Married 5 November 1891 recorded in Richmond, Ray County, Missouri
Newspaper and Date Unknown
GEORGE RONE DIED EARLY FRIDAY
George Rone died suddenly early Friday at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Carrie Clark, where he had been rooming. He had a hard heart attack the Monday before, but apparently was doing alright, though he had remained in bed on his physician's orders. He spoke of pain around his heart and in a few minutes was dead. He was tenderly cared for in the five days he was ill by his two sons, Floyd and Harrison, and by Mrs. Harrison Rone and Mrs. Clark.
Funeral services were held Sunday at Clark's mortuary in Kingston and burial was in the Cowgill cemetery.
Mr. Rone was a veteran in the timber and log business and in earlier life was often in the north following that pursuit. He was well liked and respected and many will miss him. His obituary follows:
George Anderson Rone was born in Ray County, Missouri, March 26, 1871, the son of Harrison and Eliza Rone. He died in Polo, Missouri, Dec. 5th, 1947 at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 9 days. He spent most of his life in Ray and Caldwell counties. He was married about 1891 to Miss Elizabeth Clark. To this union two sons were born, Floyd of Elmira and Harrison of Polo. Nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive as does one brother, Ray Rone of Cowgill. His wife preceded him in death two years ago.
Hamilton Advocate, Hamilton, Missouri December 11, 1947
GEORGE A. RONE, 77, DIES
Rev. James Heath of Hamilton conducted the funeral service for George A. Rone 77, Polo, at the Clark Funeral Home in Kingston Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock.
Mr. Rone is survived by two sons, Floyd and Harrison of Polo and one brother, Roy Rone, Cowgill.
GEORGE ANDERSON RONE
(Father of Henry Harrison Rone, Jr.)
By the time I remember Grandpa Rone I could have described him as a country gentleman except that he was financially broke. The only work he did was gardening and helping to cut wood. There was very little cash and that would have been from selling milk and eggs. Eventually, he collected "the old age pension."
He was born in Ray County, Missouri to a family who owned and worked a saw mill. He was connected to the lumber industry all his working life. At the time I was born in 1931, Grandpa was still going out of state with his youngest brother, Homer, to buy walnut logs. Family members say that he made sizeable amounts of money at times.
After the third grade, my grandfather quit school. He could read and much to family members consternation, he would read the Kansas City Star and peel off pages as he went. These ended in a disorderly stack beside his chair. The habit of reporting on the most interesting bits as he read annoyed those who wished to read the news at their own leisure. I know he could write some but I never saw him write a letter. He did make out catalog orders. He could do arithmetic which he called "ciphering."
My grandfather had such a kind manner about him. I don't know how he related to the outside world but to his family, he was good natured. To me, he was handsome. He must have been six feet tall and he was slender with broad shoulders. His customary wardrobe for home was the cotton work shirt and cotton twill pants held up by suspenders. He had a mustache and a rim of white hair around his head. When he went outside he wore a straw hat. On occasion, he wore bibbed blue and white striped overalls.
He listened to the Cincinnati Red's baseball games on the radio and was a fan of Joe Lewis, the boxer. "Shooting craps" was a favorite but at least once it was his undoing as he lost a Ford car in a game. Grandma was told it was stolen and she never found out. A less costly card game he liked was solitaire and he played that often. He used to fumble and drop the cards and would get teased about doing it on purpose. Grandpa did have arthritis so I suspect it was unintentional.
He raised an impeccable garden. Before spring arrived, he would get out the Earl Mae Seed Catalog and make out his order. Planting was done in the signs from The Old Farmer's Almanac. The seeds needed to be there waiting to plant at the correct time in his perfectly straight rows. He wore a straw hat and hoed backwards to avoid leaving footprints. Apparently he enjoyed the work because he was known, at times, to hoe the same garden in the morning and again in the evening. I remember one day when he came to our place and hoed our garden and it was a big one! Two of the specialities from his garden were watermelon and cantaloupe that he called "mushmelon." He cooled them in the cellar and we got to choose which kind we wanted. The grandchildren were cautioned not to eat too close to the rind because it would make our stomach hurt. After our delicious treat, we threw the rinds over the fence for the chickens.
If he attended any groups or belonged to organizations, I didn't know it. He must have joined the Odd Fellows at one time because grandma was a member of the Rebeckah's. Females could only join through a husband's membership.
When Grandpa came to visit, it meant he had walked or that a team of horses and wagon was tied up somewhere. It was a pleasure to see him walk through our door. Our family was large but he said something to everyone and gave them a special look, touch or smile. When I visited in their home, that time was mine. I wish I could remember what we talked about. The most important part was the undivided attention I got. As a child, he helped to round out my world.
Virginia Lee (Rone) Hill-Mayes
March 1996
This person's ancestry is documented in this book: https://archive.org/details/MathewMobleyFINAL
Newspaper and Date Unknown
GEORGE RONE DIED EARLY FRIDAY
George Rone died suddenly early Friday at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Carrie Clark, where he had been rooming. He had a hard heart attack the Monday before, but apparently was doing alright, though he had remained in bed on his physician's orders. He spoke of pain around his heart and in a few minutes was dead. He was tenderly cared for in the five days he was ill by his two sons, Floyd and Harrison, and by Mrs. Harrison Rone and Mrs. Clark.
Funeral services were held Sunday at Clark's mortuary in Kingston and burial was in the Cowgill cemetery.
Mr. Rone was a veteran in the timber and log business and in earlier life was often in the north following that pursuit. He was well liked and respected and many will miss him. His obituary follows:
George Anderson Rone was born in Ray County, Missouri, March 26, 1871, the son of Harrison and Eliza Rone. He died in Polo, Missouri, Dec. 5th, 1947 at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 9 days. He spent most of his life in Ray and Caldwell counties. He was married about 1891 to Miss Elizabeth Clark. To this union two sons were born, Floyd of Elmira and Harrison of Polo. Nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive as does one brother, Ray Rone of Cowgill. His wife preceded him in death two years ago.
Hamilton Advocate, Hamilton, Missouri December 11, 1947
GEORGE A. RONE, 77, DIES
Rev. James Heath of Hamilton conducted the funeral service for George A. Rone 77, Polo, at the Clark Funeral Home in Kingston Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock.
Mr. Rone is survived by two sons, Floyd and Harrison of Polo and one brother, Roy Rone, Cowgill.
GEORGE ANDERSON RONE
(Father of Henry Harrison Rone, Jr.)
By the time I remember Grandpa Rone I could have described him as a country gentleman except that he was financially broke. The only work he did was gardening and helping to cut wood. There was very little cash and that would have been from selling milk and eggs. Eventually, he collected "the old age pension."
He was born in Ray County, Missouri to a family who owned and worked a saw mill. He was connected to the lumber industry all his working life. At the time I was born in 1931, Grandpa was still going out of state with his youngest brother, Homer, to buy walnut logs. Family members say that he made sizeable amounts of money at times.
After the third grade, my grandfather quit school. He could read and much to family members consternation, he would read the Kansas City Star and peel off pages as he went. These ended in a disorderly stack beside his chair. The habit of reporting on the most interesting bits as he read annoyed those who wished to read the news at their own leisure. I know he could write some but I never saw him write a letter. He did make out catalog orders. He could do arithmetic which he called "ciphering."
My grandfather had such a kind manner about him. I don't know how he related to the outside world but to his family, he was good natured. To me, he was handsome. He must have been six feet tall and he was slender with broad shoulders. His customary wardrobe for home was the cotton work shirt and cotton twill pants held up by suspenders. He had a mustache and a rim of white hair around his head. When he went outside he wore a straw hat. On occasion, he wore bibbed blue and white striped overalls.
He listened to the Cincinnati Red's baseball games on the radio and was a fan of Joe Lewis, the boxer. "Shooting craps" was a favorite but at least once it was his undoing as he lost a Ford car in a game. Grandma was told it was stolen and she never found out. A less costly card game he liked was solitaire and he played that often. He used to fumble and drop the cards and would get teased about doing it on purpose. Grandpa did have arthritis so I suspect it was unintentional.
He raised an impeccable garden. Before spring arrived, he would get out the Earl Mae Seed Catalog and make out his order. Planting was done in the signs from The Old Farmer's Almanac. The seeds needed to be there waiting to plant at the correct time in his perfectly straight rows. He wore a straw hat and hoed backwards to avoid leaving footprints. Apparently he enjoyed the work because he was known, at times, to hoe the same garden in the morning and again in the evening. I remember one day when he came to our place and hoed our garden and it was a big one! Two of the specialities from his garden were watermelon and cantaloupe that he called "mushmelon." He cooled them in the cellar and we got to choose which kind we wanted. The grandchildren were cautioned not to eat too close to the rind because it would make our stomach hurt. After our delicious treat, we threw the rinds over the fence for the chickens.
If he attended any groups or belonged to organizations, I didn't know it. He must have joined the Odd Fellows at one time because grandma was a member of the Rebeckah's. Females could only join through a husband's membership.
When Grandpa came to visit, it meant he had walked or that a team of horses and wagon was tied up somewhere. It was a pleasure to see him walk through our door. Our family was large but he said something to everyone and gave them a special look, touch or smile. When I visited in their home, that time was mine. I wish I could remember what we talked about. The most important part was the undivided attention I got. As a child, he helped to round out my world.
Virginia Lee (Rone) Hill-Mayes
March 1996
This person's ancestry is documented in this book: https://archive.org/details/MathewMobleyFINAL
Married 5 November 1891 recorded in Richmond, Ray County, Missouri
Newspaper and Date Unknown
GEORGE RONE DIED EARLY FRIDAY
George Rone died suddenly early Friday at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Carrie Clark, where he had been rooming. He had a hard heart attack the Monday before, but apparently was doing alright, though he had remained in bed on his physician's orders. He spoke of pain around his heart and in a few minutes was dead. He was tenderly cared for in the five days he was ill by his two sons, Floyd and Harrison, and by Mrs. Harrison Rone and Mrs. Clark.
Funeral services were held Sunday at Clark's mortuary in Kingston and burial was in the Cowgill cemetery.
Mr. Rone was a veteran in the timber and log business and in earlier life was often in the north following that pursuit. He was well liked and respected and many will miss him. His obituary follows:
George Anderson Rone was born in Ray County, Missouri, March 26, 1871, the son of Harrison and Eliza Rone. He died in Polo, Missouri, Dec. 5th, 1947 at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 9 days. He spent most of his life in Ray and Caldwell counties. He was married about 1891 to Miss Elizabeth Clark. To this union two sons were born, Floyd of Elmira and Harrison of Polo. Nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive as does one brother, Ray Rone of Cowgill. His wife preceded him in death two years ago.
Hamilton Advocate, Hamilton, Missouri December 11, 1947
GEORGE A. RONE, 77, DIES
Rev. James Heath of Hamilton conducted the funeral service for George A. Rone 77, Polo, at the Clark Funeral Home in Kingston Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock.
Mr. Rone is survived by two sons, Floyd and Harrison of Polo and one brother, Roy Rone, Cowgill.
GEORGE ANDERSON RONE
(Father of Henry Harrison Rone, Jr.)
By the time I remember Grandpa Rone I could have described him as a country gentleman except that he was financially broke. The only work he did was gardening and helping to cut wood. There was very little cash and that would have been from selling milk and eggs. Eventually, he collected "the old age pension."
He was born in Ray County, Missouri to a family who owned and worked a saw mill. He was connected to the lumber industry all his working life. At the time I was born in 1931, Grandpa was still going out of state with his youngest brother, Homer, to buy walnut logs. Family members say that he made sizeable amounts of money at times.
After the third grade, my grandfather quit school. He could read and much to family members consternation, he would read the Kansas City Star and peel off pages as he went. These ended in a disorderly stack beside his chair. The habit of reporting on the most interesting bits as he read annoyed those who wished to read the news at their own leisure. I know he could write some but I never saw him write a letter. He did make out catalog orders. He could do arithmetic which he called "ciphering."
My grandfather had such a kind manner about him. I don't know how he related to the outside world but to his family, he was good natured. To me, he was handsome. He must have been six feet tall and he was slender with broad shoulders. His customary wardrobe for home was the cotton work shirt and cotton twill pants held up by suspenders. He had a mustache and a rim of white hair around his head. When he went outside he wore a straw hat. On occasion, he wore bibbed blue and white striped overalls.
He listened to the Cincinnati Red's baseball games on the radio and was a fan of Joe Lewis, the boxer. "Shooting craps" was a favorite but at least once it was his undoing as he lost a Ford car in a game. Grandma was told it was stolen and she never found out. A less costly card game he liked was solitaire and he played that often. He used to fumble and drop the cards and would get teased about doing it on purpose. Grandpa did have arthritis so I suspect it was unintentional.
He raised an impeccable garden. Before spring arrived, he would get out the Earl Mae Seed Catalog and make out his order. Planting was done in the signs from The Old Farmer's Almanac. The seeds needed to be there waiting to plant at the correct time in his perfectly straight rows. He wore a straw hat and hoed backwards to avoid leaving footprints. Apparently he enjoyed the work because he was known, at times, to hoe the same garden in the morning and again in the evening. I remember one day when he came to our place and hoed our garden and it was a big one! Two of the specialities from his garden were watermelon and cantaloupe that he called "mushmelon." He cooled them in the cellar and we got to choose which kind we wanted. The grandchildren were cautioned not to eat too close to the rind because it would make our stomach hurt. After our delicious treat, we threw the rinds over the fence for the chickens.
If he attended any groups or belonged to organizations, I didn't know it. He must have joined the Odd Fellows at one time because grandma was a member of the Rebeckah's. Females could only join through a husband's membership.
When Grandpa came to visit, it meant he had walked or that a team of horses and wagon was tied up somewhere. It was a pleasure to see him walk through our door. Our family was large but he said something to everyone and gave them a special look, touch or smile. When I visited in their home, that time was mine. I wish I could remember what we talked about. The most important part was the undivided attention I got. As a child, he helped to round out my world.
Virginia Lee (Rone) Hill-Mayes
March 1996
This person's ancestry is documented in this book: https://archive.org/details/MathewMobleyFINAL
Newspaper and Date Unknown
GEORGE RONE DIED EARLY FRIDAY
George Rone died suddenly early Friday at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Carrie Clark, where he had been rooming. He had a hard heart attack the Monday before, but apparently was doing alright, though he had remained in bed on his physician's orders. He spoke of pain around his heart and in a few minutes was dead. He was tenderly cared for in the five days he was ill by his two sons, Floyd and Harrison, and by Mrs. Harrison Rone and Mrs. Clark.
Funeral services were held Sunday at Clark's mortuary in Kingston and burial was in the Cowgill cemetery.
Mr. Rone was a veteran in the timber and log business and in earlier life was often in the north following that pursuit. He was well liked and respected and many will miss him. His obituary follows:
George Anderson Rone was born in Ray County, Missouri, March 26, 1871, the son of Harrison and Eliza Rone. He died in Polo, Missouri, Dec. 5th, 1947 at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 9 days. He spent most of his life in Ray and Caldwell counties. He was married about 1891 to Miss Elizabeth Clark. To this union two sons were born, Floyd of Elmira and Harrison of Polo. Nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive as does one brother, Ray Rone of Cowgill. His wife preceded him in death two years ago.
Hamilton Advocate, Hamilton, Missouri December 11, 1947
GEORGE A. RONE, 77, DIES
Rev. James Heath of Hamilton conducted the funeral service for George A. Rone 77, Polo, at the Clark Funeral Home in Kingston Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock.
Mr. Rone is survived by two sons, Floyd and Harrison of Polo and one brother, Roy Rone, Cowgill.
GEORGE ANDERSON RONE
(Father of Henry Harrison Rone, Jr.)
By the time I remember Grandpa Rone I could have described him as a country gentleman except that he was financially broke. The only work he did was gardening and helping to cut wood. There was very little cash and that would have been from selling milk and eggs. Eventually, he collected "the old age pension."
He was born in Ray County, Missouri to a family who owned and worked a saw mill. He was connected to the lumber industry all his working life. At the time I was born in 1931, Grandpa was still going out of state with his youngest brother, Homer, to buy walnut logs. Family members say that he made sizeable amounts of money at times.
After the third grade, my grandfather quit school. He could read and much to family members consternation, he would read the Kansas City Star and peel off pages as he went. These ended in a disorderly stack beside his chair. The habit of reporting on the most interesting bits as he read annoyed those who wished to read the news at their own leisure. I know he could write some but I never saw him write a letter. He did make out catalog orders. He could do arithmetic which he called "ciphering."
My grandfather had such a kind manner about him. I don't know how he related to the outside world but to his family, he was good natured. To me, he was handsome. He must have been six feet tall and he was slender with broad shoulders. His customary wardrobe for home was the cotton work shirt and cotton twill pants held up by suspenders. He had a mustache and a rim of white hair around his head. When he went outside he wore a straw hat. On occasion, he wore bibbed blue and white striped overalls.
He listened to the Cincinnati Red's baseball games on the radio and was a fan of Joe Lewis, the boxer. "Shooting craps" was a favorite but at least once it was his undoing as he lost a Ford car in a game. Grandma was told it was stolen and she never found out. A less costly card game he liked was solitaire and he played that often. He used to fumble and drop the cards and would get teased about doing it on purpose. Grandpa did have arthritis so I suspect it was unintentional.
He raised an impeccable garden. Before spring arrived, he would get out the Earl Mae Seed Catalog and make out his order. Planting was done in the signs from The Old Farmer's Almanac. The seeds needed to be there waiting to plant at the correct time in his perfectly straight rows. He wore a straw hat and hoed backwards to avoid leaving footprints. Apparently he enjoyed the work because he was known, at times, to hoe the same garden in the morning and again in the evening. I remember one day when he came to our place and hoed our garden and it was a big one! Two of the specialities from his garden were watermelon and cantaloupe that he called "mushmelon." He cooled them in the cellar and we got to choose which kind we wanted. The grandchildren were cautioned not to eat too close to the rind because it would make our stomach hurt. After our delicious treat, we threw the rinds over the fence for the chickens.
If he attended any groups or belonged to organizations, I didn't know it. He must have joined the Odd Fellows at one time because grandma was a member of the Rebeckah's. Females could only join through a husband's membership.
When Grandpa came to visit, it meant he had walked or that a team of horses and wagon was tied up somewhere. It was a pleasure to see him walk through our door. Our family was large but he said something to everyone and gave them a special look, touch or smile. When I visited in their home, that time was mine. I wish I could remember what we talked about. The most important part was the undivided attention I got. As a child, he helped to round out my world.
Virginia Lee (Rone) Hill-Mayes
March 1996
This person's ancestry is documented in this book: https://archive.org/details/MathewMobleyFINAL
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