I recieved a big envelope from my aunt w/ an updated genealogy of the Stowell family (My paternal grandma's paternal line). It just updates to the present generation. She also sent copies of pictures of some Stowell ancestors. I don't think they would show up very well if I scanned them to the computer though. My gr-grandparents, Ben and Sarah Wagener Stowell, "Grandma Sarah Stowell's grandma Wagener (The Indian Blackfoot)" and Gr-grandpa Ben's grandmother which I would guess to be Hannah Burgess Stowell. The note abt the Blackfoot Indian kinda confuses me. If I read it correctly, that would mean my aunt is saying that Nancy Ann Hopple or Briggs Wagoner, wife of Nathan Wagoner, mother of James Strang Wagener is the Blackfoot connection. I had thought it was Sarah Calvin Wagener's (James' wife) mother Delila Elder Calvin, wife of Elmore Calvin. I don't have much on either woman. Both were supposedly born in Ohio between 1800-1829 and both seem to have died sometime before the 1860 census as one husband listed no wife and the other listed a different wife. On a related note, I finally found Nathan Wagoner and family in the 1850 census in Mackinac Co. MI. His son, James (my 2nd gr-grandfather) was listed as Jane, but I'm guessing that was an error on the transcriber's part. It also confirmed that James had a twin brother, Joseph, which gave me another source. Anyway, looks like I got answers leading to more questions. The joys of genealogy. The hobby that never ends.

