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No special access restriction applies.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Samuel Spencer Stone, Compiler, Stone Family Papers, A&M 3998, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from Stone, Stewart, 2014/03/25

Scope and Contents

Papers regarding the genealogy and family history of the Stone Family of Vienna, Wood County, West Virginia. Includes family trees, narratives, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, deeds, maps, publications, silver plated dishware and silverware. Also includes a painting of family member Augustus Israel Stone. The genealogy and family history material regards the Stone Family and allied families including the Barnes, Farnsworth, Hammett (or Hammet), Spencer, Tracewell (or Trachel), and Warne families.

See also the book:
Phillips, Josephine E., Wagons away!, A Social Studies Reader (Parsons, W.Va.: McClain Printing Co., 1969).

Separated Material

Separated to the Rare Books Collection:

Duncan, Malcolm C. Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor or Guide to the Three Symbolic Degrees of the Ancient York Rite and To the Degrees of Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master, and the Royal Arch. Explained and Interpreted by Copious Notes and Numerous Engravings. 3rd ed. With Additions and Corrections. NY: David McKay Company, Inc. No date. Paper.

Masonic Text Book for Use of the Lodges in West Virginia. All introductory material until page 3 missing. Provenance: Ownership name: James M. Stone, Master: Leslie B. Hardman, Secretary: Wm. M. Woodruff. Handwritten date: 1945

Masonic Text Book with Landmarks, Ceremonies and Forms for the Use of Lodges Under the Jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. of the State of West Virginia. Originally Compiled by Odell S. Long, P.G.M., Enlarged and Illustrated by Geo. W. Atkinson, P.G. M., Revisions and Additions by Hiram R. Howard, P.G. M., Revisions and Additions by (Unreadable due to ink blot) M. Collins, P.G. M. Published by the Grand Lodge, 17th ed. 1914. Limp.

The Richard's Speller. All introductory material until preface missing.

The Book of Worship for Church and Home. With Orders for the Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies According to the Use of The Methodist Church. For Voluntary & Optional Use. The Methodist Publishing House. Founded 1789. 1952.

From Wood to Steel. Story of Ernest W. Krause. No other publication information included.

Burns, Robert. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns. A New and Revised Edition, from the best printed authorities, with memoir, glossary, etc. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. No date.

Jennings, Nina Isabel. When We're in Love. A Little Book For Your Heart When It's Full. Heart Series. No other publication information. ca. 1920s.

Fenton, Elizabeth R., editor. Fruitful Valley: A Chronicle of Williamstown. 1976. Williamstown Historical Committee. Richardson Printing Corporation. Marietta, Ohio.

[Hammett, Nina Kathryn. They Walked These Streets. The Hammet/Hammett Family. Vol. 1. 1984]

Separated to the Printed Ephemera Collection :

"Wheeling in West Virginia", published by The First National Bank of Wheeling.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Barnes family
• Family histories.
• Farnsworth family
• Genealogy
• Hammett family
• Jacobs, Elmer.
• Spencer family
• Stone family
• Tracewell family
• Vienna (W. Va.)
• Wearne family
• Wood County (W. Va.)