The Stones
- William Stone (1603–1695), Governor of Maryland Colony 1649-1655. Great-great grandfather of Thomas Stone, Michael J. Stone, and John Hoskins Stone.
- Thomas Stone (1743–1787), Maryland State Senator 1779-1783, Delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland 1775-1776 1778 1784. Great-great grandson of William Stone.
- Michael J. Stone (1747–1812), Maryland House Delegate 1781-1783, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1789-1791. Great-great grandson of William Stone.
- John Hoskins Stone (1750–1804), Maryland Executive Councilman 1779-1785 1791-1792, Maryland House Delegate 1785-1787 1790, Governor of Maryland 1794-1797. Great-great grandson of William Stone.
- Frederick Stone (1820–1899), Maryland House Delegate 1864-1865, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1867-1871, Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals 1881-1890. Grandson of Michael J. Stone.
- John M. Daniel (1825–1865), U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Sardinia 1853-1854, U.S. Minister to Sardinia 1854-1861. Grandson of Thomas Stone.
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Famous quotes containing the word stones:
“Wordsworth went to the Lakes, but he was never a lake poet. He found in stones the sermons he had already hidden there.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in its totality, in its structure: posterity discovers it in the stones with which he built and with which other structures are subsequently built that are frequently better—and so, in the fact that that structure can be demolished and yet still possess value as material.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)