This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/127.277.545.1 Message Board Post: Dear Alex, welcome to the wonderful world of genealogy! I wish I could be of more help to you, but unfortunately this Stone line is proving difficult to trace. Most of us only can get it back to Andrew C. Stone, the father of your ancestor, Brokenbough (or however it's spelled!) I have the following information for Andrew : born 1792, married to Martha Christian, occupation of farmer, children incl. Larkin (my husband's ancestor), Brokenbough, James Lemuel, Charlotte, and John C. He is supposedly descended from George Stone who was born in England in 1597 and came over to Jamestown in 1620. Andrew's siblings incl. Clairborne W. Stone, John R. Stone, and Mary Stone (Mrs. Joseph Brown). He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and came to Preston Co (now WV) after leaving the army - he settled near Reedsville with his wife. He died on the James A. Brown farm just west of Kingwood, WV. All we have on Brokenbough is a birthdate (April 26, 1823), a death date (April 22, 1881), and that he was married to Eleanor Fortney and they had one child, Elisha M. Stone, who was born in June of 1857 at Morgans Run in Preston Co. Obviously there were more children that we have no record of, so if you have information you would like to share, please do! Hope this is of some help! Terri Summers