Background
Stone, Rufus Barrett was born on November 24, 1847 in Groton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Warren Fay and Mary (Williams) Stone.
Stone, Rufus Barrett was born on November 24, 1847 in Groton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Warren Fay and Mary (Williams) Stone.
Graduate Lawrence (Massachusetts) Academy, 1867. Special course, Williams College, 1867-1868.
Engaged in the United States Revenue Service, in Mississippi. Admitted to Mississippi bar, 1872. Chancellor 17th District of Mississippi, 1874-1876.
Removed to Bradford, Pennsylvania.
Member of law firm of Stone & Weil, later Stone, Brown & Sturgeon. Operated extensively in oil and gas.
President Central Oil Corporation, Muncie Mining Сompany. Vice president McKean County Lumber Company, et cetera
A founder, later owner, Bradford Evening Star.
Served as private Company B, 6th Massachusetts Volumes (“Bloody Sixth”), at close of Civil War. Member “Bucktail” Rifle Regiment, Pennsylvania Volumes.
Married Margaret Sarah Baldwin, April.