I have not disappeared, but progress on the Tapscotts of the
Wabash Valley has been slower than anticipated. To date have found 731 descendants (and 437 spouses) for Henry and Susan (Bass) Tapscott, the progenitors of the Wabash Tapscotts, and there will undoubtedly be many more.
Even if I restrict the book to the first five generations (counting Henry and
Susan as the first generation), there will be 341 descendants and 232 spouses. And something about the parents and siblings of each spouse is also being included! Sometimes
I wonder if I have bitten off more than I can chew.
Henry and Susan Bass had twelve children. I am working on
the descendants of their oldest child, William Tapscott, who married Mary
Angeline Wallace (as it turns out, my great grandparents). William and Mary Angeline had nine children. Research is about complete on the family of one of their daughters, Cora Isabell, who
married Richard Morgan Sweet, who were prolific-fourteen Sweet children, most
of whom left descendants. As it turns out, Cora and Richard had 85 descendants, not counting very,very recent additions.
Anyway, the work is getting more and more strenuous, but I
am optimistic that it will be completed ... some day.
