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James was a rancher and farmer. Census records show he was born in Mississippi. (His sister was born in Holly Springs, in Marshall County). Mr. Stone served in the Confederacy during the Civil War, having enlisted on 10 January 1863 at Mashville, Arkansas for a period of three years. He was a Private in Company "I" in Dawson's Regiment of the Arkansas Infantry. Two surviving Company Muster Rolls show he was present for duty at Camp Boen, Arkansas. His regiment, also called Hardy's Infantry, had service exclusively in Arkansas. He is believed to have married Nannie Moore about the end of the war in Ouachita County, Arkansas; however, the courthouse burned in 1871 and no family records are known to exist.
Three daughters (Ella, Blanche, Savannah) and a son, George Hector, were born in Arkansas between 1866 and 1874. James and his brother, John Stone, moved to Texas. James was widowed when Nannie died within three days of the birth of their fifth child, Brutus. His wife and child were buried together. Family lore has it that James remarried after his first wife's death but that when he died, the second wife did not keep the family together. No marriage record has been found in Hunt County for James' remarriage.
A fall from a horse supposedly hastened James' early death from pneumonia. His orphaned children were living with their Uncle John A. Stone, James' younger brother, in Hunt County, by the time of the 1880 census. Three granddaughters recalled their mother, Blanche Stone Franklin, telling them about her father, James Stone. When he died, she and her brother and two sisters were sent to live with Uncle John and Aunt Sally Stone in Hunt County, Texas. A search of deeds in Hunt County from 1846-1875 do not list land transactions for either James or his brother John. Since James was only about 35 years old when he died, he probably did not have a will. It is possible that James did not live in Hunt County; however, it is likely that he and his brother lived close to each other and perhaps rented their farms.
James was a rancher and farmer. Census records show he was born in Mississippi. (His sister was born in Holly Springs, in Marshall County). Mr. Stone served in the Confederacy during the Civil War, having enlisted on 10 January 1863 at Mashville, Arkansas for a period of three years. He was a Private in Company "I" in Dawson's Regiment of the Arkansas Infantry. Two surviving Company Muster Rolls show he was present for duty at Camp Boen, Arkansas. His regiment, also called Hardy's Infantry, had service exclusively in Arkansas. He is believed to have married Nannie Moore about the end of the war in Ouachita County, Arkansas; however, the courthouse burned in 1871 and no family records are known to exist.
Three daughters (Ella, Blanche, Savannah) and a son, George Hector, were born in Arkansas between 1866 and 1874. James and his brother, John Stone, moved to Texas. James was widowed when Nannie died within three days of the birth of their fifth child, Brutus. His wife and child were buried together. Family lore has it that James remarried after his first wife's death but that when he died, the second wife did not keep the family together. No marriage record has been found in Hunt County for James' remarriage.
A fall from a horse supposedly hastened James' early death from pneumonia. His orphaned children were living with their Uncle John A. Stone, James' younger brother, in Hunt County, by the time of the 1880 census. Three granddaughters recalled their mother, Blanche Stone Franklin, telling them about her father, James Stone. When he died, she and her brother and two sisters were sent to live with Uncle John and Aunt Sally Stone in Hunt County, Texas. A search of deeds in Hunt County from 1846-1875 do not list land transactions for either James or his brother John. Since James was only about 35 years old when he died, he probably did not have a will. It is possible that James did not live in Hunt County; however, it is likely that he and his brother lived close to each other and perhaps rented their farms.
CIVIL WAR VETERAN - CONFEDERACY -
James was a rancher and farmer. Census records show he was born in Mississippi. (His sister was born in Holly Springs, in Marshall County). Mr. Stone served in the Confederacy during the Civil War, having enlisted on 10 January 1863 at Mashville, Arkansas for a period of three years. He was a Private in Company "I" in Dawson's Regiment of the Arkansas Infantry. Two surviving Company Muster Rolls show he was present for duty at Camp Boen, Arkansas. His regiment, also called Hardy's Infantry, had service exclusively in Arkansas. He is believed to have married Nannie Moore about the end of the war in Ouachita County, Arkansas; however, the courthouse burned in 1871 and no family records are known to exist.
Three daughters (Ella, Blanche, Savannah) and a son, George Hector, were born in Arkansas between 1866 and 1874. James and his brother, John Stone, moved to Texas. James was widowed when Nannie died within three days of the birth of their fifth child, Brutus. His wife and child were buried together. Family lore has it that James remarried after his first wife's death but that when he died, the second wife did not keep the family together. No marriage record has been found in Hunt County for James' remarriage.
A fall from a horse supposedly hastened James' early death from pneumonia. His orphaned children were living with their Uncle John A. Stone, James' younger brother, in Hunt County, by the time of the 1880 census. Three granddaughters recalled their mother, Blanche Stone Franklin, telling them about her father, James Stone. When he died, she and her brother and two sisters were sent to live with Uncle John and Aunt Sally Stone in Hunt County, Texas. A search of deeds in Hunt County from 1846-1875 do not list land transactions for either James or his brother John. Since James was only about 35 years old when he died, he probably did not have a will. It is possible that James did not live in Hunt County; however, it is likely that he and his brother lived close to each other and perhaps rented their farms.
James was a rancher and farmer. Census records show he was born in Mississippi. (His sister was born in Holly Springs, in Marshall County). Mr. Stone served in the Confederacy during the Civil War, having enlisted on 10 January 1863 at Mashville, Arkansas for a period of three years. He was a Private in Company "I" in Dawson's Regiment of the Arkansas Infantry. Two surviving Company Muster Rolls show he was present for duty at Camp Boen, Arkansas. His regiment, also called Hardy's Infantry, had service exclusively in Arkansas. He is believed to have married Nannie Moore about the end of the war in Ouachita County, Arkansas; however, the courthouse burned in 1871 and no family records are known to exist.
Three daughters (Ella, Blanche, Savannah) and a son, George Hector, were born in Arkansas between 1866 and 1874. James and his brother, John Stone, moved to Texas. James was widowed when Nannie died within three days of the birth of their fifth child, Brutus. His wife and child were buried together. Family lore has it that James remarried after his first wife's death but that when he died, the second wife did not keep the family together. No marriage record has been found in Hunt County for James' remarriage.
A fall from a horse supposedly hastened James' early death from pneumonia. His orphaned children were living with their Uncle John A. Stone, James' younger brother, in Hunt County, by the time of the 1880 census. Three granddaughters recalled their mother, Blanche Stone Franklin, telling them about her father, James Stone. When he died, she and her brother and two sisters were sent to live with Uncle John and Aunt Sally Stone in Hunt County, Texas. A search of deeds in Hunt County from 1846-1875 do not list land transactions for either James or his brother John. Since James was only about 35 years old when he died, he probably did not have a will. It is possible that James did not live in Hunt County; however, it is likely that he and his brother lived close to each other and perhaps rented their farms.
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