This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: nowisthe5 Surnames: Samuel Stone; Rhoda Stone; Emilly Burk Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.adams/4328.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Linda, Rhoda and Samuel Stone of Adams County, Illinois, were my great great grandparents. Rhoda's maiden name is a mystery. It does not appear on the Hancock County, IL record of marriage between Mrs. Rhoda Stone and Mr. Enos Thompson on 19 Jan 1843. I don't know anything about her death. Samuel was the son of James Stone of Hardy County, WV. James was the son of Thomas Stone of Prince William County, Virginia. I am currently investigating the possibility that Samuel Stone and his family settled briefly in the intersecting area of Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio before moving on from Licking County, Ohio to Stone's Prairie in Adams County, IL. Samuel Stone was in Switzerland Co, IN for the 1820 census with children of the correct ages. His children were Enoch b. 1814, Abraham 1818, Mary Ann , Geo Washington b.1831. My great grandfather, Enoch Peyton Stone, married Emily Burk, b. Indiana or KY. We know little of Emily's father. Their youngest son, Samuel Thomas Stone, was my grandfather. He appears in the 1860 Pontoosuc census at age 5 in the household of E.P.Stone. This was in The Quincy Daily Herald, Apr 14, 1877, p.3 "AN OLD SETTLER Mr. E. Stone, of this vicinity, says the Carthage Republican, is one of the oldest living settlers of this part of the State. Mr. Stone came with his parents from Indiana to Adams county in 1822. The family settled in what was afterwards called Stone's Prairie, named after Rev. Samuel Stone, the father of our townsman. Their nearest neighbor was ten miles distant. Their only companions for a year or two were the Indians and wolves. There were no roads in any direction, and no signs of civilization between Mr. Stone's cabin and the Mississippi bluffs where, the following year, Quincy was laid out." Thank you for any information about Rhoda. Beth Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.