Conversion Stories 7

7 started a new church, the members being called McDonaldites. He carried a yellow cane and on Sunday morning he would stand at the fork of the road and wave churchgoers to his church. Ann joined this cult and wore the long black veil which was prescribed for the women of the congregation. Later McDonald had a change of heart and forbade the wearing of the veil, but Ann persisted in wearing it. Two deacons were instructed to put her out of the church, but "they never laid a hand on her" for she walked out and never returned.

Stories of Conversion and Faith their mortgage. The family then moved to Sandusky, Ohio. While there, they acquired sufficient resources to return to Huntersville where they purchased a farm of 20 acres. While they were in the process of getting settled down on this farm, an event occurred that would change the lives of the family forever. Mormon missionaries were holding meetings and preaching in the area.

Thomas and Ann Marry Ann and her family had come to Canada eleven years before the Freestone family arrived. Thomas and Ann became acquainted, fell in love and were married on August 1, 1837. Thomas was 41 years old and Ann was 24. One year later the couple was blessed with the birth of a son George. After another year, Thomas decided to move his family to the United States of America. Accordingly, they packed their belongings and set sail for America. Ann was expecting their second child. As the ship sailed by the Nebo lighthouse nearing Boston, in American waters, Ann gave birth to their second son, James, on May 5, 1840. Hence, James, became an American citizen, having been born in American waters. Thomas and Ann established a new home on a 40 acre farm in Huntersville, Harden County, Ohio. The next five children, all daughters, were born in Huntersville. When illness struck the family, it became necessary to sell the farm to pay off

Ann Fall Freestone. 1812-1888 2nd Great-grandmother of Orva Jeanne

The missionaries were holding a meeting in a school house where they would preach and explain the doctrines of Mormonism. James attended. He was very much impressed, and when he told his mother about the meeting and urged her to attend the next one, she did. Up to this time both the Freestone and Fall families had been active members of the Methodist Church. The family