+ Joseph W Stone 1884 – ?

Born: 4 May 1884 at Waverly, New York State, USA

Parents: Edward J Stone 1857-1916 and Mary Edith White 1859- after 1918

Siblings: Hattie G Stone 1882-?, Mary M Stone 1896-?, Mildred E Stone 1897-? and Edward JJ Stone 1899-?

Married: 1. Florence A Valentine on 23 March 1910 in Cleveland Ohio ended in divorce reference ‘Div 2833 C.CP.Ct’

2. Prinnie Viola Oram 1891-1954  on 25 Feb 1919 in Cleveland Ohio. In 2013 not known if marriage terminated in divorce or by the death of Joseph Stone.

Offspring: None known

Died: Not known in February 2013

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In the 1900 census Joseph was living with his parents and siblings in Oneida, Madison, New York State where his father was working for a medical insurance company. Other researchers suggest that Joseph’s father Edward was a qualified doctor who moved into medical insurance.

In 1910 Joseph married Florence Valentine, a marriage that ended in divorce but no date is available in February 2013.  Joseph registered to fight in the First World War on 12 September 1918, as he was required to do.  He probably did not see active service as the   War ended a couple of months later on Armistice Day 11 November 1918.

The World War I draft consisted of three separate registrations.

• First Registration. The registration on 5 June 1917, was for men aged twenty-one to thirty-one—men born between 6 June 1886 and 5 June 1896.
• Second Registration. The registration on 5 June 1918, was for men who had turned twenty-one years of age since the previous registration—men born between 6 June 1896 and 5 June 1897. Men who had not previously registered and were not already in the military also registered. In addition, a supplemental registration on 24 August 1918, was for men who turned twenty-one years of age since 5 June 1918.
• Third Registration. The registration on 12 Sept 1918, was for men aged eighteen to twenty-one and thirty-one to forty-five—men born between 11 Sept 1872 and 12 Sept 1900.

In 1919 Joseph married Prinnie Viola Oram and during the 1920 census they were living in Buffalo, New York State and Joseph was a manager of a truck company.  This is last mention of Joseph in the on-line records available to us in early 2013.

Research has uncovered Joseph’s application to become a member of “The Western Reserve Society of the Sons of the American Revolution”