Friday, June 28, 2002 For those of you who think you may be related to Thomas Stone, signer of the Declaration of Independence here is some information, I ran across. Thomas Stone - 1743-1787 Representing Maryland at the Continental Congress Born: 1743 in: Charles County Md. Education: Parish School, Law Studies (Lawyer) Work: Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1764: Elected to the Continental Congress, 1775-78, 1783 Elected to Constitutional Convention (declined). 1785 Died: October 5, 1787 Thomas Stone was born at Poynton Manor in Charles County Maryland in 1743; He was educated by a Scottish schoolmaster and later studied law at the office of Thomas Johnson. He was admitted to the Bar in 1764 and set up practice in Frederick Maryland. He was a prosperous landowner and moderately successful lawyer. Stone was elected to Congress in 1775. He did not speak much in congress, little is known of his service there, except that he was a member of the committee that framed the Articles of Confederation. He voted for Independence in 1776, and his name is affixed to the Declaration. He was elected to Congress again in 1783 and served as chairman, but retired at the end of his tem. He was elected to attend the Constitutional Convention in 1785, but declined the office because of his wife's failing health. She died 1787, and Stone never got over the grief. He decided to travel to England, but died in Alexandria while waiting for the ship. He was forty-four years old. Little else is known about Thomas Stone, as no letter or papers accounting his life have ever been found. Rosemary Honaker Researching: Stone, Berry, Perry, Basham, Hudnall, Romine, Honaker, Cochran, Walton, Pauley, http://home.earthlink.net/~roseh1550 Fax, 775 871 4577 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.372 / Virus Database: 207 - Release Date: 6/20/2002