Father of four, commercial diver, and U.S. Navy Veteran. I am a native of Los Angeles and live in Huntington Beach. My father's family is from Brown ,Johnson , and Bartholomew Co. In. (Moore,Smith,Beck,Lane) The Moore line migrated post civil war from Noble Co Ohio, the Smith line immigrated from Germany as Schmidt in 1852 , the Becks migrated from N. C. in the 1820's and the Lane line migrated post civil war from Muskingum Co Ohio.My mother's family is from Carbon Co. Mt.(Hall) Rowan and Letcher Co, Ky. (Hall,Cornett) Logan and Mingo Co. WV.(Curry,Jewell,Farley,McCoy) I would like my final resting place to be the Pacific Ocean.I love all of my ancestors. NOSCE TE IPSUM "No man is an iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee." John Donne 1624

Father of four, commercial diver, and U.S. Navy Veteran. I am a native of Los Angeles and live in Huntington Beach. My father's family is from Brown ,Johnson , and Bartholomew Co. In. (Moore,Smith,Beck,Lane) The Moore line migrated post civil war from Noble Co Ohio, the Smith line immigrated from Germany as Schmidt in 1852 , the Becks migrated from N. C. in the 1820's and the Lane line migrated post civil war from Muskingum Co Ohio.My mother's family is from Carbon Co. Mt.(Hall) Rowan and Letcher Co, Ky. (Hall,Cornett) Logan and Mingo Co. WV.(Curry,Jewell,Farley,McCoy) I would like my final resting place to be the Pacific Ocean.I love all of my ancestors. NOSCE TE IPSUM "No man is an iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee." John Donne 1624