Pat Thompson, 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. Originally from Connie (Sines) Sisler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Thompson" <pat125@erols.com> To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [WV Preston County] Re: Ringer/Rodeheaver > Janice , > > By chance, would you or George have any listing for a Mahala Ringer b. 1843 d. 1888. > > She married, in Garrett County, Maryland to Andrew Friend. However, I can't find her family. On her marriage record > she is listed as Mahala Browning, but in the family bible and several obits for her children, she is listed as Mahala > Ringer. > > It is just a mystery that I would like to solve, so even though this is a very long shot, I thought I would ask. > > Many thanks, Pat-T > > > > ==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== > Preston County West Virginia Genealogy Junction > http://rootsweb.com/~wvpresto/ > > ============================== > 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 >