BIO: Dan H. STONE, Jr., Beaver County, PA
    
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    BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
    of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
    Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 145-148.
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    STEPHEN P. and DAN H. STONE, Jr., prominent and progressive business men of
  Beaver, Pa., whose portraits accompany this sketch, are scions of one of the
  pioneer families of Beaver county. The family was established here when this
  section of the state was little more than a wilderness, principally inhabited
  by the Indian race, and infested by beasts of the forest. This region has
  furnished good, substantial men to the community, who have zealously promoted
  the rapid growth and development of the country.
    
    Dan H. Stone, Sr., the father of Stephen P. and Dan H., Jr., was born in
  Derby, Conn., September 27, 1802, but was very young when his parents removed
  to Pennsylvania. During his younger days he assisted his father and was
  charged with many duties of a very responsible nature. When but eighteen
  years of age, he was sent on horseback to Columbus, Ohio, to collect a bill
  for his father, amounting to $2,000. His first day's work for himself was in
  assisting to pole a boat eighteen miles, working from sunrise to the first
  star of evening and then walking home, - his salary being fifty cents per
  day. Like his ancestors he was very fond of the water, and as this was one of
  the principal employments of the day, he followed it for many years. Later, in
  connection with his brothers, Stephen and Charles, he owned and operated
  several steamboats, which ran to Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Louisville, and New
  Orleans. They had the contract for carrying the United States mail, and this
  yielded them large profits. Mr. Stone was very successful and accumulated
  considerable wealth; before the war he disposed of his interest in the
  business. Having inherited a portion of the old homestead in Marion township,
  he built saw mills and engaged very extensively in lumbering. His business was
  injured largely by the panic of 1873, and as he was of a generous nature, he
  gave assistance to others, which almost resulted in his financial ruin, and
  left him again a poor man. His health failed and he died on March 25, 1879.
  July 14, 1853 was the date of his marriage to Mary Patterson, a daughter of
  James Patterson,
    
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  who was an early settler of Beaver county and a resident of Beaver
  Falls, - then known as Brighton. She was born November 5, 1830, and is still
  living at Beaver, and enjoying the best of health. Their union resulted in
  the birth of seven children, as follows: Stephen P.; Elizabeth, the widow of
  D. F. Robinson; Dan H., Jr.; James P., who is engaged in the real estate
  business in Beaver Falls; Mary J.; Charles H.; and Sally P., a resident of
  Beaver.
    
    Dan H. Stone, Jr., was born in Beaver,
    
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  Pa., September 1, 1860. He attended the public schools and the U. P. Seminary
  until 1875, and in January, 1880, received the appointment of deputy
  prothonotary under his brother, Stephen P. Stone, continuing thus for two
  terms of three years each. In 1885, he was elected prothonotary of the Court
  of Common Pleas (assuming his trust in January, 1886), and was re-elected in
  1888. He discharged his duties to the complete satisfaction of his
  constituents. During his incumbency of the office, he became desirous of
  entering the legal profession, and as a result, he studied law with Hon. J.
  M. Buchanan and Hon. M. F. Mecklem, - being admitted to the bar on September
  19, 1892. Immediately after he began practicing, and by dint of hard and
  conscientious labor, he has established a good reputation and a large
  clientage. Intuitively, he applies the theoretic principles of law to the
  common affairs of every day life, and it is to his practical faculty that his
  success is mainly due. He is a stanch Republican and has been an active worker
  in party affairs. He has taken great interest in the progress of Beaver, and
  has been identified with the Beaver Valley Traction Company; was an
  incorporator, and, formerly, attorney, of the High River Bridge, Company; and
  of the People's Electric Street Railroad Company. He has been attorney for
  several railroads in Western Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Masonic
  lodge, and of the Odd Fellows' lodge, of which he is past grand. He owns some
  valuable real estate in Beaver, and is one of its most substantial citizens.
    
    Charles H. Stone, the youngest son of Dan H. and Mary (Patterson) Stone,
  was born in Beaver, Pa., where he attended the public schools. He became
  assistant to his brother, Dan H., when the latter was prothonotary, and also
  studied law with him, - being admitted to the bar on December 6, 1896. He
  also served as assistant clerk under his brother, Stephen P., in the Beaver
  Deposit Bank. He is a very popular young man in the borough, and has worked
  up quite a lucrative practice. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of
  Pythias.