David Stoner Montgomery County, Indiana Beckwith, H. W. History of Montgomery County, Indiana Chicago: HH Hill, 1881, p 460 David STONER, farmer, Ladoga, this highly esteemed and generous hearted citizen was born in Botetourt Co, Va, May 25, 1806. His early years were spent in farming and attending the old hilly country of his native state the district school. In 1831 he came to IN and entered land in Clark Twp. In 1851 he was marr. to Miss Ann DEARDORFF, a native of Preble Co, Ohio and and became the father of six children: Catharine, wife of William HIGGINS ; Benjamin, Caroline, Samuel, Christena, wife of William HICKS ; Saloma A. Mr. S's life is an example worthy of the following of many young men of our County: beginning life a poor boy, but full of energy and a stirring will, he constantly rose in the estimation of friends and in the accumulation of this world's goods. It was an invariable practice of his in his younger days to make one shoe every evening after his day's work was done. Thus his start in life was among hardships and industry, the fruit of which is 1,000 acres of fine farming land in this and in Boone Co. Mr. Stoner traces his ancestors ont he paternal side to the English, and those on the maternal side to the Germans. in 1837 he came with his stepmother to this township from Va, and has since remained a leading citizen. In an early day he erected a sawmill, which did good service in furnishing building materials to the pioneers. Oct. 14, 1878, Mrs. S. died with a cancer. As honest labor (in the slave state of Va) was considered dishonorable for a white man, Mr. S. sought a home in a free state early in life. -- Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG ~~ "Proponents of each side are vying with determination to prove their ignorance is greater than the other." President Andrew Jackson, discussing a bill going through the US Congress. Visit http://ibssg.org/ For The Blacksheep website, Montgomery County, Putnam County, and Fountain County USGenWeb sites. MORE... Putnam County Indiana Biographies and Obituaries http://ibssg.org/putnam/bios/ Montgomery County Indiana Biographies and Obituaries http://ibssg.org/montgomery/bios/ Fountain County Indiana Biographies and Obituaries http://ibssg.org/fountain/vitals/bios/