Samuel Spencer Stone, Compiler, Stone Family Papers, 1870/1998

Location of collection:

West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center

West Virginia University

P.O. Box 6069

1549 University Avenue

Morgantown, WV 26506

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Lori Hostuttler

Email: lori.hostuttler@mail.wvu.edu

Phone: (304) 293-3536

Web: wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu

Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Samuel Spencer Stone, Compiler, Stone Family Papers, A&M 3998, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:

2.8 Linear Feet 2 ft. 9.5 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each); (2 flat storage box, 1.5 in. each); (1 unboxed painting)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Samuel Spencer Stone, Compiler, Stone Family Papers, A&M 3998, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers regarding the genealogy and family history of the Stone Family of Vienna, Wood County, West Virginia. Includes family trees, narratives, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, deeds, maps, publications, silver plated dishware and silverware. Also includes a painting of family member Augustus Israel Stone. The genealogy and family history material regards the Stone Family and allied families including the Barnes, Farnsworth, Hammett (or Hammet), Spencer, Tracewell (or Trachel), and Warne families.

See also the book:
Phillips, Josephine E., Wagons away!, A Social Studies Reader (Parsons, W.Va.: McClain Printing Co., 1969).

This series contains genealogy and family history material regarding the Stone family and allied families, including family trees, narratives, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. It also includes material regarding the Farnsworth family (1993, undated; folder 1), Hammett family (1998, undated; folder 2), Stone family (1913-1994, undated; folder 3), Tracewell family (1992, undated; folders 4-5), and the Barnes, Spencer, and Warne families (1998, undated; folder 6). The Stone family material contains a typescript regarding the genealogy of the family which mentions Augustus Israel Stone (1811-1848) and his family on pages 12-13. See "Series 7" for further information regarding Augustus Israel Stone.

This series contains four black and white photographs: a portrait of Seldon Spencer Stone (undated), a group photograph including Juanita Tracewell (circa 1940), and two elementary school class photographs including James Marvin Stone (circa 1930).

This series contains deeds regarding the sale of land owned by members of the Stone family, Hammett family, and other parties. The land being sold is mainly located in Wood County.

This series contains maps showing buildings and sections of towns, mainly regarding Vienna, West Virginia.

This series contains a book regarding the Ford Motor Company (1924), a newspaper supplement regarding the 1968 election year (1968), three magazines regarding the town of Vienna, West Virginia (1991 and undated), and a newspaper article regarding architect Elmer Jacobs and his work in Morgantown, West Virginia (2013).

This series contains program for commencement exercises at Central Junior-Senior High School of Wood County, West Virginia (1943), a business card (undated), and a facsimile of the Gettysburg Address (undated).

This series contains a portrait painting of Augustus Israel Stone. Another painting, not at the History Center, regards the death of the wife and two infant children of Augustus (see "Early Art and Artists in West Virginia" by John Cuthbert, pages 31-32, for an illustration of this painting).

This series contains five pieces of silver plate, including a plate (box 2), two serving dishes (boxes 3-4), a sugar bowl (or salt cellar) and a gravy boat (box 5). Three of the pieces have maker's marks on them; manufacturers represented are the Fifth Avenue Silver Company, the English Silver Corporation, and Wallace Silver. This series also includes silverware including twelve forks, ten spoons, and six knifes, stamped with "Oneida Hotel Plate" (boxes 6-7).

This series contains deeds, and plat maps related to the Stone family (box 8) and a nurse's cape from the Camden Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg, WV labeled "Juanita Tracewell" (box 9).

See also the book: Phillips, Josephine E., Wagons away!, A Social Studies Reader (Parsons, W.Va.: McClain Printing Co., 1969).

Acquisition information:

Gift from Stone, Stewart, 2014/03/25

Physical location:

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related

Separated material:

Separated to the Rare Books Collection:

Duncan, Malcolm C. Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor or Guide to the Three Symbolic Degrees of the Ancient York Rite and To the Degrees of Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master, and the Royal Arch. Explained and Interpreted by Copious Notes and Numerous Engravings. 3rd ed. With Additions and Corrections. NY: David McKay Company, Inc. No date. Paper.

Masonic Text Book for Use of the Lodges in West Virginia. All introductory material until page 3 missing. Provenance: Ownership name: James M. Stone, Master: Leslie B. Hardman, Secretary: Wm. M. Woodruff. Handwritten date: 1945

Masonic Text Book with Landmarks, Ceremonies and Forms for the Use of Lodges Under the Jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. of the State of West Virginia. Originally Compiled by Odell S. Long, P.G.M., Enlarged and Illustrated by Geo. W. Atkinson, P.G. M., Revisions and Additions by Hiram R. Howard, P.G. M., Revisions and Additions by (Unreadable due to ink blot) M. Collins, P.G. M. Published by the Grand Lodge, 17th ed. 1914. Limp.

The Richard's Speller. All introductory material until preface missing.

The Book of Worship for Church and Home. With Orders for the Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies According to the Use of The Methodist Church. For Voluntary & Optional Use. The Methodist Publishing House. Founded 1789. 1952.

From Wood to Steel. Story of Ernest W. Krause. No other publication information included.

Burns, Robert. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns. A New and Revised Edition, from the best printed authorities, with memoir, glossary, etc. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. No date.

Jennings, Nina Isabel. When We're in Love. A Little Book For Your Heart When It's Full. Heart Series. No other publication information. ca. 1920s.

Fenton, Elizabeth R., editor. Fruitful Valley: A Chronicle of Williamstown. 1976. Williamstown Historical Committee. Richardson Printing Corporation. Marietta, Ohio.

[Hammett, Nina Kathryn. They Walked These Streets. The Hammet/Hammett Family. Vol. 1. 1984]

Separated to the Printed Ephemera Collection:

"Wheeling in West Virginia", published by The First National Bank of Wheeling.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Family histories.
Genealogy

Names:

Barnes family
Farnsworth family
Hammett family
Spencer family
Stone family
Tracewell family
Wearne family
Jacobs, Elmer.

Places:

Vienna (W. Va.)
Wood County (W. Va.)