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STONE, ALNEY. Alney Stone was born in Westford, Vt., on the 11th of April, 1820. He is the sixth in direct descent
from Hugh Stone, who came from England, his native country, about the year 1650, and became an early settler near
Greenwich, Rhode Island. When Allen Stone, father of the subject of this sketch, came from Rhode Island in company
with his father, Jeremiah, and his grandfather, Thomas Stone (the last an old man who died in 1808), and first
settled on a tract of 300 acres in the southwestern part of the town of Westford, which is now owned by his son
Alney. Allen Stone afterwards lived on the farm in the northwestern part of Westford, lying next west to the present
residence of Alney. Jeremiah Stone was a prominent man in his day, was the first representative of Westford in
the Legislature, and held other town offices, besides being proprietor of the first store opened in town. He died
in Evans, N. Y., in 1828. Allen Stone, who was born in Rhode Island in 1784, was in his prime when the second war
with Great Britain was declared, and in those troublous times exhibited the qualities which are most needed in
such emergencies. He was quartermaster during this war, and was for a time stationed at Burlington. He held other
offices, of a civil nature, and after passing worthily his latter days in Westford, died on the 26th day of March,
1858. His second wife, Rachel, was the daughter of David Wilcox, an early settler in Westford. She had five children,
of whom Allen Stone, now of Winooski, Vt., was the eldest and Alney Stone was second.
Alney Stone attended the district schools of his native town, and received such education as he could from them
at that time. The life of a farmer is usually uneventful, though it contributes by its fruits to the genuine prosperity
of the country. Alney Stone attended diligently to the affairs incident to his chosen occupation, and in 1849 moved
to the farm that he now owns and occupies, which was originally settled by Joel Farnsworth, on one part, and Levi
Farnsworth on the other. He has labored on this tract ever since, with such success that he has gained a competence
from the place, and now owns about six hundred acres of land in town. Dairying occupies most of his attention.
In politics he is a Republican. He has been placed in a great many positions of trust by his townsmen, and has
attended so industriously to their interests that he has commonly been reelected to office several times. He has
been justice of the peace for about thirty six years consecutively; has been selectman three years at several times;
and town agent several years. He is now and for three years has been one of the listen, and in 1862, 1863 and 1865
represented Westford in the State Legislature. During the War of the Rebellion he took so earnest an interest in
the success of the Union cause that he raised two thousand dollars by note to pay promptly the town bounties, and
waited for the town to reimburse him. He was associate judge of the County Court for two years.
His religious belief is substantially in the universal redemption of the human race; but as there is in his town
no church of that denomination he is a regular attendant at the churches which are established there, and contributes
to their support.
On the 13th of March, 1851, he married Marcia, daughter of Medad Parsons (an early settler in Fletcher, Vt.), and
a niece of W. H. H. Bingham, of Stowe, Vt. They have three children, all living. The eldest, Don Adney, was born
on the 8th of December, 1853, was graduated from the University of Vermont in the class of 1878, read law about
six months with L. L. Lawrence, of Burlington, passed about eighteen months in Chicago, was admitted to the bar
of Orleans county, Vt., at the February term of 1883, after pursuing a course of study with Judge L. A. Thompson,
of Irasburgh, for two years; remained at the home of his father about a year, and on the 29th of April took the
civil service examination at Burlington for the position of deputy collector and inspector of customs for the district
of Vermont, which position he now holds. In the spring of 1884 he was elected a delegate from Westford to the district
convention, when John W. Stewart was renominated for Congress, and electors of president and vice president were
chosen. On the 14th of September, 1884, he married Bessie F., daughter of James H. Macomber, of Westford
The second child of Alney Stone is Betsey Laura, born May 29, 1856, now the wife of John A. Stewart, of Westford,
and the mother of three children. The third child is Julian Bingham, born November 12, 1861, and married on the
31st of October, 1885, to Elizabeth S., daughter of George Stevens, of Westford. He lives with his parents.
From:
History of Chittenden County, Vermont
Edited by: W. S. Rann
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, New York. 1886
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