
Adam P. Vandiver was small of stature but his exploits measured to giant proportions. Vandiver was an extreme mountain man, a veteran of the War of 1812 Indian Wars, and boasted to have over 30 children with three wives, though albeit, not at the same time. In a story pieced together by historical and genealogical records, you can learn how to sort fact from fiction when researching a larger-than-life ancestor.