Thomas Junior Stone (1875 - 1968)

Born 7 Feb 1875 in Shelby County, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lutera (Spearman) Stone — married 23 Dec 1900 in Shelby County, Alabama, United States

Died 17 Aug 1968 at age 93 in Shelby County, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Thomas Junior Stone was born the 7th of February, 1875, in Shelby County, Alabama. Thomas is the son of Thomas Stone and Frances L. Fowler. Thomas was known as "Tommie".

Tommie, age 5, appears in the 1880 Federal census in Shelby County, Alabama in the household of his father, Thomas Stone.^[1]

Tommie appears in the 1900 Federal census in Shelby County, Alabama in the household of David M. Spearman. Tommie is listed as David's brother-in-law; however, this is incorrect. Tommie was an Uncle to David's wife Martha L. Stone Spearmen (the daughter of Jesse Stone, half brother to Tommie). Tommie's age is given as 24, and he is listed as a farm laborer. The census for David M. Spearman's household was enumerated on the 20th of June, 1900.

Tommie married Lutera (Terea) Spearman, daughter of James William Spearman and Willie Ellen Ray, on the 23rd of December, 1900, in Shelby County, Alabama.^[2]

Tommie appears in the 1910 Federal Census in Shelby County, Alabama. Tommie's household appears as follows: Thomas age 36; Tera age 24; Ervin age 8; Clarence age 6; Willie age 5; Ruba age 3; and Elzie age 1.^[3]

Tommie and Tera's daughter Jewel Stone, who was born in 1912, died the 16th of October 1914, and was buried in the Four Mile Baptist Church Cemetery, in Shelby County, Alabama.^[4]

Tommie appears in the 1920 Federal census in Shelby County, Alabama. Tommie's household appears as follows: Thomas age 44; Lutera age 33; James E. age 17; Clarence E. age 16; Willy E. age 14; Ruby F. age 13; Lula E. age 11; Thomas H. age 4; and Ethel F. age 1.^[5]

Tommie appears in the 1930 Federal census in Shelby County, Alabama. Tommie's household appears as follows: T.J. age 55; Lutera age 44; Hubert age 14; Faye age 11; and J.A. Taff age 36, listed as boarder.^[6]

Tommie appears in the 1940 Federal census in Shelby County, Alabama. Tommie's household appears as follows: T.J. age 65;Tera age 54; and Willie Spearman age 75, listed as mother-in-law.^[7]

Tommie died the 17th of August, 1968, in Shelby County, Alabama. Tommie is buried in the Four Mile Baptist Church Cemetery, Shelby County, Alabama.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VX-S4B : 19 February 2021), Thomas Stone in household of Thomas Stone, Wilsonville, Shelby, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 125, sheet 278D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,031.
2. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMT-BX1B : 19 February 2021), T J Stone and Terea Spearman, 23 Dec 1900; citing Shelby, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,571,846.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKWQ-GQ7 : accessed 28 July 2021), Thomas Stone, Wilsonville, Shelby, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 112, sheet 5B, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 32; FHL microfilm 1,374,045.
4. ↑ "Alabama Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F314-JXF : 16 January 2020), Tommie Stone in entry for Jewel Stone, 1914.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXDV-HGD : 31 January 2021), Thomas J Stone, 1920.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3KLC-8W2 : accessed 28 July 2021), T J Stone, Wilsonville, Shelby, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 9A, line 25, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 48; FHL microfilm 2,339,783.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V15W-CXM : 5 January 2021), T J Stone, Election Precinct 9 Wilsonville, Shelby, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 59-15, sheet 7A, line 19, family 109, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 79.
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGV-MMZ2 : 1 July 2020), Thomas J. Stone, 1968