OBIT: Mary C. (Morelock) Stoner, 1916, Sell’s Station, Adams County, PA

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Mrs. Charles B. Stoner

Following an illness of several months, Mrs. Mary C. Stoner, wife of Charles B. Stoner, a well-
known citizen of Adams county, passed away at her late home near Sells Station, along the 
Littlestown pike, at 2:50 o’clock Sunday morning, Jan. 3d.  She was aged 67 years, 11 months 
and 7 days.

The deceased was a daughter of the late Samuel and Susanna (Babylon) Morelock, and was born 
near Westminster, Md., January 26, 1858.  Thirty-seven years ago she was married to C. B. 
Stoner, and moved to her late home 33 years ago, where she has continuously lived.

She was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran church, McSherrystown.

The deceased leaves her husband and four children:  S. Brooks Stoner, of Muddy Creek Forks; 
Mrs. J. Emory Hostetter, of near Littlestown; Wm. P. Stoner, of near Hanover, and Mrs. Carl G. 
Greenlee, residing on the old homestead; also two step-children, Mrs. Edward O. Diffendal and 
Joseph S. Stoner, both of Westminster, Md.; also, one brother and three sisters – Jacob O. 
Morelock, Mrs. David Martin, Mrs. Keener Wagner, of Westminster, Md., and Mrs. John Frock, of 
Union Mills, Md.

Funeral Wednesday, Jan. 5th, services at the house at 1 p.m., and interment in Mt. Olivet 
cemetery, Hanover, Rev. David H. Baker and Rev. Charles Baker officiating.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, January 8, 1916