STONE - FRANK A. STONE, aged 84, of Stone Hills, Bridge st., NW., passed away Friday evening.
The survivors are his widow, HARRIET B.; two daughters, MISS FRANC STONE at home and MRS. HELENA TORGERSON of Chicago; a grandson, FRANK TORGERSON, and a sister, MRS. W.P. MANNING of Albion.
Funeral services will be held at the family residence Monday at 2 o'clock. Cremation following. Details by Berton A. Spring.
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sun., Apr. 24, 1938, Pg. 6, Col. 4, Obit. 11
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The life of FRANK A. STONE, of Grand Rapids, has been an expression of diversified operations in various fields of activity, of constant and unremitting industry, and of the final attainment of a position among the substantial business men of his native city. When he started out in life it was as a youth with only the advantages to be gained by a common school education, but he possessed underlying ability and a determination to succeed, and with these he has fought his way honorably to his present standing as president and treasurer of one of the city's prominent concerns, the CLIPPER BELT LACER COMPANY. Mr. Stone was born in the city of Grand Rapids, Feb. 19, 1854, son of HENRY G. and NANCY (BARNES) STONE, the former a native of Weatherfield, N. Y., and the latter of Stowe, Vt. His father came to Grand Rapids as one of the city's earliest settlers, here establishing the first foundry and building the first traction engine. He handled and manufactured agricultural implements under the firm name of DEAN & STONE, and continued to be connected with this line of endeavor through the remaining years of his life. He and Mrs. Stone, who also passed away many years ago, were the parents of nine children: ALBERT, ELLA and JULIA; FRANK A., ANNA, JAMES B., JOHN W., RUTH P., and MAY, wife of W. P. MANNING, of Albion, Mich., all deceased but the last named, and the subject of this sketch. On completing his schooling, at the age of seventeen years, Frank A. Stone secured his first employment as a farm hand, but soon gave up agricultural pursuits for railroad work, and for three years was in the service of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad. For one year he was employed in the crockery store of M. R. Bissell, and then transferred his services to the firm of H. Leonard & Sons, by whom he was employed for nineteen years. During the next fifteen years he was engaged by the Michigan Stove & Caster Company, and in 1907 inaugurated the movement that resulted in the formation of the CLIPPER BELT LACER COMPANY. Mr. Stone at that time received from his brother, J. B. Stone, then a resident of London, England, the patent for the ingenious device known as the Clipper Belt Lacer, and the company for the manufacture and sale of this article first bore the name of J. B. STONE & COMPANY. In 1908 Charles P. Foote came into the company, which, in 1910, started to build its own plant at the corner of Commerce and Louis streets. The company was incorporated for $12,000, with the following officers: Charles P. Foote, president; John E. More, vice-president, and Frank A. Stone, secretary and treasurer. The stock was later increased to $20,000, and at the start of the year 1918 the capital stock had reached $500,000. The new plant was erected in 1912, being occupied June 20 of that year, and the new offices of the concern were occupied July 1, 1916. There are now three buildings, the dimensions of which are 100x300 feet, 80x80 feet and one 80x60 feet, the second being two stories in height. More than 100 skilled employes are employed in the plant and there are five salesmen on the road for this article, which is sold all over the world, with a European office maintained at London, England. Mr. Stone is a man of sound business ability and cool, keen judgment, absolutely reliable and possessed of the full confidence of his associates. He is a Republican in his political tendencies, and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, while his social connections are with the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Owashtanong and Grandview Automobile clubs. He is a contributor to many worthy movements and is accounted a public-spirited citizen and business man of progressive views. Mr. Stone was married Jan. 11, 1877, to Miss INDIA E. COLESTOCK, of Grand Rapids, and they have two children: HELENA S., a solo harpist and composer, at one time a member of the famous Theodore Thomas Orchestra, and a woman with a world-wide reputation. She is the wife of LLOYD R. TORGERSON, of Chicago, Ill., and has a son, FRANK STONE. The other child of Mr. and Mrs. Stone is FRANC, who resides at home.
GRAND RAPIDS AND KENT COUNTY MICHIGAN, Vol. II, Ernest B. Fisher, Editor, Robert O. Law Company, Chicago, 1918, Pgs. 360-361 (FRANK A. STONE)
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MRS. FRANK A. [INDIA] STONE, aged 74, died at her home, Stone Hills, Monday afternoon. Survivors, besides the husband, are two daughters, MISS FRANC STONE of Grand Rapids, MRS. L.R. TORGERSON of Chicago; one sister, MRS. SAMUEL HOOD of Lacrosse, Wis., and one grandson, FRANK STONE TORGERSON of Chicago. Funeral services Thursday at 2 p.m. from the residence, 1353 Bridge st. Details by Berton A. Spring.
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Tues., Feb. 11, 1930, Pg. 3, Col. 3, Obit. 4
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RENOVATED 100-YEAR-OLD ESTATE FEATURES VIEW OF DOWNTOWN SKYLINE
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Almost sitting on the top of Grand Rapids, the hidden Stone Hills historic estate has been renovated and is looking as good as new after turning a hundred years old, this year.
The Stone Hills estate, 1353 Bridge St. NW, is on the market for $1.3 million. A significant renovation project for the interior of the home was recently completed.
The property once belonged to the Stone family, one of Grand Rapids' oldest families. Frank Stone started constructing the estate in 1914 and finished building four years later in 1918.
The home is situated on a property covering three-and-a-half acres. The property also features over a mile of walking trails and 2,000 feet of hand-laid brick for all the paved roads.
The exterior architecture remains relatively unchanged, but the interior is unrecognizable from the original home's look.
~~Except from mlive article on the Stone Mansion by Sasha Zidar
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/11/100-year-old_stone_hills_histo.html
The survivors are his widow, HARRIET B.; two daughters, MISS FRANC STONE at home and MRS. HELENA TORGERSON of Chicago; a grandson, FRANK TORGERSON, and a sister, MRS. W.P. MANNING of Albion.
Funeral services will be held at the family residence Monday at 2 o'clock. Cremation following. Details by Berton A. Spring.
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sun., Apr. 24, 1938, Pg. 6, Col. 4, Obit. 11
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The life of FRANK A. STONE, of Grand Rapids, has been an expression of diversified operations in various fields of activity, of constant and unremitting industry, and of the final attainment of a position among the substantial business men of his native city. When he started out in life it was as a youth with only the advantages to be gained by a common school education, but he possessed underlying ability and a determination to succeed, and with these he has fought his way honorably to his present standing as president and treasurer of one of the city's prominent concerns, the CLIPPER BELT LACER COMPANY. Mr. Stone was born in the city of Grand Rapids, Feb. 19, 1854, son of HENRY G. and NANCY (BARNES) STONE, the former a native of Weatherfield, N. Y., and the latter of Stowe, Vt. His father came to Grand Rapids as one of the city's earliest settlers, here establishing the first foundry and building the first traction engine. He handled and manufactured agricultural implements under the firm name of DEAN & STONE, and continued to be connected with this line of endeavor through the remaining years of his life. He and Mrs. Stone, who also passed away many years ago, were the parents of nine children: ALBERT, ELLA and JULIA; FRANK A., ANNA, JAMES B., JOHN W., RUTH P., and MAY, wife of W. P. MANNING, of Albion, Mich., all deceased but the last named, and the subject of this sketch. On completing his schooling, at the age of seventeen years, Frank A. Stone secured his first employment as a farm hand, but soon gave up agricultural pursuits for railroad work, and for three years was in the service of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad. For one year he was employed in the crockery store of M. R. Bissell, and then transferred his services to the firm of H. Leonard & Sons, by whom he was employed for nineteen years. During the next fifteen years he was engaged by the Michigan Stove & Caster Company, and in 1907 inaugurated the movement that resulted in the formation of the CLIPPER BELT LACER COMPANY. Mr. Stone at that time received from his brother, J. B. Stone, then a resident of London, England, the patent for the ingenious device known as the Clipper Belt Lacer, and the company for the manufacture and sale of this article first bore the name of J. B. STONE & COMPANY. In 1908 Charles P. Foote came into the company, which, in 1910, started to build its own plant at the corner of Commerce and Louis streets. The company was incorporated for $12,000, with the following officers: Charles P. Foote, president; John E. More, vice-president, and Frank A. Stone, secretary and treasurer. The stock was later increased to $20,000, and at the start of the year 1918 the capital stock had reached $500,000. The new plant was erected in 1912, being occupied June 20 of that year, and the new offices of the concern were occupied July 1, 1916. There are now three buildings, the dimensions of which are 100x300 feet, 80x80 feet and one 80x60 feet, the second being two stories in height. More than 100 skilled employes are employed in the plant and there are five salesmen on the road for this article, which is sold all over the world, with a European office maintained at London, England. Mr. Stone is a man of sound business ability and cool, keen judgment, absolutely reliable and possessed of the full confidence of his associates. He is a Republican in his political tendencies, and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, while his social connections are with the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Owashtanong and Grandview Automobile clubs. He is a contributor to many worthy movements and is accounted a public-spirited citizen and business man of progressive views. Mr. Stone was married Jan. 11, 1877, to Miss INDIA E. COLESTOCK, of Grand Rapids, and they have two children: HELENA S., a solo harpist and composer, at one time a member of the famous Theodore Thomas Orchestra, and a woman with a world-wide reputation. She is the wife of LLOYD R. TORGERSON, of Chicago, Ill., and has a son, FRANK STONE. The other child of Mr. and Mrs. Stone is FRANC, who resides at home.
GRAND RAPIDS AND KENT COUNTY MICHIGAN, Vol. II, Ernest B. Fisher, Editor, Robert O. Law Company, Chicago, 1918, Pgs. 360-361 (FRANK A. STONE)
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MRS. FRANK A. [INDIA] STONE, aged 74, died at her home, Stone Hills, Monday afternoon. Survivors, besides the husband, are two daughters, MISS FRANC STONE of Grand Rapids, MRS. L.R. TORGERSON of Chicago; one sister, MRS. SAMUEL HOOD of Lacrosse, Wis., and one grandson, FRANK STONE TORGERSON of Chicago. Funeral services Thursday at 2 p.m. from the residence, 1353 Bridge st. Details by Berton A. Spring.
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Tues., Feb. 11, 1930, Pg. 3, Col. 3, Obit. 4
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RENOVATED 100-YEAR-OLD ESTATE FEATURES VIEW OF DOWNTOWN SKYLINE
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Almost sitting on the top of Grand Rapids, the hidden Stone Hills historic estate has been renovated and is looking as good as new after turning a hundred years old, this year.
The Stone Hills estate, 1353 Bridge St. NW, is on the market for $1.3 million. A significant renovation project for the interior of the home was recently completed.
The property once belonged to the Stone family, one of Grand Rapids' oldest families. Frank Stone started constructing the estate in 1914 and finished building four years later in 1918.
The home is situated on a property covering three-and-a-half acres. The property also features over a mile of walking trails and 2,000 feet of hand-laid brick for all the paved roads.
The exterior architecture remains relatively unchanged, but the interior is unrecognizable from the original home's look.
~~Except from mlive article on the Stone Mansion by Sasha Zidar
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/11/100-year-old_stone_hills_histo.html
STONE - FRANK A. STONE, aged 84, of Stone Hills, Bridge st., NW., passed away Friday evening.
The survivors are his widow, HARRIET B.; two daughters, MISS FRANC STONE at home and MRS. HELENA TORGERSON of Chicago; a grandson, FRANK TORGERSON, and a sister, MRS. W.P. MANNING of Albion.
Funeral services will be held at the family residence Monday at 2 o'clock. Cremation following. Details by Berton A. Spring.
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sun., Apr. 24, 1938, Pg. 6, Col. 4, Obit. 11
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The life of FRANK A. STONE, of Grand Rapids, has been an expression of diversified operations in various fields of activity, of constant and unremitting industry, and of the final attainment of a position among the substantial business men of his native city. When he started out in life it was as a youth with only the advantages to be gained by a common school education, but he possessed underlying ability and a determination to succeed, and with these he has fought his way honorably to his present standing as president and treasurer of one of the city's prominent concerns, the CLIPPER BELT LACER COMPANY. Mr. Stone was born in the city of Grand Rapids, Feb. 19, 1854, son of HENRY G. and NANCY (BARNES) STONE, the former a native of Weatherfield, N. Y., and the latter of Stowe, Vt. His father came to Grand Rapids as one of the city's earliest settlers, here establishing the first foundry and building the first traction engine. He handled and manufactured agricultural implements under the firm name of DEAN & STONE, and continued to be connected with this line of endeavor through the remaining years of his life. He and Mrs. Stone, who also passed away many years ago, were the parents of nine children: ALBERT, ELLA and JULIA; FRANK A., ANNA, JAMES B., JOHN W., RUTH P., and MAY, wife of W. P. MANNING, of Albion, Mich., all deceased but the last named, and the subject of this sketch. On completing his schooling, at the age of seventeen years, Frank A. Stone secured his first employment as a farm hand, but soon gave up agricultural pursuits for railroad work, and for three years was in the service of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad. For one year he was employed in the crockery store of M. R. Bissell, and then transferred his services to the firm of H. Leonard & Sons, by whom he was employed for nineteen years. During the next fifteen years he was engaged by the Michigan Stove & Caster Company, and in 1907 inaugurated the movement that resulted in the formation of the CLIPPER BELT LACER COMPANY. Mr. Stone at that time received from his brother, J. B. Stone, then a resident of London, England, the patent for the ingenious device known as the Clipper Belt Lacer, and the company for the manufacture and sale of this article first bore the name of J. B. STONE & COMPANY. In 1908 Charles P. Foote came into the company, which, in 1910, started to build its own plant at the corner of Commerce and Louis streets. The company was incorporated for $12,000, with the following officers: Charles P. Foote, president; John E. More, vice-president, and Frank A. Stone, secretary and treasurer. The stock was later increased to $20,000, and at the start of the year 1918 the capital stock had reached $500,000. The new plant was erected in 1912, being occupied June 20 of that year, and the new offices of the concern were occupied July 1, 1916. There are now three buildings, the dimensions of which are 100x300 feet, 80x80 feet and one 80x60 feet, the second being two stories in height. More than 100 skilled employes are employed in the plant and there are five salesmen on the road for this article, which is sold all over the world, with a European office maintained at London, England. Mr. Stone is a man of sound business ability and cool, keen judgment, absolutely reliable and possessed of the full confidence of his associates. He is a Republican in his political tendencies, and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, while his social connections are with the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Owashtanong and Grandview Automobile clubs. He is a contributor to many worthy movements and is accounted a public-spirited citizen and business man of progressive views. Mr. Stone was married Jan. 11, 1877, to Miss INDIA E. COLESTOCK, of Grand Rapids, and they have two children: HELENA S., a solo harpist and composer, at one time a member of the famous Theodore Thomas Orchestra, and a woman with a world-wide reputation. She is the wife of LLOYD R. TORGERSON, of Chicago, Ill., and has a son, FRANK STONE. The other child of Mr. and Mrs. Stone is FRANC, who resides at home.
GRAND RAPIDS AND KENT COUNTY MICHIGAN, Vol. II, Ernest B. Fisher, Editor, Robert O. Law Company, Chicago, 1918, Pgs. 360-361 (FRANK A. STONE)
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MRS. FRANK A. [INDIA] STONE, aged 74, died at her home, Stone Hills, Monday afternoon. Survivors, besides the husband, are two daughters, MISS FRANC STONE of Grand Rapids, MRS. L.R. TORGERSON of Chicago; one sister, MRS. SAMUEL HOOD of Lacrosse, Wis., and one grandson, FRANK STONE TORGERSON of Chicago. Funeral services Thursday at 2 p.m. from the residence, 1353 Bridge st. Details by Berton A. Spring.
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Tues., Feb. 11, 1930, Pg. 3, Col. 3, Obit. 4
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RENOVATED 100-YEAR-OLD ESTATE FEATURES VIEW OF DOWNTOWN SKYLINE
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Almost sitting on the top of Grand Rapids, the hidden Stone Hills historic estate has been renovated and is looking as good as new after turning a hundred years old, this year.
The Stone Hills estate, 1353 Bridge St. NW, is on the market for $1.3 million. A significant renovation project for the interior of the home was recently completed.
The property once belonged to the Stone family, one of Grand Rapids' oldest families. Frank Stone started constructing the estate in 1914 and finished building four years later in 1918.
The home is situated on a property covering three-and-a-half acres. The property also features over a mile of walking trails and 2,000 feet of hand-laid brick for all the paved roads.
The exterior architecture remains relatively unchanged, but the interior is unrecognizable from the original home's look.
~~Except from mlive article on the Stone Mansion by Sasha Zidar
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/11/100-year-old_stone_hills_histo.html
The survivors are his widow, HARRIET B.; two daughters, MISS FRANC STONE at home and MRS. HELENA TORGERSON of Chicago; a grandson, FRANK TORGERSON, and a sister, MRS. W.P. MANNING of Albion.
Funeral services will be held at the family residence Monday at 2 o'clock. Cremation following. Details by Berton A. Spring.
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sun., Apr. 24, 1938, Pg. 6, Col. 4, Obit. 11
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The life of FRANK A. STONE, of Grand Rapids, has been an expression of diversified operations in various fields of activity, of constant and unremitting industry, and of the final attainment of a position among the substantial business men of his native city. When he started out in life it was as a youth with only the advantages to be gained by a common school education, but he possessed underlying ability and a determination to succeed, and with these he has fought his way honorably to his present standing as president and treasurer of one of the city's prominent concerns, the CLIPPER BELT LACER COMPANY. Mr. Stone was born in the city of Grand Rapids, Feb. 19, 1854, son of HENRY G. and NANCY (BARNES) STONE, the former a native of Weatherfield, N. Y., and the latter of Stowe, Vt. His father came to Grand Rapids as one of the city's earliest settlers, here establishing the first foundry and building the first traction engine. He handled and manufactured agricultural implements under the firm name of DEAN & STONE, and continued to be connected with this line of endeavor through the remaining years of his life. He and Mrs. Stone, who also passed away many years ago, were the parents of nine children: ALBERT, ELLA and JULIA; FRANK A., ANNA, JAMES B., JOHN W., RUTH P., and MAY, wife of W. P. MANNING, of Albion, Mich., all deceased but the last named, and the subject of this sketch. On completing his schooling, at the age of seventeen years, Frank A. Stone secured his first employment as a farm hand, but soon gave up agricultural pursuits for railroad work, and for three years was in the service of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad. For one year he was employed in the crockery store of M. R. Bissell, and then transferred his services to the firm of H. Leonard & Sons, by whom he was employed for nineteen years. During the next fifteen years he was engaged by the Michigan Stove & Caster Company, and in 1907 inaugurated the movement that resulted in the formation of the CLIPPER BELT LACER COMPANY. Mr. Stone at that time received from his brother, J. B. Stone, then a resident of London, England, the patent for the ingenious device known as the Clipper Belt Lacer, and the company for the manufacture and sale of this article first bore the name of J. B. STONE & COMPANY. In 1908 Charles P. Foote came into the company, which, in 1910, started to build its own plant at the corner of Commerce and Louis streets. The company was incorporated for $12,000, with the following officers: Charles P. Foote, president; John E. More, vice-president, and Frank A. Stone, secretary and treasurer. The stock was later increased to $20,000, and at the start of the year 1918 the capital stock had reached $500,000. The new plant was erected in 1912, being occupied June 20 of that year, and the new offices of the concern were occupied July 1, 1916. There are now three buildings, the dimensions of which are 100x300 feet, 80x80 feet and one 80x60 feet, the second being two stories in height. More than 100 skilled employes are employed in the plant and there are five salesmen on the road for this article, which is sold all over the world, with a European office maintained at London, England. Mr. Stone is a man of sound business ability and cool, keen judgment, absolutely reliable and possessed of the full confidence of his associates. He is a Republican in his political tendencies, and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, while his social connections are with the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Owashtanong and Grandview Automobile clubs. He is a contributor to many worthy movements and is accounted a public-spirited citizen and business man of progressive views. Mr. Stone was married Jan. 11, 1877, to Miss INDIA E. COLESTOCK, of Grand Rapids, and they have two children: HELENA S., a solo harpist and composer, at one time a member of the famous Theodore Thomas Orchestra, and a woman with a world-wide reputation. She is the wife of LLOYD R. TORGERSON, of Chicago, Ill., and has a son, FRANK STONE. The other child of Mr. and Mrs. Stone is FRANC, who resides at home.
GRAND RAPIDS AND KENT COUNTY MICHIGAN, Vol. II, Ernest B. Fisher, Editor, Robert O. Law Company, Chicago, 1918, Pgs. 360-361 (FRANK A. STONE)
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MRS. FRANK A. [INDIA] STONE, aged 74, died at her home, Stone Hills, Monday afternoon. Survivors, besides the husband, are two daughters, MISS FRANC STONE of Grand Rapids, MRS. L.R. TORGERSON of Chicago; one sister, MRS. SAMUEL HOOD of Lacrosse, Wis., and one grandson, FRANK STONE TORGERSON of Chicago. Funeral services Thursday at 2 p.m. from the residence, 1353 Bridge st. Details by Berton A. Spring.
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Tues., Feb. 11, 1930, Pg. 3, Col. 3, Obit. 4
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RENOVATED 100-YEAR-OLD ESTATE FEATURES VIEW OF DOWNTOWN SKYLINE
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Almost sitting on the top of Grand Rapids, the hidden Stone Hills historic estate has been renovated and is looking as good as new after turning a hundred years old, this year.
The Stone Hills estate, 1353 Bridge St. NW, is on the market for $1.3 million. A significant renovation project for the interior of the home was recently completed.
The property once belonged to the Stone family, one of Grand Rapids' oldest families. Frank Stone started constructing the estate in 1914 and finished building four years later in 1918.
The home is situated on a property covering three-and-a-half acres. The property also features over a mile of walking trails and 2,000 feet of hand-laid brick for all the paved roads.
The exterior architecture remains relatively unchanged, but the interior is unrecognizable from the original home's look.
~~Except from mlive article on the Stone Mansion by Sasha Zidar
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/11/100-year-old_stone_hills_histo.html
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