Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Stone, Darius 1888
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The Ionia Standard, Friday, March 30, 1888

The subject of this sketch was born in Green county, N.Y., September 20, 
1812.  He was the oldest of a family of six children two of whom preceded him 
to the better land.  When a baby his parents moved to Livonia, Livingston 
county.  At the age of 19 he was married to Mahala Norton, of Genesee.  Seven 
children were born to them, one of whom (Orrin) fell asleep in Jesus blessed 
sleep July 24, 1870.  The others survive him.  

In the year 1845 he moved to Ionia, Michigan and bought the farm upon which he 
lived the remainder of his days.  The place was then a wilderness; but years 
of hard toil have made it a place of beauty.  Mr. Stone was converted under 
the teaching of Rev. Isaac Errett, and was one of the charter members of the 
Disciple church at its organization, and he has stood by the teachings of our 
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ until his work was finished, and God took him 
home.  Pure, good, noble Christian man!  Would to God there were more like 
him!  His first wife died May 14, 1865.  She was a noble woman.  On July 11, 
1866, deceased was married to Caroline C. Cleveland, at Westerly, Albany 
county, N.Y., and she survives him.

Mr. Stone furnished a splendid illustration of what honest worth can 
accomplish.  He started in life in the ranks of the toiler, and hewed his way 
along its rugged pathway until he attained an enviable position in the 
community.  He possessed every attribute that readers the beloved name 
of “Husband” and “Father” endearing—every faculty that attached dignity and 
honor to citizenship, and every grace that adorns the life and character of 
the sincere Christian.  Altar, country and home were the magnets that 
attracted his admiration; to them his life was devoted, and for them he would 
make any sacrifice.  His last hours were serene and peaceful, and around his 
death bed, bedewed with tears of the beloved he was leaving behind, stood many 
awaiting the final moment.

To his children he left the example of a well spent life, and a name untainted 
with dishonor.  May their conduct through life be such as will shed additional 
lustre on the sterling integrity of their honored father.

The funeral took place on Sunday, services being conducted at the Disciple 
church, Muir, by Rev. D. C. Hanselman, assisted by Rev. Geo. Ransom.  A large 
concourse of people participated in the last sad rites, many of them following 
the remains to Oakwood cemetery, where they were laid to rest beside those of 
his first wife.


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