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left part of his property to charitable institutions of Brooklyn, which had during his lifetime been subjects of his bounty. He is the author of : Frank Forest (1849) ; Life and Letters of Mary E. Hiibbel, his niece (1857), and of magazine ar- ticles. He died in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 2, 1895.

STONE, Eben Francis, representative, was born in Newburyport, Mass., Aug. 3, 1822; son of Ebenezer and Fanny (Coolidge) Stone, and a descendant in the seventh generation from Elias Stone of Charlestown, Mass. He attended the North Andover academy ; was graduated from Harvard college, A.B., A.M., 1843, LL.B. 1846; was admitted to the Suflfolk bar in 1847, and be- gan the practice of law in partnership with Caleb Gushing in Newburyport, in 1847. He was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature four years, and state senator three years. He was married to Harriet J. Perrin of Boston. He raised and recruited a company in 1861, of which he became captain ; commanded a recruiting camp at Wenham, and subsequently became colonel of the 48th Massachusetts volunteers. He was mayor of Newburyport in 1867 ; a mem- ber of the state legislature, 1867-80 ; chairman of the Republican state committee, and a Re- publican representative from the seventh Mass- achusetts district in the 47th, 48th and 49th con- gresses, 1881-87, and served on the committee on rivers and harbors. He died in Newburyport, Mass., Jan. 23, 1895.

STONE, Frederick, representative, was born in Virginia, Feb. 7, 1820 ; grandson of Michael Jenifer Stone (about 1750-1812) of Charles county, Md., member of the 1st congi'ess, 1789- 91, and a judge of the state general court; de- scendant of William Stone (about 1603-1695) of Noi'thamptonshire, England, who settled in Northampton county, Va.; was colonial governor of Maryland, 1649-53, and commanded the Cav- alier forces at Severn, March 25, 1655, where he was taken prisoner and condemned to death, but released by the entreaty of the Roundhead party. Frederick Stone was graduated at St. John's col- lege, Annapolis, Md., A.B., 1839; was admitted to the bar in 1841, and began practice at Port Tobacco, Md. In 1852 he was appointed one of the commissioners to simplify and abridge the rules of pleading, practice and conveyancing in Maryland ; declined his election as a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1864 ; was a member of the state legislature, 1865 and 1871, and was a Democratic representative from Maryland, in the 40th and 41st congresses, 1869-71. He was associate judge of the court of appeals of Mary- land, 1881-90, retiring on account of age. He was married secondly, June 15, 1870, to Mrs. Jennie Fergusson. He died at his country home, " Idaho," near La Plata, Md., Oct. 17, 1899.

STONE, Frederick Dawson, librarian and his- torian, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 8, 1841 ; son of John and Mary (Whittle) Stone ; grandson of Charles and Margaret (Steele) Stone, and of Robert and Ann (Whetstone) Whittle, and a descendant of George Steele and Hannah Button of Cheshire, England. He was educated in the Union academy of Philadelphia ; traveled abroad in the interest of business, 1859-60. and upon his return entered the firm of John Stone & Sons, silk importers. During the civil war he enlisted in the Gray Reserves and served through the Gettysburg campaign, being present at the bombardment of Carlisle, Pa., July 1, 1863. He became a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, March, 1863; was a member of the council from January, 1869, to February, 1S77, when he became librarian, serving until 1897. He was appointed by Governor Paltison, a member of the Valley Forge Park commission, June, 1893, and served for a short time as its secretary ; was a member of the American Philo- sophical society, 1895-97, and honorary or corre- sponding member of several historical and genea- logical institutions. He was actively associated in the promotion of the various celebrations in Philadelphia, 1876-89, and received the honorary degree of Litt.D. from the Universitj' of Pennsj-l- vania in 1895. He was married, Nov. 9, 1865, to Anne Eveline, daughter of Adam Kendrick and Hannah (Steele) Witmer of Paradise, Lancaster county, Pa., and of their sons, Witmer Stone (q.v.) became a naturalist of note, and Fi-ederick Dawson Stone, Jr., born Aug. 7, 1872, was grad- uated from the University of Pennsjlvania, B.S., 1893, C.E., 1894 (died Feb. 14, 1896). Frederick Dawson Stone, Sr., was a recognized autliority on tlie early colonial and Revolutionary history of Pennsylvania. He also possessed an exception- ally fine knowledge of printing and engraving, and his rare collection of Americana contained many prints of both technical and historic in- tei-est. He edited the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography from 1877 ; was the asso- ciate editor of Pennsylvania and the Federal Con- stitution, 1787-1SS3 (18S^); and is the author of the chaptens : "The Founding of Pennsylvania" and "The Struggle for the Delaware" in Winsor's, "Narrative and Critical History of America" (1884-88); Tlie Battle of Brandynnne, a monograph (1895); Memoir of William John Potts (1897); A Plea for the Study of Genealogy, an address (1897), and supplementary chapters in Wood's " History of the University of Pennsylvania " and Eting's "History of Independence Hall." He died in Philadelphia Pa., Aug. 12, 1897.

STONE, George Washington, jurist, was born in Bedford county, Va., Oct. 24, 1811 ; son of Mica jail and Sarah (Leftwich) Stone ; grandson