Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Stone was born on 30 March 1802, in Eden, Lamoille, Vermont, United States, his father, Jeduthan Stone, was 28 and his mother, Azubah Merriam, was 29. He married Susanna Jacobs on 22 February 1824, in Eden, Lamoille, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Waterbury, Washington, Vermont, United States for about 20 years. He died on 6 November 1885, in Westfield, Orleans, Vermont, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Eden, Lamoille, Vermont, United States.
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- Richard Stone, "United States Census, 1870"
- Richard Stone, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Richard Stone, "Find a Grave Index"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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