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Mancil Stone, an enterprising farmer, merchant and proprietor of grist-mill and cotton-gin, in Pulaski County, whose various industries and business interests have given him an enviable reputation, is a native of South Carolina, and was born November 3, 1824. He is a son of Abner and Jane (Langston) Stone, of the same State, who were the parents of three sons. After the mother’s death, the father again married, and had eight children by his second union. Mancil was the eldest child of the family, and was reared and educated in the State of his birth. His schooling was somewhat limited in his youth, owing to the difficulty in being able to attend at that period. In 1853 he moved to the State of Arkansas, and was married the following year to Miss Mary V. Ferguson, who was born in South Carolina in 1831, and, later on, moved to Arkansas with her parents, who have since died. This union gave them five children, two sons and three daughters, four of whom are living: E. C. (a partner in the merchandise business with his father), M. A. (president of a well-known commercial college, at Little Rock, and one of that city’s most intellectual men), Martha R. and Anna L. The oldest daughter departed this life in 1864. Mr. Stone first established a general merchandise store in July, 1881, with a stock of goods valued at $3,000, and placed his son in partnership with him. Previous to that he built a flour and corn mill, which is now one of the best-paying industries in that section. In addition to this, he owns 160 acres of land, with 115 acres under cultivation, which is situated about fourteen miles northeast of Little Rock, and on some of the finest land in Pulaski County. The farm has three excellent wells, and is well stocked with everything that is necessary on a first-class place, and is valued at $3,000. Before the war Mr. Stone was elected justice of the peace, and served one term. In politics he is a strong Democrat, and a valuable man to that party; while in religious belief he inclines to the Baptist Church.