William S. Stone was Mayor of Fredericksburg in 1801-1802. He was believed to have been originally interred in the "Corporate Burial Ground" which was located where Hurkamp Park is today, but the below obituary suggests he was originally interred in Falmouth. When the Fredericksburg Cemetery opened in 1844 numerous burials were reinterred in the new cemetery, owing to the run-down condition of the old cemetery.
He has been claimed to be the only known veteran of the American Revolutionary War buried in the Fredericksburg Cemetery, however that appears unlikely following extensive research by a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He is also not a veteran of the War of 1812.
RICHMOND ENQUIRER, Richmond, VA
Friday, June 1, 1827, page 3
DIED---, on Wednesday last, William S. Stone, Esq. in the 63d year of his age. His death was produced by Tetanus, which ensued from a slight injury that he received, twelve days previously, by a kick from a horse. The deceased had been an inhabitant of this town for more than forty years, during which time he held a conspicuous and highly respectable standing in our social and business circles. He was universally esteemed as an intelligent, enterprising and upright merchant. But it was in the domestic circle, his chief happiness was concentrated, that his virtues were most conspicuous. The profound affliction of a numerous connexion, gives unerring testimony of his worth in the endearing relations of husband, father and friend! By these his memory will long be cherished with a holy reverence. May he who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, give comfort to the bereaved widow and children in their day of trouble! His remains were yesterday deposited in the burying ground of the old Episcopal Church in Falmouth. [Fredericksburg Herald]
He has been claimed to be the only known veteran of the American Revolutionary War buried in the Fredericksburg Cemetery, however that appears unlikely following extensive research by a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He is also not a veteran of the War of 1812.
RICHMOND ENQUIRER, Richmond, VA
Friday, June 1, 1827, page 3
DIED---, on Wednesday last, William S. Stone, Esq. in the 63d year of his age. His death was produced by Tetanus, which ensued from a slight injury that he received, twelve days previously, by a kick from a horse. The deceased had been an inhabitant of this town for more than forty years, during which time he held a conspicuous and highly respectable standing in our social and business circles. He was universally esteemed as an intelligent, enterprising and upright merchant. But it was in the domestic circle, his chief happiness was concentrated, that his virtues were most conspicuous. The profound affliction of a numerous connexion, gives unerring testimony of his worth in the endearing relations of husband, father and friend! By these his memory will long be cherished with a holy reverence. May he who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, give comfort to the bereaved widow and children in their day of trouble! His remains were yesterday deposited in the burying ground of the old Episcopal Church in Falmouth. [Fredericksburg Herald]
William S. Stone was Mayor of Fredericksburg in 1801-1802. He was believed to have been originally interred in the "Corporate Burial Ground" which was located where Hurkamp Park is today, but the below obituary suggests he was originally interred in Falmouth. When the Fredericksburg Cemetery opened in 1844 numerous burials were reinterred in the new cemetery, owing to the run-down condition of the old cemetery.
He has been claimed to be the only known veteran of the American Revolutionary War buried in the Fredericksburg Cemetery, however that appears unlikely following extensive research by a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He is also not a veteran of the War of 1812.
RICHMOND ENQUIRER, Richmond, VA
Friday, June 1, 1827, page 3
DIED---, on Wednesday last, William S. Stone, Esq. in the 63d year of his age. His death was produced by Tetanus, which ensued from a slight injury that he received, twelve days previously, by a kick from a horse. The deceased had been an inhabitant of this town for more than forty years, during which time he held a conspicuous and highly respectable standing in our social and business circles. He was universally esteemed as an intelligent, enterprising and upright merchant. But it was in the domestic circle, his chief happiness was concentrated, that his virtues were most conspicuous. The profound affliction of a numerous connexion, gives unerring testimony of his worth in the endearing relations of husband, father and friend! By these his memory will long be cherished with a holy reverence. May he who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, give comfort to the bereaved widow and children in their day of trouble! His remains were yesterday deposited in the burying ground of the old Episcopal Church in Falmouth. [Fredericksburg Herald]
He has been claimed to be the only known veteran of the American Revolutionary War buried in the Fredericksburg Cemetery, however that appears unlikely following extensive research by a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He is also not a veteran of the War of 1812.
RICHMOND ENQUIRER, Richmond, VA
Friday, June 1, 1827, page 3
DIED---, on Wednesday last, William S. Stone, Esq. in the 63d year of his age. His death was produced by Tetanus, which ensued from a slight injury that he received, twelve days previously, by a kick from a horse. The deceased had been an inhabitant of this town for more than forty years, during which time he held a conspicuous and highly respectable standing in our social and business circles. He was universally esteemed as an intelligent, enterprising and upright merchant. But it was in the domestic circle, his chief happiness was concentrated, that his virtues were most conspicuous. The profound affliction of a numerous connexion, gives unerring testimony of his worth in the endearing relations of husband, father and friend! By these his memory will long be cherished with a holy reverence. May he who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, give comfort to the bereaved widow and children in their day of trouble! His remains were yesterday deposited in the burying ground of the old Episcopal Church in Falmouth. [Fredericksburg Herald]
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