Columbia (SC) Daily Phoenix, November 4, 1869, p. 1. NOTE: According to the Monroe County (IN) Cemetery Index, John R. Stone, age 65, died on October 8, 1869, and was buried in the Harmony Cemetery, Van Buren Township. A man named Stone, 60 years old, hung himself to a tree in an orchard near Bloomington, Ind., a few days ago, rising from his bed at midnight and taking a bridle rein for the purpose. He was found dead the next morning.