Clark-Greene County OhArchives Obituaries.....Stone, Mariah J August 14, 1902 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Shaw CShaw24206@aol.com August 17, 2006, 2:24 am "The Sun" newspaper, Springfield, Clark Co, OH "The Sun" newspaper, Springfield, Clark Co, OH, Aug 15, 1902, front page: An Aged Woman. After a short illness Mrs Mariah J Stone, wife of the late N.F. Stone, and probably the oldest woman in the city of Springfield, died last evening at 9:50. Death resulted from a complication of diseases, the immediate cause of which was cancer of the stomach. The deceased was in her 95th year being born in the year 1808 on a farm near Clifton. She was a daughter of General Benjamin Whiteman who was one of the early pioneers of this state. In her early years, she was married to T.G. Bates, a civil engineer, and lived with him until his death which occurred a few years later, in the village of Clifton. In the year 1852, Mrs Bates was married again to N.F. Stone, a hardware merchant and came to Springfield to live. They moved into the house at the northeast corner of Foster and High streets where Mrs Stone has lived for the past 50 years and where she died last evening. She was a faithful member of the Christ Episcopal church for many years, and a devoted Christian woman. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made and will be announced later." "The Sun", Aug 16, 1902, page 4: Stone- The funeral service of Mrs Maria J Stone will be held at her late residence on Monday morning, August 18 at ten o'clock. The interment will be in the family cemetery at Clifton. Additional Comments: submitter is not related and has no further information. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/clark/obits/stone526nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb