Taken From The Book Below, Will Add It To The List As I Get Parts Of It Done. Michael Stump Sr. of Virginia 1709-1768 by: Thurman Stump 1975 - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Stump 3rd. b: Feb. 4, 1766 d: March 27, 1837 m: Feb 10, 1786 Magdalena Richards b: Oct. 17, 1768 d: June 11, 1832 d/o John & Sara (Ellsworth) Richards CHILDREN: 01. Michael 4th. b: May 4, 1787 h/o Elizabeth Bush 02. Sarah b: Sept. 4 1788 w/o William Boggs 03. Jacob b: March 14, 1790 h/o Jenny (Jane) Boggs 04. Magdalena b: Dec. 13, 1792 w/o Henry Bell 05. Absolom b: Feb. 21, 1794 h/o Margaret Bush 06. John b: Dec. 6, 1795 h/o ?? West 07. George b: Aug. 28, 1797 h/o Nancy Bennett 08. Elizabeth b: Dec. 31, 1799 w/o Samuel Stout 09. Jemima b: Jan. 18, 1804 w/o Seymour Norman 10. Temperance b: March 17, 1806 w/o John Stout 11. Jesse b: June 17, 1808 h/o Sarah Stout The Memorial tombstone to Michael 3rd. and wife Magdalena placed at the gravesites by descendants on May 30, 1912. The monument at the graves is said to have been made in Kentucky and transported most of the way to Steer Creek by water. Probably by way of the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers. Dr. Leland J. Stump, a great grandson of Charleston, West Virginia, initiated the memorial movement and he and Taylor R. Stump Addressed the gathering at the time of the commemoration. It was noted before that the early years of Michael 3rd. were allegedly spent in the frontier areas of the Monongahela and Ohio River valleys with his frontiersmen uncles, Jesse and Elias Hughes. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gloria Powers Husk http://www.gloryway.com http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/u/s/Danny-L-Husk/index.html