Hi Pat, On the 1850 Allegany Co. Census that is on online has the following. Friend, Andrew Age 53 Sarah 52 Andrew C. 18 Browning, Mahela 6 This might help. Connie (Sines) Sisler Pat Thompson wrote: > Thank you for checking. > > Apparently, from information I have received, Mahala > Tilda Ringer was listed in a family bible as the wife > of Andrew Friend. > > I have obituaries from several of her children, some > list the mother as Mahala Ringer, some Mahala Browning. > > Maybe someday, someone will come across these posts in > the archives and have an answer. > > Again, thank you. Pat-T > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Social Security Death Index Interactive Search > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237