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Lucinda  Stone 

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James Bennett Stone
11/29/1823 - 2/25/1889

Jincy Ann Yon
12/12/1828 - 11/4/1894
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Lucinda Stone
2/28/1860 - 2/20/1930
(Shown at age 65)
Lucinda Stone was born on February 28, 1860 in Calhoun Co., Florida and died on February 20, 1930 in Calhoun Co., Florida. She lived to be 70 years old.

She married John W. Yon and they had the following children:
  1. Silas Yon (10/30/1883)
  2. Eula D.Yon (abt. 1885)
  3. Hattie Yon (abt. 1886)
  4. John Wood Yon (7/4/1889)
  5. infant son Yon (3/6/1891 to 7/6/1891)
  6. infant daughter Yon (9/1892 to 10/11/1892)
  7. Jesse T. Yon (1/5/1895)
  8. Ellen Amelia Yon (5/1/1897)
  9. James "Joe" Rubin Yon (3/25/1900)
  10. Morey Orthnal Yon (9/26/1901)
  11. Jack Yon (4/30/1903)
Records
Marriage12/21/1882 Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) 22 yrs old 
Marriage of John Wood Yon and Lucinda Stone on Dec. 21, 1882; page # 101   Source:  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flcalhou/marriages/grooms.txt
Census1/1/1900 Shiloh FL (Calhoun County) 39 yrs old 
Recorded as dwelling #107: John W. Yon (age 42), Lucinda Yon (age 40), Silas Yon (16), Ulla Yon (15), Hattie Yon (12), John W. Yon (10), Ellen A. Yon (4), James A. Yon (11 mos.) & Jack Baker (a 20 year old servant). All born in FL, as were their parents. John is a farmer. Silas, Ulla, Hattie,& John attend school. John and Lucinda had 9 children 6 are living. 
Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1900: The first automobile, nick-named Chicken Killer, arrives in Blountstown in 1905. The photo on the right shows The Chicken Killer. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.
Census4/29/1910 Shiloh FL (Calhoun County) 50 yrs old 
Recorded as dwelling #197, family #204: J. W. Yon (age 51), Lucinda Yon (age 50), S. H. Yon (24), Eula Yon (22), Hattie Yon (20), John W. Yon (18), Ellen Yon (14), Rubie Yon (11) & Mora O. Yon (8). J.W. & Lucinda have been married 25 years and had 10 children, 7 are living. J.W. is a farmer. Hattie is a teacher, all other are farm labors. All were born in FL, as were their parents. 
Graveyard/Tombstone2/28/1930 Old Shilo Cem. FL (Calhoun Co. County) 70 yrs old 
Lucinda Yon - Feb. 28, 1860 - Feb.21, 1930 - We trust our loss will be her gain, and that with Christ she's gone to reign.

Jack Yon - April 30, 1903 Sept. 24, 1904 - I/s/o J. W. & Lucinda Yon - Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest God called thee home He thought it best. 

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Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during Lucinda Stone's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of Lucinda, her family, and friends. For example, Lucinda is 2 years old when May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
AgeDateEvent
1 1861 No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later.
4 1864 Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back
5 1865 Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory.
5 1865 May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east.
10 1870 During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers.
22 1882 The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads.
23 1883 Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co.
24 1884 Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles.
46 1906 An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins.
57 1917 Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction.
68 1928 The Tamiami Trail opens. It opens the southernmost 275 miles of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida to tourist. It also destroys many of the Seminole Indian waterways and hinders their economy.
AgeDateEvent
5 1865 Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
9 1869 Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
17 1877 Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
19 1879 Edison invents the electric light bulb.
29 1889 The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
35 1895 Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
37 1897 First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
40 1900 Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
40 1900 The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control.
41 1901 First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
42 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
43 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
44 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
46 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
46 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson
46 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented
52 1912 The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
53 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
54 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
63 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
63 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
64 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
66 1926 Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
67 1927 The first television transmission was announced in England
68 1928 Big bang theory was introduced
AgeDateEvent
1 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
2 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
22 1882 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
25 1885 NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
48 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
52 1912 White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
53 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
57 1917 NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism.
59 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
AgeDateEvent
2 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
3 1863 Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
5 1865 American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
8 1868 An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
15 1875 Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
16 1876 The National League of Baseball is founded
49 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
50 1910 Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area.
67 1927 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
69 1929 Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
70 1930 Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
AgeDateEvent
49 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
54 1914 World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days.
57 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
59 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
60 1920 Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Wood Yon
Mr. and Mrs. John Wood Yon


Marriages
John Yon
Born on May 31, 1858 and died on December 6, 1936.
They were married 12/21/1882.

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The Children of Lucinda Stone

32 years old
Eula Dora Yon
Born somewhere in Florida on April 23, 1884 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on December 18, 1964. She was 80 years old.

She married Ralph Edwards.
Children:
Ina (1912-1950)
Ruth (1914)
Don (1916-1918)
Fannie Lou (1925-1993)....
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