Raulston Russell Genealogy Author:Barbara Gonce Clepper Barbara Gonce Clepper, born and raised in South Pittsburg, TN, was an elementary school teacher in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina and Tennessee -- areas where many of her ancestors once settled. — "I have felt a drive to do genealogical research since I was in my teens," she wrote, "and have collected the data in this book for over 1... more »5 years. It has been a source of great pleasure to find over 120 ancestors and to trace their 40 surnames to Germany, England, Ireland, Scotland, France and the Scandinavian countries."« less