Daniel
Edwin Stone
W.
Owings Stone II
A few years
back, the Emmitsburg
Dispatch published the recollections
of Property Owners and Business in Emmitsburg from
Samuel Hays. Unfortunately, Mr. Hays never
proved the Dispatch the period of his recollections. Any
suggestions on what period of emmitsburg History he is
referring to would be greatly appreciated (our best
guess to date is between 1925 and 1930). -- Emmitsburg
Historical Society
Recently, the Emmitsburg
Historical Society received the following note:
My great-grandfather
and great-great-grandfather were both doctors in the
area, both named Daniel Edwin Stone -- you'll see a Dr.
Stone listed on the Hays list. The house my
great-grandfather lived in (as best I can recall) is
next to a path that leads up to the cemetery. This is
where my grandfather the Rev. W. Owings Stone grew up
(my dad always said my grandfather was a soda jerk in
the drugstore on the corner a few buildings up from the
house).
On the side of the
house farthest from the path is a small addition. The
stone at the foot of the door of that addition has the
name Stone on it -- that was where my great-grandfather
practiced medicine. He died of acute appendicitis on 13
Jun 1920 at the age of 44. My great-grandmother,
Elizabeth Hammond Downey Stone continued living in the
house, finally marrying a man named Mr. Riggs (I think).
(The Doctor and his wife as well as the Rev. W. O. Stone
and his wife Margaret Simpson Stone are all buried in
the cemetery in Emmitsburg.)
My
great-great-grandfather, also Dr. Daniel Edwin Stone,
died in 1924 in Mt. Pleasant, aged 84. His wife was
Rebecca Owings Stone. (My other great-great-grandfathers
in the area were Dr. Jesse Wright Downey, Dr. Thomas W.
Simpson, and Gibson Smith. I have information on all but
Gibson Smith, of whom I know absolutely nothing!)
So what does this all
mean? If the Hays list purports to report on active
businesses, then it must have been made before my
great-grandfather's death in June 1920. On the other
hand, the empty office remained there with the rock
carved with the name Stone.
I hope this has been
helpful!
W. Owings Stone II
Boston, Mass.
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