U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Stone, Charles Carroll (1851-1925) --------------------------------------------------------------------- A History of Preston County West Virginia Biographical Department, Supplied by J. R. Cole Kingwood, W. Va., The Journal Publishing Company, 1914 by H. S. Whetsell Pages 802-803, CHARLES CARROLL STONE. The Stones of Preston county came from Hanover county, Virginia. There were three brothers, all married when they came. Andrew C., a soldier in the War of 1812, came soon after he left the army. He settled in the vicinity of Reedsville, and died on a farm west of Kingwood. The farm is now known as the James A. Brown farm. John R. and Clarborne W. Stone settled on Greens Run. John R. Stone was the father of William, who lived on the west side of Kingwood. He died in 1883 at sixty-five years of age: Charles C. Stone owns and occupies the old Rodeheaver homestead. He is the son of William J. and Louisa (Trowbridge) Stone, and was born December 15, 1851. His whole life has been spent on a farm, and in teaming. He owned and handled the team that brought the Soldier's Monument from the depot to its place in the public square, and all heavy work of that kind in and around Kingwood generally fell to him. Besides hauling a number of the heaviest monuments from Tunnelton to the cemetery, it being before the railroad was built, he also hauled the six-ton globe safe for the Kingwood Bank. Mr. Stone was educated in the common schools of Kingwood and in the Kingwood Academy. When thirty years of age, he married Miss Amanda Bishop, of this county. She was a daughter of Adam Bishop. When eleven years of age the mother, Mrs. Carroll Bishop, died, after which her daughter lived with her grandfather, James Carroll, of Kingwood. Mr. Carroll was proprietor of a hotel known as the Vankirk property. It stood where the Soldier's Monument now stands in the Public Square. Mr. and Mrs. Stone, after their marriage, moved to the farm they now own. They built the house in 1893, the barn in 1904, two substantial buildings which, with one hundred and twelve acres of land on which they stand, makes a valuable homestead. It is one of the oldest and most desirable farms in Preston county, very conveniently located near Kingwood, on the road to Albright. The oldest child born to this union was Pearl, now the wife of Bruce Morgan, of Kingwood. He is a farmer. Their eldest child was named Charles Marshall, after his two grandparents. (2) Laura, married Edward Orr, a carpenter and contractor of Kingwood. They have four children. (3) Alma, married Arch Schaeffer, assistant cashier of the Kingwood National Bank. They have one child, Lillian. (4) Ned, married Jennie Borgman, and is in the tinplate business at Morgantown. (5) Merle, died when sixteen years of age. (6) Addie, the youngest child, married Forest W. White, of Kingwood. He owns and runs a livery stable. Mr. Stone is a good farmer, keeps some blooded stock, and knows how to till his ground to the best advantage. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Preston County, WV #1114 FULL-NAME: Charles C. Stone BIRTH-DATE: December 15, 1851 BIRTH-PLACE: Preston Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: February 7, 1925 DEATH-PLACE: Kingwood, Kingwood District, Preston County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Retired Farmer FATHER: William J. Stone (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Louisa Trowbridge (born in Preston Co., W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral hemorrhage / arterio-sclerosis INFORMANT: Amanda A. Stone (of Kingwood, W.Va.) BURIAL: Kingwood Cemetery --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Preston County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/preston/bios.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------