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Name : Jacquelyn Melton
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Comment : This is a lovely site with very interesting history.
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Name : David Perkins
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URL : ddperk31222@hotmail.com
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Comment : My Perkins family first parish. My seventh and sixth great grandfather's belonged to St. Peter's Parish. A check of the cemetery for their headstones are on my to-do list.
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Name : R. Nelson Bryant
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URL : nbryantfamily@att.net
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Comment : I am a descendant of the Tinsleys. Our branch of the family left Hanover County for the wilderness of KY & TN in the late 1700s. I moved back to Chesterfield, VA a few yeears ago and would love to see the Church and cemetery.
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Name : Lois Gilliam Marshall
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URL : dmarsha3@midsouth.rr.com
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Comment : What a thrill it was to discover that my ancesters were members of St Peter's Parish. I am coming To Williamsburg Sept. 6-13, 2002 and plan to visit St Peter's. I am quite excited about seeing the church where the Gilliam's and Jarratt's worshiped our lov
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Name : Julie Drabek
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URL : koalaj@msn.com
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Comment : my ancestors went to your church. Evan Ragland and Susanna Pettis.
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Name : Hazel Allee Burns
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URL : fraxel@gate.net
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Comment : My Ragland and Pettus ancestors were early parishioners of St. Peter's.
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Name : Gary Roper
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URL : Gary13136@msn.com
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Comment : Several of my ancestors are listed in the register. My GGGGGFather David Roper was christened 3/24/1727.
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Name : Nancy R. Daw
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URL : madawnancy@netscape.net
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Comment : Steve, I just wanted you to know I visited your website. I remember how beautiful St. Peter's was when we visited at Christmas time. Sis
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Name : Charles D. Talley
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Comment : ctalley@gulf.net
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Name : Billy Massie
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URL : http://www.zoomnet.net/~guitar/famtree.htm
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Comment : I visited the Church in June of 2002. It is where my family went many years back. It was awesome!
Billy Massie
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Name : William Gaulding
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URL : http://members.cox.net/wgaulding
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Comment : GAULDING, HARRIS, RICKMAN & STRANGE lines all in St.Peter's Registry.
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Name : Stan Smith
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URL : templarstansmith@hotmail.com
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Comment : Was fortunate to visit on a quiet Sun. afternoon last April. Hasn't changed much since my GGrandfather Jno. Scott "defended the Gleab and paled in the Churchyard"!
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Name : Emma M.Rohrbach
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URL :
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Comment : Wow!! what asite.emma
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Name : Charles D. "Tony" Hylton, III
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URL : tonyhylton@aol.com
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Comment : My sixth "great" grandfather John Hilton (Helton) was Sexton at the Church during the late 1600's and early 1700's (during construction of the "new" church. I look forward to visiting the building where he worked during the Tercentennial Celebration. Than
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Name : Susie Wilkinson Houk
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URL : sah28092@aol.com
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Comment : I have been to St. Peters Parish once, last year. My Wilkinson line attended church there in the 1700's. I cannot explain the feeling you get when you see it the first time. I felt like I had gone back 300 yrs. I could feel my ancestor's. Its beautiful an
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Name : Charles Penick
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Comment : Great site. My 7th Great-Granduncle and Grandfather were baptized here in 1686 and 1694. I just wanted to say how much I appreciated your efforts to document the history of the church. It's nice to get in touch with my ancestors in this way.
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Name : Dennis Keith Via
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URL : viadk@co.mo.md.us
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Comment : My forefathers settled around St. Peter's Church and some of them may be buried in the cemetary. I am a direct decendant of Amer Via (and his wife Margaret Spencer) who settled in the area around 1683, the year they got married. I plan on making a trip th
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Name : William F. "Bill" Moorefield, III
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URL :
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Comment : I believe I descend from "Jno Morefield" whose death is recorded on page 64 of the Registry.
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Name : Aubrey Mitchell
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URL : amitchl@cox.net
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Comment : My gggggggrandfather, Thomas Mitchell was one the early members of the vestry and a warden at St Peter's
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Name : Dewayne Taylor
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URL : DTaylor586@aol.com
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Comment : St.Peters Church was my family first church in America. My 8th Grandfather was John Taylor died in 1698 and recorded on the roster. His son was James Taylor who was a reader for the Church.
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Name : Mac Hancock
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URL : hancock@arinet.com
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Comment : It is possible that members of my family attended St. Perter's Parish Church in the early to middle 1700's. Benjamin Hancock is the oldest I have been able to identify but the son I decend from was also born in New Kent County about 1733. John D Hancock.
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Name : Norman Penick
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URL : http://www.hal-pc.org/~norman/
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Comment : St. Peter's was my family's first parish home in America and I have long wondered what the area and St. Peter's looked like. I admire your beautiful area and hope to visit you in person. Thanks for your web site.
Sincerely, Norman Penick
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Name : Patricia Holloway
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URL :
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Comment : Enjoyed the web site. Was hoping to find more on the Rev. David Mossom's family (his wifes and children). I'm the GGGGG Grand Daughter of Nelly Mossom, said to be the daughter of Rev. David Mossom and sister of Captain Mossom. If this is true, it will mak
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Name : Fred Ragland, Jr.
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URL : lorifred@prodigy.net
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Comment : Wonderful site! Great to learn details about the history of this church. My ancestors worshipped here for their first four generations in this country before moving on to other states. Ragland, Davis, Pettus, Shelton, Burfort, Pate, Brewer. My 8th great g
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Name : Morey Nakaya
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URL : www.stthomastemecula.com
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Comment : St.Thomas of Canterbury, Temecula, CA wish you well as you enter the 4th century of service to God.
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Name : Richard Houchens
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URL : richard_houchens@yahoo.com
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Comment : I enjoy the website. My 6th great grandparents,Edward and Rebecca Howchens (Huchens)were members there. I hope someday to visit the area.
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Name : Olivia Maske Ratliff
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URL : MarkKay3568@aol.com
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Comment : I am descended from the Mask family
and my husband is descended from the Ratliff family. the Mask were from St. Paul's and St. Peter's Parishes.
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Name : Barbara Ashcraft Goforth
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URL : rlg@advertisnet.com
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Comment : The first Ashcraft in my line to come to America is mentioned in the church records. Glad I found this site.
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Name : Dee Brown
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URL :
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Comment : I am so thankful you have your Parish records online! My grandfather's ancestry line has taken me back to William Drake Sr. and he is listed in your records. The records also show the birth of his son William Jr. I only wish you had their marriage records
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Name : Marilyn and Jim McDonald
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URL : jim91429@msn.com
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Comment : Marchbanks family history says that George Marchbanks and wife, Anne Echols, were married at St. Peters in 1723. Impressed to walk on the same land and the same church George and Anne attended.
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Name : Marilyn and Jim McDonald
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URL : jim91429@msn.com
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Comment : We visited St. Peters while in Williamsburg last week November and first week of December 2001. My ancestor, George Marchbanks and the first Marchbanks to arrive in The Colonies from Scotland, is in the parish records along with his son John who died in i
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Name : William Ryan
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URL :
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Comment : My wife, Sherri Patteson Ryan, ancestors were members of St. Peter's back in the 1700s. Someday we hope to visit the chuch and attend services there.
Bill & Sherri Ryan
Midlothian, VA 23113
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Name : Shirley Gentry Doane
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URL : littleangelgirl@earthlink.net
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Comment : Hoping to be able to actually come and visit, My ancestor, Nicholsa Gentry I lived in New Kent and attended this church.
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Name : Kent Smith
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URL :
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Comment : Descendant of Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Davis who lived in the parish in the late 1600, early 1700's
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Name : Richard L Hughes
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URL : RLH0615@aol.com
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Comment : If all the family history passed on to me is correct, William Hughes, who was the contractor and builder of St. Peter's Parish is my 6th greatgrandfather. A lot of our Hughes is on the church register.
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Name : Linda Dorse Oakes
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URL : coakes@triad.rr.com
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Comment : My mother was Mary F.Poindexter of the Stokes(Forsyth) Poindexters descended from David Poindexter and Frances Pope Johnson through their seventh child ,Joseph J. Poindexter.
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Name : Shirley Warren
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URL :
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Comment : A wonderful website. I found the names of some of my ancestors on the Parish Register (1709). I want to visit sometime in the future.
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Name : David McGoveran
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URL :
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Comment : My ggg'grandfather, Isaac Johnson,
was born in St. Peters Parish, 1759. I suspect his parents Thomas and Elizabeth were married there. It is wonderful to find your site and "see" the church.
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Name : Peter J. Nelms
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URL : http://Peter_Nelms.tripod.com/Family_History.html
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Comment : I am researching the NELMS family history and I note that there are quite a few around Virginia. I am in Australia, but I have traced my ancestors back to England, UK.
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Name : David Houchens
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URL : houchens.2@osu.edu
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Comment : We visited the church on Sept. 1st and wandered around the cemetery. My sixth great grandparents, Edward and Rebecca Howchens (Huchins) had two of their children baptized at St. Peter's Parish in the late 1600s.
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Name : Lottie Mcwilliams
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URL : lotsue@earthlink.net
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Comment : I am a descendat of the Poindexters and they are on the list. I plan to visit the church and the area soon. This is just great to see the list. Thanks.
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Name : Shirley Allen
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URL : shirley_allen@hotmail.com
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Comment : My previous residence was on St. Peter's Lane. The church is beautiful! I miss the area and look forward to visiting soon.
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Name : Nancy Hylton Settle
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URL :
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Comment : A cousin told me that many of our ancestors are buried here. Now I plan to visit in person.
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Name : Alice Niles
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URL :
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Comment : I am a decendant of an early member of your parish, Edward Houchins. I enjoyed browsing your web site and see some of the places my ancestors were
Alice-Niles@hot.rr.com
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Name : J. Norvill Jones
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URL : nj3568@mindspring.com
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Comment : I believe that my gggggrandfather, Benjamin Jones, and his brothers Richard, John and Samuel were parishioners of St. Peter's back in the first half of the 1700s. I am still trying to track down records in New Kent County about them.
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Name : Will Dillon
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URL : dillon45710@yahoo.com
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Comment : My ancestor Henry Dillon was a member of St. Peters When the church was first built. I look forward to visiting the church sometime soon
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Name : Sister Faith Magdalena, OSF FODC
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URL : http://TexasLegacy.homestead.com/index.html
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Comment : Two hundred and sixty-seven years ago this month my Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather, William Slayden, son of Arthur and Rachel Slayden was baptized at St. Peter's Parish. It is wonderful to know that despite the many assaults to the faithful wit
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Name : Pamela Walker Blume
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URL : pblume@boone.net
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Comment : I have recently discovered that my Gentry ancestors were parishoners. I grew up in Newport News and my ggg grendfather Gentry was killed nearby at Savage Station east of Richmond. Will look forward to visiting next time I'm in VA.
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Name : Nancy Vannerson
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URL : Genesnut@aol.com
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Comment : Thank you for showing me the Register in which I found three of my husband's ancestors, Jemima, Rebecca and Thomas Vannerson.
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Name : Dan Surber
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URL :
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Comment : I first heard about Lenexa from a childhood friend of mine, The Westfall`s of Maryland, & Lenexa Va. Finaly got to visit there last year,When my step son opened up a chiropractic office there. I love the little place thanks!
Dan
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