10. John Benton STONE [scrapbook] ¹ (William Benton , Rauley ) was born ² 25 Apr 1857 in Alabama. He died ³ 3 Nov 1923 in Ashley Co., Arkansas.

From the Ashley County Eagle, it is known that on around 14 February 1893 that a tornado completely demolished John Stone's home, killing his wife and "badly injuring" three of his children.

In 1901 John acquired 40 acres of land in the same section where he grew up (SESE of S33, T17S, R6-W).

John married ^{1, 2} (1) Matilda Carlin SEYMORE on 19 Sep 1878 in Ashley Co., Arkansas.

John also married ^{1, 2} (2) C. Eleanor WADLINGTON ² on 23 Dec 1880 in Ashley Co., Arkansas. C. Eleanor WADLINGTON died ³ about 14 Feb 1893 in Ashley Co., Arkansas.

John also married ¹ (3) Eliza UNKNOWN about 1895. Eliza was born ¹ about 1861 in Louisiana. She died ² after 1920.

16. Jackson Van Buren STONE [scrapbook] (William Benton , Rauley ) was born ¹ 17 Nov 1870 in Arkansas. He died ² 22 Sep 1968 ³ in Crossett, Ashley Co., Arkansas and was buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Ashley Co., Arkansas.

   Jackson was born 17 November 1870 and was the eighth of William "Bill" and Artimisa "Jane" Stone.  However, four of the previous children did not live past age five.  Jackson was likely born in Carter Township, Ashley Co., Arkansas, around five miles southeast of Hamburg where his parents were known to reside five months prior to his birth [1870 Census].  It appears that Jackson Van Buren Stone was named after his uncle, Rev. Jackson Van Buren Waldrop (his mother's brother).  
    In 1880, at age 9, the family was still in Carter Township.  Also this year Jackson's father would die, leaving his mother Jane with seven children in the home.  In 1888, Jackson's older brother, Robert Marion, would die just before his 19th birthday.  Jackson and Robert were less than two years in age apart and likely close, as Jackson would later name his firstborn son after him.  Jackson's mother, Jane, died in 1890 just before his 20th birthday.  After her death, it is noted that 80 acres of land which was in Jane's name was jointly conveyed to Jackson and his younger brother William Norman (T17S, R62, S33, N½SW).  This land is located southeast of Hamburg, about 5.5 miles out on Hwy 8, then 3/4 of a mile to the south (reference the map in William B. Stone's scrapbook section of the electronic report).  The land patent was likely filed in 1890 soon after Jane's death, but was not officially granted until 1892.
    In 1893, Jackson would marry Anna Riley, and the union resulted in fourteen children, with twelve living to adulthood.  Their marriage was announced in the February 2nd, 1893, edition of the Ashley County Eagle which proclaimed "Jackson Stone and Miss Annie Riley were married by Rev. W. T. Adams recently."  Their first child was born later in 1893, Robert Marion, and would be named after Jackson's younger brother Robert Marion, who had died in 1888.  Jackson and Anna's firstborn daughter, Julia Fidelia Stone, would be named after Anna's mom, who died eleven days after giving birth to Anna.
   At the time of or soon after their marriage, it is thought that Jackson and Anna moved to Berea to 80 acres given to them by Anna's father, Jim Riley [Anna Stone interview, March 2005].  Jackson and Anna were certainly in Berea by July 1895, as this is when Jackson became a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Berea "by letter."  Anna would become a member a year later in July 1896 by "experience and baptism" [Mt. Olive records, p. 73].  It is thought that Anna's father, Jim Riley, gave them 80 acres of land in Berea.  (Incidentally, the move to Berea may also be correlated with a tornado that came through the original Stone land southeast of Hamburg on 14 February 1893.  The tornado destroyed the home of Jackson's brother, John Benton, as well as killing John's wife and seriously injuring three of his children.  John's home site was within half a mile of Jackson's land.)
   The 1900 census indicates the family was residing in Bearhouse Township, Ashley Co., Arkansas.  In May 1911, Jackson was elected deacon of Mt. Olive Baptist Church and was ordained a month later [ibid, p. 110].  In 1923 their youngest child, Anna Winnimae, was born when Jackson was 52 and Anna 45.  On 25 January 1925 Jackson and family were granted letters leaving Mt. Olive Baptist Church [ibid, p. 130].  At this time the family moved to a Gates' logging camp near Wilmar, Drew Co., Arkansas.  The stay there was short, for soon after they went to "Crossett logging camp" [Anna Stone, March 2005 interview].  Jackson helped build some of the first houses for the Crossett Lumber Company [Gladys Stone Boykin].  (Note that the move to Gates Camp may have been to a location near the Crossett Camp in Ashley county--it is known that the Gates Camp moved into the Crossett Camp from Wilmar in 1925-26, [Reflections of Ashley County, p. 170]).  
    In 1929, the family returned to Bearhouse Township, Ashley County, and purchased land from William Jeptha Douglass, who was the father-in-law of two of Jackson's children [Anna Stone interview, Gladys Stone Boykin article].  This land was around 1/2 mile south of the Mt. Olive Church.  (According to Jackson's granddaughter, Anna Ruth Stone Kelley, this land was never owned by Jackson, but was eventually owned by Jackson's son, Robert Marion Stone).  It was at the Douglass place that the family was residing for the 1930 census.  It is also noted from the 1930 census that their first son, Robert Marion, is living near them with wife Ruth and three children.  Jackson and Anna resided on this property until around 1944 or 1945, when they moved a few miles to the southeast to Snyder, Ashley Co., Arkansas [Anna Stone, Anna Ruth Stone Kelley].  Shortly before their move to Snyder, Jackson and Anna moved to Booneville, Arkansas.  They were in Booneville for around six months and stayed with Anna's first cousin, Dr. Jesse Dean Riley, who was superintendent of the state sanatorium there.  Jackson did carpentry work during their stay in Booneville.  Returning to Snyder, they owned a home immediately to the west of Snyder cemetery, living there until just before Anna died in 1954 [Gladys Stone Boykin].
    Jackson was widowed on 4 January 1954 with the death of Anna.  Jackson died 9 years later on 22 September 1968 in Ashley Co. less than two months before his 99th birthday.  His longevitiy surpassed that of his grandfather, Rauley Stone, who had died in 1892 in Alabama at more than 90 years old.  Jackson was buried in the Mount Olive Cemetery, Berea, Ashley Co., Arkansas.
    Jackson was known to comment on how he would love to travel back to Alabama and learn more about the Stone family history [Anna Stone].

Obituary from the Sept. 26, 1968 edition of the Ashley County Ledger:
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Services For Jackson Stone Held Monday
   Jackson Van Buren Stone, aged 97, of Snyder died in a Crossett hospital Sunday, September 22. Mr. Stone was one of the last surviving pioneer citizens of Ashley county. He had lived most of his life in the Mt. Olive community, north of Hamburg, and was a retired farmer. He was a Baptist.
   Mr. Stone is survived by three sons, Robert and James Stone, Hamburg; Henry Stone, Pine Bluff; nine daughters, Mrs. Fedelia Douglas, Dermott; Mrs. Lula McKinney, Crossett; Mrs. Alma Bailey, Mrs. Helen Trimm and Mrs. Irene Smith, Monticello; Mrs. Vonnie Bailey, Wilmar; Mrs. Gladys Boykin, Malvern; Mrs. Agnes Adair, Snyder; Mrs. Ann Rowley, Atlanta, Ga.; forty grandchildren, fiftyseven great grandchildren and eleven great, great grandchildren.
   Funeral services were at 2:30 P. M. Monday in the First Baptist Church, Hamburg, by the Revs. E. E. Griever, Klois Hargis, Jerry Selby and Harold White.
   Pallbearers were Edward Turnage, Charles Turnage, Billy Bailey, Jimmy Bailey, Jack Douglas, Charles Glen Stone, John Charles Wisner, C. I. Burchfield and Douglas Stone.
   Burial was in the Mt. Olive cemetery with Jones Funeral Home in charge.
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Jackson married ^{1, 2} Anna Elizabeth Fidelia RILEY [scrapbook] ³, daughter of James Nathaniel RILEY "Jim" and Julia Fidelia TAYLOR, on 29 Jan 1893 in Berea, Ashley Co., Arkansas. Anna was born ⁴ 26 Jan 1878 in Arkansas. She died ⁵ 4 Jan 1954 in Crossett, Ashley Co., Arkansas and was buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Ashley Co., Arkansas.

Aug 1901: appointed to a committee at Mt. Olive Baptist Church to buy "wall lamps" (Mt. Olive Records, p. 98).

Anna's mother, Julia, died only five days after she was born, presumably from complications related to the birth. Anna's second middle name, Fidelia, is thought to have been given to her as a memorial to her mother (whose middle name was Fidelia). From the 1880 census, it is seen that Anna is in the household of her grandfather, James Cooper RILEY in Bearhouse, Ashley Co., AR. Her father, James Nathan RILEY is living in a nearby house by himself.

Anna died of cancer (Joyce G. STONE).

Obituary
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MRS. J. V. STONE
Mrs. J. V. B. Stone, aged 75, lifelong resident of Ashley county, died in the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. I. Burchfield in Crossett Monday, January 4.
Mrs. Stone and her husband, who survives lived most of their lives in the Mount Olive community, north of Hamburg, and were from members of the earliest Ashley county families. The couple, who have 12 living descendants, had children attending Ashley county Schools for 40 continuous years. She was one of the oldest members of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church.
Those surviving are her husband; three sons, Robert Stone and James Stone, Hamburg, Henry Stone, Monticello; nine daughters, Mrs. T. D. Douglas, West Memphis, Mrs. C. I. Burchfield, Crossett, Mrs. John Bailey, Little Rock, Mrs. Jim Bailey, Wilmar, Mrs. J. C. Wisner, Wilmot, Mrs. Zack Boykin, Malvern, Mrs. Henry Smith, Monticello, Mrs. Thomas Adair, Snyder and Mrs. Cecil Rowley, Silver Springs, Md., one brother, Ira Riley, Hamburg and one sister, Mrs. Velma Clark, Hamburg.
Forty-six grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church at 2 p. m. Wednesday by Revs. Joe: Warbington, Robert Smith, Thad Douglas and Harold White. Burial was in the Mt. Olive cemetery with Jones Funeral Home in charge.
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Marriage Notes:

Married by Brother Lorenza C. Adams.

17. Amanda Carolin STONE "Carrie" ¹ (William Benton , Rauley ) was born ² 15 Dec 1872 in Arkansas. She died Aft 1968? and was buried ³ in Beech Creek Cemetery, Ashley Co., Arkansas.

Carrie married ^{1, 2} William Edgar BROWN ³, son of John M. BROWN and Sarah UNKNOWN, on 17 Mar 1890 in Ashley Co., Arkansas. William was born ^{4, 5} 12 Jan 1868 in Mississippi. He died ^{3, 4} 30 Nov 1949 in Ashley Co., Arkansas and was buried ⁴ in Beech Creek Cemetery, Ashley Co., Arkansas.

Appears that the Ashley County Ledger transcription of his headstone may have the wrong death date (30 Nov 1914)--he is found in the 1920 & 1930 census.

Marriage Notes:

Alternate marriage date of 16 Mar 1890 given in the Ashley Co. marriage registrations.

20. Robert Marion WALDROP ¹ (Sarah Allie STONE , Rauley ) was born 11 Apr 1860 in Arkansas. He died ^{2, 3} 24 Jul 1889 in Egypt Township, Ashley Co., Arkansas and was buried ⁴ in Antioch Cemetery, Ashley Co., Arkansas.

From the August 1st, 1889, Ashley County Eagle:
"Mr. Robert Waldrop, about 30, died at his home in Egypt township on July 25th, 1889.  He was a son of Rev. J. V. B. Waldrop, and leaves a wife and two children."

Robert married ¹ Francis M. MILLER ¹ on 5 Jan 1882 in Ashley Co., Arkansas. Francis was born ² Jul 1860 in Arkansas.

22. John Manley WALDROP "Doc" (Sarah Allie STONE , Rauley ) was born 30 Apr 1866 in Arkansas. He died ¹ 23 Apr 1940 and was buried ² in Liberty Baptist Cemetery, Union Pa., Louisiana.

Doc married ¹ Madelyn Columbia LOVE on 18 Jul 1900. Madelyn was born ¹ 7 Mar 1881. She died ² 30 Jul 1958 and was buried ² in Liberty Baptist Cemetery, Union Pa., Louisiana.