Mary Ann (Matlock) Stone (1841 - 1882)

Born 23 Jan 1841 in La Fontaine, Liberty Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Elias Smith Stone — married 15 Oct 1857 in Wabash, Noble Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States

Died 28 Jul 1882 at age 41 in Wabash, Indiana, United States

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Biography

NOTE: The information presented below is from the book "THE MATLOCK FAMILY OF VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE, INDIANA, AND BEYOND." by Jack E. MacDonald. Reference numbers at the end of each sentence are not sequential but do match up with numbered references under Sources.

Mary Ann Matlock, the daughter of John Shepherd Matlock and Mary Banta Cassatt, was born at La Fontaine in Wabash County, Indiana on 23 January 1841. 44,47 She was later married at Wabash in Wabash County on 15 October 1857 to a man named Elias Smith Stone. 48 Elias Stone, who had been born in Fayette County, Indiana on 22 September 1836, was the son of Elias Barbee Stone and Catherine Houston Lindsay. 44 He was also the brother of the Francis Burgess Stone that married Mary's sister, Melissa. 44

During the Civil War, Elias Stone received a military commission on 6 August 1862 to the rank of Captain, and on 25 August 1862, his company was mustered into the Union Army as Company A of the 89th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. His Company was immediately ordered to the front at Munfordville in Kentucky, where it suffered heavy losses. Elias resigned his commission in September 1864 at St. Louis, Missouri and returned to Wabash County. 147

According to the 1880 census of Indiana, Elias and Mary Ann Stone were residing at Noble in Wabash County, Indiana, where Elias worked as a miller. 171 Mary Ann subsequently died in Wabash County On 28 July 1882. 47 She was buried in the Boundary Line Cemetery near La Fontaine, Indiana. 149

After Mary Ann passed away, Elias married for a second time, also in Wabash County, Indiana to a woman named Alice Line on 15 June 1884. 48 He subsequently married for a third time to a woman named Susan J. Reed on 2 August 1899, also in Wabash County. 48 Elias and Susan eventually moved to the town of Marion in Grant County, Indiana, where Elias Stone died on 18 September 1903. 44,172 Whatever became of Susan has not been determined.

Issue: (Surname Stone)

154. Florence Myrtle "Flora" - b. 6 August 1858 in Wabash Co., IN. 44,47; m. 4 March 1895 to Thomas Finch in Wabash Co., IN. 48; d. 27 June 1896 at La Fontaine, Wabash Co., IN. 44,47; bur. Matlock Cem., Wabash, Wabash Co., IN. 47

155. Ovid Jefferson - b. 5 April 1861 in Wabash Co., IN. 44; m. 20 September 1884 to Edith A. Crist in Grant Co., IN. 44,101

156. Charles Matlock - b. 5 October 1871 in Wabash Co., IN. 44; d. 22 February 1872 in Wabash Co., IN. 44

157. Melissa Mae - b. 6 June 1874 in Wabash Co., IN. 44; m. (1) 11 December 1892 to Irvin D. Thrush in Wabash Co., IN. (divorced) 44,48,173; m. (2) 8 June 1910 to Franklyn W. Jarvis at Milwaukee, WI. 173; d. (last found residing at Chicago, Cook Co., IL. in 1910) 173

158. Jessie Gertrude - b. 8 September 1875 in Wabash Co., IN. 44,174; m. 21 October 1894 to Bennie Howard in Wabash Co., IN. 44,48; d. 27 December 1957 in Wabash Co., IN. 174; bur. La Fontaine I.O.O.F. Cem., La Fontaine, Wabash Co., IN. 174

159. Grace Darling (twin) - b. 16 February 1878 in Miami Co., IN. 44,49; m. 23 October 1907 to Thomas Albright in Madison Co., IN. 44,67; d. 18 October 1972 at Wabash, Wabash Co., IN. 49; bur. Falls Memorial Gardens Cem., Wabash, Wabash Co., IN. 49

160. Guy B. (twin) - b. 16 February 1878 in Miami Co., IN. 44; m. 22 October 1902 to Carrie Hendel in Wabash Co., IN. 44,48; d. 1941 in Wabash Co., IN. 175; bur. Center Grove Cem., Lincolnville, Wabash Co., IN. 175

Sources

44. Genealogical Record Book of Queries, Correspondence, and Family Information Compiled Between 1888 and 1932 by Thomas Jefferson Stone (1864-1932), Son of Francis Burgess Stone and Melissa Matlock. Unpublished. Copy in Possession of Author, Jack MacDonald, of Powell, Wyoming.

47. Find a Grave - Matlock Cemetery, Wabash, Wabash Co., IN. (findagrave.com)

48. Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007. (familyserach.org)

49. Find a Grave - Falls Memorial Cemetery Wabash, Wabash Co., IN. (findagrave.com)

67. Indiana, Select Marriages, 1780-1992. (familysearch.org)

101. Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941. (ancestry.com)

147. Helm, Thomas B. History of Wabash County, Indiana. Chicago, IL: John Morris Printer, 1884. (familysearch.org)

149. Find a Grave - Boundary Line Cemetery, La Fontaine, Wabash Co., IN. (findagrave.com)

171. 1880 Federal Census, Wabash Co., IN. (ancestry.com)

172. 1900 Federal Census, Grant Co., IN. (ancestry.com)

173. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., Marriages, 1838-1911. (ancestry.com)

174. Find a Grave - La Fontaine I.O.O.F. Cemetery, La Fontaine, Wabash Co., IN. (findagrave.com)

175. Find a Grave - Center Grove Cemetery, Lincolnville, Wabash Co., IN. (findagrave.com)