"In this reprint edition the contents [of the original 34 volumes] have been rearranged, re-typed, and consolidated in three hardcover volumes, each with its own master index."--Title page verso.

James Evans Stowers, Jr. was born 10 January 1924 in Kansas City, Missouri. His parents were James Evans Stowers, Sr. and Laura Smith. He married Virginia Ann Glascock, daughter of Clayton Francis Glascock and Gertrude Francis Wright, 4 February 1954. They had four children. Ancestors and relatives lived mainly in Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and England.

Samuel Kercheval emigrated from France in 1697. He settled in Virginia. He married Dorothy and they had three children. He died in 1722. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana.