Rodney, Margaret "Polly" Stinson b. abt 1799 d/o John Stinson, Sr. and Jane Stewart was the sister of my gggrandfather John Stinson, Jr.. My ggrandfather James Stinson b. 3/1843-44 d. 11/5/1921 was the son of John Jr. and Rachel Drake b. 1807 d. 8/1/1876. James m. 11/11/1865 Melissa Jane Thompson b. 1/28/1841 d/o John Thompson, Jr. and Jane Stinson. James and Melissa Jane and over 60 others (Riffe, Workman, etc.) left Greenbrier, WV on 19 Sep 1893 and emigrated to Lewis County, settling in Riffe. My grandfather George Floyd Stinson b. 6/12/1869 d. 4/1942 and his brothers and sisters were in that group. George m. 1905 Mary Alice Workman d/o Oliver Workman and Elizabeth Nelson. My father, Warren Stinson was born in Riffe. I would be willing to share any information that I have. I have no knowledge of a Roberts connection with the Riffe Stinsons. Karl Stinson Lamesa, TX -----Original Message----- From: Rdvsr@aol.com [mailto:Rdvsr@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 8:10 AM To: WALEWIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WALEWIS-L] Stinson, Workman, Thompson Families of Eastern LewisCounty I have STINSON ancestor from Russell Co, VA, and am interested in those who were in Lewis Co, didn't know that any were there until your recent mention. My BAILEY family connects twice to STINSON in Russell Co. John BAILEY s/o James, Sr & Margret STINSON, BAILEY, md Mary STINSON, who was his 1st cousin. John was about 57 in 1850 Russell Co Census. He had 3 sons: James, Green F., and John V. John and sons went to Owsley Co, KY before 1860. Don't know if any of their children went to Washington or not. Most of the people at RIFFE were in some way connected to my ROBERTS family, so I would presume these STINSON's were also. Just don't know anything about them. Rodney Veitschegger, Bowling Green, KY ==== WALEWIS Mailing List ==== LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON. One of the most beautiful places on the face of the earth. Trees everywhere, green, rivers, creeks, No Place like Home!