Stone, John Seely – Stoneman, George
Stone, John Seely
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 7, 1795, in Great Barrington, Mass. He was an episcopal clergyman of Cambridge, dean of the Episcopal Theological school there in 1867-72, and prominent among the low churchmen of his day. He was the author of The Living Temple: The Christian Sacraments; Sermons; Memoir of Bishop Griswold; The Christian Sabbath; and The Contrast, or the Evangelical and Tractarian Systems Compared. He died Jan. 13, 1882, in Cambridge, Mass.
Stone, John W
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born July 18, 1838, in Wadsworth, Ohio. He moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., where he practiced law. He was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-fifth congress; and reelected to the forty-sixth congress as a republican.
Stone, Joseph C
soldier, physician, congressman, was born July 30, 1829, in Westport, N. Y. He enlisted as a private in the first Iowa cavalry in 1861, and became an assistant adjutant-general, serving until the close of the war. He resumed the practice of medicine after the war in Burlington, Iowa; and was elected a representative from Iowa to the fortyfifth congress.
Stone, Lucy
reformer, was born in 1818. In 1847 she graduated from Oberlin college, and the same year began the modern woman's rights movement by a series of lectures, beginning with one given in her brother's church in Gardner, Mass. In 1858 she married for her second husband Mr. Henry B. Blackwell of Boston, Mass. She died Oct. 18, 1893.
Stone, Melville Elijah
journalist, was born Aug. 15, 1848, in Hudson, Ill. He published the first number of The Daily News on Christmas day of 1875, in Chicago, Ill. This publication, under his able management, has become one of the foremost newspapers in America. He is also connected with a banking institution and other corporations of Chicago.
Stone, Michael Jenifer
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born about 1750 in Charles county, Md. He was a representative in congress from his native state from 1789 to 1791. He was subsequently for many years judge of the Charles county court. He died in 1812 in Charles county, Md.
Stone, Ormond
astronomer, educator, author, was born Jan. 11, 1847, in Pekin, Ill. In 1882 he was called to the chair of practical astronomy in the university of Virginia, with care of the Leander McCormick observatory. Since 1883 he has edited The Annals of Mathematics at the university of Virginia.
Stone, R. Foster
clergyman, lecturer, was born in Bedford. He has lectured extensively in the principal states of the union, under the auspices of the I.
O. G. T., W. C. T. U., and ministerial associations. He is a prominent clergyman of the methodist episcopal church, and fills a pastorate in Mendota, Mo.
Stone, Thomas
signer of the declaration of independence, was born in 1743 in Charles county, Md. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1775 to 1779, and in 1784 and 1785. He was a signer of the declaration of independence; and in 1778 was chosen to the Maryland legislature. He died Oct. 5, 1787, in Alexandria, Va.
Stone, Thomas Treadwell
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 9, 1801, in Waterford, Maine. He was a unitarian clergyman of Bolton, Mass.; and the author of Sermons on War; Sermons; The Rod and Staff; and Sketches of Oxford County, Maine. He died in 1895.
Stone, Warren
physician, was born in February, 1808, in St. Albans, Vt. He began teaching anatomy in 1836, in 1837 was appointed professor of that branch in the university of Louisiana, and afterward accepted the chair of surgery, which he held till his death. He died Dec. 6, 1872, in Baton Rouge, La.
Stone, Warren
soldier, physician, was born in 1843 in New Orleans, La. In 1873 he made what is thought to be the first recorded cure of traumatic aneurism of the subclavian artery by digital pressure. He gave his services to the people of Brunswick, Ga., during the prevalence of yellow fever in 1874 and in 1878. He died Jan. 3, 1883, in New Orleans, La.
Stone, Wilbur Fisk
lawyer, jurist, was born in December, 1833, in Litchfield, Conn. For many years he taught school in Indiana; studied law; and for a year was the editor-inchief of the Daily Enquirer of Evansville, Ind. In 1859 he moved to Omaha; in 1860 to Denver; and in 1861 was chosen a representative from Park county to the legislature. During 1862-66 he was assistant United States district attorney; and in 1877 was elected to the supreme bench of Colorado.
He has contributed valuable articles to current literature.
Stone, William
governor, was born in 1603 in England. In 1648 he was appointed governor of Maryland, and served until 1653. He died about 1695 in Charles county, Md.
Stone, William
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1838 to 1839.
Stone, William Alexis
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born April 18, 1846, in Delmar township, Pa. He has practiced law at Wellsboro and Pittsburg since his admission to the bar; and has been district attorney of Tioga county and United States attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania. He was elected to the fifty-second, fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses; and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Stone, William Dessan
lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 12, 1843, in Dadeville, Fla. He has been judge of the Forsyth city court, Ga.; and takes an active part in political affairs. He has served as excellent warden of the grand commandery of the Knight Templars in Georgia; and stands high in several fraternal orders.
Stone, William H
manufacturer, congressman, was born Nov. 7, 1828, in Shawangunk, N. Y. He was president of the St. Louis Hot-pressed Nut and Bolt company. He was a member of the assembly, and of the St. Louis board of water commissioners. He was elected a representative from Missouri to the fortythird and forty-fourth congresses as a democrat.
Stone, William J
farmer, lawyer, legislator, congressman, governor, was born May 7, 1848, in Madison county, Ky.
He was educated at the university of Missouri; was prosecuting attorney of Vernon county from 1873 to 1874; and was elector on the Tilden and Hendricks ticket in 1876. He was elected to the fortyninth and fiftieth congresses, and was reelected to the fifty-first congress as a democrat. He is one of the foremost lawyers of the west, at Jefferson City, Mo., and has practiced his profession for over a quarter of a century. He served with distinction as governor of the state of Missouri during 1892-1896.
Stone, William Johnson
soldier, state legislator, congressman, was born June 26, 1841, in Caldwell (now Lyon) county, Ky. In 1867 he was elected a representative in the Kentucky state legislature; was again elected to the assembly in 1875, and was chosen speaker of the house. In 1883 he was for the third time elected a member of the legislature. In 1884 he was elected a representative from Kentucky to the forty-ninth congress.
Stone, William Leete
journalist, author, was born April 20, 1792, in New Paltz, N. Y. He was a journalist of prominence in New York city, and the first superintendent of public schools there. He was the author of History of the Albany Constitutional Convention of 1821; Tales and Sketches; Matthias and his Impostures; Maria Monk and the Nunnery of the Hotel Dieu; Ups and Downs of a Distressed Gentleman, a social satire; Letters on Animal Magnetism; Poetry and History of Wyoming; Lives of Brant, Red Jacket; and Letters on Masonry. He died Aug. 15, 1844, in Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Stone, William Leete
lawyer, author, was born April 4, 1835, in New York city. He is a lawyer and historical writer of Jersey City; and the author of History of New York City; Life of Sir William Johnson; Burgoyne's Campaigns; Life and Military Journals of General Riedesel; Reminiscences of Saratoga and Ballston; Life of William Leete Stone; and Visits to Saratoga Battle Grounds.
Stone, William M
governor. He was governor of Iowa from 1864 to 1868.
Stone, William Murray
bishop, was born June 1, 1779, in Somerset county, Md. In 1830 he was elected the third protestant episcopal bishop of Maryland.
He died Feb. 26, 1838.
Stone, William Oliver
artist, was born Sept. 26, 1830, in Derby, Conn. He gained distinction in portraiture, and devoted himself entirely to that branch of art. Among his numerous portraits are those of Bishops Williams of Connecticut; Littlejohn of Rhode Island; and Kip of California; John W. Ehninger (1859), owned by the National academy; Rev.
Henry Anthon; Cyrus W. Field; and James Gordon Bennett. He died Sept. 15, 1875, in Newport, R. I. ma-
Stoneman, George
soldier, was born Aug. 8, 1822, in Busti, N. Y. In 1846 he graduated from the United States Military academy, and was brevetted jor-general, and retired from the army in 1871. He has since lived in California, of which state he was governor during 1883-87. During his administration the California state tax rate was lower than it had ever been in the history of that state. He is a brilliant orator; and has filled all the local offices in the gift of his state.