This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnston, McCune, McQuown, Divelbiss, Devilbiss, Brewer, Byles, Miles, Cooper, Chase, Paden, Long Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hYl.2ACIB/2523.2541 Message Board Post: You mention Stoneboro, Mercer Co, PA. Family tradition says we have relatives from the mid-1800's in adjacent Sandy Lake Twp, and apparently they are Johnston's. My gg-grandfather was Rev. John Wesley (Westly) McCUNE (1825-1878). He was born in Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA to Jacob Brewer McQuown and Catherine Devilbiss (Divelbiss). After studying at Western Theological Seminary and then at Carlisle PA, he was ordained and assigned to Presbyterian churches at Sandy Lake and Coolspring. He also had churches at Milledgeville, Salem, and Greenville and some responsibility in the southern part of Mercer County. He was closely associated with his brother, Rev. Robert Lewis McCune. John ("J W") resided in the NE corner of Coolspring and is buried with his family across the street from his church. His wife was Rebecca Marion JOHNSTON (1833-1887). She died while visiting her children in MN and her sister, Nancy Johnston COOPER, in Chicago. After her husband's death, she moved her family to Greenville PA. However, 2 of her children later resided in Fredonia PA: Robert Johnston McCune and Rebecca Catherine "Kate", wife of Dr. Frederick BYLES. Marion is buried next to a memorial for Rebecca Johnston (1795-1860), "wife of Robert Johnston"; this is probably her mother. Both Marion's son and grandson were named Robert Johnston McCune, and the name has carried further. However, my father's name is Samuel Johnston Long, and an early written genealogy indicates that Marion's father (or ancestor) was Samuel Johnston. My father comes from a line of Sam Long's, and I believe the 3 generations of Johnston in stone and regard the written genealogy as error. Do you or does anyone recognize any of these Johnston's? I have researched in Mercer and Franklin Counties for ages without success. While I can find an early Robert Johnston in Coolspring, none of the families seem to fit.