This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STURGIS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JaB.2ACE/2981 Message Board Post: Biographical accounts of the General indicate he was born in 1822 in Shippensburg, and some list his father as Amos. I have earlier and later information on this family but nothing about their stay in Cumberland County. Can anyone shed some light? Many thanks.