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    1. RE: [STONE-L] STONE / WATTS/ LOWE
    2. FireSong Walker

    3. I don't have your Stone-Watts connection but I do have one. Kinzia Stone b. abt 1786 Bourbon Co., KY? m. Sally Watts b. abt 1790 Bourbon Co., KY. They had 2 children (that I know of) Kinzea Stone b. 1813 Bourbon Co., KY m. Elizabeth A Seamonds Nancy Mildred Stone B. 1821 Paris, Bourbon Co., KY m. Kinzia William Clinkinbeard I know that the dates are before your Watts/Stone but is there a connection somehow? This is as far as I have gotten with this family. I have descendants for Nancy Mildred and Kinzia William (it's my line) FS > -----Original Message----- > From: Charndra Josling [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, November 22, 1998 2:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [STONE-L] STONE / WATTS/ LOWE > > > Seeking info on Ruth STONE, b 1848, Wiltshire, ENG, d 17th Aug, > 1934, South > AUS. May have been an only child. > > Ruth STONE married James WATTS 0n 21 Nov, 1865 in North Adelaide, Sth AUS. > James WATTS born 1859, Armagh, NTH IRELAND. > > Children: James, Ruth LOWE (my ancestor), Elizabeth, Samuel, > Rachel, Hannah > and Jane FARLEY(?) > > Would love to hear from anyone with connections to any of the above. > > Related names: WATTS, STONE, LOWE, UNDERDOWN, ELVEY, JOSLING, GOODWIN, > DANIELS, CRASTIN, HARPUR, NANKERVIS, COPLAND and VANDENBROEK. > > > ==== STONE Mailing List ==== > To unsub or for more info on the STONE list please see: > http://members.aol.com/TreeCrazyD/stone_l.html > Note: that is > STONE _L just like in the list name. It is case sensitive. > > >

    11/22/1998 05:53:02
    1. [STONE-L] STONE / WATTS/ LOWE
    2. Charndra Josling

    3. Seeking info on Ruth STONE, b 1848, Wiltshire, ENG, d 17th Aug, 1934, South AUS. May have been an only child. Ruth STONE married James WATTS 0n 21 Nov, 1865 in North Adelaide, Sth AUS. James WATTS born 1859, Armagh, NTH IRELAND. Children: James, Ruth LOWE (my ancestor), Elizabeth, Samuel, Rachel, Hannah and Jane FARLEY(?) Would love to hear from anyone with connections to any of the above. Related names: WATTS, STONE, LOWE, UNDERDOWN, ELVEY, JOSLING, GOODWIN, DANIELS, CRASTIN, HARPUR, NANKERVIS, COPLAND and VANDENBROEK.

    11/22/1998 12:16:04
    1. [STONE-L] Stones of northern Maine
    2. Sherwin Brown

    3. Hello, I am looking for help finding imformation on Stone family of Sherman/Patten area of northern Maine. What I have so far is George Stone 1858-1913 married Lettie Ash who had daughter Bessie M. Stone d.1949 she married Albert Scudder b.1884 they had daughter Iva Marie Stone 1897-1976. She married Randolf Morgan. Bessie also had sons Norman and Martin. I found other names but have no imformation as to who they are. They came from Iva's birthday book. Frank Stone 1876-1904 Zilda Stone 1904-1949 Pearl L. Stone 1890-1957 Hazel Stone 1897-1917 Luther Stone 1903 Ray Stone 1887-1906? So far all the Stone imformation from this site has been from south and west. Is there a better place to search for Stones in Maine? Thank you Sherwin Brown

    11/20/1998 07:35:52
    1. [STONE-L] Stone Crest
    2. Anjanette Lofgren

    3. To all who want copies of the Stone crest, I can have my husband put it on my web page in the next day or two, and/or send it as a .bmp attachment to this list. Anjanette

    11/19/1998 12:51:29
    1. [STONE-L] Stone Crest
    2. Anjanette Lofgren

    3. Oops! I forgot to change the subject line! To everyone that was interested in the Stone crest that I have, I will hopefully be able to scan it tomorrow, but I lost all the emails of everyone who wanted a copy. Someone on this list sent me a Stone crest that they have, and it is different then the one I have. I can send both to people if they want. Sorry this has taken so long for me to get around to doing. We are finally out of my parent's place and into our new house. TTYL, Anjanette

    11/19/1998 09:39:13
    1. Re: [STONE-L] Stone in Henderson, KY area
    2. Anjanette Lofgren

    3. To everyone that was interested in the Stone crest that I have, I will hopefully be able to scan it tomorrow, but I lost all the emails of everyone who wanted a copy. Someone on this list sent me a Stone crest that they have, and it is different then the one I have. I can send both to people if they want. Sorry this has taken so long for me to get around to doing. We are finally out of my parent's place and into our new house. TTYL, Anjanette

    11/19/1998 09:37:03
    1. [STONE-L] Searching for Stone Information

    3. Here are three of the best sites I have been found. I have seen numerous Stones at these URLs. Found my Phillip Stone and his son Austin(e) on a tax list at one of these sites and his name is shown as a witness on several documents. I knew Phillip was in N.C. but could not prove it till I found all this information. Thanks to all who have contributed information to these URLs. <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm">USGenWeb Archives Search Page</A> <click http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm You can type anything you would like to find, A lot of information on the Stones are in the "Sunlight on the Southside" 1749-1783. or type tax and census lists. This URL has everything!!! <A HREF="http://www.usgenweb.com/census/states.htm">Census Index by states</A> <click http://www.usgenweb.com/census/states.htm This site is building but it has tons of information on it now. <A HREF="http://image.vtls.com/">Library of Virginia Digital Collections</A>< click http://image.vtls.com/vadig.va The Henley Obits and Marriages have Stones, Stones and more Stones. Does anyone have a Martin Stone in their family? I am still looking for other children of Phillip and Margaret Stone. If you see them let me know. Happy hunting!! Diane

    11/19/1998 04:31:51
    1. [STONE-L] Re: STONE-D Digest V98 #175

    3. Gary, Are you incontact with Ola Mae Hill and Greta Dean in Springdale, Ar? Ola Mae and I have tried to find a connection between our Stone families. Mine is Ida Stone Gilliam who was the daughter of James R. Stone, Jr and Clementine Jones. James R., Jr had an uncle named William and an uncel James M. These people lived in Independence Co, Ar and census records show they were from Ms. Other names in your lind associated with Indep. Co are Warren, Young, Barber. One of my g-uncles, Sigmond Stone, moved to the McAlester Ok where he raised a family. Please contact if you know this line. Jan Gilliam Reynolds

    11/19/1998 03:30:00
    1. [STONE-L] Adam Stone

    3. I am searching for information on ADAM STONE, who lived in Sharpsburg District of MD. b 1704-1734 d 4/14/1792 in Sharpsburg. He was married and had eight children, William, Adam Jr.,Michael, Elizabeth, Catherine, Jacob, John, and George. I have only been able to trace JACOB, b 1750 m Elizabeth Winters, and ELIZABETH (KITTY) b 1783 m William Foley. They both moved to Ky and the families resided predominantly in Fayette, Jessamine, and Woodford counties where I have traced the family to 1912. I have no info on Adam's parents, wife and the children other than Jacob and Elizabeth. Appreciate any information. Bob Stone, Millbrae, CA [email protected] ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

    11/18/1998 10:49:11
    1. [Fwd: [STONE-L] MATTHEW STONE-CALVERT COUNTY, MD 1695]
    2. Gary Cooper

    3. This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------B68CC3D03D103D7F751C586F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please change 1762 to 1672 Sorry about that. Gary --------------B68CC3D03D103D7F751C586F Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <[email protected]> Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com ("port 1457"@[204.212.38.30]) by InfoAve.Net (PMDF V5.1-12 #23426) with ESMTP id <[email protected]> for [email protected]; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:48:56 EDT Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA24171; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 13:42:25 -0800 (PST) Resent-date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 13:42:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:38:47 -0800 Resent-from: [email protected] From: Gary Cooper <[email protected]> Subject: [STONE-L] MATTHEW STONE-CALVERT COUNTY, MD 1695 Resent-sender: [email protected] To: [email protected] Reply-to: [email protected] Resent-message-id: <"upbeHC.A.d5F.A9zU2"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> Message-id: <[email protected]> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5b2 [en]C-DIAL (Win98; I) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Old-To: STONE-Lrootswebcom <[email protected]> X-Accept-Language: en X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/790 X-Loop: [email protected] X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Searching for information on Matthew Stone.---There were several Matthew Stones most were related. This Matthew Stone was the son of Matthew Stone (who was a brother to Gov. Wm. Stone) This Matthew states in an affidavit, executed on Jan. 29, 1695, that he was then 42 years old. ( this was in Calvert Co., MD) His father died in Calvert Co. in 1762. Thanks, Gary ==== STONE Mailing List ==== To unsub or for more info on the STONE list please see: http://members.aol.com/TreeCrazyD/stone_l.html Note: that is STONE _L just like in the list name. It is case sensitive. --------------B68CC3D03D103D7F751C586F--

    11/18/1998 08:18:03
    1. [STONE-L] MATTHEW STONE-CALVERT COUNTY, MD 1695
    2. Gary Cooper

    3. Searching for information on Matthew Stone.---There were several Matthew Stones most were related. This Matthew Stone was the son of Matthew Stone (who was a brother to Gov. Wm. Stone) This Matthew states in an affidavit, executed on Jan. 29, 1695, that he was then 42 years old. ( this was in Calvert Co., MD) His father died in Calvert Co. in 1762. Thanks, Gary

    11/18/1998 05:38:47
    1. [STONE-L] Little Berry STONE; 1818 TN, 1863 AR
    2. Joe C Stone Jr

    3. Hi all. Any connections to this line? Descendants of Little Berry STONE 1 Little Berry STONE b:Abt 1818 in TN d:29 May 1863 in Limestone Valley, Newton CO, AR .. +Arsenit b:Abt 1826 ......... 2 Martha Jane STONE b: Abt 1846 ......... 2 John STONE b:1849 in Grundy CO, TN ............. +Sarah ESSEX b:1848 in AR m:12 Nov 1868 in Newton CO, AR .................... 3 John STONE, Jr ........................ +Laura ? ............................... 4 Vonie STONE ............................... 4 Onie STONE ............................... 4 Arvle STONE .................... 3 James W. STONE b:Abt 1870 d: 1935 in Rosetta, AR ........................ +Tryphnia BOHANNON ............................... 4 Ida STONE ................................... +PRITCHETT ............................... 4 Lessie STONE ............................... 4 Dessie STONE ................................... +Sherman SMITH ............................... *2nd Husband of Dessie STONE: ................................... +CISCO ............................... 4 Pearlie STONE ................................... +Gus PHILLIPS ............................... 4 Elizabeth Rosetta STONE ................................... +Spurgeon WARREN ............................... 4 Maudie STONE ................................... +John BOEN ............................... 4 Tildie STONE ................................... +Oliver BOEN ............................... 4 Loyd STONE b:30 Sept 1904 d:10 Jun 1974 in Newton CO, AR ............................... 4 Herbert STONE ................................... +Jewel Faught MARTIN ............................... 4 Sarah Jane STONE ............................... 4 Claudia STONE .................... 3 William L. STONE b:1872 ........................ +Abby ? ............................... 4 Elsie STONE ............................... 4 Mauele STONE ............................... 4 Gracie STONE ............................... 4 Luster STONE .................... 3 Arsenit STONE b:1873 ........................ +Henry MOONEY ............................... 4 Ruby MOONEY ............................... 4 Mark MOONEY ............................... 4 Guthrie MOONEY ............................... 4 Verbin MOONEY .................... 3 Squire STONE b:Oct 1876 d:1947 in lImestone, AR ........................ +J Abby DAVIS b:Abt 1882 m:14 May 1896 in Johnson CO, AR ............................... 4 Prestin STONE b:Abt 1906 ................................... +Irene MINNAY b:Abt 1908 ............................... 4 Vesta STONE b:Abt 1906 ................................... +Jim Dotson TILLEY b:Abt 1904 m:26 Apr 1925 in AR ............................... 4 Laura STONE ................................... +Albert HUGHES d:Apr 1998 ............................... 4 Oma STONE ................................... +Jess HAMPTON ............................... 4 Floyd STONE ............................... 4 Jim STONE .................... *Friend of Squire STONE: b:Oct 1876 d:1947 in lImestone, AR ........................ +Claborn met: Abt 1924 ............................... 4 Squire STONE, Jr. .................... *2nd Wife of Squire STONE: ........................ +Mattie FERRELL b:02 Mar 1893 in AR d:24 Sept 1974 in Zanesville, OH m: 20 Nov 1924 in Newton CO, AR ............................... 4 Joe Cefus STONE b:1930 in Limestone, AR ................................... +Marriam D ROSS b:1936 in Crooksville, OH d:1996 in Zanesville, OH ............................... 4 Mitchel E. STONE b:17 Feb 1926 in Limestone, AR d:30 Sept 1983 in Zanesville, OH ................................... +Betty WISECARVER m:1955 .................... 3 Martha STONE b:Abt 1877 ........................ +Lum MILSAP .................... 3 Solomon A. STONE b:06 May 1879 in AR d:17 Jan 1925 in Fort Douglas, AR ........................ +Cynthia E. HUGES ............................... 4 Barry STONE ............................... 4 Gertae STONE ................................... +WINFIELD ............................... 4 Josey STONE ................................... +Homer TERRY ............................... 4 Richard STONE ................................... +Norma DAVIS ............................... 4 Walter STONE b:25 Jan 1901 d:04 Jun 1981 in Clarksville, AR ................................... +LaCrase ............................... 4 Amanda STONE b:1902 ............................... 4 Homer STONE b:1903 ................................... +Leafie TERRY ............................... 4 Robert Lee STONE b:04 Jan 1904 d:19 Nov 1971 in Fort Douglas, AR ................................... +Sara Cathrine PRICE ............................... 4 Elmer STONE b:12 Dec 1908 in Fort Douglas, AR d:04 Nov 1909 in Fort Douglas, AR ............................... 4 Dewey STONE b:15 Apr 1914 d:10 Sept 1986 in Fort Douglas, AR ................................... +Darthula ............................... 4 Harley STONE b:13 Jul 1921 d:03 Aug 1985 in Fort Douglas, AR ................................... +Audrey CARLTON .................... 3 Nancy STONE b:1890 in AR d:28 Apr 1961 in AR ........................ +George Young DAVIS m:10 Oct 1910 ............................... 4 Delphia DAVIS b:03 Mar 1912 in Limestone, Newton CO, AR ................................... +Earl BOEN m:18 Jan 1930 in Limestone, Newton CO, AR ............................... 4 Robert Loyd DAVIS b:1915 ................................... +Opel YOUNG ............................... 4 Effie Leoria DAVIS b:1917 d:26 Mar 1998 ................................... +Roscoe Gordon ACCORD ............................... 4 Willie Ester DAVIS d:1974 ............................... 4 Frankie Montana DAVIS ................................... +Thelma Jean MELSON ............................... 4 OlaMae DAVIS b:1932 in Limestone, AR ................................... +Thomas LaDell HILL b:1931 in Watalaua, AR m:1952 in AR ......... 2 Noble L. STONE b:Dec 1853 in TN d:1920 in OK ............. +Alcey C. BARBER m: Abt 1878 .................... 3 Martha J. STONE b:1878 in AR ........................ +Will A. SHAW m:18 Jul 1897 in Cameron, Choctaw Nation, Indian Terr. 8 .................... 3 William J. STONE b:Apr 1879 in AR ............................... 4 George STONE b:03 Aug 1926 in Hartshorne, Pittsburg, OK d:Jul 1982 in Hartshorne, Pittsburg, OK ............................... 4 Charlie STONE .................... 3 John Riley STONE b:17 Jun 1882 in AR d:Jan 1969 in Iberia, Miller, MO ........................ +Bertha BRISTOW b:20 Mar 1884 in Piney Twp., AR d:Abt 1915 in Jackfort, OK Jim Doctor Place m:Abt 1907 in McAlester, OK .................... *2nd Wife of John Riley STONE: ........................ +Laura WHEELER m: 24 Dec 1908 .................... 3 Francis Marion STONE b:27 Feb 1885 in AR d:Sept 1973 in Hartshorne, Pittsburg, OK ........................ +Martha HURT ............................... 4 Alvin STONE b:11 Nov 1926 in Bokoshe, OK d:18 Sept 1994 in Fort Smith, AR ................................... +Beatrice Magdalene SNOW m:18 Nov 1950 in Van Buren, AR ............................... 4 Wille Edward STONE ................................... +Velma Edward WATERS ............................... 4 Hillard STONE ................................... +Odie ............................... 4 John B. STONE b:18 Mar 1932 in Bokoshe, OK d: April 1980 in Hartshorne, Pittsburg, OK ............................... 4 Calvin STONE b:11 Nov 1926 in Bokoshe, OK d:1928 in Bokoshe, OK .................... 3 Tennessee A. STONE b:Aug 1889 ......... 2 Sarah E. STONE b:Abt 1858 in AR

    11/18/1998 04:22:26
    1. [STONE-L] Alice C. STONE (NY>WI)

    3. Found the following in the book "COLUMBIA COUNTY, WISCONSIN IN 1880" by Richard D. Jenkins, copyright 1996. JOHN B. PEASE [12-20-1853], Columbia County, was the son of William C. & Angeline (McNett) Pease, of Somerset, New York. John was married on 06-25-1862 at Otsego to ALICE L> STONE [06-29-1851], New York, the duaghter of Jotham & Martha (Howarth) Stone. They had one child: Birdie E. [04-18-1865]. John Pease is a Veterinary Surgeon in Otsego, and also an agent for all kinds of farm machinery. ----- This is not my line so I don't have any further information. Maybe it will help someone.

    11/17/1998 05:59:03
    1. [STONE-L] Fwd: Wiley and Candus Stone

    3. This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_911140017_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Thats great Ron!! Im happy that you found this information. I would be interested to know more about the history of Wiley. How much do we know? Jack --part0_911140017_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.ix.netcom.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zc01.mx.aol.com (rly-zc01.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.1]) by air-zc05.mail.aol.com (v51.16) with SMTP; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 01:42:18 1900 Received: from dfw-ix7.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix7.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.7]) by rly-zc01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id BAA10352 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 01:42:17 -0500 (EST) Received: (from [email protected]) by dfw-ix7.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id AAA10917 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 00:42:15 -0600 (CST) Received: from sac-ca44-52.ix.netcom.com(206.214.249.180) by dfw-ix7.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma010846; Sat Nov 14 00:41:44 1998 Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 22:46:06 -0800 To: [email protected] From: rstone <[email protected]> Subject: Wiley and Candus Stone Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hello again Jack, In follow up to yesterday's I went to the LDS today on a quest for the "lead" in Boone Co, AR. WILEY and CANDUS are listed He is shown as age 77 a farmer and born S.C. She is age 73 , keeping house, and born GA. Right there on the 1880 Census, (though oddly enough, not on the soundex version) In the same Co. I found FRANCIS A. STONE age 35, born in GA and wife, MARGARET J STONE, age 33 , born in GA... kid. Wm P age 5 .. FRANCIS just has to be the twin to my ggf, WILLIAM P. STONE on both soundex and regular I hope you really meant to get this stuff. Ron --part0_911140017_boundary--

    11/15/1998 02:26:56
    1. [STONE-L] Stone in Henderson, KY area
    2. Tami/Tim

    3. I am looking for information on a James M. Stone(m=Matthew?) born Mar 3, 1862 in Henderson, KY died June 9, 1926. Married a Marie? and a Minneta "Minnie" Lorane Small. His parents are Asher J. Stone and Sarah Anne Watson. James is my Grandfather. He died 3 months before my father was born so we have no information on him. Thank you in advance Tami Stone-Frazier [email protected]

    11/12/1998 08:29:26
    1. [STONE-L] Fwd: Thanksgiving Genealogy notice

    3. This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_910880914_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Thought you all might enjoy this. Mary Calvo --part0_910880914_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.www.cntwk.net.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yc01.mail.aol.com (rly-yc01.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.33]) by air-yc02.mail.aol.com (v51.16) with SMTP; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 09:40:57 -0500 Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by rly-yc01.mail.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id JAA25603; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 09:40:45 -0500 (EST) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA08957; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 06:40:19 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 06:40:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 20:30:51 -0600 From: Lisa Henderson <[email protected]> Organization: I keep a path clear, in case of fire... X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) Old-To: Powell Mailing List <[email protected]>, Southern IL Mailing List <[email protected]>, River Mailing List <[email protected]>, Tyer Mailing List <[email protected]>, Westbrook Mailing List <[email protected]> Subject: Thanksgiving Genealogy notice Resent-Message-ID: <"OaYkD.A.mLC.RHaS2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/297 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I thought this would give you all enjoy this...it came over one of my lists, and is extremely relevant; I apologize for the multiply posts. >>> I have been getting many requests from the different lists to re-post an article that was posted last year at this time. Bless you all. Giving Thanks: Our Ancestors....How Much We Love Them! While doing research on my family lines, I have come to notice the age of the people of this country. The life span seemed to be fairly short. The majority of the people that I see as heads of the household are from 23 to 45. There are very few in their 60's and 70's. During the ten to twelve years before the Civil War our country seemed to be what we consider today as "young adults" as head of a household. Before that the lives of these people were extremely busy with land, farming and raising their families and this was taking it's toll on the young men and women of that time because it was unbearably hard work for the farmers and their families. The people that were able to buy land and invest and be active in the business end of society were marking off their days on this earth as was the farmer and his wife were without even knowing it. Life itself was taking it's toll of these bright, diligent, energetic people. They, for the most part would all be dead before they reached the age of 50. For an eager nation to grow it took many miles of road, tunnels, ore, railroads, food, crops for clothing, livestock, trees, oil and so many other natural resources and various occupations to supply the needs of it's people. They lived hard lives, even if it was with a suit of clothes and a tie, shirts with fancy cuffs and collars or rough-woven durable fabric for the laborers of various trades and livelyhoods, the pace was hard and fast and worrisome. Most of those that you see listed in the census reports in their 60's, 70's or 80's through the 1860 census, were just stronger, healthier and blessed with longer lives. After the Civil War there were fewer young men on the census reports. Most were in their 40s and 50s, some maimed, some crippled, some blind and many that were strong and healthy in 1861, were spent in the few years that the war lasted. They came home old men in the conditions of their bodies and many never regained their health to support their families by being able to carry the whole load of maintaining their farms or trades. The sons of those men learned early how to till and seed the ground, when to harvest, how to manage the few dollars they had or how to present themselves to borrow on next year's crop before they were 18 years old. The tradesmen had an advantage over the farmer when it came to his sons being able to carry on their work, crafty small hands learned quickly the art of making clothes, shoes and sewing the leathers for boots, belts, vests, saddles etc. before they were 12. But the farmer and the blacksmith and the waggoneer and the lumberman had to hire help until their sons were strong enough to maintain the balance of the load for their fathers. It was too hard for an 8 year old to lift wheels, fell trees, use an anvil, and control the horses and oxen and mules that were needed for those jobs. However, their little minds of boys 5 and 6 years old when their fathers came home from the war were keen and open and eager to learn. And learn they did, just as fast and furiously as they could, and they did what they could until their bodies caught up to their mental experience and were able to put all their knowledge into practice. Those young boys that had to learn from their older family members; uncles, cousins, grandparents if they were still there for them, those were the ones that had the hardest challenge.....their father's didn't come home, their mother's couldn't hold up under the strain and the daughters had to pitch in and learn the art of making bread, churning, cooking, cleaning, washing, ironing, sewing...whatever it took to be there beside their brother or brothers if they were lucky enough to have them and keep the family together and pushing on and on and on. These wonderful people are our ancestors. These blessed, faithful, loving, and yes, some have the occasional traits of hot tempered, sweaty, foul mouthed...but they are our ancestors. These strong, weak, frail, stubborn, rough skinned, white skinned, dark skinned, pampered or leathery people are our ancestors. I am so proud of them. I love them so much. I wish I could have known each and every one of them, touched them, listened to them.....just stood in their shadow for a few minutes because I'll guarantee you one thing, those shadows would have brought me to my knees knowing how much it covered and what it meant to be a part of their family. I have stood and am now standing on their land. I have seen and touched their trees and their homes. I have smelled their old pipes and snuff jars, their handbags, powder boxes and handkerchiefs. I have felt their old pocket watches, their knives, dishes, tools, jewelry, combs and brushes. I have tried my best to take in what is left of their presence and there is one thing that makes me cry with joy that I can hold it in my hand and smell the sweet smell of the years everytime I open or caress it, it smells of leather and ink and age, but it's never dusty or used up....it's always there with warmth and peace and love....it's their Bible. The one piece of their lives that reaches generation after generation and is more loved each time it's given to the next, it's the one part of them that they couldn't live without, they couldn't read it, most of them, but it was there and they knew what it was saying, they had learned that through the years from their parents and their parents before them. Aren't ancestors marvelous. They make us who we are; a mixture of proof that they had made their mark on the land and it can never be erased. Thanksgiving, yes I give thanks.....everyday. Written at Smithville, OK., July 1996 where my Dad was born. 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    11/12/1998 02:28:34
    1. [STONE-L] STONE CONNECTIONS BOOK
    2. Russell J. Harden

    3. Hi Stone Family Members, I am new to the list and am just feeling my way around. Just what is the "Stone Connections" Book? What is in it and is it availableto be purchased at a reasonable rate. I am descended from Benjamin Stone, b. abt 1733 through the marriage of Jane Stone and William Hopkins. RUSS HARDEN [email protected]

    11/11/1998 11:27:39
    1. [STONE-L] Re: STONE-D Digest V98 #171

    3. unsubscribe Julie [email protected] =========================================================================== "Dwell on the past, and you'll lose an eye. Ignore the past, and you'll lose both of them." Old Russian Proverb "What the Son wishes to forget, the Grandson wishes to remember." Marcus Lee Hansen

    11/11/1998 09:56:35
    1. [STONE-L] seeking info on Micajah Stone

    3. Am looking for information on Micajah Stone b.1828 m1859 to Fannie Herndon. Run into a dead-end with Micajah at that point-know of a Micajah born in Bedford County, but cannot tie the 2 together????????? Help would be great. Thanks Sue

    11/11/1998 02:33:08
    1. [STONE-L] Stone - MO

    3. Does anyone have any connections to Thomas & Mary Ann Stone of Ozark Co.,MO? Thomas was born ca.1795 in VA and Mary Ann Stone was born ca. 1799 VA. They were married in 1816 in Ozark CO., MO. They were supposedly from the Stone family of Henry Co., VA. Any connections? Mary Calvo

    11/11/1998 02:28:05