At 02:24 PM 3/14/99 -0500, you wrote: >After a long family search I am about to make a breakthrough …… I think. > >Here is my story. > >My Grandfather’s name was Charles Wesley Slone, b abt 1873 in Sip, >Johnson, Co., Ky. He m Calista Boggs, from Webbville, Lawrence Co. abt >1899. >They took up housekeeping in Lousia. He raised a family in Pike Co. >and died in a mining accident in Garrett in Floyd Co. in Nov, 1930. > >Faded family history has it that Charles’ father was named Thomas and he >had a sister named Mary. Mary married a Boyd and moved to >Catlettsburg. > >Clues in his children’s names; first son named Hartman and a dau named >Mary. >My father’s name was Joseph. > >I would like to stop and thank Monita Horn and Mary Goodyear for their >research on the Slones. It has been so helpful. > >There was a Thomas in Johnson Co. at the right time but I can’t find >anything about his children. His brother, John M. has a son named >Charles b abt 1871. He had moved to Lawrence Co. by 1880. Could this >be him I wonder. This family came from Scott Co. Va, Their father was >Harkman Sloan. > >I want to claim this family but I need to get it straight. Someone >please help me with this before I have a stroke! > >Questions: >Does anyone have Calista in their line? > >Is anyone reserarching Thomas or John M.? > >Where is Slone’s branch, and the Slone Cemetery in Johnson Co.? >How would I get there. > >Does anyone have a listing from the Slone Cemetery there? > >Thanks Mary for telling us where Hoods Fork is. I have not been there… >yet. > >Why are there 13 donuts in a baker’s dozen? <g> > >It has taken me so long to get to here, I think my ancestors came over >in the Juneflower. > >Thanks in advance for helping fill an empty spot in my heart. > >Chuck in Augusta, Ga. > > > >==== BOGGS Mailing List ==== >My ancestors can hide...but they can't run! >Chuck, I can't clear up any of the "Juneflower" relatives, but the baker's dozen came from the custom of giving something extra, "lagniappe" here in Louisiana, for buying a full dozen rolls, doughnuts,etc. I believe it dates back to at least the Middle Ages, perhaps before. Hence, a "bakers dozen" became thirteen. (Of course, all of us know about the superstitions concerning thirteen dating back to Jesus and the disciples (One + 12 = 13, very unlucky for Jesus.) This is similiar to the custom of never having a floor numbered 13 in a building, etc. Becky in LA (Louisiana not Los Angeles) Rebecca (Becky) B. Vincent [email protected] Librarian/ Media Specialist M.ED./MLIS Gueydan High School 901 Main Street Gueydan, LA 70542