--part1_16c3c856.24c15bee_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 99-07-16 19:49:42 EDT, w.mcculloch@cwix.com writes: > Subj: Mysteries I Have Solved > Date: 99-07-16 19:49:42 EDT > From: w.mcculloch@cwix.com (w.mcculloch) > To: fireseeker@aol.com > > > As early as I can remember I heard my grandmother say that her father was > the nephew of General Albert Sidney Johnston, C. S. A. His obituary in the > Humboldt, TN newspaper refers to him as Albert Sidney Stone, although his > name is shown on every document I have reviewed as Albert Johnson Stone. My > mother' s oldest sister proudly proclaimed that ancestry at every > opportunity. I think one of her grandson' s even joined the Sons of > Confederate Veterans claiming descent. How he ever proved it is beyond me, > but he is a good salesman. I put off for 30 years exploring the Stone > genealogy because there are so many Stone' s in the South I just knew I > could never track them down. My grandmother probably knew a lot more of her > family than she ever talked about. She always developed a sudden loss of > memory when questioned about ancestry (but now I believe she knew way more > than she was ever telling). > > A couple of years ago while browsing in the Sons of the American Revolution > library in Louisville, KY I ran across a book on Stone genealogy. I > ho-hummed that there was another Stone book (they have about five - all not > my line) that would not help much. To my amazement when I opened it, there > was a photograph of my great grandfather, Albert Johnson Stone. I made a > bunch of photocopies, headed home and tracked down the author, Martha Jane > Stone, to purchase the book. The author turns out to be a 4th half-cousin, > and after several conversations sent me a Johnson genealogy dated from the > early 1900' s. Albert' s mother was a Johnson. > > After digesting the information I realized there was absolutely no kinship > between my great grandfather and the General. His line comes out of > Massachusetts and mine from North Carolina. Besides my fith great > gradfather Johnson' s name wasn' t even Johnson. He changed his name to > Johnson after escaping from Scotland in 1748. No one has been able to learn > what his real name was or what he was running from (now this is a mystery to > be solved). > > If one needed much more evidence, both of Albert Johnson Stone' s parents > were sympathetic to the United States. She was born in Illinois and had a > brother who was a prisoner of the CSA. One of her cousins, a Yankee > officer, was killed at Chickamauga. I think she would hardly name her son > after a Rebel officer. So how did this story ever get started? I don' t > know and probably will never know. My aunt by this time was confined to a > nursing home and her days coming rapidly to an end. I told the rest of the > family the story, but we all agreed not to tell my aunt. I guess when she > finally got to meet her ancestors she learned the truth. I wish I could > have seen that scene. > > There is a happy ending to this story. After my aunt's death I learned my > great grandfather, Albert Stone, was descended from a famous American > General. He was the Great Great Grand nephew of General Anthony Wayne, of > Revolutionary War fame. How did the family "lose" that ancestry? Another > mystery. > > Nice thing about genealogy, solve one mystery and the results produces two > others. > > copyright 1999 Walker K. McCulloch > > > > ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- > Return-Path: <w.mcculloch@cwix.com> > Received: from aol.com (rly-yd05.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.5]) by air-yd02. > mx.aol.com (v60.14) with ESMTP; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 19:49:42 -0400 > Received: from pm02sm.pmm.cw.net (pm02sm.pmm.cw.net [208.159.98.151]) by > rly-yd05.mx.aol.com (v60.14) with ESMTP; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 19:49:30 -0400 > Received: from wkm (usr48-dialup330.mix1.WillowSprings.cw.net [166.62.175. > 212]) > by PM02SM.PMM.CW.NET (PMDF V5.2-29 #35316) > with SMTP id <0FEZ000GRM6GGI@PM02SM.PMM.CW.NET> for fireseeker@aol.com; Fri, > > 16 Jul 1999 23:49:30 +0000 (GMT) > Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 10:30:44 -0400 > From: "w.mcculloch" <w.mcculloch@cwix.com> > Subject: Mysteries I Have Solved > To: fireseeker@aol.com > Message-id: <001b01becba9$f75aff00$d4af3ea6@wkm> > MIME-version: 1.0 > X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 > Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-priority: Normal > > --part1_16c3c856.24c15bee_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <w.mcculloch@cwix.com> Received: from aol.com (rly-yd05.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.5]) by air-yd02.mx.aol.com (v60.14) with ESMTP; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 19:49:42 -0400 Received: from pm02sm.pmm.cw.net (pm02sm.pmm.cw.net [208.159.98.151]) by rly-yd05.mx.aol.com (v60.14) with ESMTP; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 19:49:30 -0400 Received: from wkm (usr48-dialup330.mix1.WillowSprings.cw.net [166.62.175.212]) by PM02SM.PMM.CW.NET (PMDF V5.2-29 #35316) with SMTP id <0FEZ000GRM6GGI@PM02SM.PMM.CW.NET> for fireseeker@aol.com; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 23:49:30 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 10:30:44 -0400 From: "w.mcculloch" <w.mcculloch@cwix.com> Subject: Mysteries I Have Solved To: fireseeker@aol.com Message-id: <001b01becba9$f75aff00$d4af3ea6@wkm> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal As early as I can remember I heard my grandmother say that her father was the nephew of General Albert Sidney Johnston, C. S. A. His obituary in the Humboldt, TN newspaper refers to him as Albert Sidney Stone, although his name is shown on every document I have reviewed as Albert Johnson Stone. My mother' s oldest sister proudly proclaimed that ancestry at every opportunity. I think one of her grandson' s even joined the Sons of Confederate Veterans claiming descent. How he ever proved it is beyond me, but he is a good salesman. I put off for 30 years exploring the Stone genealogy because there are so many Stone' s in the South I just knew I could never track them down. My grandmother probably knew a lot more of her family than she ever talked about. She always developed a sudden loss of memory when questioned about ancestry (but now I believe she knew way more than she was ever telling). A couple of years ago while browsing in the Sons of the American Revolution library in Louisville, KY I ran across a book on Stone genealogy. I ho-hummed that there was another Stone book (they have about five - all not my line) that would not help much. To my amazement when I opened it, there was a photograph of my great grandfather, Albert Johnson Stone. I made a bunch of photocopies, headed home and tracked down the author, Martha Jane Stone, to purchase the book. The author turns out to be a 4th half-cousin, and after several conversations sent me a Johnson genealogy dated from the early 1900' s. Albert' s mother was a Johnson. After digesting the information I realized there was absolutely no kinship between my great grandfather and the General. His line comes out of Massachusetts and mine from North Carolina. Besides my fith great gradfather Johnson' s name wasn' t even Johnson. He changed his name to Johnson after escaping from Scotland in 1748. No one has been able to learn what his real name was or what he was running from (now this is a mystery to be solved). If one needed much more evidence, both of Albert Johnson Stone' s parents were sympathetic to the United States. She was born in Illinois and had a brother who was a prisoner of the CSA. One of her cousins, a Yankee officer, was killed at Chickamauga. I think she would hardly name her son after a Rebel officer. So how did this story ever get started? I don' t know and probably will never know. My aunt by this time was confined to a nursing home and her days coming rapidly to an end. I told the rest of the family the story, but we all agreed not to tell my aunt. I guess when she finally got to meet her ancestors she learned the truth. I wish I could have seen that scene. There is a happy ending to this story. After my aunt's death I learned my great grandfather, Albert Stone, was descended from a famous American General. He was the Great Great Grand nephew of General Anthony Wayne, of Revolutionary War fame. How did the family "lose" that ancestry? Another mystery. Nice thing about genealogy, solve one mystery and the results produces two others. Walker K. McCulloch --part1_16c3c856.24c15bee_boundary--