EBEN FRANCIS STONE

Stone, Eben Francis (1822-1895), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Newburyport, Essex County, Mass., August 3, 1822; attended North Andover Academy and was graduated from Harvard University in 1843 and from Harvard Law School in 1846; was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Newburyport, Mass.; president of the common council in 1851; served in the State senate in 1857, 1858, and 1861; enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War and commanded the Forty-eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia; mayor of Newburyport in 1867; member of the State house of representatives in 1867, 1877, 1878, and 1880; elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1887); was not a candidate for renomination in 1886; resumed the practice of law in Newburyport, Mass., where he died January 22, 1895; interment in Oakhill Cemetery.
Father: Ebenezer Stone
Mother: Fanny Coolidge
Spouse: Harriet Perrin
Born: 15 Jun 1823 in Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Died: 31 Dec 1899
Marriage: 26 Oct 1848 in Boston Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Children:
Harriet b. abt 1850 in Mass.
Fanny b. abt 1852 in Mass.
Cornelia b. abt 1856 in Mass.

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell