Stone, Eli
| Personal Information | |
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| Last Name | Stone |
| First Name | Eli |
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| Death Date | 4/15/1899 |
| Birth Date | 4/7/1831 |
| Obituary Source | Martinsville Republican, April 20 & May 4, 1899 |
| Source Information | Cemetery index |
| Cemetery | Mooresville Cemetery |
| Family Information | |
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| Spouse | Martha Cox (deceased) |
| Survived By | Children, Ellis and Mollie. |
| Other | Age 68. "He and his parents moved to Indiana in 1834. Married Martha Cox, widow of Larkin Cox, on June 15, 1858. They had three children; one died in infancy. Died of heart disease. Born in Bourbon Co, Ky." He was "well liked and respected in the community...Died at his home in Mooresville. He was a well known farmer and formerly lived in Madison Township." [The Mooresville Guide for May 11, 1900 has a long article about the Indian village and French mission that once stood on the land owned by Mr. Stone. A band of Kentuckians supposedly wiped out the village in a massacre in 1795. In 1863, while building the Waverly-Indianapolis gravel road, a pit was found there with many bones.] Eli's grandfather Nimrod Stone was one of the earliest settlers of Madison Township. |
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