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JOHN STONE, a prosperous and representative man of Steelton, Pa., and a man widely known, was born in York county, Pa., Oct. 11, 1860, son of John and Mary Ann (Shearrer) Stone, both natives of Perry county, Pa., but of German descent.

John Stone, Sr., was a farmer all his life, and was a well informed man, although his education was confined to the common schools. His death occurred in 1870, when he was forty-three years old; while his widow survived until 1883, when she too passed away, aged fifty-five years. Both were very consistent members of the Lutheran Church. The maternal grandparents were John and Mary (Ernest) Shearrer, most excellent people.

The parents of our subject had a family of seven children as follows: Katie married Ephraim Jumper, of Steelton; Peter, of South Middleton township, Cumberland county, is a farmer, and married to Mary Kutz; Annie married Stephen Johnson, of Huntsville, Pa.; Mary married William Rutz, of North Middleton township, Cumberland county; John; Harriett married Joseph Kutz, of Middlesex township; Sallie married Joseph Bowers, of York county.

John Stone, Jr., was reared and educated in Cumberland county from the time he was two years of age, and remained with his mother until twenty-four, working by the month. From then until twenty-eight, he worked for neighboring farmers, and then engaged in butchering at Cumberland Springs. After four years at this line of business, Mr. Stone sold his interests, and moved to Steelton, where for four years more he was employed with the Harrisburg & Steelton Brick Company, and he then entered the shipping department of the Steelton Store Company. In 1900 he was made a driver of this company, and has thus continued.

Fraternally, Mr. Stone is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M., No. 928, Melrose Council; and the Modern Workmen, No. 5929.

On Jan. 3, 1889, Mr. Stone married Miss Annie M. Kutz, daughter of Joseph H. and Elizabeth (Keihl) Kutz, and they have two children deceased, and one living, namely: Albert W., who died at the age of seven years and twelve days; a daughter that died in infancy; and Ira J., born Sept. 17, 1893. Both Mr. and Mrs. Stone are members of St. John Lutheran Church, in which Mrs. Stone is very active, she now being president of the Ladies’ Sewing Circle; a member of the Ready Helpers, and also a member of the Missionary Society. Mr. and Mrs. Stone are popular in the church, and socially have many friends in this portion of the county.