USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume IV > Part 4
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123
April 15, 1636, the father, aged fifty; mother, aged thirty-eight; and five children, embarked from London in the ship "In- crease," Robert Lee, master, for New Eng- land, the English government having pre- viously granted them leave to remove to the colonies. Mr. Stone settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, securing forty acres of land along the banks of the Charles river and south of the present Mount Auburn cemetery, al- though it is believed that a portion of Simon Stone's early homestead is covered by the cemetery. He was admitted a freeman May 25, 1636, with his brother Gregory, who emi- grated at the same time, and a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this work. He was selectman from 1637 to 1656, and was a dea- con of the church many years. One of the pear trees planted by him is said to have borne fruit for two hundred and fifty years, and was still vigorous in 1889. Mr. Stone became a prominent real estate owner, and according to tradition built a large old fash- ioned house, colonial in style, which served as a home for his descendants for six genera- tions, but was finally destroyed by fire. After the death of his first wife he married (sec- ond), about 1654, Sarah Lumpkin, widow of Richard Lumpkin, of Ipswich, Massachu- setts. She also came from Boxted, Essex county, England, and left a well dated March 25, 1663. (See N. E. Historical and Genea- logical Register, Vol. 8, page 71.) Simon Stone died in Watertown, September 22, 1665. Children of the first wife: I. Frances, baptized January 20, 1618-19, married Rev. Henry Green, of Reading. 2. Mary, baptized October 1, 1621, died young. 3. Ann, born
SETH B. HALL
MRS. SETH B. HALL
1397
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
1624, married John Orne, of Salem, his sec- ond wife. 4. Simon, born 1631, mentioned below. 5. Mary, born 1632, died unmarried June 25, 1691. 6. John, born August 6, 1635, married Mary Bass, of Braintree; died March 26, 1691. 7. Elizabeth, born April 5, 1639, died young.
(II) Simon Stone, son of Simon (1), born in 1631; married Mary Whipple, born 1634, died June 2, 1720, daughter of Elder John Whipple, an early settler of Ipswich, Massa- chusetts. Simon and his brother John, di- vided the real estate left by their father, Si- mon retaining the paternal homestead for his residence. He was deacon of the church, se- lectman several years, town clerk ten years, representative to the general court 1678 to 1684 inclusive, and in 1686-89-90 one of the original proprietors of Groton. In 1662 he owned an eighteen acre right in Groton, in- creasing his holdings there in 1670 to more than eighty-seven acres, although he may not have lived there. He died February 27, 1708. Children: I. Simon, born September 8, 1656, died December 19, 1741. 2. John, born July 23, 1658, married Mrs. Sarah (Nut- ting) Farnsworth. 3. Matthew, born Febru- ary 16, 1659-60, married Mary Plympton. 4. Nathaniel, born February 22, 1661-62, died 1661-62. 5. Ebenezer, born February 27, 1662-63, married Margaret Trowbridge; died 1754. 6. Mary, born 1665, married Comfort Starr, of Dedham. 7. Nathaniel, born 1667, married Reliance Hinckley; died 1755. 8. Elizabeth, born October 9, 1670, married Isaac Stearns, of Lexington. 9. David, born October 19, 1672, married Mary Rice; died October 7, 1750. 10. Susanna, born Novem- ber 4, 1675, married Hon. Edward Goddard; died 1764. II. Jonathan, born December 26, 1677, mentioned below.
(III) Jonathan Stone, son of Simon Stone (2), born December 26, 1677, died January 7, 1754, aged seventy-six years; married, No- vember 15, 1699, Ruth Eddy, born November 3, 1681, died October 13, 1702, daughter of Samuel Eddy, who was born September 30, 1640, and granddaughter of John Eddy, who was born 1595 and who was son of William Eddy, of Cranbrook, Kent, England. He married (second) Mary died June 21, 1720. He married (third), November 15, 1720, Hepzibah Coolidge, born February 27, 1681, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Bright) Coolidge, and granddaughter of John Coolidge, of Watertown. She died, a widow, March 25, 1763, aged eighty-three years. Child of the first wife: I. Jonathan,
born 1702, married, February 25, 1724-25, Hannah Jameson; died October 27, 1725, and his widow married (second), September 4, 1729, John Goddard, of Brookline. Jonathan had a son Jonathan Stone, born November 17, 1725, who married Ruth Livermore and had Ruth and John. Children of the third wife: 2. Hepsibah (twin), born August 9, 1722, died April 14, 1723. 3. Anne (twin), born August 9, 1722, married, November 14, 1745, Jonas Stone, of Newton. 4. Moses, born December 16, 1723, mentioned below.
(IV) Moses Stone, son of Jonathan Stone (3), was born December 16, 1723, died De- cember 2, 1790. He married (first) Hannah -; married (second) Hannah Tainter. Children: I. Mary, born November 3, 1743. 2. Moses, born June 16, 1749, married, Feb- ruary 22, 1776, Elizabeth Stone; (second), De- cember 15, 1785, Abigail Learned. 3. Wil- liam, born October 6, 1750, married, Decem- ber 29, 1774, Hannah Barnard. 4. Jonathan, born February 2, 1753, mentioned below.
(V) Jonathan Stone, son of Moses Stone (4), was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, February 2, 1753, died April 25, 1825. He was a farmer of prominence. He bought the present Stone homestead of fifty-eight acres which in later years was divided between his two sons, Charles and Moses. He was a Unitarian in religion. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in Captain Samuel Bar- nard's company, Colonel Thomas Gardner's regiment, on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He married, May, 1783, Sarah Wat- son, of Cambridge, born March 15, 1763, died February 27, 1849. Children: 1. Sarah, born October 15, 1784, died May 29, 1886; mar- ried, December 1, 1806, Nathaniel P. Whit- ney, Jr. 2. Jonathan, born March 12, 1787, married Ann Coolidge, of Cambridge. 3. Charles, born April 8, 1789, mentioned be- low. 4. Samuel, born June 28, 1791, died January 22, 1864, married (first) Amelia Ho- vey, of Boston; married (second), November. 18, 1839, Lydia Turner. 5. Rebecca, born January 8, 1795, died September 22, 1801. 6. Joseph Watson, born April 24, 1797, died September 2, 1837; married, September, 1824, Mrs. Ann (Coolidge) Stone. 7. Anna, born March 21, 1800, died September 30, 1801. 8. Edward, born February 14, 1803, died August 13, 1874; married Harriet Scadding, of Bos- ton. 9. Moses, born January 27, 1807, died February 10; 1884; married, August 21, 1839, Abigail Spear Marsh, of Quincy, Massachu- setts.
(VI) Charles Stone, son of Jonathan Stone
1398
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
(5), born at Watertown, now Belmont, April 8, 1789, died there April 2, 1862. He was brought up on his father's farm, and had a common school education. He early began at market gardening on the Sheppard farm, and later was superintendent for John P. Cushing, whose farm later became Payson Park. He subsequently bought his father's farm, and built a house there. He followed market gardening up to the time of his death in 1862. His farm was on Washington street, Belmont, and consisted of twenty-five acres, where he raised general market produce, be- ing very successful. He was the first market gardener in that section to raise tomatoes from seed. In those days but little was known of this now popular vegetable. It was then known as the love apple and he found little sale for it except among the Italians of Boston. He was also a wholesale dealer in produce which he bought by the carload and sold in Boston. He was known to be an ex- cellent judge of horses. At one time he was associated with William Gay in the ice busi- ness. Mr. Stone was a man of attractive per- sonality and had many friends. He was of more than ordinary height. He was of strong temperance principles, and also a strong anti- slavery man. He was a Unitarian, much in- terested in church work, and served as dea- con of the Unitarian church at Watertown, besides holding other church offices. He was a Whig and later a Republican; he served as selectman, on the school committee, as over- seer of the poor and as road commissioner. He was a member of the early Watertown militia. He married, August 26, 1826, Sarah Hobart Spear, born February 8, 1805, died April 5, 1894, daughter of John and Mary (Hobart) Spear. Her father was a ship own- er and later a farmer. Children:
I. Charles Hobart Stone, born May 25, 1827, at Watertown, now Arlington, Massa- chusetts, May 25, 1827, died at Newton, Mas- sachusetts, June 2, 1899. He received his ed- ucation in the nearby district school, working during his leisure time on his father's farm. After remaining at home until attaining young manhood, he decided that a mercantile life suited best his inclinations and desires, and accordingly he entered into the wholesale dry produce business with Isaac Stickney on Chatham street, Boston, and the present firm of C. H. Stone & Company is the outcome of the original business of Isaac Stickney, estab- lished by Mr. Stickney early in the forties as a commission house for dry produce coming from the northern states. After Mr. Stone
was taken into partnership the firm became known as Isaac Stickney & Company, and this connection continued between five and six years when Mr. Stickney retired and Mr. Stone assumed the entire business. For nearly half a century the firm of Charles H. Stone & Company has been widely known, hand- ling large quantities of butter, cheese, eggs, beans and seeds. In the sixties the name of the firm was changed to C. H. Stone & Com- pany and has since continued so. About 1880 W. Russell Bracken, William Hills, and Fred- erick W. Stone, a son, were admitted to part- nership. The senior member, Mr. Stone, died in 1899, and Mr. Hills in 1901. Mr. Stone was a public-spirited citizen, a man of high honor and integrity, whose word was always considered as good as his bond. He was for several years a member of the Newton school board, and in that capacity rendered efficient service. He was also a delegate to the' vari- ous conventions of the Republican party, in whose affairs he took an active interest. He was a charter member and one of the trustees of the Chamber of Commerce of Boston, and during the Civil war served in the old Home Guard militia in Watertown. He was an ac- tive and consistent member of the Channing Church (Unitarian) and a member of its standing committee.
Mr. Stone married, November 22, 1855, Mary Augusta Green, born at Townsend, Massachusetts, daughter of George and Polly (Baldwin) Green, of Townsend, Massachu- setts. George Green was interested financially in railroad enterprises. At the time of his marriage Mr. Stone removed to Newton, Massachusetts, where he resided up to the time of his death, a period of forty-four years. Children : I. Frederick William, born August 30, 1858, married, October 7, 1885, Emma Curtis Coffin, of Newton, Massachusetts ; chil- dren : Marion, born January 27, 1891, and Katherine Louise, October 11, 1894. 2. Charles Augustus, born January 16, 1867, married Mary Leonard, of Hingham, and had Charles Augustus, born February 2, 1903; Margaret, born January 8, 1904.
2. George Edward Stone, son of Charles Stone (6), was born at Watertown, Septem- ber 24, 1828. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, with supplemen- tary courses at Wellington Academy and Macks School in Watertown, and private in- struction. From the time he was sixteen until he became of age he was associated with his father in market gardening. During this time he spent about six months abroad, remaining
---
I399
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
most of the time at Palermo. From 1851 to 1861 he conducted his father's farm, and then entered the real estate and brokerage business at Boston, with offices at 35 Congress street. He removed his offices to the corner of Lin- dell and Congress streets, where he remained until the great Boston fire in 1872, when he was burned out. He has since been located on Washington street. Mr. Stone is interest- ed in real estate speculation, and has handled much of the land at Quincy Point, Quincy, Massachusetts. He has resided at the old homestead on Washington street, Belmont. He formerly attended the Unitarian church at Watertown, but now he attends the church of the same faith at Belmont. In politics he is independent, but was formerly a Republican. He is a member of the Unity Club of Bel- mont, a church organization. Mr. Stone is unmarried.
3. Sarah Watson, born October 10, 1830, living at the homestead at Watertown, now Belmont.
4. Mary Spear, born September 4, 1834, married, December 1, 1857, Charles E. C. Breck, of Milton, Massachusetts; children: i. Alice Cushing Breck, born November 7, 1860; ii. Sarah Vose Breck, born January 5, 1863, married, November 1, 1893, Harry H. Cook, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and had Dorothy Spear Cook, born February 9, 1895, and Sarah Vose Cook, born November 12, 1899; iii. Mary Adams Breck, born Novem- ber 26, 1868.
5. Henry Franklin, born November 30, 1837, died September 11, 1887.
6. Frances Maria, born February 24, 1840, died October 29, 1888.
7. John Howard, born September 28, 1842, veteran of the Civil war, Forty-fourth Regi- ment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia; mar- ried. September 3, 1887, Mary C. Mellen, of Wayland, Massachusetts; children: i. John Howard, Jr. (twin), born June 13, 1888, died September 13, 1889; ii. Edward Mellen (twin), born June 13, 1888; iii. Pickering Dodge, born June 19, 1889; iv. Charles, born May 8, 1891.
(For early generations see preceding sketch.)
(III) Hon. Ebenezer Stone, son STONE of Simon Stone (2), resided at Newton, Massachusetts. He married (first), in 1686, Margaret Trow- bridge, born April 30, 1666, died May 4, 1710, daughter of James and Margaret (Atherton) Trowbridge, of Dorchester and Newton. He
married (second) Abigail Wilson?, who died 1720. He married (third), April 8, 1722, Sarah Livermore, widow. Children: I. Ebe- nezer, born December 21, 1686, mentioned be- low. 2. Margaret, born August 1, 1688, died 1776 ; married Nathaniel Hammond. 3. Sam- uel, born July 1, 1690, resided in Framing- ham; married, May 21, 1716, Hannah Dearle. 4. John, born September 18, 1692, deacon; resided in Framingham and Newton; married Lydia Hyde. 5. Nathaniel, born September 6, 1694, died 1713. 6. Mindwell, born June 26, 1696, died 1774; married, 1716, Ebenezer Woodward. 7. David, born May 15, 1698. 8. Mary, born April 19, 1700, married, Janu- ary 6, 1731-32, Deacon Ephraim Ward. 9. Simon, born September 14, 1702, died 1760; married Priscilla Dike. 10. Rev. James, born June 7, 1704, Harvard College, 1724; school- master at Framingham; preached at Hollis- ton ; married Elizabeth Surft. II. Experience, born 1707, married, July 5, 1733, Joseph Ward; died in Spencer, 1798, aged ninety- one.
(IV) Ensign Ebenezer Stone, son of Hon. Ebenezer Stone (3), was born December 21, 1686, died February 1, 1784, aged ninety- eight years. He was constable in 1730 and selectman in 1741-46 and 56. He was ensign in the militia. He married, January 28, 1712- 13, Sarah Bond, born August 25, 1688, died May II, 1754, daughter of Sergeant John and Hannah (Coolidge) Bond. John Bond was born in December, 1652, and was a house joiner ; married August 6, 1679, Hannah Coolidge, and died March 1, 1690-91; was called in the church records "a thrifty man both in this world and the next;" was the son of William and Sarah (Biscoe) Bond. Wil- liam Bond married, in 1695, Sarah Biscoe, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Nevin- son) Biscoe; wrote deeds and wills, was se- lectman, town clerk, captain, justice of the peace, member of the council of safety in 1690, member of the general court and speak- er in 1691-92-93-95 ; was first speaker under the Royal charter in the two colonies; free- man on October 1I, 1682 ; on the committee to rebuild Lancaster after King Philip's war. Children of Ensign Ebenezer and Sarah Stone : I. Nathaniel, born May 7, 1714, mentioned below. 2. Ebenezer, born Octo- ber 4, 1715, died October 17, 1783; married, March 14, 1756, Abigail Stowell. 3. Josiah, born September 8, 1717. 4. William, born September 7, 1719. 5. Nathan, born October 3, 1721. 6. Elizabeth, born August 29, 1723. 7. Sarah, baptized July 18, 172 -. 8. Han-
I400
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
nah, baptized November 15, 1726, married, January 8, 1752, Robert Goddard. 9. Mar- garet, born October 14, 1728, married David Goddard. 10. Keziah, born August II, 173I.
(V) Deacon Nathaniel Stone, son of Eben- ezer Stone (4), was born May 7, 1714. He re- sided in Watertown and kept a register of the deaths there beteween 1738 and 1753. He married Ruth Stone, daughter of his great- uncle, David Stone, son of Simon (2), and of Mary (Rice) Stone. Children. I. David, born November II, 1747, died December 22, 1824. 2. Josiah, born September 3, 1749, died October 5, 1749. 3. Daniel, born De- cember 21, 1750, died August 16, 1786. 4. Abijah, born October 15, 1752, married, De- cember 5, 1782, Abigail Mason, daughter of Samuel and Esther Mason. 5. Daughter, born and died March 17, 1754. 6. Elizabeth, born May 3, 1756, married Captain Moses Stone. 7. James, born June 13, 1758, died August 27, 1787. 8. Nathaniel, born July 21, 1760, mentioned below. 9. Rhoda, born May 14, 1765, died February 9, 1766.
(VI) Nathaniel Stone, son of Deacon Na- thaniel Stone (5), was born July 21, 1760. He was a soldier in the Revolution in Captain Edward Fuller's company, Colonel William McIntosh's regiment, and served at Roxbury in 1778. He married Jerusha Learned, bap- tized April 18, 1773, daughter of Fanning (6) and Abigail (Jackson) Learned. Abigail Jackson was daughter of Sebastian and Abi- gail (Patten) Jackson, of Newton. Fanning Learned (6), was son of Jonathan (5), who was born September 15, 1708, in Watertown, and married Hannah White. Jonathan Learned (5), was son of Thomas (4), who was born February II, 1681-82; was a pot- ter; married Mary Mason; kept a tavern on the present site of the Spring Hotel; died De- cember 22, 1729. Thomas Learned (4), was son of Deacon Benoni (3), who was born November 29, 1657, and resided in Sherborn ; married, June 10, 1680, Mary Fanning, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Fanning ; married (second) Sarah Deacon Benoni Learned (3), was son of Isaac (2), who was born in England; married, July 9, 1646, Mary Stearns, daughter of Isaac and Mary Stearns. Isaac Learned (2) was son of William (I), the immigrant, who was ad- mitted a freeman May 14, 1634; admitted to the church at Charlestown, December 6, 1632; signed town orders of Woburn at Charles- town, December 18, 1640; settled at Woburn and died March I, 1645-46.
Children of Deacon Nathaniel and Jerusha
Stone: I. Nathan, born December 29, 1783, settled in Frankfort, Maine; married, in June, 1800, Beulah Sullivan, of Frankfort; chil- dren: i. Jason, of Ohio; ii. Daniel, married Abigail Emery ; iii. Nathaniel, unmarried, lost at sea; iv. Jerusha, drowned; v. Otis, ship- master in New York City; several children died young. 2. James, born July 18, 1785, died at the age of two years. 3. Melinda, born February 26, 1788, married, December 6, 1810, Cornelius Stone. 4. James, born May 12, 1790, married Nancy Pidgeon; chil- dren: i. Albert; ii. Leander, died young ; iii. Venera; iv. Leander, married Adeline Everett; v. Mary Ann, married Anson J. Stone; vi. Caroline, married Nathaniel Pease ; vii. Jerusha ; viii. Jane, died young ; ix. Jane. 5. David, born December, 1793, mentioned below. 6. Lucinda, born July, 1795, married Samuel Olney, of Providence, Rhode Island ; children : Ellen Jerusha Olney, Julia Ann Ol- ney, Louisa Olney, Albert Olney. 7. Isaac, born March, 1797, married Elmira Atwood, of Frankfort, Maine; resided at East Cam- bridge, Massachusetts; children: i. Harriet Eliza, married Stillman Willis French, of Den- ver, Colorado; ii. Jerusha Ann, died young ; iii. Francis Atwood; iv. Willis Freeman; v. Anna Atwood, born May 5, 1849; vi. Grace Alice. 8. Jerusha. 9. David P., died young. IO. Elmira, born February 26, 1803, mar- ried, November, 1844, Peter Underwood, of Lincoln ; resided at East Cambridge. II. Na- thaniel, born October, 1805, married Susan Dunclee, of Lexington ; children : Martha E., Charles E., George F., Ella F. 12. Edwin, born November, 1807, settled in New York ; married Elizabeth Durmeford, of New Hamp- shire; married (second) Elizabeth children : i. Edwin Howard; ii. John Walker, died young; iii. Benjamin F., died young ; iv. Mary E .; v. Isaac F.
(VII) David Stone, son of Nathaniel Stone (6), was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, in December, 1793. He was brought up on his father's farm, which was on the banks of the Charles river, fifty-six acres, and which on the death of his father he and his brother Nathaniel inherited. When a young man he met with an accident and fractured his knee, so that he was obliged to use a cane for the remainder of his life, and much of the work on the farm devolved on his son Joshua. He raised large crops of hay and grain, and was one of the largest fruit growers of that period. He found a ready market for his peaches and apples in Brighton and Cambridge. Part of his farm was in later years sold to become a
140I
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
part of Mount Auburn cemetery, and he helped lay out the roads and lots. He was a man of quiet habits, greatly attached to his home. He was a great reader, and was ex- ceedingly well informed on the current events of the day. He was much respected and hon- ored for his good judgment and high intel- lectual attainments. He and his family at- tended the old Baptist church. He was a staunch Whig but never held a political of- fice. He married Sarah Coolidge, of Provi- dence, Rhode Island, daughter of John Cool- idge, who was a farmer and prominent in town affairs. Children: I. David, unmarried; re- sided in New York. 2. Joshua Coolidge, born May 8, 1835, mentioned below. 3. Eliza Ellen, died February 22, 1854. 4. Sarah Jane. 5. Joseph Harrison, born May 16, 1841, men- tioned below. 6. Adeline, married Thomas Carleton. 7. Theodore. 8. Emma, died young.
(VIII) Joshua Coolidge Stone, son of David Stone (7), was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, May 8, 1835. He went to the district schools, helping his father on the farm until he was sixteen years old. His father was lame, owing to an accident, and Joshua did the most of the farm work and finally took en- tire charge of the farm. At the death of his father he bought from the heirs the farm, con- sisting of fourteen acres, part of which was a portion of the original grant to Simon Stone, the immigrant. The house had been built by Joshua's father, David. Joshua C. Stone be- came a successful market gardener, raising general produce which he carried every day to market in Boston. All his life he spent in the home of his birth, and for over fifty years conducted a successful business. He was well known in Watertown and the surrounding towns, and had hosts of friends. He was ad- mired for his sturdy common sense and rugged honesty. He was always interested in the welfare of his birthplace and was progressive in his ideas. He served several times as as- sessor and selectman, and was on the school committee for many years. He and his wife were ardent members of the First Baptist Church, and he contributed largely to its sup- port. He was actively identified with the Bos- ton Market Gardeners' Association and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, having served on important committees in both or- ganizations. He married, October 9, 1865, Martha Elizabeth Mason, of Cavendish, Ver- mont, died February II, 1898. Children : I. Frank Mason, born July 19, 1866, married Jo- sephine Hall, of Watertown, and had twins
Ruth and Rachel. 2. Edwin Lincoln, born January 19, 1869, married, November 5, 1895, Lena Frances Mason, of Watertown; is in the insurance business in Watertown ; children : i. Ronald Mason, born March 9, 1899; ii. Helen Elizabeth, born September 16, 1900. 3. Walter Coolidge, born December 14, 1870, mentioned below. 4. Joshua Winthrop, born July 26, 1873, mentioned below. 5. Emma Gertrude, unmarried. 6. Martha Louise, unmarried.
(VIII) Joseph Harrison Stone, son of David Stone (7), was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, May 16, 1841. He received his education in the public and high schools of Watertown, graduating in' 1857. He then entered the employ of Royal Gilkey, of Water- town, as clerk and bookkeeper in his lumber business, remaining ten years, and another ten years as foreman of the yard, after which time he was admitted into partnership. Mr. Stone was in the lumber business as employee and partner for forty-one years, when the inter- ests of Mr. Gilkey were sold to Chester Sprague, a Watertown contractor. Five years later, Mr. Stone sold his interest to Mr. Sprague, and retired from active business, after conducting a successful enterprise for many years. He removed to 40 Ashton Park, Newton, Massachusetts, where he has since lived, with his daughter Josephine. He is a man of retired manner, of sterling character, honored and respected by all who know him. He has been a member of the First Baptist Church of Watertown since 1868, and has served as clerk and on important committees of that society for many years. In politics he is a Republican. He was formerly a mem- ber of the Golden Cross, and the only society to which he now belongs is the Golden Star, church organization.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.