Brief Life History of Polly
When Polly Stone was born in 1802, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States, her father, Conway Stone, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Galaglee, was 40. She married Josiah Roberts on 25 December 1823, in Blount, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Pleasant Ridge Township, Fulton, Arkansas, United States in 1860 and Gainsboro, Independence, Arkansas, United States in 1870. She died in 1870, in Fulton, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 68.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Mary Robert in household of Josiah Robert, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Roberts in household of Joseph Roberts, "United States Census, 1860"
- Polly Stone, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
Spouse and Children
1802–1871 Male
1802–1870 Female
Children (5)
1827–1900 Male
1830– Male
1832– Male
about 1844–1872 Female
1846– Female
Parents and Siblings
1761–1834 Male
1762–1842 Female
Siblings (11)
1775–1870 Male
1780– Female
1784– Female
1785–about 1844 Female
1786– Male
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World Events (8)
1803
Age 1
1803 · Louisiana Purchase Opens Mississippi for Commerce
Age 1
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 18
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English ston(e) ‘stone, rock’ (Old English stān). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on stony ground, by a notable outcrop of rock, or by a stone boundary-marker or monument, or habitational, from a place called Stone, such as those in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire.
Irish (Kilkenny): adopted for Irish Ó Clochartaigh (see Clougherty ) and/or Ó Clochasaigh (see Clohessy ), and possibly several other names containing or thought to contain the element cloch ‘stone’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various surnames in other languages, meaning ‘stone’, including Jewish Stein , Norwegian Steine, French Lapierre .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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