Celia Wilson (Bowen) Stone (1792 - 1857)

Born 25 Aug 1792 in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1857 at age 64 in Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri

This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.

Biography

The name Barton W. Stone is synonymous to work of the early years of the Restoration Movement in North America. The wife of his youth, Elizabeth Campbell Stone, passed from this life May 30, 1810, a little lest than nine years after marrying. In those short years she gave birth to four children. One of Eliza's cousins, eight years her junior, was Celia Wilson Bowen. She was the youngest daughter of Captain William Bowen (1742-1804) of Mansker's Creek, near Gallatin, Tennessee. Barton married Celia Stone, October 31, 1811. To them were born four sons and two daughters (William Bowen, John Henley, Mary Russell (Poly), Barton Warren, Catherine L., and Samuel Matthew). She remain concort and promoter of her beloved husband throughout the remaining days of his life. When Barton W. Stone died November 9, 1844, he and Celia were visiting in the home of their daughter, Amanda Bowen, in Hannibal, Missouri. The body was returned and temporarily buried on the property owned by the Stones in Jacksonville, Illinois. When Celia decided to sell the property, the body of her husband was exhumed and buried at the old Antioch church cemetery about seven miles distance. In the spring of 1847, the grave was again moved to its present location at Cane Ridge Meeting House near Paris, Kentucky. After the sale of the Jacksonville property, Celia moved to Hannibal, Missouri and lived out her remaining years in that town. She passed from this life Thursday, April 23, 1857. At the time most people were buried in the relatively new Baptist Cemetery on a hill just north of downtown Hannibal. She was buried in this grave yard.

During a June, 2009 trip through northern Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, C. Wayne Kilpatrick, Tom L. Childers, and Scott Harp visited the old cemetery. As over 150 years had passed since Celia Stone's departure, the cemetery was in a terrible state of disrepair. Many of the stones in the park had been vandalized or removed. It was a real concern as to whether the location would be able to be found. However the grave was located. Someone had placed a little wooden cross at the head. Gone, but not forgotten! It was cleaned up, and chalked to bring out the best definition. If you ever visit the town of Hannibal, do not forget that though the area is best remembered as being the boyhood home of Samuel Clemens, it was also the home of Celia Stone for nearly thirteen years. --- Scott Harp, www.therestorationmovement.com.

Inscription: Celia W. Wife Of Elder B.W. Stone Died Apr. 23, 1857 Aged 64 years, 7 ms. 28 ds. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.

Burial: Old Baptist Cemetery, Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri, USA

Find A Grave Memorial# 40487910

Sources

• des Cognets, Anna Russell, William Russell and his Descendants (Samuel F. Wilson, Lexington, Kentucky, December, 1884) (Free e-book. Available at Google Play)