East Baton Rouge County Louisiana Archives Biographies.....Stone, Robert April 1, 1892 - 

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Author: Henry E Chambers

Robert J. Stone is the efficient superintendent of the lubricating works of the 
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana at Baton Rouge, and is one of the popular 
young business men of the capital city.

Robert John Stone was born in Williamson County, Texas, April 1, 1892, and is a 
son of John A. and Anna Elizabeth (John) Stone, the former of whom was born in 
Alabama, November 27, 1852, and the latter of whom was born in Texas, in 1857, 
a representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of the Lone Star State.

John A. Stone was a lad of about thirteen years at the time of the family 
removal from Alabama to Belleville, Texas, in 1865, and his youthful education 
included a partial college course.  After his marriage he continued his 
residence in Austin County, Texas, until his removal to Georgetown, that state, 
where he continued his activities as an agriculturist, with special attention 
given to the raising of cotton.  There and in other districts o Texas he 
continued his operations along this line until 1922, when he removed to 
Cushing, Oklahoma, where he and his wife have since maintained their home and 
where he is now living virtually retired.  He is a thoroughgoing democrat, and 
he and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.  
Of their children the eldest is Lawrence Griffin, who is a railroad clerk at 
Cushing, Oklahoma:  Robert J., of this sketch, was the next in order of birth;  
Alfred George, who likewise holds a clerical position in a railroad office at 
Cushing, was in the nation's military service in the World war period, and was 
training for a commission as a cavalry officer at the time when the armistice 
brought the war to a close; and  Margaret Ruth and  Anna Elizabeth remain at 
the parental home.  By a prior marriage John A. Stone became the father of 
three children, two of whom died in infancy, the one surviving being Henry 
Wooten Stone, who is a railway station agent at Cushing, Oklahoma.

The public schools of Georgetown and Beaumont, Texas, afforded Robert J. Stone 
his early education, and after attending the high school at Beaumont one year, 
at the age of sixteen years he was variously employed until he was eighteen 
years old.  He then, in 1910, came to Baton Rouge and took a position as 
gauger's helper at the plant of the Standard Oil Company of Louisiana.  In 1912 
he was advanced to the position of pump man, in 1914 was assigned to service as 
pumper at the lubricating works, the following year recorded his promotion to 
the position of compounder, in 1917 he was made foreman of the compounding 
department and grease works, in 1918 he became general foreman of the 
lubricating works, of which he was made assistant superintendent the following 
year, and since 1921 he has held the office of superintendent, his advancement 
having come through his ability, fidelity and efficient service.

Mr. Stone naturally pins his political faith to the democratic party.  He is an 
active member of the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce and the Baton Rouge Golf 
and Country Club, is affiliated with Baton Rouge Lodge No. 490, Benevolent and 
Protective Order of Elks, and he holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, South, while his wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

October 16, 1920, recorded the marriage of Mr. Stone and Miss Tat Macmurdo 
Larguier, daughter of Isadore and Lulie (Macmurdo) Larguier, of Baton Rouge, 
where the father was commissioner Streets and parks at the time of his (heath 
and there the widowed mother still maintains her home.  The more advanced 
education of Mrs. Stone was gained by her attending the Louisiana State Normal 
College at Natchitoches.  Mr. and Mrs. Stone have a gallant little son, Robert 
John, Jr., who was born September 19, 1921.

Additional Comments:
A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 125, by Henry E. Chambers.  Published by 
The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.

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