I am interested in sending a query to Wilmer L. Kerns about an article he wrote for The West Virginia Advocate. Does anyone know how I might get in touch with him? For anyone else's interest, I am trying to learn whether research has been done on the descendants of Rebecca Stump married to John Carder. Rebecca would have been born circa 1828 in Hampshire County, Va., daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Boggess) Stump, who had the following siblings: John B., Wm. B., Sarah, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Joseph, Jane, Jacob, and Malinda. I would really like to know whether John and Rebecca (Stump) Carder had a daughter also named Rebecca and a son also named John. I ask because in my Nicely line, I am missing the maiden name of Abram Nicely's wife who was named Rebecca? This Abram Nicely had a sister named Julia who married a John Carder. I thought possibly both Nicely siblings married into the Carder family. Abram and Rebecca Nicely named one of their children, Sarah, possibly after Rebecca (Stump) Nicely's sister, Sarah. This Nicely family lived in Allegany County, Md. in 1850, but seemed to have ties in Hampshire County, VA. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, [email protected]