Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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W. C. STONE, 
 
teacher of music, Los Angeles, is a native of Scranton, Pennsylvania. He early 
in life developed a taste for music, and after attending the common schools of 
his town, he entered the State Normal School at Mansfield, Pennsylvania, taking 
music in addition to the literary course, going from there to the Osceola Music 
School at Osceola, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. There he pursued his musical 
studies for a time, after which he was engaged in teaching for several years in 
his native State and Wisconsin. He subsequently pursued a course of study at the 
College of Music in Cincinnati. In 1883 Mr. Stone came to California and located 
in Los Angeles, where he engaged in teaching music, and since then has been 
actively identified with the musical interests of this city and county. He is 
one of the original members of the Seventh Regiment Band, and is also a member 
of the Seventh Regiment Orchestra.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 641
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler