Newbern in Pulaski County, VA and his ancestors were from there going back to 1872 when his grandfather, Samuel Roseberry, moved from Carroll County, VA. The Sutton family was also from Pulaski County, VA. Elizabeth's great-grandfather, John C. Sutton was born in Montgomery County, VA in the part that would later become Pulaski County. Betty Jean Keister's grandparents were Walter Henderson Keister and Ida May Foster of Radford, Virginia. Walter was born in Montgomery County, VA where his ancestors had lived since 1800. The Foster family was from Prince William County, VA but Ida May's line had lived in Monroe County, VA since before 1795 when it was Greenbrier County, VA.

Charles Everett Roseberry joined the United States Army in 1942 in part because he was single whereas his brother, William Chester Roseberry, was married. Charles served overseas in Africa, Italy, France and Germany. William Roseberry was drafted into the Army in 1944 just months before the birth of his second son on D-Day. William served in Italy in the North Appenines and Po River campaigns.

Both brothers wrote regularly to their sister, Margaret Roseberry Lawton of Radford, Virginia who saved their letters for over 50 years before giving them to their children and grandchildren. The letters are not descriptions of the war, which would have been censored, but the concerns of two young men from a small southwest Virginia town finding themselves overseas and away from their families. Topics range from family matters to the capture or deaths of friends and a recurring theme is each brother's concern for the other.

This is the story of the Elbert Howell and Bertha Burnop family ancestors. Elbert Eden Howell (Dec. 25, 1878-Mar. 24, 1964) married Bertha Allie Burnop (Sep. 7, 1883-Dec. 9, 1956) on Oct. 1, 1900 in Radford, Virginia where they lived the rest of their lives at 4th and Ingles Streets. Elbert was born in Floyd Co., Virginia and most of his ancestors were from this area going back more than 100 years when Floyd County was still part of Montgomery Co., Virginia. The Burnop family was from Westmorland County, England and Bertha's ancestors were from the Smyth, Carroll and Grayson counties area of Virginia. Immigrants were primarily from England and Germany.

The related Duncan, Fischbach, Hanks, Heimbach, Holtzclaw, Hylton, Morricle, Otterbach, Pratt, Stuell, Vaughan, and Weddle families also have chapters including descendancy reports.