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engineer-in-cliief of the construction of the pedestal of the Bartholdi statue of "Liberty" in New York harbor, acting as grand mar- shal at the dedication ceremonies. He is the author of: Washinutot on the Eve of the War, which was accorded the first nineteen j)ages of Volume I, " Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" (1887). In this article lie gives a com- prehensive account of the alarming condition of affairs at the National Capital from December,

1860, to the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, March 4,

1861. General Stone died in New York City, Jan. 24. 18S7.

STONE, Charles Warren, representative, was born in Groton, Mass.. June 29, 1843; son of Warren F., and Mary (Williams) Stone; grand- son of Joseph and Racliel (Green) Stone, and of Josiah S. and Lydia (Simonds) Williams; great- grandson of Jonas Stone and Jacob Williams, who were at the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill, and a descendant of Deacon Simon Stone, one of the first settlers of Gro- ton, and prominent in the early Indian wars. He was prepared for college at Law- rence academy, Groton, and was graduated at Williams in 1863, having paid his tuition by tutoring and performing manual labor. He was principal of the Union srhonlc. Warren, Pa., 1863-65; superintendent of schools in AVarren county. 186"); principal of the academy at Erie, Pa., 1805; cotton planter in Mississippi, 1866, and was admitted to the bar at Warren, Pa., in 1861. He formed a partuersliip witii Judge Rasselas Brown, Jan. 1, 1867, the firm being succeeded in 1899 by Charles W. Stone & Son. He was a rep- resentative in the state legislature, 1870-71, and as chairman of the committee to investigate al- leged encro.achments on the lands inclosing the harbor at Erie, he was instrumental in preserving the lands on which the marine hospital was erected, which afterward became the Soldiers' Home. He was a state senator, 1877-78; lieu- tenant-governor, 1879-83; secretary of the com- monwealth, 1887-90, and representative in the 51st congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lewis F. Watson, and in the 52d, 53d 54th and 55th congresses, serving, 1890-99, and in the last two congresses being chairman of the committee on coinage, weights and measures. He was a representative from Pennsylvania at the interstate extradition conference called by the governors of several states in 1887, and a del- egate to the prison congress which assembled in Boston. ^lass., in 1888. lie was a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Penn- sylvania in 1898. He was elected a trustee of the Pennsylvania State college, a member of the Union League of Philadelpliia and of the Sons of

the Revolution. He was married, July 30, 1868, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Moorhead and had six children, the oldest son, Ralph Warren Stone, being his partner in the firm of Charles W. Stone & Son.

STONE, David, governor of North Carolina, was born in Hope, N.C., Feb. 17, 1770; son of Zedekiali Stone, who at an early date moved from Vermont to Bertie county, N.C.; was a member of the provincial congress at Halifax, N.C., 1776, and served as state senator for several years. David Stone was graduated from the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1788, A.M., 1791; studied law under Gen. William R. Davie, and was admitted to the bar in 1790. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1791-94; judge of the .supreme court of North Carolina, 1795-98; was a Democratic representative from North Carolina to the 6th congress, 1799-1801, and United States senator, serving, 1801-1806, when he resigned to accept a seat on the state supreme court bench. He was governor of North Carolina, 1808-10; re-elected to the United States senate for the full term, beginning, March 4, 1813, but resigned in 1814, being censured by the North Carolina legislature for his opposition to President Madison on war measures. He died at Hope, N.C., Oct. 7, 1818.

STONE, David Marvin, journalist, was born in Oxford, Conn., Dec. 23, 1817. He was edu- cated in the common schools; was employed in the mercantile business in 1831, and taught school in 1833. He was married, Sept. 7, 1841, to Delia Charlotte Hall (1818-1887) of Walling- ford. Conn., who was actively connected with va- rious benevolent and religious organizations of Brooklyn, N.Y., and a generous contributor to philanthropic institutions. Mr. Stone was es- tablislied as a merchant in Philadelphia. Pa., 1842-49, removing to Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1849, on becoming editor of the New York Di-i/ Goods Reporter; edited the New York Jounuil of Covi- vierce, December, 1849, to September, 1861, when he purchased the publication conjointly with William C. Prime. In 1864, the Journal was temporarily suspended and the arrest of its editor ordered by the government for liaving published a fraudulent proclamation, purporting to be signed bj' President Lincoln; but upon tiie discovery of Mr. Stone's irresponsibility in the matter, his arrest was countermanded, as was also the suspension of the paper. He succeeded as editor-in-chief in 1866, and retained the posi- tion until June 10, 189-3, when the paper was merged into the Commercial Bulletin. He main- tained extensive conservatories and flower gar- dens which lie opened to the public under restriction, and the schoolchildren of his neigh- borhood were his most welcome visitors. He