I have had some communication from some listers who feel that Adin STONE's daughter Lydia might be one of the lost members of their family. I have founf the following writing done by William Gideon Closson which may aid them in their research. Others may find it interesting for its glimpses of years gone by. GRANDFATHER TALES. ADIN STONE 1795-1888 No.4 My great grandfather, Adin Stone passed away when I was 8 years old and I remember him not only as a very old man but as a sort of teacher who helped develop my mechanical tendencies. The old Closson House had a front porch and steps with parapets on each side of the steps where the old gentleman liked to sit in the sun. He always carried a folding two-foot rule with brass edges, a great attraction to me. He would let me use it as long as I would measure the lines of the parapets but if I started to open and close it and play with it he would take it away from me. I therefor learned to measure with it and to keep at it under his strict and watchful eye, a lesson I have not forgotten - maybe not engineering, but good training. Adin Stone was a Veteran of the War of 1812 - I have his record from The National Archives at Washington, DC. "He enlisted at Luzerne, Warren Co., N.Y. and served as Private under Capt Gideon Orton's Company of N.Y. Militia from Sept 13 to Dec 12, 1814.� He married Philena Orton May 11, 1817 In Luzerne N.Y. He was granted a pension on Certificate 2954 under act of Feb 14, 1871, of $6 per month. Adin's father was Joseph Stone but the name of his mother is unknown. An obituary of' Adin Stone says he was born in Mass. Oct. 19 1795 and when about 5 months old his parents moved to Luzerne, N.Y. and that he was the oldest of 9 children. He died Aug 6 1888 at Providence, Saratoga Co., N.Y at the home of his daughter, Susan Stone wife of Gideon Closson Jr. Adin Stone had 8 children: 1 Salina Stone 1818-1895 m John D. Morgan 2 Darius Stone 1819 - m Rowena Hinckley 3 Abigail Stone 1820-1889 m Joseph Waite 4 Susan Stone 1824-1895 m Gideon Closson 5 Harriet Stone 1826-1898 m Iaaac L. Walsh, MD 6 Miriam Stone 1828-1860 m Irvin Kasson 7 Lydia Stone 1830-1855 8 Sarah Eliza 1841-1906 m Milo K. Waite, MD. Of course I was too young to talk to Adin Stone about the War of 1812-1814 or ask about his mother or his children at the time when such information was remembered. Adin Stone's wife, Philena Orton, died in 1849 but he never married again. During the last years of his life he visited among his children but mostly made his home with his daughter Susan. Although there were many horses at the old homestead Adin Stone would never ride, but always walk winter or summer, even to church when the family rode to church. Grandmother Closson used to watch him from the windows as sometimes he would fall in the snow but always managed to get up again and walk on. Perhaps the old gentleman knew what was best for him as he always walked and lived to be 93 years of age older than any other of the Closson family we know about except Stillman Thomas Closson who was born Jun 16. 1853 and died Dec 29, 1952 lacking 6 months and 18 days of reaching 100 years. William Gideon Closson (1880 - 1973) Regards, Bob Robert James 74 Downer Crescent Wasaga Beach, Ontario Canada L0L 2P0 (705) 429-6768 [email protected]