Sarah Josephine "Sarah Jo" Nessmith, dau. of David Nessmith and his second wife Susan Cave, b. Dec. 1869 at Saverton Twp, Ralls County, just south of the City of Hannibal, MO (1870 and 1880 censuses of her parents household). She died circa 1896 near Illinois Station in the Illinois District of Cherokee Indian Territory, now the Town of Gore, Sequoyah County, OK.

On Aug. 18, 1889 at Skullyville in the former Choctaw Indian Territory, now in LeFlore County, OK, Sarah m. as his 1st wife, Thomas Nimrod Stone, s. of John Nimrod Stone and Prudence Ann Knowles, b. Aug. 3, 1866 at Doniphan County, KS. They had two children before Sarah's death, both b. at or near Illinois Station in the Cherokee Indian Territory, now Gore, OK:

• i. Lillie Margaret "Maggie" Stone, b. Sept. 4, 1890, d. May 19, 1962 at Edmond, OK; m. Jan. 16, 1908 at Bonanza, Sebastian County, AR, Oscar Hugh "Aus" Hastings, s. of Robert James Yell Hastings and Melissa Catherine Southerland, b. Oct. 20, 1888 at Van Buren, AR. He d. Mar. 3, 1952 at Edmond, OK. Six children of the family.

• ii. Thomas Nimrod "Tom" Stone, Jr., b. Sept. 24, 1892, d. Aug. 9, 1970 at Edmond, OK; m. 1) circa 1916 at or near Prague, OK, Nellie Vera "Biba" Perkett, dau. of George T. Perkett and Mary O'Brien, b. Mar. 24, 1897 at Burlington, KS. She d. in Apr. 1930 at Edmond, OK and is interred at Prague, OK. Seven children of the marriage. Tom m. 2) in circa 1933, Mabel Marshall, b. May 29, 1892 at Goodland, KS. She d. Apr. 9, 1973 at Edmond, OK. There were no children of the second marriage.

Sarah Jo's burial location at Round Mountain Cemetery east of Gore has been lost. Her father was buried next to her near a tree, but at some point only "ith" in her father's surname remained to mark the location of their graves. Sarah's son Tom, Jr. would travel from Edmond, OK every year on her birthday to place flowers on their grave. Tom Jr.'s son Ernest never knew exactly where his grandmother's grave was and absent an extant gravestone there is no other record of who is interred at this cemetery. All attempts in 2001 by the writer failed to find any remnant of David Nessmith's grave as a guide.

Revised 2/10/2017