s/o John Thompson Stone and America Covington

h/o Margaret Mella Cypert
Married: 16 June 1889 in Baxter County, Arkansas.
Residence for both: Mountain Home, Baxter County, AR.
Source: Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957.

Known children: James Dyer Stone and Richard Chleo Stone
----------
John's birth year for his memorial is based on the 1880 Census, in Baxter County, AR, dated June 1880. John was enumerated in his parent's household. John is aged 19 (1861), and his brother Sidney is aged 18 (1862).
Notice the 1900 Census: John and his brother Sidney are enumerated in their own separate households, in Baxter County, AR. Yet, their birth dates are identical ... April 1862.
Note: Sidney's headstone shows a birth year of 1862.
Therefore, unless new evidence is revealed, the birth year of 1861 is being used for John's memorial.
====================

John Stone Killed By Automobile In Texas
___________________________________
Former Baxter County Citizen Meets Death
Sept. 21st., While Out Driving
With Family.
___________________________________
J. N. Curlee received word this
week that John Stone, a former cit-
izen of this place, had been run over
by an automobile near his home in
Mathis, Texas, and killed.
Mr. Stone and wife and Sidney
Stone and wife were out driving near
Mathis. In some way Mr. Stone killed
his engine and got out of his car to
crank it, when a car from the rear
drove up, supposedly at high rate of
speed, hitting him. He died almost
instantly, his neck being broken.
Mr. Stone was well known here.

Baxter Bulletin (Mountain Home, Arkansas)
24 Sep 1926, Fri
Page 1

Note: John's death was not found on the Texas Death Index.
Presently, no notice of his death has been found in available Texas newspapers, including the Mathis paper.

Transcribed by rdunlap