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JOSEPH STONER, farmer, post office White Ash, was born on the farm he now occupies in 1807. His parents, Frederick and Barbara (Whitmore) Stoner, were of German stock, born in Lancaster and Franklin counties, respectively. In 1796 Frederick bought this farm, and the following year settled thereon. He brought here two children, Christian and John, now deceased. Those born in Penn township were: Martha (Stotler), now deceased; Jacob, who died in Mercer county; Joseph; David, deceased; Susan (Bush), who died in Wooster, Ohio; Abram, who resides in Wilkinsburg; Frederick (the third) died in Franklin county. The parents were Mennonites. Frederick Stoner was a blacksmith, but gave up the trade soon after settling here. He died in 1835. aged sixty-six years, his widow in 1861, aged eighty-six. Joseph Stoner married, in 1841, Nancy, daughter of Rudolph Stotler, a revolutionary soldier, who settled here before the Stoners. She was born in Penn township, and died of cancer in 1861, aged fifty-six years. Rudolph, her second child, died of typhoid fever within three months of joining the 136th P. V. The other children are Frederick Whitmore and Joseph, on the home farm; Frances (Mrs. Emanuel Snively), at Iola, Kan.; and Ella (Mrs. Hugh Wilson), in Allegheny City. Mr. Stoner has served as school director and supervisor, and is a republican. Joseph Stoner, Jr., was born June 17, 1845, and married Lillie, daughter of Robert and Mary McDade. Mrs. Stoner was born in Penn township, and is a member of the U. P. Church, which her husband also attends. He is a member of the R. A. and I. O. O. F. He is a republican, and has been school director and auditor. He served one hundred days during the civil war in the first battalion enlisted for that period. His children are Clara, Albert, Parker, Frank, Maud and Earl.