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LUCIUS D. STONE ~ Possibly Larocque or Laroche


Marriage in Northampton MA
Sept 7 1859

Lucius D Witt Stone resident of Northampton age 25 merchant b Champlain NY father Isaac Stone, and Thirza M. Colton resident of Northampton age 24 b Northampton father Chauncy Colton, first marriage for both, Gordon Hall Minister Edwards Church (Protestant)

Hampshire Gazette (Northampton MA)
June 12 1860

Court Record. A suit for breach of marriage promise was tried, commencing on Wednesday and closing Thursday eveing. The suit was brought by Miss Lydia French of Ellensburg, NY against Lucius D.W. Stone, a dry goods clerk, of this town. Damages were laid at $10,000 but the jury awarded $1800. Mr. Stone formerly resided near the home of Miss French, and in 1854, when both were about 20 years of age, an agreement to marry was made between the parties, which was continued in good faith by each until the early part of the year 1859. During the five years Stone resided the greater portion of the time in Templeton, Mass., and this town. From three to four hundred letters passed between the parties, which were abundantly filled with the usual endearing talk of lovers. In January 1859, Stone informed Miss French of his determination to close the engagement, and in April following entered into an engagement with a lady of this town, which was consummated by their marriage on the 7th of September. Mr. Stone and Miss French were both put upon the witness stand. The jury returned their verdict after an absence of a little more than five hours. The only question for them to consider and determine was the amount of damages. The defendant defaulted at the February court, and did not attempt to deny the facts alleged. He offered to a friend of Miss French the make pecuniary reparation, but the amount ($300) was deemed so small that it was refused. Mr. Spaulding conducted the case for Miss French, with his usual ability, and Mr. Allen made a strong effort on behalf of the defendant. During the trial the court room was thronged in great part with ladies, nearly one hundred having been in the house at one time on Thursday.

Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Hampshire County MA)
Tuesday February 28 1865

Local Intelligence, Northampton. Rumors affecting the financial character and personal convenience of our late mercantile townsman, Mr. LDW Stone, have been in circulation here for some time. Mr. Stone left this town about a year since, somewhat under a cloud, or in other words his finances were in such a state of obscurity that his creditors saw the cash on their claims very faintly, and therefore the late rumors were readily believed, but it was not until within a few days that we have learned what seem to be the facts in the case. It appears that soon after locating in the enterprising city of Chicago, he found a tempting field for the exercise of his peculiar business energy and skill. He formed a favorable partnership with two others and went into the manufacture of soap - not unlikely the soft variety, but of this we are not informed. The working capital of the firm was not large, but one of the partners deposited $2,500 in railroad bonds, on which to raise money, and on this basis the manufacture of soap went on. Agents were sent out and the prospects of cleaning the people of their money and dirt were both many and good. Thinking still further to better his fortune, and being stimulated by visions of a large bank account and some renumerative stock for his individual self not far ahead, Stone engaged in a little cotton speculation on his own [hook? book?]. But, like some of his previous operations, this "spree" did not come up to the bill, and it plainly appearing that his position was untenable, some strategic movement was necessary to prevent the necessity of a speedy execution. In fact, King Cotton was getting the better of Imperial Stone. He therefore obtained possession of the railroad bonds without the knowledge of their owner, and turned them over to one of his cotton creditors as security for his individual debt. The grand finale, certain as an eclipse, was not long in coming. The owner of the bonds discovered their absence from the place of deposit, and forthwith there was war, terrible and earnest, between him and the irrepressible Stone. Soap was of no account in this emergency, though it may readily be supposed that Stone brought to his aid his usual amount of both soap and one of its principal ingredients (lye). But all to no purpose. The abstractor of the bonds was seized through due process of Illinois law, and wholly disregarding his protestations and in default of furnishing bonds to the amount of $9,000, was willfully incarcerated in a very undignified dungeon. Of course Stone was equal to that emergency, and obtaining the necessary bail, was liberated, and afterward held for further trial in the sum of $3,000. The end is not yet. He will very likely overcome all these little difficulties and soon be on his pins again, ready to prosecute anew the manufacture of soap, or for any other scheme that may promise to ameliorate his unfortunate condition at the expense of those within his financial grab.

Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton MA)
Friday December 21 1906 Obituary LDW Stone

LDW Stone, who died at Perry's Mill, New York, on Dec. 17, was a clerk in the dry goods store of Stoddard & Lincoln for a number of years, between 1850 and 1860. He was afterwards engaged in the lumber business with Asel Abel on the spot where Capt. EP Hall now is. He was also in the dry goods business on the corner of Main and Pleasant streets, where Mr. Cohn now is. He was in business with a son of Porter Nutting on this stand, afterwards with Samuel Cole, and before that with EE Wakefield and LH Field. He went to New York from here and was in the employ of Hayes & Whitney, wholesale dry goods dealers. He married Thirza, daughter of Chauncey Colton, long a furniture dealer on the site now owned by CN Fitts. They had one child, Howard Stone, who is a prominent and successful architect in Montreal. Mrs. Stone is still living. Mr. Stone was a very genial and extremely popular man and made friends of everybody.


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