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Subject: [MAFRANKL] STONE, John - Descendants of
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FIRST GENERATION
1. Capt. John STONE was born on 18 Dec 1732 in Rutland, Worcester,
Massachusetts. He died on 30 Jul 1819 in Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts.
History of Greenfield - Shire Town of Franklin County, Mass., by Francis M.
Thompson, Volume 2, Greenfield, Mass. 1904. p. 764.
of Rutland, Mass. Father of Dr. John Stone.

He was married to Lucy FLETCHER on 9 Sep 1755 in Rutland, Worcester,
Massachusetts. Capt. John STONE and Lucy FLETCHER had the following
children:
+2 i. Dr. John STONE (born on 11 May 1763).
+3 ii. Alphesus Fletcher STONE (born on 7 May 1788).

SECOND GENERATION
2. Dr. John STONE (John-1) was born on 11 May 1763 in Rutland, Worcester,
Massachusetts. He died on 12 Sep 1838 in Springfield, Hampden,
Massachusetts. History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon,
Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 71
of Greenfield, Mass.

History of Greenfield - Shire Town of Franklin County, Mass., by Francis M.
Thompson, Volume 2, Greenfield, Mass. 1904. p. 764-65.
Dr. John Stone son of Capt. John Stone of Rutland, Mass., was born in that
town in 1763. He studied medicine with Dr. John Frink of Rutland, and
commenced practice here in 1787. He had a large practice here and in the
neighboring towns. I have before me his account book containing charges from
January 1, 1790 to October 1, 1791. - one year and nine months - covering one
hundred and seventy-one closely written pages, averaging twenty-five entries
to a page.
His charges for a visit in the village or within a mile of his residence
was one shilling. A visit to the north part of the town was two shilling, to
Leyden five shillings, and to Colrain six shillings. For extracting a tooth
or "blooding" he charged eight pence, and for dressing a wound, one shilling
six pence, including the visit. He allowed six pence per dozen for eggs, two
pence per pound of mutton, six pence per pound for butter, the same for lard,
four shilling a bushel for wheat, nine pence a pound for sugar, six sugar,
six shillings a cord for wood, and one shilling five pence per quart of rum.
He credits one person for fifty shad at three pence each and nineteen pounds
of salmon at four pence per pound. He continued his practice here until
1819, when he removed to Providence, R.I. where he remained but a short time,
making his final settlement in Springfield, Mass., where he died September
12, 1838. He established a high reputation as a skilful physician, and was
greatly loved and respected as a man.

He was married to Sally BARNARD (daughter of Samuel BARNARD and Abigail
UPHAM) on 23 Dec 1792. Sally BARNARD was born on 10 Sep 1774 in Deerfield,
Franklin, Massachusetts.

3. Alphesus Fletcher STONE (John-1) was born on 7 May 1788 in Rutland,
Worcester, Massachusetts. He Int. Marriage on 15 May 1807 in Greenfield,
Franklin, Massachusetts. He Int. Marriage on 5 Jan 1822 in Greenfield,
Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 5 Sep 1851 in Greenfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon,
Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 39
of Greenfield, Mass.

History of Greenfield - Shire Town of Franklin County, Mass., by Francis M.
Thompson, Volume 2, Greenfield, Mass. 1904. p. 765.
Dr. Alphesus Fletcher Stone was born in Rutland, Worcester County, Mass.,
May 7, 1778. In his younger days he taught school in Connecticut, and
probably had a good common education for those days.
About 1798 or 1799 he came to Greenfield, where he entered the office of
his elder brother, Dr. John Stone. He continued his medical studies for
about two years, and commenced practice at Greenfield, on Christmas Day,
1801. Here he continued in active business for fifty years, and became one
of the most noted and successful practitioners in this region. He was famous
as an obstetrician, and probably had a larger practice in that line than
almost any other physician in the Connecticut Valley. He had a great
reputation in the treatment of women and children, and was man of most urbane
and gentlemanly deportment, and was very popular among all classes. He was
exceedingly systematic, and always punctual to appointments. During the last
twenty-five years of his life his consulting practice was very extensive.
He became a fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Association in 1814, and
was one of its counselors for twenty-five years. He took an active part in
the formation of the Franklin District Medical Society, founded in 1851, was
one of this counselors, and served for some time as librarian. In 1813 he
was elected an honorary member of the American Esulapain Society of New York.
In 1825 he received the honorary degree of doctor of medicine, from Williams
College; in 1849 was appointed by the Massachusetts Medical Association a
delegate to the American Medical Association; and in January, 1851, was
elected first president of the Franklin District Medical Society.

He was married to Rachel WILLARD (daughter of Beriah WILLARD and Catharine
WELLS) on 6 Jul 1807. Rachel WILLARD was born on 16 Dec 1785 in Greenfield,
Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 30 Oct 1808.

He was married to Harriet RUSSELL (daughter of Absalom RUSSELL and Sarah
FRINK) on 3 Sep 1809 in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. Harriet RUSSELL
died on 26 May 1817 in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. History of
Greenfield - Shire Town of Franklin County, Mass., by Francis M. Thompson,
Volume 2, Greenfield, Mass. 1904. p. 766.
of Rutland, Mass.

Vital Records of Greenfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, New England
Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass. 1915. p. 213.
of Rutland. Alphesus Fletcher STONE and Harriet RUSSELL had the following
children:
4 i. Charles P. STONE was born on 30 Sep 1814 in Greenfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. He died on 24 Jan 1887. History of Greenfield - Shire Town
of Franklin County, Mass., by Francis M. Thompson, Volume 2, Greenfield,
Mass. 1904. p. 766.
Graduate of West Point, and served during the Mexican war with distinction,
rising to the rank of captain in the regular army. Subsequently he visited
Europe to perfect his military studies. At the opening of the great
Rebellion, in 1861, he took an active and prominent part, and received the
commission of Brigadier-general of volunteers. He commanded at the
disastrous battle of Ball's Buff, which reverse to the Union arms was more
the result of errors on the part of the war department than of any fault of
the commander. He soon after retired from the service, and subsequently
visited Europe and Egypt, where he entered the army of the khedive and, by
his thorough military knowledge and soldierly qualities, won the high
distinction of virtual commander-in-chief of the Egyptian army.

He was married to Fanny L. CUSHING in 1822. Fanny L. CUSHING died on 7 Nov
1851. Alphesus Fletcher STONE and Fanny L. CUSHING had the following
children:
5 i. Isabella White STONE was born on 22 Feb 1830 in Montague,
Franklin, Massachusetts.

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