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is a member and vestryman of the Pro- testant Episcopal church, holding the latter office since 1899; belongs to the Masonic order, is an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pyth- ias and in political faith a Democrat.

Dr. Payne married, December 14, 1894, Amelia Metcalf Choppin, born in New Or- leans, Louisiana, in September, 1873, daugh- ter of Arthur Choppin, and niece of Dr. Samuel G. Choppin, a leading surgeon of the South. Child, Wilbur Boswell (2), born in Covington, \'irginia, April 5, 1901.

George Blagdon Stone. Of the three generations of this line of Stones who have known American residence two have been associated with the legal profession, George Blagdon and his father, William James Stone. William James Stone was a son of William James (i) and Elizabeth Jane (Lenthall) Stone, his father born in Eng- land, in which land the parents of his mother were also born, she a native of the United States. William James (i) Stone came to the United States in 1810, settling first in New Brunswick, New Jersey. His calling was that of engraver. He pro- ceeded to Washington, District of Colum- bia, there making a facsimile of the Decla- ration of Independence in steel, a piece of work generally conceded to be a master- piece in that line. He performed numerous other commissions for the government, among them the engraving of maps, and was well-known as an engraver of accurate skill and unusual talent.

William James (2) Stone, son of William James (i) and Elizabeth Jane (Lenthall) Stone, was born in 1824, died in 1866. He was educated in Princeton College, and choosing to follow his career in the law he established in practice at Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia, there residing until his early death, aged forty-two years. He mar- ried Mary Frances, only child of Thomas and Lucy (Watkins) Green, her father of Culpeper, Virginia, her mother of Rich- mond, Virginia. Two of the sons of Thomas Green (by a second marriage), Thomas Ritchie and Bernard Peyton Green, were soldiers in the Confederate army during the war of 1861-1865. Both members f the famous "Black Horse Cavalry," the latter also serving as a private courier on the staff of General Jackson. Children of William James (2) and Mary Frances

(Green) Stone: i. Thomas Green, born September 10, 1850, deceased ; was a farmer ; married Elizabeth Putnam, deceased, and had children : Thomas Green, Jr., and Isa- bella Green. 2. George Blagdon, of further mention. 3. William L., deceased. 4. Lucy Lyons, deceased. 5. Elizabeth Jane, de- ceased. 6. Mary Lyons, deceased ; married Hobert Hutton, of Alaryland, also deceased, and has one son, William Stone. 7. Roberta King, married Dr. A. H. Witmer, deceased; she resides in Washington. District of Co- lumliia, the mother of one son, George Stone \\'itmer. 8. Bessie P., who also lives in Washington, D. C.

George Blagdon Stone, son of William James (2) and Mary Frances (Green) Stone, was born in the District of Columbia, November 16, 1852. After studying under private instruction in his native place he journeyed abroad, continuing his education ir Switzerland and France. Returning to the United States he was for two years a student in St. John's College, at Annapolis. Maryland, and completing his academic pursuits he became a student at law in the office of William Mattingly, who had pre- pared for the practice of law in the office of William James Stone. In 1874 he was admitted to the bar of the District of Co- lumbia, conducting a general practice for several years. He is a member of the Order of Runnymedt. of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, and of the Protestant Episcopal church. Mr. Stone is the owner of an at- tractive house in W^arrenton, and also has a beautifully situated farm in Fauquier coimty, in the cultivation of which he takes a deep interest, driving out each morning, except in winter, to personally superintend its cultivation.

He married Minerva Winston, born in Fauquier county, X'irginia, daughter of John Daniel and Lucy G. (Blackwell) Payne, the ceremony being solemnized Feb- luary 16, 1875. John Daniel Payne was a member of the "Black Horse Cavalry," and was captain of a company recruited in Prince \\'illiam county. Virginia. John Daniel Payne was a son of Colonel Wil- liam Winter Payne, born in Fauquier county, Virginia, a member of Congress from Alabama, who married Minerva Win- ston, daughter of Governor Winston, of Alabama. Children of George Blagdon and Minerva \\'inston (Payne) Stone: i. John