According to an 1850 census [1], Harrison Stone was age 9 living with his parents Zelotes and Hanna Stone (and 9 other relatives), indicating that he was born in Michigan in 1841. This is confirmed by other sources, such as Harrison's death record [12]. He is missing in the 1860 census [2], indicating that he had left the household by that time. An 1861-1865 Civil War record [3] indicates that he was a soldier (Private rank) with the 1st Regiment, Michigan Sharpshooters military unit. In 1868 he married Olive F. Downes [4] (b. 1844) in Macomb County, MI. They had two daughtes, Addie E. [5] and Amy Minetta [7]. An 1870 census [6] shows Addie (age 1) living with her parents plus 4 other relatives. An 1880 census [8] shows only Amy (age 7) (registered as "Minnie", corresponding to her middle name) living with Harrison and Olive. (Since Addie would only have been 11 at this time, there is a mystery as to why she wasn't listed.) A 1900 census [8] lists Minnie (age 27) living with her parents. Harrison became a widower in 1901 when his wife Olive died at age 57 [9], but this was quickly cured when he married Emma Robertson Boshaw (herself a widow) (age 39) in Macomb County, MI in 1902 [10]. Their marriage lasted 22 years until Harrison's death in 1924 at age 83 [14]. In the meantime, Harrison's daughter "Minnie", a nurse, had tragically died in 1905 at age 33 [11]. 1910 and 1920 censuses [12], [13] showed Harrison and Emma living in Ray, Michigan with Emma's son Warren Boshaw (aka Beauchamp) in the household.
[1] 1850 census of Zelotes Stone: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8J-YHX
[2] 1860 census of Zelotes Stone: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6Q-BZ6
[3] 1861-65 Civil Ware Index: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSC9-JJ6
[4] 1868 marriage to Olive F. Downes: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN2G-39P
[5] 1869 birth of Addie E. Stone: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQC6-SFV
[6] 1870 Harrison Stone census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCQ-BYS
[7] 1872 birth of Amy Minetta Stone: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPWP-NG8Y
[8] 1880 Harrison Stone census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSR-R65
[8] 1900 Harrison Stone census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS9W-N5P
[9] 1901 wife Olive F. Stone death: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHK8-H92
[10 1902 marriage to Emma Robertson Boshaw: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3DQ-FN7
[11] 1905 death of daughter Amy M. Stone: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHK8-KH6
[12] 1910 Harrison Stone census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLRM-KD1
[13] 1920 Harrison Stone census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZQC-XM1
[14] 1924 Harrison Stone death record: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFQ9-CDK
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