WILLIAM S. STONE b. abt.1840 d. 1920 buried@ WARREN TWP. CEMETARY, VAN BUREN, MICHIGAN. BOOK A PG.437 VAN BUREN COUNTY, MICHIGAN READS: SOLOMON KELLOGG MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ON THE 28TH DAY OF MARCH 1863 AT PAW PAW IN THE COUNTY AFORESAID I JOINED IN MARRIAGE MR. WILLIAM S. STONE AGED 22 YEARS AND MIFS AMIAN PARDEE AGED 20 YEARS BOTH OF DECATUR IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN AND THAT THERE WERE PRESENT AS WITNEFSES MRS. S. KELLOGG AND MIFS JENNIE MASON OF PAW PAW DATED AT PAW PAW THIS 28TH DAY OF MARCH A.D. 1863 ( signed) NORMAN KELLOGG MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL. WILLIAM HAD BEEN ORIGINALLY BURIED @ COLEMAN, MICHIGAN , BUT, DUE TO A WIDENING OF HWY 10 HAD BEEN MOVED TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED CEMETARY DURING THE 1930'S. HIS OBITUARY STATES HE RAN A BARREL STAVE CONCERN IN COLEMAN AND HAD SEVERAL CHILDREN FROM HIS MARRIAGE TO AMIAN PARDEE ; THEIR NAMES WERE MINNIE, BYRD, ROSE AND ERNEST. HIS OBIT ALSO STATES HE WAS FROM ASHTABULA COUNTY IN OHIO. A WOMAN WITH THE LAST NAME OF "DOOLITTLE" HAD MARRIED ONE OF HIS BROTHERS. PARENTS OF THE BROTHERS REMAINS A MYSTERY AS YET TO BE UNCOVERED. ANY INFO OR SUGGESTIONS WELCOME. THANKS, DOUG. STONEDCAA@peoplepc.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <STONE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <STONE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 11:01 PM Subject: STONE-D Digest V01 #148