Mary Jane (Stone) Morton (1834 - 1884)

Born 10 Oct 1834 in Estill County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joab Mahlon Morton — married 16 Aug 1855 (to 18 Sep 1884) in Estill County, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Sep 1884 at age 49 in Powell County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Mary Jane Stone was born 10 October 1834 in Estill County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Greenberry Stone and Sarah (Finnell) Stone.^[1]

Mary Jane married Joab Morton 16 August 1855 in Powell County Kentucky.^[2] They were married twenty-nine years and had twelve children. Mary Jane died 18 September 1884 in Powell County, Kentucky.^[3]

She is buried on the Hall Farm, West of Stanton, KY.^[3] (GPS: 37.833, -83.8722.... go to the church and go to the right to the back to the gravel road that leads to the cemetery)

Sources

1. ↑ Ollie Stone Blackwell, "History of Stone and Finnell Family," Estill County Historical and Genealogical Society, newsletter, unknown volume, (unknown issue date); from a transcription of a presentation at the Stone Family Reunion, 25 September 1983, Boone's Creek Baptist Camp, Clark County, Kentucky; transcript, http://sites.rootsweb.com/~kyestill/family/stone/stnfin.htm.
2. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DZ-SN44 : accessed 14 May 222), bond for Joab Morton & Mary Jane Stone, 13 August 1855, Irvine, Estill, Kentucky; citing various county clerks and courts; FHL microfilm 1,760,332; Augustine Webber, surety.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24024926/joab-mahlon-morton : accessed 14 May 2022), memorial page for Joab Mahlon Morton (15 Jun 1833–30 Apr 1908), ID 24024926; headstone photograph, contributor "harlan," 15 October 2012, citing Hall Cemetery, Stanton, Powell, Kentucky; Lee Perry Warren (contributor 47134075).

1. Amy Rupard, P.L. and Jincy Morton Forkner Bible (August 26, 2000)
2. Estill County Historical and Genealogical Society; "History of Stone and Finnell Family" by Blackwell, Ollie Stone. Note: This history is transcribed from a presentation by Ollie Blackwell at the Stone Family Reunion on Sept 25, 1983 in Clark County, KY at the Boone's Creek Baptist Camp.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Cheryl Caudill for starting this profile.