Notable People From Stone Mills
- Manly Benson, a Methodist minister and lecturer from Newburgh.
- Weston Price, a famous dentist, nutritionist, and author from Newburgh.
- Sir Allen Bristol Aylesworth, minister or labour, minister of justice and Canadian senator from Newburgh.
- Samuel Sobieski Nelles, principal of Newburgh Academy for one year.
John Thomson, founded with his brother, the Newburgh Mill. Miles Wesley Simkins, a businessman instrumental in the rebuilding of Newburgh after the great fire of 1887.
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