The House of Waltman and Its Allied Families: Alderson, Baker, Bowman, Bierly, Brittain, Caldwell, Campbell, Charleton, Craighead, Erwin, Fowler, Fox, Greene, Hampshire, Harmon, Kuder, LaMance, Lutz, Lytle, McLane, Miller, Minnich, Newton, Nichols, Noble (Signed)

Lora S. LaMance

Self-published, 1928

[Signed by the noted Suffragist and Temperance activist, Lora S. LaMance, below her portrait.] From the library of the Mayflower Society. Bound in burgundy cloth. Gilt lettering. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Library stamps and markings. Shelf wear. Edges rubbed. 278 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, coats of arms, facsimiles, music, portraits, 26 cm. Families chronicled include: Alderson, Baker, Bowman, Bierly, Brittain, Caldwell, Campbell, Charleton, Craighead, Erwin, Fowler, Fox, Greene, Hampshire, Harmon, Kuder, LaMance, Lutz, Lytle, McLane, Miller, Minnich, Newton, Nichols, Noble, Parsley, Ruckle, Schmoyer, Shaffer, Tuck, Wallace, Watkins, Wilson, Yonce, and Zarfess. <br> Lora LaMance (1857-1939) was an active campaigner against the use of alcohol. She became the local and county president of the WCTU, in what she said was the 'second wettest county in the state'. She also worked for women's suffrage, wrote a history of the Nichols family (her father's), as well as historical sketches and a series of floral booklets. 

Founded in 1897, the Mayflower Society, or General Society of Mayflower Descendants is a non-profit organization. Membership requires proof of lineage from one of the passengers who traveled to America on the Mayflower in 1620. Their educational mission includes telling the story of the Pilgrims as well as maintaining the highest standards possible for genealogy research into the lineage of the Pilgrims.