The Family Of Capt. George Stone
THE STONE FAMILY RECORD
[The following is based on the notes compiled by Alfred Little of
Boscawen, New Hampshire sometime before 1883, for a History of
Boscawen and Webster. They were later used with additional
information and arranged by Nyna Emma Sargent Hambly in and about
the years 1942-1944. She then had it printed in booklet form. Her
son, Harry B. Hambly, Jr., and her grand-daughter Margaret Ann
Cunningham Lucchesi added to this with additional information and
published it in booklet form in October of 1977. Nyna E. S.
Hambly's great-grand-daughter Margaret Hambly and Margaret's
husband, Shelley Burch Joel Watson again added to the booklet
with additional information they gathered from 1981-1990.]
CAPTAIN GEORGE STONE, was born at Lexington, Massachusetts on
March 21, 1760 [The 1880 Census of Sonoma County California also
says that Peter Stone's father George was born in Massachusetts].
He died at West Boscawen, New Hampshire on December 8, 1834. He
was a soldier of the American Revolution, enlisting at the age of
15. He served for five years, participating in the the battles of
Brandywine, Stillwater and other engagements. Her witnesses the
surrender of Burgoyne, endured the sufferings and privations of
the winter encampment at Valley Forge and was wounded at the
Battle of Monmouth. On the return of peace he settled in
Boscawen, New Hampshire. The depreciation of Continental money
left him so poor that he had only 20 cents with which to begin
his new life. By industry he was soon able to purchase twenty
acres upon which he began to farm and with time acquired enough
land to give each of his eight children a homestead. In the
Records of the town of Boscawen, there is listed the birth of
"Liberty," son of Charles and Nancy Stone, born February 13,
1805." It is interesting that Peter Stone, son of Capt. George
named his first son "Charles." It would be a good guess that this
is a brother of Capt. George Stone. The name "Liberty Stone"
should not be too hard to find, and thereby find his father,
grandfather, and hence the one who might be the father of George
Stone. The name "Royal" is also interesting for future reference.
Our Captain George Stone has a son "Royal Stone." In a search we
do find the name "Royal Stone" used several times. The most
interesting is that of Royal Stone, born 1787, the "eldest son"
of Silas Stone of Dublin, New Hampshire. This Silas was born 1755
to Silas and his wife Elizabeth Russell (born 1730, daughter of
Jonathan and Mary Russell), whom he married in 1749. What is
interesting is the listing of their children:
Silas Stone, born July 14, 1750, died 1754;
Amos Stone, born 1751;
Elizabeth Stone, [probably named for her mother],
Silas Stone, [second son of that name] born 1755, and father
of Royal Stone, born 1787;
Jeduthan Stone, born 1757; died 1759;
Ebenezer Stone, born January 26, 1759
John Stone, born June 30, 1761;
Judith Stone, born 1763.
From this chronological list of children, one could easily see
the addition of George Stone, born March 21, 1760! The names are
also interesting, for Peter Stone uses the names Silas, Amos,
Royal. Only for the sake of future research, the lineage begins
with Deacon Gregory Stone, Elder John Stone, Nathaniel Stone,
Ebenezer Stone, Silas Stone who married Elizabeth Russell, Silas
Stone, Royal Stone. It is also possible that they are not related
to our Capt. George at all. Nevertheless, there is a most
wonderful letter from another native of Boscawen, Daniel Webster,
to his brother Ezekiel Webster, which mentions George Stone and
which can be found in his published letters. It reads as follows:
TO EZEKIEL WEBSTER
feb.23.[1829]
Private
Dr E
I wrote you last Eve'n abt. Capt [George] Stones
business-- I will see it attended to, the earliest moment
I can leave the Senate.
A prodigious excitement has been produced by the new
Cabinet List. It has set all Washington in a buz--
friends rage & foes laugh. Nobody will say he was privy
to it-- nobody justifies it. The clamor, (for that is not
too strong a name) became so loud, that we hear today of
a change, that is, that Mr, [John] McLean, is to be
Secretary of War, instead of Major [John H.] Eaton. This
will in some matter alleviate the discontents; but still
I think they are deep, & likely to be permanent. This
very first step of Genl. Jackson presents him his first
difficulty; & every other step will repeat it. His
friends have no common principle-- they are held together
by no common tie-- & my private opinion is , tho' I do
not wish to be quoted for that, at present, is that Genl.
J. had not character enough to conduct his measures by
his own strength. Somebody must & will lead him. Who it
will be, I cannot say-- but I have an opinion.
I will write you again soon. I think I see unsettled
times before us. Let me know what prospects your election
wears. Take care of it you will can. Yrs D.W.
Capt. George Stone had written Daniel Webster on February 21,
1829 [mDW 7776 in the letters of Webster]. Webster reported
that he had been by the Secretary of War's Porter's office on
several occasions on behalf of his "old friend & client Capt
Stone."
Captain George Stone married twice, first to Hannah Lovering of
Kingston, New Hampshire about the year 1788. Hannah died at the
age of 65 on December 27, 1826. [I have found little on the
Loverings, but Daniel Loverain married secondly a Mary Smith in
Exeter, New Hampshire and they had a daughter Hannah Loverain
born March 31, 1738-39. Of course she is too young, but the names
and place make the families most likely related. Further study is
needed]. In 1830, Captain George Stone married secondly, Abigail,
the daughter of Samuel Currier and Ruth Bailey. Abigail was born
in Canterbury, New Hampshire on November 25, 1783 and died at the
age of 66 on April 18, 1849. This marriage is not only listed in
the Stone family notes but also in the two volume history of the
Currier Family. A son of George and Hannah, Royal Stone, would
marry Ruth Currier, the daughter of Humphrey Currier and his wife
Sally Ladd. Humphrey was a brother of Capt. George Stone's wife
Abigail Currier. Captain George Stone had the following children:
Children by Hannah Lovering:
I. Sarah Stone, born December 28, 1789; died January 9,
1858; she married Moses, son of Moses and Sarah Call of
Salisbury, New Hampshire in 1829. Moses was born January 21,
1782 and died May 1, 1848.
II. John Stone, born February 28, 1792, died January 25,
1870. He married Submit, daughter of Benjamin Sweatt, Jr.
and his wife Sarah of West Boscawen, New Hampshire. John and
Submit lived on Battle Street in Webster, New Hampshire. He
was drafted in 1814 and served for three months, stationed
at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Benjamin was the son of
Benjamin Sweatt. Submit Sweatt was born June 16, 1795. John
Stone was drafted in 1814 for three months and was stationed
in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He and his wife Submit had two
sons,
A. Benjamin Stone, born June 16, 1815. He lived on
Battle Street in Webster, New Hampshire. He married
Frances C., daughter of Z.G. Whitman, Esq., of West
Boscawen, New Hampshire on July 28, 1840.
B. Hiram G. Stone, born May 24, 1822, lived on Battle
Street in Webster, New Hampshire. He was a successful
writer, farmer and orchardist. He married twice. First
to Mary Ann C. Ticknor of Lebanon, New Hampshire on
January 26, 1847. Mary Ann died on November 10, 1856.
Hiram then married Lucinda Lane of Epsom, New Hampshire
on December 5, 1857. Children by Mary Ann were:
1. Melvin T. Stone, born July 28, 1854
2. Mary Ann T. Stone, born August 18, 1856 and
died September 21, 1870.
By Lucinda, Hiram had issue:
3. Ina Mabel Stone, born September 29, 1868 in
Webster, Hampshire. She married on September 7,
1892 Joseph Smith Morrill, the son of Smith Laban
Morrill and Mary Jane Huckins of Loudon, New
Hampshire. Joseph was born on April 22, 1869.
III. Amos Stone, born June 20, 1794, died February 5,
1875. Amos Stone married on December 31, 1818 to Nancy A.
Couch, the daughter of Nathaniel Heath Couch (born November
5, 1775, died July 10, 1844) and his wife Elizabeth of West
Boscawen, New Hampshire. Nancy A. Couch was born on January
15, 1801 and died November 22, 1874.Her father, Nathaniel
Heath Couch, was the son of Benjamin and Rachel Couch. Amos
and Nancy lived on Battle Street, Webster, New Hampshire,
and later in Canterbury, New Hampshire. This couple had ten
children:
A. Mary A. Stone, born August 1, 1819. She married
first George W. Shackford of Barrington [NH?] on
November 27, 1842; secondly to Frank C. Smith of
Concord, New Hampshire on March 13, 1855. Mary and
George had issue:
1. Charles F. Shackford, born January 24, 1844
2. George W. Shackford, born May 11, 1846 and
died January 4, 1849.
B. Eliza C. Stone, born October 14, 1820; she married
Benjamin F. Call of Salisbury, New Hampshire on
November 27, 1845. They had the following children,
perhaps others as well:
1. Addie Call, born November 3, 1846.
2. Ira A. Call, born November 3, 1849.
C. Gilman C. Stone, born March 11, 1823. He lived in
Webster, New Hampshire and was a carpenter most of his
life. He married Mary F. Boutelle of Hopkinton, New
Hampshire on November 29, 1855. They had the following
children:
1. Ira Francis Stone, born July 8, 1862 and died
October 21 of the same year.
2. Arthur W. Stone, born October 23, 1865.
D. Ira A. Stone, born June 13, 1825; died October
15, 1846.
E. Joseph Warren Stone [Named for Gen. Joseph Warren
of the Revolution?], born October 10, 1827. Lived in
Canterbury, New Hampshire. He married twice. First to
his cousin Catherine Stone, of West Boscawen, New
Hampshire on November 28, 1855. Catherine Stone, born
October 20, 1838. She died on February 19, 1863. She
was the daughter of George W. Stone and Julia A. Swett
of West Boscawen, New Hampshire. Joseph Warren Stone
married secondly Mary J. Lovering of Loudon, New
Hampshire on February 19, 1864. By Mary he had the
following children:
1. Cate J. Stone, born January 7, 1865
2. Carrie N. Stone, born March 7, 1868, and died
July 28, 1871.
3. Ira W. Stone, born December 1, 1873
F. Hannah A. Stone, born April 12, 1830; married John
B. Sanford of Concord, New Hampshire on April 2, 1856
G. Henry F. Stone, born August 20, 1833. Henry
married on October 11, 1855, Adelia Ann Babson Sanborn
of West Boscawen, New Hampshire, daughter of Deacon
Joseph Knight and Hannah Seaver Sanborn, born in West
Boscawen on September 4, 1834. [Joseph Knight Sanborn
was born in Webster, N.H. in November 4, 1801. He was a
farmer. He married on December 2, 1827 Hannah Seaver of
Deerfield, N.H. Hannah was born on July 30, 1798 and
died June 11, 1884. Joseph died in Webster on March 26,
1889. Besides the children mentioned in records below,
i.e., George T., Adelia A.B., Hannah L., they also had
a son Heman Bean Sanborn, born February 26, 1830. He
had two sons.] They lived in Manchester, New Hampshire
and had two sons:
1. Oscar P. Stone, born September 24, 1858
2. Clarence P. Stone, born November 11, 1863. He
died October 12, 1877.
H. Royal H. Stone, born June 15, 1837 and died March
9, 1842
I. Nancy J. Stone, born October 13, 1839; died March
13, 1842
J. Myron H. Stone, born March 18, 1843. He lived in
Manchester, New Hampshire. He married Hannah C. Moore,
born 1842, the daughter of Abiel F. Moore and Sarah C.
Cote of Canterbury on July 28, 1869. They had the
following children:
1. Leona G. Stone, born July 18, 1870
2. Leon M. Stone, born August 13, 1871
3. Bertha L. Stone, born March 15, 1876
4. Clarence Stone
IV. Polly Stone, born May 27, 1797; she married Benjamin
C. Swasey in 1831.
V. Peter Stone, born December 11 (some records say
December 19) 1799, in Boscawen, New Hampshire. He died in
Healdsburg, California, just north of Santa Rosa, on March
18, 1889. [His tombstone at the Rural Cemetery, Santa Rosa,
California, reads: "Peter Stone, died March 18, 1889, ae. 89
years, 3 months, 7 days."] He was buried next to his wife
Ruth and daughter-in-law Annie Call, first wife of Nathan
Stone. Until he moved to Santa Rosa, California he lived on
the family homestead. On December 27, 1824, Peter Stone
married Ruth Call, the daughter of Silas Call of Boscawen
and his wife Mary Corser. Ruth Corser Call was born December
31, 1802. She died April 15, 1886 in Santa Rosa, California
and is buried next to her husband in the "Pioneer Cemetery"
in that city [her tombstone reads, "Ruth Call Stone, wife of
Peter Stone, died April 15, 1886, ae. 83 years, 3 months, 39
? days. Native of Boscawen, New Hampshire]. [Also buried in
the same plot is "William H. Davy, died April 1, 1879, ae.
56 years]. Peter was an active member of the Christian
Church and society, While that denomination maintained
public worship,. and when emigration to California and
change made it impossible longer to sustain a church of his
order with a catholic spirit he became an attendant upon the
Congregational Church (in Santa Rosa). Peter and his wife
wrote the committee for the One hundred and fiftieth
Anniversary of Boscawen, New Hampshire from Santa Rosa the
following letter:
SANTA ROSA, CAL., Aug. 1,
1883
Dear Sir: Nothing but distance prevents out
meeting you at the Old Fort, of which who many
legends we told us in childhood-- the death of my
great grandmother Call by the Indians, &c. As our
ancestors were of the early settlers, many of
their sufferings and privations were related to
their children. Time has wrought great changes.
What would be said now, if a woman should take a
spinning-wheel in her lap, on horseback, and ride
on the canter! Such was common then. Great
progress and refinement had taken place before our
day, almost eighty-four years ago, and still
improvement goes on. Although we live in the land
of the sun, of the vine, and of tropical fruits
and flowers, we cherish the remembrance of deal
old Boscawen and the many true and tried friends
there, among whom was your honored father. We live
more in the past than in the present. Our
conversation is where old memories cluster.
We have a pleasant home, and are tenderly
cared for in the City of Roses. King regards to
all.
MR. & MRS. PETER STONE
This can be found on pages 84-85 of the 150th Anniversary
Book on the Town of Boscawen and Webster, New Hampshire,
1884.
Peter Stone had been an exceedingly industrious man,
laboring early and late, not compelled by necessity, but
doing it as a duty and pleasure, carrying into his daily
life the scriptural injunction, "Whatsoever thy hand findeth
to do, do it with thy might," to quote the article on Peter
Stone in the 150th Anniversary of the Town of Boscawen and
Webster, New Hampshire volume records compiled by the Rev.
Arthur Little in 1884. Deacon Peter Stone and his wife
resided at the homestead on Province Road, near the
Blackwater in West Boscawen, New Hampshire. Deacon Peter
Stone and his wife Ruth Call had the following children:
A. Phebe C[all?] Stone, born September 24, 1825 and
died on July 22, 1863. She married John A. McClure, the
son of John and Sally McClure of Boscawen. John was
born in that town on October 22, 1822. John and Phebe
were married in March of 1848. They had :
1. Edwin P. McClure, born in Boscawen on July
13, 1850.
2. Charles McClure, age 33 in 1889.
3. Abbie McClure,
4. Alice McClure, born 1857. She married in 1873
to J.W. Ford who was born March 3, 1850 and died
May 6, 1931. They had one son who died at the age
of 19. Alice died in 1949 at the age of 92. They
were of Concord, New Hampshire in 1889.
B. Charles J. F. Stone, born April 21, 1827 and died
April 19, 1860. Charles was a member of the Military
Academy at Norwich Vermont; afterwards he studied law
with Austin F. Pike, Esq., at Franklin, New Hampshire
and at the Cambridge Law School. He was admitted to the
bar and practiced law at Plymouth. On September 20,
1855 he married Abbie A. Weare of Andover, New
Hampshire. They had two children:
1. George W. Stone, born November 11, 1857. He
and his brother graduated from Dartmouth College,
Class of 1878. "like his father, George was also a
brilliant lawyer. He died at the age of 61. Of
Andover, New Hampshire in 1889. Had been a
representative in the New Hampshire Legislature."
He had two sons:
a. Lieut. Charles Stone, spent some time in
France.
b. Fred Stone. Fred Stone lost his life in
the sinking of the U.S. shipping board
steamer Castalia off Sable Island. He was 19
years of age and a native of Andover, a
graduate of Proctor Academy and a student at
the New Hampshire College at Durham, New
Hampshire when he enlisted in the U.S.
Merchant Marine at Boston.
2. Charles W. Stone, born August 6, 1859. He and
his brother graduated from Dartmouth College,
Class of 1878. He was of Andover, New Hampshire in
1889.
C. Hannah Elizabeth Stone, born December 12, 1828 in
Boscawen, and died October 26, 1865. She married George
Tristram Sanborn, of West Boscawen, New Hampshire on
January 13, 1850. George, born in Deerfield, N.H., was
the son of Deacon Joseph Knight and Hannah Seaver
Sanborn of Boscawen. George was born on May 24, 1828.
He was a farmer of Boscawen but later moved to
California and lived in Mountain View, Santa Clara
County. George's middle name was "Tristam" after his
paternal grandfather, Tristam Sanborn. George T. and
Hannah had issue:
1. Georgianna Elizabeth Sanborn, born March 2,
1850. She married on November 2, 1871, John B.
Chase of Webster, New Hampshire. She died on July
18, 1897. They had two sons and two daughters.
2. Fred George Sanborn, born in Webster,
Merrimack Co., N.H. on June 9, 1854. In 1882 he
married Helen Peck, a native of New York State.
Fred arrived in San Francisco on February 4, 1874
and was living at 1020 Dolores Street in 1889.
There is a photo of him between pages 588-589 in
the Sanford Family Genealogy.
3. Flora Angelina Sanborn, born March 5, 1852.
Died at Boscawen, New Hampshire, February 26,
1853.
D. Silas C. Stone, born November 14, 1830, died April
19, 1914. He married on February 6, 1854, Julia A.
Pattee of Goffstown who was born March 6, 1826 and died
May 15, 1887. For many years Silas resided in West
Roxbury, Massachusetts, he was there as of 1879. He was
in Boston in 1889. He was a successful teacher and
master of the Sherwin School at Boston for many years.
He and Julia had one son and two daughters:
1. Alaric Stone, born January 28, 1855; died
1934. He married Alice, daughter of Mary A. Stone
and Jonas Call. Alice died in 1883. Their issue:
a. Alaric Maxwell Stone, born July 8, 1880;
died in 1930. He married Ruth Taylor on
October 21, 1907 and had two daughters:
i. Faith Stone
ii. Catherine Stone
b. Alice Stone, born 1883; died 1883.
2. Sarah Abbie Stone, born January 10, 1861.
3. Annie F.S. Stone, born August 3, 1867, died
August 4, 1947. She married Philip Drowne
Sturdivant on September 3, 1895; Philip was born
August 21, 1859 and died March, 1921. They had two
daughters, most of whose descendents lived in and
around the area of Portland, Maine:
a. Phyllis Ruth Sturdivant, born February
8, 1898. She married Herman Pittel Sweetser
on August 14, 1919. He was born September 14,
1887 and died on May 10, 1974. Herman was
Professor of Agriculture at the University of
Maine. They had issue:
1. Mary Elizabeth Sweetser, born June
2, 1920. She married Elmer Ledyard
Baxter, born December 30, 1919. They
were married January 8, 1944. They had
issue:
(1)Ledyard Sturdivant Baxter, born
August 15, 1945. He married Nancy
Spahn and had issue:
(a) Joshua Stephen Baxter,
born September 23, 1971.
(b) Jonathan Richard Baxter,
born June
9, 1948.
(2) David Sweetser Baxter, born
June 9, 1948. He married Deborah
Nelson.
(3) Benjamin Ayres Baxter, born
April 14, 1954.
ii. Philip Sturdivant Sweetser, born
March 5, 1922, died November 18, 1974.
He married Charlotte Wunderly on July
20, 1944. She was born August 15, 1922.
Their children:
(1) Karen Ruth Sweetser, born
August 13, 1945. She married Robert
Zaikis and had issue:
(a) Andrew Philip Zaikis,
born March 24, 1972.
(b) Brian Frank Zaikis, born
May 23, 1974.
(2) Charlotte Ann Sweetser, born
October 15, 1947. She married
Robert Stefanik.
iii. Richard Webster Sweetser, born
September 10, 1926. Married Constance
Stone Lincoln on June 30, 1951.
Constance was born on September 7, 1930.
They had issue:
(1) Richard Webster Sweetser,
born September 10, 1952.
(2) Gregory Gage Sweetser, born
May 30, 1954.
(3) Catherine Lincoln Sweetser,
born July 2, 1956.
b. Jeannette Sturdivant, born December 12,
1900. She married Robert Marsh Edwards on
October 12, 1925. Robert who was born on
April 14, 1904 was a mortician. They had no
children.
E. Mary J. Stone [first of this name], born September
18, 1832 and died November 22, 1832.
F. Mary J. Stone [second of the name], born November
3, 1833. She was of Webster, New Hampshire in 1889. But
they all lived in the Santa Rosa California area for
many years. She married Moses F. Heath of West
Boscawen, New Hampshire on June 25, 1852. They had two
daughters and one son:
1. Luella Heath who married George Simpson. They
had four children.
2. Eva Heath, married William B. Simpson. Issue:
3. Eugene Heath, who married Rogene Evans and
had four children.
G. Ruth E. Stone, born December 18, 1835; died March
23, 1841.
H. Charlotte A. Stone, born February 25, 1839 in
Boscawen, New Hampshire. Died in Santa Rosa, California
April 7, 1883. She married first John Sawyer of
Concord, New Hampshire; and married secondly, in San
Francisco, California August 12, 1868, Joshua Colomore
Sargent who was born in Warner, New Hampshire [next to
Boscawen, New Hampshire] on May 6, 1823 and died
December 7, 1885. In the 1868-1869 Directory of San
Francisco, California, he is listed as a District
Officer, 4th District Customs House, Office P.M.
Steamship Company's Wharf. He was living at 543 Second
Street, San Francisco, California. In the census of
1880 for Sonoma County, California, page 17, Supervisor
District #3, enumeration list #124, #172/181, east of
Healdsburg and Petaluma [California] and outside city
limits of Santa Rosa, they lived. Charlotte was listed
as "Lottie Sargent," and "keeping house." Her husband
was listed as a "Deputy Surveyor." Joshua Colomore
Sargent had been previously married. Joshua Sargent and
his first wife must have had the following children who
are listed as "daughter" and "son" in the Census of
1880 of Sonoma County, California [page 17, Supervisor
District 3, enumeration list 124] had the following
children:
1. Ella N. Sargent, born in California and at
the age of 23 living at home as of the June 12,
1880 census.
2. Abe Lincoln Sargent, born in California and
living at home at the age of 17 as of June 12,
1880. According to the Santa Rosa City Directories
of 1903 and 1905, he was a carriage painter living
on Rutledge Avenue at the corner of Ware. [Most
likely the Abe Lincoln Sargent, d. July 17, 1909
at the age of 46 and buried in Santa Rosa,
California Catholic Cemetery next to his wife
Ellen M. Williams Sargent. According to the
baptismal records of St. Rose Church, Santa Rosa,
California, Abe Lincoln Sargent and his wife Ellen
Williams had issue at least two children:
a. Francis ("Franciscus" in the register)
Edric Sargent, born December 17, 1892.
b. Abe Lincoln Sargent, born March 16,
1893, place of residence at time of his
baptism was Santa Rosa. His sponsor at
baptism was Bridget Feely.]
[It is possible that F. Joshua Sargent who was a
resident of 921 College Avenue, Santa Rosa, California
in 1887 was also a son. At this point however, this is
just a guess.]
By his second wife, Charlotte, Joshua had issue:
3. Martha Lottie Sargent [called "Mattie" in the
Sonoma County, California Census of 1880, at which
time she was "going to school."], born in
California June 5, 1869. Died May 15, 1882.
4. Nyna Emma Sargent, born August 28, 1870. In
the Census of 1880 of Sonoma County, California
she is listed as "Nynie E." Living in San
Francisco, California at 1010 Dolores St. at age
17 in 1889. She died November 21, 1956. On
September 7, 1892 she married Harry Bishop Hambly,
the son of David William Hambly and Jane Jenkin of
Snake Lake, Plumas County, California. For their
issue, see under THE HAMBLY FAMILY.
5. Alvan Zebulon Sargent, born May 8, 1872; died
January 17, 1936. He was living in Santa Rosa,
California in 1889. He married January 8, 1902
Grace E. M. Reed, born January 26, 1879, died
February 22, 1963. They had the following children:
a. Alvan Read Sargent, born July 19, 1903;
married Virginia Faul, October 15, 1926.
Virginia was born October 15, 1906. Alvan was
in food sales most of his life with Purity
Stores, Ltd., from 1933-1959. He and Virginia
had:
i. Alvan Read Sargent, Jr., born
August 15, 1927; Alvan was in the Navy
after World War II and was sent to the
South Pacific Area for his tour of duty.
He served on a gun boat for 12 months.
He married Donna Intagliata on June 3,
1956. Donna was born on December 30,
1929. Their children were:
(a) Virginia Sargent, born March
11, 1957
(b) Roseann Sargent, born June
30, 1959
(c) Alvan Joseph Sargent, born
September 13, 1968
ii. Richard Faul Sargent, born
November 27, 1931; Richard spent 22
months on the Naval Destroyer "Brinkley
Bass" during the Korean War as a
store-keeper. He sailed the China,
Yellow and Japan Seas and went through
many harrowing experiences. In civilian
life food sales was his specialty. He
married Donna Chelson, February 5, 1955.
Donna was born July 24, 1933. Issue:
(a) Linda Sargent, born October
2, 1952. She married John Steven
Day on February 5, 1974. John was
born on February 5, 1949. They had:
Christian Michael Day, born
January 1, 1975.
(b) Richard F. Sargent, Jr., born
November 26, 1955
(c) Robert John Sargent, born
June 9, 1960; died 1978
b. Warren Colomore Sargent, born October
19, 1911; died December 22, 1952. He married
June Laurimore on October 15, 1934. June was
born June 2, 1914. They had issue:
i. Gail Read Sargent, born March 23,
1936. She married James Nelson Hall on
August 21, 1959. James was born February
22, 1937. They had issue:
(a) Elizabeth Merry Hall, born
July 4, 1960
(b) Gillian Read Hall, born July
3, 1963
ii. Sandra Lauree Sargent, born April
27, 1940. She married Robert Gene Walls
on June 27, 1959. Sandra married
secondly Donald Asquith on August 6,
1966. Donald was born on May 5, 1935. By
Robert Gene Walls Sandra had the
following children:
(a) Victoria Gayleen Walls, born
March 19, 1960
(b) Daniel Warren Walls, born
April 15, 1961.
6. Ruth Isabel Sargent, born October 6, 1879;
died August 25, 1952. She was adopted by her Aunt
Emma R. Swett with whom she always lived. She was
a teacher in the Public Schools of California.
Living in Santa Rosa, California in 1889.
I. Frederick Peter Stone, born March 24, 1841 in
Boscawen, New Hampshire. He remained on his father's
farm until the breaking out of the war when he enlisted
in the cavalry, Company I, December 17, 1861. He was
promoted to first sergeant on March 1, 1863,
re-enlisted on June 5, 1864, and again promoted to
first Lieutenent, Co. D, April 15, 1864, and captain on
June 10, 1865. He was in the following engagements:
Warrenton Junction, 16 April, 1862
Rappahannock, 18 April, 1862
Cedar Mountain, 9 August, 1862
North Rappahannock, 21 August, 1862
Catlett Station, 21 August, 1862
Rappahannock Station, 23 August, 1862
Sulphur Spring, 26 August, 1862
Groveton, 28 August, 1862
Second Bull Run, 30 August, 1862
Chantilly, 1 September, 1862
White's Ford, 12 October, 1862
Mountville, 31 October, 1862
Hazel Run, 16 November, 1862
Fredericksburg, 13 December, 1862
Hartwood Church, 25 February, 1863
Rapidan River, 1 May, 1863
Ellis Ford, 4 May, 1863
Brandy Station, 9 June, 1863
Middlebury, 17 June, 1863
Warrenton, 12 October, 1863
Auburn, 14 October, 1863
Bristow Station, 14 October, 1863
Some of these engagements were between small parties,
others where the opposite side was in force. At
Groveton, a valuable horse which Capt. Stone had taken
from Boscawen was shot beneath him. At Chantilly he was
near General Kearney when he fell. At Mountville he was
one of six that escaped out of a party of sixty that
were captured. At Middlebury which was one of the sharp
cavalry engagements of the War, he was taken prisoner
and immured in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia and at
Belle Isle he was kept in durance for thirty five days.
After his re-enlistment his regiment he was
attached to Sheridan's Command in the Valley of the
Shenandoah. At the Battle of Winchester which was
fought on September 21, 1864 he was again captured and
sent again to Libby Prison and thence to Salisbury,
North Carolina and thence to Danville, Virginia. All
this in five months. He reached Washington, D.C. in
season to join the corps that hunted down the assassins
who were engaged in the plot to murder President
Lincoln and Secretary Seward.
He was mustered out of service on July 15, 1865
and married Hannah Lovilla Sanborn, born January 16,
1839, the daughter of Deacon Joseph Knight and Hannah
Seaver Sanborn of Webster, and sister to George T.
Sanborn who married Frederick R. Stone's sister Hannah
E. Stone. Frederick P. Stone and Lovilla Sanborn were
married on August 17, 1865, and they sailed for
California on October 22, 1865. According to the
1868-1869 San Francisco City Directory, Fred. P Stone
was a salesman with H. H. Bancroft & Co., and was
dwelling at the Southwest corner of Green and
Montgomery Streets in San Francisco. Lovilla Sanborn
was born January 16, 1839 in Boscawen, New Hampshire
and died September 15, 1906, the year of the Great
Quake, in San Francisco, California. From the time he
arrived in San Francisco Fred has been connected with
the great publishing house of Bancroft & Co., of San
Francisco, holding a position of honor and profit,
enjoying in a great degree the confidence of his
employers and the respect of his fellow citizens. He
was President of the law book publishers,
Bancroft-Whitney Co., from 1894-1913. Fred and Lovilla
had issue:
1. Charles F. Stone, born November 22, 1868;
died February 19, 1931. Married August 17, 1891 to
Marcia Hilton, born January 25, 1871; died
September 15, 1946. They had one daughter:
a. Ruth Lovilla Stone, born August 3, 1893.
She was married to Dr. Alvarez in 1924. Ruth
married secondly, on January 2, 1930, Mayhew
Lawrence MacDonald, ("Jack"). They had no
children. She died by fire on November 22,
1964.
2. Josephine Lovilla Stone, born February 7,
1870 and died November 21, 1961. Married November
26, 1898 to H. Edward Alfred Railton who was born
January 8, 1867. Died March 20, 1952.
a. John Stone Railton, born July 9, 1903,
married November 10, 1931 to Maryanna
Donnell. John was in Insurance all of his
life. He and his family lived many years in
Los Altos, California although he commuted by
train to San Francisco each day. On
retirement they moved to "Oakmont," Santa
Rosa, California. They had one child:
i. Dean Railton, born November 28,
1932. He married Marlie Costa, born
November 30, 1937 on July 9, 1960. They
had issue:
(a) Susan Dean Railton, born
September 28, 1961
(b) Victoria Lee Railton, born
February 10, 1963
b. Richard Stone Railton, born September
27, 1907, married Beatrice Joy Moore on June
4, 1940. Joy was born March 31, 1916. Like
his brother John, Richard as in the Insurance
business all of his life. Most of their
married life Richard and Beatrice lived in
Berkeley, California. They had the following
children:
i. Richard S. Railton, Jr., born June
15, 1941
ii. Jane Elizabeth Railton, born
December 27, 1944, married John Rodgers
Wheaton on February 4, 1967. John was
born March 12, 1938. They had issue:
(a) Galbraith Rodgers Wheaton,
born September 8, 1970.
(b) Elizabeth (Mele) Moore
Wheaton, born September 26, 1973
3. Hubert H. Bancroft Stone, born September 24,
1871, died 1936
4. Dora B. Stone, born 1873; died 1874.
J. Nathan Jones Stone [Nathan Jonas Stone, according
to the delayed birth certificate of his son Nathan in
Santa Rosa California], born June 11, 1843, [in
Webster, New Hampshire according to the aforementioned
certificate]; died February 5, 1912; married twice.
First to Annie M. Call of San Francisco, California; In
the San Francisco, California Directory of 1868-1869,
Nathan is listed as a clerk with H. H. Bancroft and
Co., dwelling at the Call Ranch on San Bruno Road, San
Francisco. Annie died February 4, 1879. She is buried
in the Stone Family plot in the Pioneer or Rural
Cemetery in Santa Rosa, California. Her tombstone
reads, "Annie M. Stone, wife of Nathan J. Stone, d.
Feb. 4, 1879 ae. 32 years 8 mos., 3 days. 'God's Finger
touched her and she slept.'" Nathan then married Olive
Augusta Parshall on December 4, 1880 [in Belfast, New
York according to the delayed birth Certificate of her
son Nathan Parshall Stone]. They lived in Santa Rosa,
California. For several years he served as a clerk in
the bookstore of the Bancrofts in San Francisco,
California. He traveled extensively for the Bancrofts
in the Territories, California and the Atlantic States.
For another firm in Yokahama, Japan he also traveled in
Europe in the mercantile business. By Annie Call,
Nathan had:
1. An infant son, born May 16, and died May 17,
1876.
2. An infant daughter, born January 19, and died
January 20, 1878.
By his second wife, Olive Augusta Parshall, who was
born in Belfast, New York (according to the delayed
birth certificate of her son Nathan P. Stone in Santa
Rosa) January 7, 1842; she died November 7, 1919. (Her
father was born in New York state also; her mother was
from Pennsylavnia.) they had five children:
3. Nathan Parshall Stone, born in Santa Rosa,
California on February 13, 1881 and died March 22,
1970.
4. Fred Peter Stone, Jr., born February 20, 1882
and died March 3, 1922; he married in Mexico to
Guadalupe Diaz who died January 26, 1937, leaving
four children:
a. Alicia Stone
b. Carmen Stone
c. Edwardo Stone
d. Ruth Stone
5. Silas D. Stone, born January 31, 1883, died
December 6, 1907. He was the twin brother of
Arthur L. Stone below:
6. Arthur L. Stone, twin brother to Silas D.
Stone, above. Born January 31, 1883 and died April
4, 1968. He married June 25, 1930 to Mary E.
Bateman who was born October 19, 1893 and died
September 17, 1974. Arthur was in the citrus tree
fumigating business most of his life. He was at
one time Mayor of La Hambra, California. They had
issue:
a. Olive Mary Stone, born December 24,
1932, died in infancy.
b. Arthur B. Stone, born April 28, 1934.
Arthur served as an enlisted man in the U.S.
Army in Korea for three years. In civilian
life he had an antique store business.
7. Olive Estelle Stone, born September 13, 1885.
Died in Mexico in 1907.
K. Emma Ruth Stone, born July 6, 1845, died December
8, 1924. She married on October 9,1863 to Frank Harvey
Swett who was born on January 28, 1843 and died
November 5, 1894. [According to the Census of 1880,
Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, page, 26, dwelling 226,
family 235, He is listed as Frank Hervey Swett.
According to the Census of 1880, they lived at 153 2nd
Street in Santa Rosa. Peter and Ruth Stone were living
with them. Ruth had "Billous Colic" at the time of the
census]. They had one son:
1. Wilbur Maurice Swett, born November 20, 1866
and died December 26, 1937. According to the
Census of 1880 (see note on his father for page
etc.) he is listed as Wilbur K(?) Swett and was
born in Wisconsin!] Wilbur was an ear-eye-nose and
throat physician. He married Alice Thomas on April
20, 1893. She was born February 17, 1864 and died
March 11, 1942. They had three sons:
a. Wilbur Frank Swett, born February 12,
1894 and died in Veterans' Hospital on
January 11, 1973. He too, like his father was
and excellent EEN&T physician. He was 1st Lt.
Artillery in active service in France during
World War II. He married Ethel Ann Emory on
September 20, 1929. She was born on July 14,
1892. They had:
b. Sandra Swett, born March 11, 1931. She
married Kenneth Lyne King, an engineer and
inventor of renown, on August 14, 1954 in San
Francisco, California. Their issue:
i. Eleanor Lyne King, born January 2,
1957
ii. Kenneth Lyne King, born May 15,
1958
iii. Ann Emory King, born November 13,
1964
C. John E. Swett, born March 19, 1932. He
married Veronique de Coppet in Paris, France,
on June 30, 1967. She was born on July 24,
1934. John received his A.B. from the
University of Washington in 1956. He received
his PhD. from the University of California,
Los Angeles in anatomy in 1960. He served in
the U.S. Army 1951-1953 in the Anti-aircraft
Artillery as a 2nd Lt. He is a Professor and
Chairman of the Department of Anatomy at
University of California, Irvine as of 1976.
He teaches medical students; through Federal
Grants he researches sensory systems of the
brain. Also he is the Administrator of an
academic department. He has received teaching
awards. He has also taught in the Medical
School in Denver, Colorado. They had issue:
i. Eric Robert Swett, born March 31,
1957
ii. Karen Swett, born May 14, 1960
iii. Anne Laura Swett, born January
20, 1967
d. Harold David Swett was born September
28, 1898. He died February 23, 1954. Harold
was in France in World War I, front,
infantry. In peacetime he was a Captain in
the National Guard for many years. He married
Virginia Brown. They had no children. Harold
married secondly Marjory Dare Lacy in May,
1933. She was born on October 10, 1909. They
had issue:
i. Wanda Swett, born June 2, 1936. She
married on August 10, 1963 Earl
Creighton Burgess, who was born January
19, 1931. Their children:
(a) Gregory Warren Burgess, born
January 14, 1965
(b) Amelia Lisa Burgess, born
July 3, 1966
e. Walter Gordon Swett, born July 28, 1902
and died April 25, 1963. He was in the Navy
in World War I. He later served as Captain in
the Army Dental Corps in Texas in World War
II as a dentist. In civilian life he remade
autos into specialty cars as a hobby. He
married Doris Dore and had no children.
Walter married secondly Miriam Marshall on
July 11, 1936. Their children were:
i. Martha Swett, born July 19, 1946.
She died by an accident on October 15,
1966.
ii. Marshall Swett, born March 8, 1950.
VI. George W. Stone, born September 5, 1802. Married Julia
A. Sweatt of West Boscawen, New Hampshire on May 13, 1833.
They lived in Webster, New Hampshire on a farm formerly
owned by Caleb Knight, Esq. Eight children:
A. Caroline Stone, born March 4, 1834. She died on
September 4, 1842.
B. Catherine Stone, born October 20, 1838. She
died on February 19, 1863. She married Joseph
Warren Stone of West Boscawen on November 29,
1855. Joseph Warren Stone [Named for Gen. Joseph
Warren of the Revolution?], born October 10, 1827.
He was her cousin, the son of Amos Stone and Nancy
A. Couch. Apparently they had no children. Joseph
married a second time and had issue:
1. Cate J. Stone, born January 7, 1865
2. Carrie N. Stone, born March 7, 1868, and died
July 28, 1871.
3. Ira W. Stone, born December 1, 1873
C. Cyrus A. Stone, born January 10, 1842
D. Marcia A. Stone, born April 4, 1844. She died
November 7, 1862
E. Ella F. Stone, born November 26, 1846
F. George Henry Stone, born February 17, 1850;
married Lottie J. Seavey of Boscawen, New Hampshire, on
January 3, 1877.
G. Marietta Stone, born August 17, 1852; She married
Benjamin Pettengill of Salisbury on May 13, 1870.
H. Julia Augusta Stone, born May 18, 1856
VII. Hannah Stone, born February 14, 1804 and died
November 27, 1864. She married Samuel Dana Couch of West
Boscawen, the son of Joseph, son of Benjamin, son of Joseph
Couch (further information on the Couch family can be found
in the History of Boscawen. New Hampshire on April 26, 1830.
They had the following children:
A. Henry J. Couch, born April 23, 1831. Henry J.
married on January 1, 1857, Mary F. Davis and had the
following children:
1. Charles H. Couch, born September 30, 1858
2. Arthur D. Couch, born September 30, 1861 and
died January 17, 1863
3. Alfred G. Couch, born August 24, 1863 and
died August 26, 1863
4. Omar E. Couch, born December 2, 1864
5. Grace Ina Couch, born October 1, 1866 and
died October 17, 1866
B. George S. Couch, born September 22, 1833, married
1st Susan B. Webster, January 11, 1860 and 2nd, Helen
E. Davis. By his first wife Susan, George had the
following children:
1. Herbert W. Couch, born June 23, 1861 and died
November 30, 1861
2. Almon W. Couch, born January 2, 1863
3. Lilian M. Couch, born February 22, 1867
C. Walter S. Couch, born September 22, 1837, married
Sarah J. Webster and had the following children:
1. Albert I. Couch, born July 12, 1867
D. Clara J. Couch, born August 17, 1844. She married
John M. Meserve of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
VIII. Royal Stone, born July 27, 1807, and died November
26, 1895. Royal Stone settled in Andover, New Hampshire.
There in Andover on April 7, 1840 he married Ruth, the
daughter of Humphrey Currier and Sally Ladd of Canterbury,
New Hampshire [Humphrey Currier was the son of Samuel
Currier and Ruth Bailey]. Ruth was born on September 19,
1821. They had the following children:
A. Christiana C. Stone, born 1840[?]. She married
first Richard Davis; married secondly ________ Manuel
of Franklin, New Hampshire.
B. George R[oyal?] Stone, born May 16, 1843; he
graduated from Dartmouth College and practiced law at
Lynn, Massachusetts. He married Ella M. Chandler of
Maine.
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