Over the last 2 years, I have authored posts on each of my great grandparents, aside from two, William H. Stone Atwell and his wife Helena Besack who are most definitely my genealogy brick walls. William's story is unusual and conflicting family knowledge, or lack thereof, and clashing information from the documents I have obtained has made for difficult research progress. Although Helena's childhood was more conventional, pulling together her story has been difficult as well. Much more is known about these two after their marriage. This two-part (June and July) post about William is more "genealogy proof summary" than "life story". A way for me to put a jumble of information and documents out there for review, consideration, reader thoughts and criticism. Visit the Atwell Family Page for William H. Stone Atwell's curious childhood.