Stokes, William B – Stone, John Marshall
Stokes, William B
soldier, agriculturist, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 9, 1814, in Chatham county, N.
C. He served three sessions in the legislature of Tennessee-twice as a representative and once as a senator. He was elected a representative from Tennessee to the thirty-sixth congress. During the rebellion of 1861 he served as a colonel in the union army. In 1865 he was elected a representative from Tennessee to the thirty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fortieth and forty-firstcongresses as a union republican.
Stolberg, Peter H
lawyer, was born Dec. 7, 1848, in Sweden. In 1868 he emigrated to America, and has since attained success as an able lawyer of Harris, Minn. He has served as receiver in the United States land office of Taylor's Falls, Minn.; and has been county attorney for eight years.
Stolbrand, Carlos John Meul- Ler
soldier, inventor, was born May 11, 1821, in Sweden. He participated in the campaign of Atlanta and the march to the sea, and in 1865 was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers. He has made various improvements in steam engines and steam boilers, and now resides at Fort Collins, Colo.
Stoll, Frederick F
organizer, was born in 1865 in Chicago, Ill. He first entered the employ of the American Express company; and in 1890 entered the real estate and fire insurance business on his own account.
In 1894 he became superintendent of carriers of the Chicago postoffice, and was promoted to general superintendent of city delivery. He introduced the use of bicycles by the carriers; and the postal cars on the street railway lines were also one of the instructions. He received an offer from the Chinese government to go there and organize the free delivery system, which he declined. He is a prominent member of various fraternal orders; was the organizer of the Chicago Postoffice Employes Mutual Aid association, and was twice elected its president.
Stone, Alfred
architect, was born July 29, 1834, in East Machias, Maine.
He has designed many of the most important public buildings, business blocks and private residences of Providence, R. I. con-
Stone, Alfred P
merchant, gressman. He was treasurer of the state of Ohio; was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1844 to 1845; and was appointed by President Lincoln a collector of internal revenue. He died Aug. 2, 1865, in Columbus, Ohio.
Stone, Amasa
philanthropist, was born April 27, 1818, in Charlton, Mass.
He gave large sums in charity to the city of Cleveland. He built and endowed the Home for Aged Women and the Industrial School for Children, and gave $600,- 000 to Adelbert college of Western Reserve university. He died May 11, 1883, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Stone, Andrew Leete
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 25, 1815, in Oxford, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman in San Francisco from 1866; and the author of Service the End of Living; Ashton's Mothers; Memorial Discourses; and Leaves from a Finished Pastorate. He died in 1892.
Stone, Asahel
state senator, was born June 29, 1817, in Washington county, Ohio. In 1862 he was appointed quartermaster-general of the state, and was stationed at Indianapolis. In 1847 he was elected a member of the Indiana legislature on the whig ticket, defeating the democratic and anti-slavery candidate.
In 1860 he was elected to the state senate by a large majority, and also served as senator during the extra sessions called by Governor Morton in 1861. He was a member of the house in 1873. in of
Stone, Charles W
agriculturist, merchant, state senator, congressman, was born June 29, 1843, in Groton, Mass.
He was appointed county superintendent of schools of Warren county, Pa., in 1865; was a member of the Pennsylvania house of representatives in 1870-71; and was a member of the Pennsylvania senate 1877-78. He was lieutenant-governor that state from 1879 to 1883; and was appointed secretary of the commonwealth in 1887. He was elected to the fifty-first congress to fill a vacancy; and was elected to the fifty-second congress. He was elected to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses, and re-elected to the fiftyfifth congress as a republican.
Stone, Collins
clergyman and educator, was born Sept. 7, 1812, in Guilford, Conn. In 1852 he was called as principal to the Ohio state asylum for the deaf and dumb at Columbus, but he returned in 1863 to take charge of the asylum at Hartford, where he remained until his death. He died Dec. 23, 1870, in Hartford, Conn.
Stone, David
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, governor, was born Feb. 17, 1770, in Hope, N. C. He was for four years in the state legislature; and was a judge of the supreme court of North Carolina from 1795 to 1798. He was a representative in congress from 1799 to 1801; was a senator in congress from 1801 to 1807; and was governor of North Carolina in 1808. He served a second time as United States senator from 1813 to 1814.
He died Oct. 7, 1818, in Raleigh, N. C.
Stone, David Marvin
journalist, author, was born Dec. 23, 1817, in Oxford, Conn. He was a noted journalist of New York city, and editor of The Journal of Commerce in 1849-93. He published Frank Forrest (1850), a work that passed into twenty editions. He died in 1895.
Stone, Eben F
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1822 in Newburyport, Mass. He served terms in each branch of the state legislature; and served in the union army during the war of the rebellion, in command of a regiment. He was elected a representative from Massachusetts to the fortyseventh, forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses as a republican.
Stone, Ebenezer Whitten
soldier, author, was born June 10, 1801, in Boston, Mass. He was an adjutant-general of the Massachusetts militia from 1851; and the author of Digest of Massachusetts Militia Laws: Compend of Instructions in Military Tactics; and Manual of Percussion Aim. He died April 18, 1880, in Roxbury, Mass.
Stone, Edwin Martin
clergyman, author, was born April 29, 1805, in Framingham, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman of Providence; and the author of Life of Elhanan Winchester; History of Barre, Massachusetts, 1630-1842; The Invasion of Canada in 1775; and Our French Allies in the Revolution. He died Dec. 15, 1883, in Providence, R. I.
Stone, Edwin Winchester
soldier, author, was born in 1835 in Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the federal army during the civil war. He was the war correspondent of The Providence Journal, and author of Rhode Island in the Rebellion. He died in 1878.
Stone, Frederick
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 7, 1820, in Virginia. In 1855 and 1856 he was a member of the Maryland state legislature. He was elected a representative from Maryland to the fortieth and fortyfirst congresses as a democrat.
Stone, George Royal
lawyer, legislator, was born May 16, 1843, in Andover, N. H. He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Franklin Falls, N. H., where he was twice nominated by the democrats a representative to the state legislature.
Stone, Herbert Stuart
journalist, was born May 29, 1870, in Chicago, Ill.
He is the editor and owner of The Chap Book; and was the founder of the publishing house of Herbert S. Stone and Company of Chicago.
Stone, James
congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845.
Stone, James Kent
clergyman, author, was born in 1840 in Boston, Mass. He is a Roman catholic clergyman of the order of Passionists, and known as Father Fidelis. He was formerly an episcopal clergyman and president of Hobart college.
Stone, James Samuel
clergyman, author, was born April 27, 1852, in England. He is an episcopal clergyman of Chicago; and the author of Simple Sermons on Simple Subjects; The Heart of Merrie England; Readings in Church History; and Woods and Dales of Derbyshire.
Stone, James W
congressman, was born in 1813 in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1843 to 1845, and again from 1851 to 1852. He died Oct. 13, 1854.
Stone, John Augustus
dramatist, actor, author, was born in 1801 in Concord, Mass. He is a dramatist and actor. He is best remembered by Metamora, a play written for Edwin Forrest, for whom he also wrote The Ancient Briton; and Fauntleroy. Other dramas by him are, Tancred; The Demoniac; and La Roque. He died June 1, 1834, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Stone, John Hoskins
soldier, governor, was born in 1745 in Charles county, Md. He was governor of Maryland from 1794 to 1797. He died Oct. 5, 1804, in Annapolis, Md.
Stone, John Marshall
farmer, soldier, legislator, governor, was born April 30, 1830, in Gibson county, Tenn. received a.
He thorough education in the country schools; and during the civil war commanded a regiment of infantry in the confederate army, and served four years in the army of Northern Virginia.
During 1870-1876 he served as a state senator in the Mississippi legislature. During 1876-1881 he served with distinction as governor of the state of Mississippi; and during 1890-96 again filled the high office of governor to the satisfaction of the people of that state.
In 1884-85 he was railroad commissioner.