Shade Sutton Stone 1838-1910
Lineage Of John Stone, Blockmaker

By Spessard Stone

Chapter 5 - Shade Sutton Stone 1838-1910



     Shade Sutton Stone, son of Isaac Hugh Stone and Caroline (Wood) Stone, was born on 25 March 1838, Jackson County, Florida.

     Shade, occupation, laborer, was enumerated in household 11/11 of his step-uncle, W. J. Sansom, a 42-year-old farmer from Alabama, with real estate of $1,000 and personal estate of $3,000, in the 1860 census of Calhoun County, Florida, page 2, Ochesee District, dated 17 July 1860. Included within the house were Emily Sansom, 24, and Walton [?], 1. Neighbors included households, respectively, 8/8, Rhoda Sansom, 65, of whom a 19-year-old female Francis Stone lived; 9/9, Bennett Sansome, 26; 10/10, John W. Selman, 45-year-old farmer, whose home besides his wife Martha and 4 children numbered Elizabeth Stone, a 17-year-old domestic and Isaac Stone, 15. The Lenn M. and Moria Griffin family, including Olive, were in household 21/21.

     During the Civil War, Shade S. Stone enlisted as a private on 19 April 1862 at Ricco's Bluff in Company H, 5th Regiment Florida Infantry, Confederate States Army. Soldiers of Florida, pp. 148-150, noted: "Immediately upon its organization, the 5th was ordered to Virginia where it joined the 2nd Florida, being assigned to Pryor's Brigade, with which it took part in the Second Battle of Manassas [Bull Run 30 August 1862] and in the Maryland campaign, winning distinction at Sharpsburg [Antietam, 17 September 1862]. After the return from Maryland the 5th was brigaded with other Florida regiments and became a part of Perry's immortal brigade. They surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse with but six officers and forty-seven men, the only representatives left for duty at that time of a magnificent regiment." Among its officers Capt. William T. Gregory was wounded at Sharpsburg, was furloughed from hospital, and reached home where he died 18 December 1862. James G. Schuler, promoted from 3rd Lt. to Capt., was wounded at Gettysburg 3 July 1863, was captured, and died 11 December 1863 at Johnson Island. 1st Lt. Benjamin F. Wood was wounded at Gettysburg 3 July 1863.

     Soldiers of Florida noted Private Shade S. Stone was wounded at Sharpsburg 17 September 1862 and Cold Harbor June, 1864. (The Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, one of the severest engagements of the war, was 1 June to 3 June 1864. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in ten minutes on 3 June lost 5,000 men.) Company muster rolls of S. S. Stone show that he was transferred from Receiving and Wayside Hospital or General Hospital No. 9 on 21 February 1863 to Chimborazo Hospital No. 5, Richmond, Virginia with acute diarrhea and was returned to duty 9 April 1863. Shade S. Stone appears on "Hospital Muster Roll" of Florida Hospital or General Hospital No. 11, Richmond, Virginia, for _____ [no date] to 30 June 1863, dated 22 July 1863. Captured at Farmville, Virginia 6 April 1865, Pvt. Stone was paroled at Thomasville, Georgia 19 May 1865. His signature appears on an "Oath of Allegiance to the United States, subscribed and sworn to at Newport News, Va., June 24, 1865," which described him thusly: "Place of residence, Calhoun County, Fla.; complexion, Dk.; hair, light; eyes, grey; height, 5 ft. 5 in.; remarks: captured at Farmville, Va. April 6, 1865."

     Shade returned to Calhoun County, Florida. There on 22 July 1869, Shade married Olive Elizabeth Griffin, born 18 January 1848 in Jackson County, Florida, daughter of Lenn and Moria Griffin who were listed in the 1850 census of Jackson County. Shade was nicknamed "Dick." The 1880 Calhoun County census, 3d precinct, 2 June 1880, recorded: Shadric Stone, 40, farmer; Olive, 32; Isaac, 10; Leunell, 8; Sutton, 6; John, 3; Fannie, 1.

     Shade was a farmer. The 1900 census of Jackson County showed S. S. Stone, born March 1840, owned a 222-acre mortgage free farm. Living with Shade and Olive were their youngest children: Fannie, Charley, Annie, Frank and George.

     On 10 May 1902, Shade applied for a Confederate pension due to "I was wounded in 1862 being injured by a shell at Antietam [?, the writing is difficult to read]." He gave his p. o. address as Sneads, Fla. It should be noted that in his application he gave his birth as 25 March 1836 in Jackson County, Fla., but his tombstone has 1838 for his birth year. Francis M. Atkins and J. W. Peacock, both of whom served with him in Co. H, gave a joint affidavit of support. J. S. McLeod, M. D., of Sneads stated, "That he is suffering with extreme nervous prostration; to my opinion was caused from a lick on left side of head which caused concussion of the brain; he still suffers from the wound at times." [Some of the writing is almost illegible, but it appears to be as here given.] On 10 July 1902 his claim was approved at the rate of $120 per annum.

     Reapplying under the Act of 1909, Shade on 2 August 1909 gave his age as 70, his birth place as Calhoun County, Florida, and declared that he had resided in Florida since "the 25 day of March 1839." (Shade was inconsistent with his age and county of birth.) He listed his property to consist of: real estate located near Sneads, Fla. $360; cattle, horses and other live stock $240; personal property of $100. His disability he described as: "one wound on the head, skull knocked down. Ruptured on left side by spent bull., one wound on left knee." [Again, the handwriting is difficult to read.] His pension was continued at the rate of $120 per annum. Shade Sutton Stone died 16 June 1910 and was buried in Pope Cemetery, Sneads, Jackson County, Florida.

     On 2 July 1910, Olive Elizabeth Stone applied for a widow's Confederate pension. In her application she gave Shade's death as the "16th day of June 1910." Olive gave her address as Sneads and listed her property to consist of: real estate, located in Jackson County, $1,000; personal property, $50[?]; cattle, horses and other live stock, $500. As pensioner no. 5653, her claim was approved 16 August 1910 with pay from 16 June 1910 at the rate of $120 per annum.

     Olive Elizabeth (Griffin) Stone died 13 November 1912 and was buried beside Shade in Pope Cemetery.


Tombstone, Pope Cemetery, courtesy of Betty Ann Minor, 15 March 2010

     Inscribed on their joint tombstone is:
     Remember friends as you pass by,
     that all mankind are born to die,
     then let your cares on Christ be
     cast that you may dwell with him
     at last

     We would not keep him from being
     at rest at home with God

     Shade Sutton Stone and Olive Elizabeth (Griffin) Stone had eleven children, two dying in infancy (names unknown, buried on old Wade Leonard place in Calhoun County, off Hwy. 69 from Grand Ridge to Blountstown), the others being:

     1. Isaac Hugh Stone, born 3 Sep 1870; died 8 Dec 1925; married Lula Viola Williams 25 Nov 1903. See Chapter 6.

     2. Lenn Lee Stone, born 3 Sep 1872; died 26 Dec 1919, Jackson Co., FL; married in Jackson Co. 29 Aug 1894 Mattie Lee King. She was born 31 Mar 1872; died 27 Feb 1903, Jackson Co., FL. The 1900 cens Jackson County enumerated Lenn and Martha (Mattie) with two children; the others born afterwards:
     Issue:
     a. Robert L. Stone, born Jul 1896; died ____; married 15 May 1916 Alta Lee Shuler, born 24 Mar 1896; died 14 Jan 1996, Titusville, FL.
     b. Emma Lee Stone, born Oct 1898; died 1934; buried Pope Cemetery; married in Jackson Co. 18 Oct 1915 George Johnson.
     c. Stella Stone, born 16 Sep 1901.
     d. Estelle Olive Stone, born 16 Sep 1901; died 15 Apr 1941, Pompano, FL; buried Pope Cemetery; married 23 Jan 1921 in Jackson Co., FL, Ethel
     Cleveland Clenney, son of Ruben and Patricia Cleveland (Hudspeth) Clenney. Ethel was born 7 Jun 1898 in Alabama, and died 8 Jul 1969, Hardee
     Co., FL. He married (2) Virginia M. �Dee� Morris, born 23 Apr 1912, Fort Meade, FL; died 14 Oct 2002, Lakeland, FL. Ethel was a citrus grower.
     Issue:
     d1. Jeril Robert Clenney, born 24 Feb 1933, St. Lucie Co., FL; married 7 Apr 1957 in Polk Co., FL, Madie Janice Benton, born 20 Dec 1938, Polk
     Co., FL., daughter of Uriel James and Ella Mae (Albritton) Benton. Jeril, a citrus grower, and Janice live at 699 Holland Town Road, Wauchula, FL.
     Issue:
     (1) Joyce Renee Clenney, born 25 Jul 1958, Bartow, FL; married in Jun 1981 Merle Lee Redding, son of Mr. & Mrs. Elmo Redding; div. about Jan 1998
      in Hardee Co., FL.
     (2) Robin Michele Clenney, born 4 Sep 1964, Bartow, FL; married 15 Sep 1990 Jed Collins Weeks, born 29 May 1962, son of R. C. and Ada Merle
     (Collins) Weeks of Wauchula, FL. Jed, a graduate of the Univ. of Florida, is a sales representative. Robin, a graduate of the University of South
     Florida, is a tax accountant.
     (3) Jeri Kay Clenney, born 9 May 1967, Avon Park, FL.
     d2. Mildred Clenney.
     d3. Etheleen Clenney.

     3. Shade Sutton Stone, Jr., born 27 Dec 1875; died 22 Dec 1929 from a stroke; married in Jackson Co. on 20 Mar 1917 Cava Shuller. She was born 16 Mar 1894; died 14 Apr 1981. They are buried in Pope Cemetery.

     4. John W. Stone, born 18 Apr 1877; died 9 Mar 1911 of tuberculosis; buried Pope Cemetery. Inscribed on his tombstone is, �He is gone to his rest after a useful life.�

     5. Frances Olive "Fanny" Stone, born 16 Feb 1879; died 7 Jul 1955 from arteriosclerosis, buried Pine Crest Cemetery, Lake Worth, FL; married in Jackson Co. 18 Jul 1900 Thomas Carpenter. He was born 21 Oct 1879 in Jackson County, FL and died 16 Aug 1966, buried in Pine Crest Cemetery, Lake Worth, FL.
     Issue of Fanny Olive (Stone) and Thomas Carpenter:
     a. Ola Elizabeth Carpenter, born 2 Jul 1901, Jackson Co., FL: died 1 Dec 1944, Miami, FL; married William Weber, 1929.
     Issue:
     a1. Dolores Weber.
     a2. Mary Frances Weber.

     b. Clarence Carpenter, 24 Jan 1903; died 18 Dec 1935; married Mae Childs, born Cypress, FL.

     c. Ruby Carpenter, born 5 Sep 1904, Jackson Co., FL; died 17 Feb 1990, buried Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, NJ; married Carl G. Dietsch, who was      born in Ohio and died 1978.
     Issue:
     c1. Annette Dietsch.
     c2. Charles Dietsch.
     c3. Tommy Dietsch.
     c4. Diana Dietsch.

     d. Lee Carpenter, born 6 Feb 1906, Grand Ridge, FL; died in Aug 1967, buried Greensboro, FL; married (1) Jewell Atkins; (2) Lois Lewis.
     Issue (1) d1., (2) d2-d13:
     d1. Elizabeth Ann Carpenter.
     d2. Lee Allen Carpenter.
     d3. Richard Carpenter.
     d4. Robert Carpenter.
     d5. Donald Carpenter.
     d6. Linda Carol Carpenter.
     d7. Cheryl Ann Carpenter.
     d8. Debbie Carpenter.
     d9. Ronnie Carpenter.
     d10. Cindy Carpenter.
     d11. Roger Carpenter.
     d12. Theresa Kay Carpenter.
     d13. Martha Ann Carpenter.

     e. Richard A. Carpenter, born 7 Dec 1907; died 9 Apr 1981, Williston, FL, buried Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, FL; married
     (1) Ann Brandon, who was born in Lake Worth, FL and died in 1947 (2) Margaret Matson, who died in 1977. Richard A. Carpenter owned
     Carpenter's Hardware in Lake Worth, was a member of the Lake Worth Kiwanis Club and was Mayor of Lake Worth.
     Issue:
     e1. Richard Carpenter.
     e2. Sue Ann Carpenter.

     f. Lelia Carpenter, born 31 Aug 1909; died 30 Jul 1980; married Dr. Fleming J. Hanley, born 1904. A dentist, Dr. and Mrs. Hanley lived
     at 223 Coral Lane, Palm Beach, FL.
     Issue:
     f1. Patricia Hanley.
     f2. Fleming J. Hanley, Jr.
     f3. Linda Hanley.
     f4. Richard Hanley.
     f5. Nancy Hanley.
     f6. Danial Hanley.

     g. Tommy Eugene Carpenter, born 17 Apr 1911, Jackson Co.,FL; died 4 Apr 1984 in Regional Medical Center, Tallahasee, FL; buried
     7 Apr 1984 in Lake Mystic Cemetery, Bristol, FL.; married Mary Louise Sykes, born in Bristol, FL.
     Issue:
     g1. Jerry Carpenter, who married Gwen ______.

     h. Olive Frances Carpenter, born 12 Dec 1912, Jackson Co, FL; died 9 Jun 1993, Williston, FL; buried 12 Jun 1993 in Pine Level Cemetery,
     Oxford, FL; married 31 Jan 1932 in Okeechobee, FL, Aud Bert Belcher, born 2 Aug 1910, Benton, IL.
     Issue:
     h1. Barbara Jane Belcher, born 25 Jul 1933, West Palm Beach, FL; married 28 Nov 1953 in Palm Beach Raymond Gerard, born 29 Dec
     1926, Frontenac, Kansas.
     h2. Charles Thomas Belcher, born 2 Oct 1936, West Palm Beach, FL; married 26 Apr 1958 in West Palm Beach Carolyn Edna Dietrich, born
     24 Jun 1940, Margaretville, NY.
     h3. Frances Louise Belcher, born 15 Jan 1939, West Palm Beach, FL; married (1) 3 Jul 1956 in Geneva, AL Jimmie Earl Daniels, born
     26 Oct 1936, Bonifay, FL; died 28 Nov 1993, Ocala, FL, buried on 2 Dec 1993 in New Effort Cemetery, Carryville, FL; (2) 29 Dec 1983 in
     West Palm Beach, Buford Seals, born 29 Aug 1937 in Tazewell, TN.

      i. Infant daughter, born 14 Jul 1914; died Jul 1914, buried Carpenter's Cemetery, Grand Ridge, FL.

     j. Lynn Carpenter, born 25 Sep 1915, Jackson Co., FL; died 19 Nov 1988, buried 21 Nov 1988 in Carpenter's Cemetery, Grand Ridge, FL; married
     Mary Louise Smith, born 11 Jul 1922, Bronson, FL. Lynn, a veteran of World War 11, owned Carpenter's Steakhouse in Blountstown.
     Issue:
     j1. Betty Ann Carpenter, born 12 Jul 1943, Richmond, VA; married 3 Apr 1965 in VA, Charles Minor.
     j2. William Carpenter, born 27 Sep 1946, Leesburg, FL; married 17 Jun 1977 in Virginia, Vivian King.
     j3. Clarence Carpenter, born 30 Nov 1949, West Palm Beach, FL; married Cynthia Steikman.
     j4. Eva Carpenter, born 2 Oct 1953, West Palm Beach, FL; married 15 Jun 1974 in Blountstown, FL, Burke Hayes, born in Blountstown, FL.
     j5. Ray Carpenter, born 9 Nov 1956, West Palm Beach, FL.

      k. William Carpenter, born 5 Jul 1917; married Ruth _______, who died Oct 1983 and was buried in Maine.
     Issue:
     k1. Tommy Carpenter.
     k2. Judith Carpenter.
     k3. Elizabeth Carpenter.
     k4. Jimmy Carpenter.
     k5. Johnnie Carpenter.

     l. Jacqueline Rubyette Carpenter, born 25 Apr 1927, Lake Worth, FL; married 4 Apr 1944 in Panama City, FL William Taylor Hammond.
     Issue:
     l1. Shirley Jean Hammond, born 27 Jul 1945, Panama City.
     l2. Mary Diane Hammond, born 7 Jul 1947, Panama City.
     i3. Judy Mae Hammond, born 16 Dec 1950, West Palm Beach.
     i4. William Taylor Hammond, born 3 Aug 1955, Vero Beach.

     6. Charles William Stone, born 30 Apr 1881; died of typhoid fever 28 Nov 1919; married Annie J. McDaniel, 5 Jul 1908 in Jackson Co., FL. Annie was born 13 Feb 1888; died 7 Sep 1916. They are buried in Pope Cemetery.
     Issue:
     a. Charles William Stone, Jr., born 20 May 1909; died 28 Jun 1966; buried Pope Cemetery.
     b. Russell Stone.
     c. Doris Stone.

     7. Annie Stone, born Aug 1884; married in Jackson Co.on 26 Oct 1914 Silas H. Yon.

     8. Frank Perry Stone, born 15 Mar 1887, Calhoun Co., FL; died 19 Dec 1951; married 25 Mar 1906 in Jackson Co., FL Arizona "Zona" Demont. She was born 19 May 1892; died 14 Jun 1988, Marianna, FL. They are buried in Pope Cemetery, Sneads, Jackson Co., FL.
     In 1921 Frank and his brother, George, purchased Paul Long's interest in the 1920s originated Long and Stone's Wholesale Grocery; which about 1925 was renamed Stone and Stone. The business became a major distributor of groceries for northwest Florida during the next 20 years. Pebble C. Stone bought it in the 1940s. Frank in the 1930s purchased the Caledonia Hotel in Marianna, which was restored as the Stone Hotel.
     Issue:
     a. Pebble Curtis Stone, born 8 Jan 1907 Jackson Co., FL; died 2 Jun 1998. Marianna, FL; married on 7 Jul 1929 in Calhoun Co., FL Mildred B. Bishop,
     born 28 Feb 1907; died 13 Jun 2006, Marinaa, FL. Pebble owned "P. C. Stone Wholesale Grocery" of Marianna.
     Issue:
     a1. Ann Stone, born 1934; died in infancy.
     a2. John Curtis Stone, born 7 Sep 1938, Jacksonville, FL; married Mary Ruth Long. He is an Episcopalian priest.
     Issue:
     a2.1. Anne Elizabeth Stone, born 27 Jan 1967.
     a2.2. Franklin Paul Stone, born 27 Feb 1969.

     b. Mabel Stone, who married in Jackson Co. on 2 Oct 1932 A. G. "Gib" Cushing. In 1980 she was owner and operator of the Stone Hotel, Marianna, FL.

     c. Clyde Stone, born 25 Jul 1912; died 24 Apr 2002, Marianna, FL; married Ernest F. Barnes. Earnest was born 4 Apr 1916; died Oct 1980. He served as Sheriff of Jackson County, FL.

     d. Frankie Stone, who married (1) Alton Parris; (2) C. T. Bright.

     9. George E. Stone, born 30 Sep 1892; died 25 Apr 1941; married Cornelia Blanche Williams. She was born 9 Dec 1896; died 2 Jul 1987. They are buried in Pope Cemetery, Sneads, FL. No issue.
     George was in the wholesale grocery business with his brother Frank, also owned George E. Stone and Company.


     Acknowledgments: Pebble C. Stone, 1979; Soldiers of Florida. 1903; C.S.A. service record of Shade S. Stone, National Archives, Washington, D.C.; pension applications of Shade & Olive Stone, the Florida Archives, Tallahassee; Jerrell H. Shofner, Jackson County, Florida-A History, 1985; U.S. Original Census Schedules: 8th Census, 1860 Calhoun County, Florida, 10th Census, 1880 Calhoun County, Florida, 12th Census, 1900 Jackson County, Florida; Margaret Lewis Durrance and Ann Durrance Folk, Lineage of Joseph Durrance, p. 126, 1986; Janice B. Clenney, February 1994; Louise K. Frisbie, Florida’s Fabled Inns, p. 72; Cindy Woodruff, St. Petersburg, June & July 1994; Social Security Death Index; Edenfield Genealogical Society; photos of Shade and Olive Stone, tombstone of same and Fanny and Tomas Carpenter, courtesy of Betty Ann Minor, 15 March 2010.

     30 July 2001, 7 September 2003, 16 March 2010.