Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Stephen Stone and Mary E. Crocker




Husband Stephen Stone 1

           Born: 5 Jun 1838 - near Bodines Corners, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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           Died: Aft 1919
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         Father: John Stone (Abt 1789-1864) 2
         Mother: Mary Smith (cal 1794-1859) 2


       Marriage: 1 Apr 1866 3



Wife Mary E. Crocker 4

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           Died: 1908 3
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Children
1 F Katherine Stone 5

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         Spouse: John L. McKinley (1862-      ) 6
           Marr: 2 Jan 1884 5


2 F Georgia Delphine Stone 3

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         Spouse: Dr. John Wade (      -      ) 3


3 M Harry Stephen Stone, M.D. 3

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4 F Lillian Stone 3

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         Spouse: Percival Brigham (      -      ) 3



General Notes: Husband - Stephen Stone


He had common school educational advantages in his boyhood, and later attended the Clarion State Normal School. But the times and his early surroundings made manual skill a necessity, and he learned the trade of carpenter and builder. For seventeen years he was in charge of a gang of men engaged in erecting pumping plants for the Standard Oil Company, his experience in this association covering various oil fields, including Ohio, and then he turned to contracting on his own account. During the succeeding five years he was erecting drilling rigs in the oil fields of Venango County, and he was himself interested as an oil producer for ten years, in Butler and Venango counties, his activities in that line paying handsomely. He was one of the partners in the Marvin Manufacturing Company of Franklin, manufacturers of oils, greases and stock food, producing oils for automobiles and other special uses. Mr. Stone made numerous real estate transactions in Franklin over the course of about twenty years, having invested heavily in city properties and made great improvements in his holdings, the development of the neighborhood about Thirteenth Street and Franklin Avenue having been brought about principally through his activities.

With a mind trained from his earliest years to thought and study, he put his gifts to real use. Though literary and scientific subjects presented agreeable recreation he found it possible to apply their lessons to his work as well, and realized generously on such endeavors. From youth he took great pleasure in literary work and was known as a ready debater, so much so that he came into great favor as a public speaker, in which capacity he was popular for many years and frequently called upon in local gatherings. He had a happy faculty for saying the right thing at the right time, and he was often requested to make presentation and birthday speeches, or address reunions, his participation in such affairs being always a welcome addition to the program. As a lifelong reader and student of history, philosophy, science, and social and political economy, Mr. Stone had a firm grasp of public questions and their import. He took part in several notable debates on religious topics. He was endowed with breadth of temperament, finding pleasure in many things, outdoor life and nature taking equal rank with his books. He had a fine summer home in French Creek Township, some six miles west of Franklin, in a beautiful location overlooking the French creek valley, where he had plenty of opportunity to indulge his taste for outdoor life and sports. He enjoyed the trout which he finds in the streams, the birds, and occasional hunting excursions in his hours of release from practical care.

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Sources


1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 824, 967.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 824.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 825.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 825, 967.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 967.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 966.


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