John Dudley Stone was born in Missouri, per census. He married Luelza McKinney (record spells it McKenny) on 3-16-1848 in Washington Co., AR, per their marriage certificate found in that county’s records.
They show up in the 1850 Clear Creek Twp., Washington Co., AR, census with their oldest child, daughter Louisa. For some reason, his first name is listed as George instead of John. The entry immediately above his was a man named George Hancock. Perhaps the census taker just got careless and repeated that first name. His age of 31 places his birth in 1818/1819.
George D. Stone, Age 31, Male, Farmer, $300 Real Estate value, Born in Mo (Missouri)
Luelza Stone, Age 19, Female, Born in Ala (Alabama)
Lueza Stone, Age 1, Female, Born in Ark (Arkansas)
They show up in the 1860 Clear Creek Twp., Washington Co., AR, census with 6 children. His age of 34 places his birth in 1825/26. This census says that his wife, Luelza, was born in Tennessee, whereas the 1850 census says Alabama. All their children were born in Arkansas.
John Stone, Age 34, Male, Farmer, $800 value of real estate, $600 value of personal estate, Born in MO
Louisa, Age 27, Female, Born in TN, Cannot read or write
Louisa, Age 10, Female, Born in AR
John, Age 8, Male, Born in AR (this is John M. Stone, the one who shot and killed James M. Ingram)
James, Age 6, Male, Born in AR
Willice, Age 5, Male, Born in AR
Thomas, Age 3, Male, Born in AR
William, Age 8/12, Male, Born in AR
Beginning in 1849, he bought and sold various tracts of land. Most of his land was bought via 4 Federal Land Patents which totaled about 160 acres, all located next to each other in Washington Co., AR.
Some researchers say John Dudley Stone served in the Union’s 3rd AR Cavalry Co. L, but further research of the original Civil War records on the website Fold3.com for this soldier, named John D. Stone, reveal that he was an 18-year-old born in Tennessee who enlisted on 1-17-1865. He survived the war and mustered out on 6-30-1865. He was much too young to be John Dudley and he obviously was not killed during the war, as John Dudley was, since he mustered out in 1865. It is understandable to think that this Union soldier might be John Dudley based on his name, but he was not.
John Dudley Stone apparently did serve in the Union army, per family story. In 1864 during the Civil War, John Dudley was reportedly involved in killing some Confederate soldiers in a cave along the White River in Benton Co. The best source for these cave killings is an account by a woman named Susan E. Kendrick. She was a young girl of 14 or 15 when the incident took place. Several men were hiding in the cave and some were wounded. Each morning Susan would wade the river to take them food and bandages. She did that 3 or 4 times, and one morning discovered all the men in the cave had been killed sometime during the night, and their bodies horribly mutilated.
Confederate Captain James M. Ingram of Benton Co. and some of his men went to the home of John Dudley asking to speak to him. John Dudley and his 13-year-old son John M. were hiding in a nearby cave and Ingram found them in the cave. He called for them to come out and said he would not hurt them, but one thing led to another and John Dudley ended up getting shot. His young son John witnessed that killing and swore that someday he would kill Ingram. On 9-4-1870 he made good on that promise. The best source for the circumstances of John Dudley’s death is the family of John M. Stone that I mention below.
Sadly, this is an example of neighbor vs. neighbor. Land records show that James knew John Dudley because James sold land to John Dudley and his brother Thomas G. before the war on 5-22-1858. John Dudley is thought to be buried in the Stone Family Cemetery located in Washington Co., AR, but there is no physical evidence/tombstone to confirm that burial. That cemetery in 2021 is located on land once owned by Harlen Harp and the cemetery is all but gone except for a few broken pieces of tombstones. One is for John Dudley’s wife, Luelza, and the other for a son, name not known. The cemetery is not located on land that was owned by John Dudley, but it is just south and across the river from his land.
Some research articles say that John Dudley lived in Barry Co., MO, but that is not correct. He bought and sold multiple pieces of land in Washington Co., AR, and consistently appears in census there. Other research articles say that John Dudley was hung from a tree or tied to a tree and shot, but those accounts are not as reliable as information provided directly by family of John M. Stone.
Many have wondered what happened to young John M. Stone. In 2012, I made contact with someone who descends from his brother James Henry "Henry" Stone, and this person’s father actually knew John M. This family spoke to John M. about the John Dudley and the James M. Ingram killings and is an excellent source because the information came directly from John M.
After killing Ingram, John M. Stone went to California and worked for a while at his uncle Willis Shackelford Stone’s ranch near Sonora in Tuolumne Co. Between 1873 and 1886, he shows up in voter registration records as a farmer living in Algerine, Tuolumne Co., CA. Between 1886 and 1894, he moved to Fresno Co. He lived in several places in that county before eventually buying a 360-acre ranch that eventually turned into a nearly 3,000-acre successful cattle ranch.
In his personal life, he married Elizabeth A. Morrison and they had one daughter named Miami. She married William Loper and had one daughter, Wilda Ruth “Ruth” Loper. Ruth married Floyd R. Sohm, but they had no children, so the line stops there. John’s family describes him as a “character,” stubborn and proud, with strong convictions. He was paranoid about being caught, reclusive and did not allow many people, even family, to visit him on his ranch. He built a lookout at the entrance to his ranch and often slept with his shotgun in that lookout.
John M. Stone died at the age of 92 on 5-1-1943 in Clovis, Fresno Co., CA, from pneumonia and heart problems, per his death certificate. He is buried at Academy Cemetery in Clovis. (see FindAGrave memorial #11964413).
written by Carole Dolisi Beaver
They show up in the 1850 Clear Creek Twp., Washington Co., AR, census with their oldest child, daughter Louisa. For some reason, his first name is listed as George instead of John. The entry immediately above his was a man named George Hancock. Perhaps the census taker just got careless and repeated that first name. His age of 31 places his birth in 1818/1819.
George D. Stone, Age 31, Male, Farmer, $300 Real Estate value, Born in Mo (Missouri)
Luelza Stone, Age 19, Female, Born in Ala (Alabama)
Lueza Stone, Age 1, Female, Born in Ark (Arkansas)
They show up in the 1860 Clear Creek Twp., Washington Co., AR, census with 6 children. His age of 34 places his birth in 1825/26. This census says that his wife, Luelza, was born in Tennessee, whereas the 1850 census says Alabama. All their children were born in Arkansas.
John Stone, Age 34, Male, Farmer, $800 value of real estate, $600 value of personal estate, Born in MO
Louisa, Age 27, Female, Born in TN, Cannot read or write
Louisa, Age 10, Female, Born in AR
John, Age 8, Male, Born in AR (this is John M. Stone, the one who shot and killed James M. Ingram)
James, Age 6, Male, Born in AR
Willice, Age 5, Male, Born in AR
Thomas, Age 3, Male, Born in AR
William, Age 8/12, Male, Born in AR
Beginning in 1849, he bought and sold various tracts of land. Most of his land was bought via 4 Federal Land Patents which totaled about 160 acres, all located next to each other in Washington Co., AR.
Some researchers say John Dudley Stone served in the Union’s 3rd AR Cavalry Co. L, but further research of the original Civil War records on the website Fold3.com for this soldier, named John D. Stone, reveal that he was an 18-year-old born in Tennessee who enlisted on 1-17-1865. He survived the war and mustered out on 6-30-1865. He was much too young to be John Dudley and he obviously was not killed during the war, as John Dudley was, since he mustered out in 1865. It is understandable to think that this Union soldier might be John Dudley based on his name, but he was not.
John Dudley Stone apparently did serve in the Union army, per family story. In 1864 during the Civil War, John Dudley was reportedly involved in killing some Confederate soldiers in a cave along the White River in Benton Co. The best source for these cave killings is an account by a woman named Susan E. Kendrick. She was a young girl of 14 or 15 when the incident took place. Several men were hiding in the cave and some were wounded. Each morning Susan would wade the river to take them food and bandages. She did that 3 or 4 times, and one morning discovered all the men in the cave had been killed sometime during the night, and their bodies horribly mutilated.
Confederate Captain James M. Ingram of Benton Co. and some of his men went to the home of John Dudley asking to speak to him. John Dudley and his 13-year-old son John M. were hiding in a nearby cave and Ingram found them in the cave. He called for them to come out and said he would not hurt them, but one thing led to another and John Dudley ended up getting shot. His young son John witnessed that killing and swore that someday he would kill Ingram. On 9-4-1870 he made good on that promise. The best source for the circumstances of John Dudley’s death is the family of John M. Stone that I mention below.
Sadly, this is an example of neighbor vs. neighbor. Land records show that James knew John Dudley because James sold land to John Dudley and his brother Thomas G. before the war on 5-22-1858. John Dudley is thought to be buried in the Stone Family Cemetery located in Washington Co., AR, but there is no physical evidence/tombstone to confirm that burial. That cemetery in 2021 is located on land once owned by Harlen Harp and the cemetery is all but gone except for a few broken pieces of tombstones. One is for John Dudley’s wife, Luelza, and the other for a son, name not known. The cemetery is not located on land that was owned by John Dudley, but it is just south and across the river from his land.
Some research articles say that John Dudley lived in Barry Co., MO, but that is not correct. He bought and sold multiple pieces of land in Washington Co., AR, and consistently appears in census there. Other research articles say that John Dudley was hung from a tree or tied to a tree and shot, but those accounts are not as reliable as information provided directly by family of John M. Stone.
Many have wondered what happened to young John M. Stone. In 2012, I made contact with someone who descends from his brother James Henry "Henry" Stone, and this person’s father actually knew John M. This family spoke to John M. about the John Dudley and the James M. Ingram killings and is an excellent source because the information came directly from John M.
After killing Ingram, John M. Stone went to California and worked for a while at his uncle Willis Shackelford Stone’s ranch near Sonora in Tuolumne Co. Between 1873 and 1886, he shows up in voter registration records as a farmer living in Algerine, Tuolumne Co., CA. Between 1886 and 1894, he moved to Fresno Co. He lived in several places in that county before eventually buying a 360-acre ranch that eventually turned into a nearly 3,000-acre successful cattle ranch.
In his personal life, he married Elizabeth A. Morrison and they had one daughter named Miami. She married William Loper and had one daughter, Wilda Ruth “Ruth” Loper. Ruth married Floyd R. Sohm, but they had no children, so the line stops there. John’s family describes him as a “character,” stubborn and proud, with strong convictions. He was paranoid about being caught, reclusive and did not allow many people, even family, to visit him on his ranch. He built a lookout at the entrance to his ranch and often slept with his shotgun in that lookout.
John M. Stone died at the age of 92 on 5-1-1943 in Clovis, Fresno Co., CA, from pneumonia and heart problems, per his death certificate. He is buried at Academy Cemetery in Clovis. (see FindAGrave memorial #11964413).
written by Carole Dolisi Beaver
John Dudley Stone was born in Missouri, per census. He married Luelza McKinney (record spells it McKenny) on 3-16-1848 in Washington Co., AR, per their marriage certificate found in that county’s records.
They show up in the 1850 Clear Creek Twp., Washington Co., AR, census with their oldest child, daughter Louisa. For some reason, his first name is listed as George instead of John. The entry immediately above his was a man named George Hancock. Perhaps the census taker just got careless and repeated that first name. His age of 31 places his birth in 1818/1819.
George D. Stone, Age 31, Male, Farmer, $300 Real Estate value, Born in Mo (Missouri)
Luelza Stone, Age 19, Female, Born in Ala (Alabama)
Lueza Stone, Age 1, Female, Born in Ark (Arkansas)
They show up in the 1860 Clear Creek Twp., Washington Co., AR, census with 6 children. His age of 34 places his birth in 1825/26. This census says that his wife, Luelza, was born in Tennessee, whereas the 1850 census says Alabama. All their children were born in Arkansas.
John Stone, Age 34, Male, Farmer, $800 value of real estate, $600 value of personal estate, Born in MO
Louisa, Age 27, Female, Born in TN, Cannot read or write
Louisa, Age 10, Female, Born in AR
John, Age 8, Male, Born in AR (this is John M. Stone, the one who shot and killed James M. Ingram)
James, Age 6, Male, Born in AR
Willice, Age 5, Male, Born in AR
Thomas, Age 3, Male, Born in AR
William, Age 8/12, Male, Born in AR
Beginning in 1849, he bought and sold various tracts of land. Most of his land was bought via 4 Federal Land Patents which totaled about 160 acres, all located next to each other in Washington Co., AR.
Some researchers say John Dudley Stone served in the Union’s 3rd AR Cavalry Co. L, but further research of the original Civil War records on the website Fold3.com for this soldier, named John D. Stone, reveal that he was an 18-year-old born in Tennessee who enlisted on 1-17-1865. He survived the war and mustered out on 6-30-1865. He was much too young to be John Dudley and he obviously was not killed during the war, as John Dudley was, since he mustered out in 1865. It is understandable to think that this Union soldier might be John Dudley based on his name, but he was not.
John Dudley Stone apparently did serve in the Union army, per family story. In 1864 during the Civil War, John Dudley was reportedly involved in killing some Confederate soldiers in a cave along the White River in Benton Co. The best source for these cave killings is an account by a woman named Susan E. Kendrick. She was a young girl of 14 or 15 when the incident took place. Several men were hiding in the cave and some were wounded. Each morning Susan would wade the river to take them food and bandages. She did that 3 or 4 times, and one morning discovered all the men in the cave had been killed sometime during the night, and their bodies horribly mutilated.
Confederate Captain James M. Ingram of Benton Co. and some of his men went to the home of John Dudley asking to speak to him. John Dudley and his 13-year-old son John M. were hiding in a nearby cave and Ingram found them in the cave. He called for them to come out and said he would not hurt them, but one thing led to another and John Dudley ended up getting shot. His young son John witnessed that killing and swore that someday he would kill Ingram. On 9-4-1870 he made good on that promise. The best source for the circumstances of John Dudley’s death is the family of John M. Stone that I mention below.
Sadly, this is an example of neighbor vs. neighbor. Land records show that James knew John Dudley because James sold land to John Dudley and his brother Thomas G. before the war on 5-22-1858. John Dudley is thought to be buried in the Stone Family Cemetery located in Washington Co., AR, but there is no physical evidence/tombstone to confirm that burial. That cemetery in 2021 is located on land once owned by Harlen Harp and the cemetery is all but gone except for a few broken pieces of tombstones. One is for John Dudley’s wife, Luelza, and the other for a son, name not known. The cemetery is not located on land that was owned by John Dudley, but it is just south and across the river from his land.
Some research articles say that John Dudley lived in Barry Co., MO, but that is not correct. He bought and sold multiple pieces of land in Washington Co., AR, and consistently appears in census there. Other research articles say that John Dudley was hung from a tree or tied to a tree and shot, but those accounts are not as reliable as information provided directly by family of John M. Stone.
Many have wondered what happened to young John M. Stone. In 2012, I made contact with someone who descends from his brother James Henry "Henry" Stone, and this person’s father actually knew John M. This family spoke to John M. about the John Dudley and the James M. Ingram killings and is an excellent source because the information came directly from John M.
After killing Ingram, John M. Stone went to California and worked for a while at his uncle Willis Shackelford Stone’s ranch near Sonora in Tuolumne Co. Between 1873 and 1886, he shows up in voter registration records as a farmer living in Algerine, Tuolumne Co., CA. Between 1886 and 1894, he moved to Fresno Co. He lived in several places in that county before eventually buying a 360-acre ranch that eventually turned into a nearly 3,000-acre successful cattle ranch.
In his personal life, he married Elizabeth A. Morrison and they had one daughter named Miami. She married William Loper and had one daughter, Wilda Ruth “Ruth” Loper. Ruth married Floyd R. Sohm, but they had no children, so the line stops there. John’s family describes him as a “character,” stubborn and proud, with strong convictions. He was paranoid about being caught, reclusive and did not allow many people, even family, to visit him on his ranch. He built a lookout at the entrance to his ranch and often slept with his shotgun in that lookout.
John M. Stone died at the age of 92 on 5-1-1943 in Clovis, Fresno Co., CA, from pneumonia and heart problems, per his death certificate. He is buried at Academy Cemetery in Clovis. (see FindAGrave memorial #11964413).
written by Carole Dolisi Beaver
They show up in the 1850 Clear Creek Twp., Washington Co., AR, census with their oldest child, daughter Louisa. For some reason, his first name is listed as George instead of John. The entry immediately above his was a man named George Hancock. Perhaps the census taker just got careless and repeated that first name. His age of 31 places his birth in 1818/1819.
George D. Stone, Age 31, Male, Farmer, $300 Real Estate value, Born in Mo (Missouri)
Luelza Stone, Age 19, Female, Born in Ala (Alabama)
Lueza Stone, Age 1, Female, Born in Ark (Arkansas)
They show up in the 1860 Clear Creek Twp., Washington Co., AR, census with 6 children. His age of 34 places his birth in 1825/26. This census says that his wife, Luelza, was born in Tennessee, whereas the 1850 census says Alabama. All their children were born in Arkansas.
John Stone, Age 34, Male, Farmer, $800 value of real estate, $600 value of personal estate, Born in MO
Louisa, Age 27, Female, Born in TN, Cannot read or write
Louisa, Age 10, Female, Born in AR
John, Age 8, Male, Born in AR (this is John M. Stone, the one who shot and killed James M. Ingram)
James, Age 6, Male, Born in AR
Willice, Age 5, Male, Born in AR
Thomas, Age 3, Male, Born in AR
William, Age 8/12, Male, Born in AR
Beginning in 1849, he bought and sold various tracts of land. Most of his land was bought via 4 Federal Land Patents which totaled about 160 acres, all located next to each other in Washington Co., AR.
Some researchers say John Dudley Stone served in the Union’s 3rd AR Cavalry Co. L, but further research of the original Civil War records on the website Fold3.com for this soldier, named John D. Stone, reveal that he was an 18-year-old born in Tennessee who enlisted on 1-17-1865. He survived the war and mustered out on 6-30-1865. He was much too young to be John Dudley and he obviously was not killed during the war, as John Dudley was, since he mustered out in 1865. It is understandable to think that this Union soldier might be John Dudley based on his name, but he was not.
John Dudley Stone apparently did serve in the Union army, per family story. In 1864 during the Civil War, John Dudley was reportedly involved in killing some Confederate soldiers in a cave along the White River in Benton Co. The best source for these cave killings is an account by a woman named Susan E. Kendrick. She was a young girl of 14 or 15 when the incident took place. Several men were hiding in the cave and some were wounded. Each morning Susan would wade the river to take them food and bandages. She did that 3 or 4 times, and one morning discovered all the men in the cave had been killed sometime during the night, and their bodies horribly mutilated.
Confederate Captain James M. Ingram of Benton Co. and some of his men went to the home of John Dudley asking to speak to him. John Dudley and his 13-year-old son John M. were hiding in a nearby cave and Ingram found them in the cave. He called for them to come out and said he would not hurt them, but one thing led to another and John Dudley ended up getting shot. His young son John witnessed that killing and swore that someday he would kill Ingram. On 9-4-1870 he made good on that promise. The best source for the circumstances of John Dudley’s death is the family of John M. Stone that I mention below.
Sadly, this is an example of neighbor vs. neighbor. Land records show that James knew John Dudley because James sold land to John Dudley and his brother Thomas G. before the war on 5-22-1858. John Dudley is thought to be buried in the Stone Family Cemetery located in Washington Co., AR, but there is no physical evidence/tombstone to confirm that burial. That cemetery in 2021 is located on land once owned by Harlen Harp and the cemetery is all but gone except for a few broken pieces of tombstones. One is for John Dudley’s wife, Luelza, and the other for a son, name not known. The cemetery is not located on land that was owned by John Dudley, but it is just south and across the river from his land.
Some research articles say that John Dudley lived in Barry Co., MO, but that is not correct. He bought and sold multiple pieces of land in Washington Co., AR, and consistently appears in census there. Other research articles say that John Dudley was hung from a tree or tied to a tree and shot, but those accounts are not as reliable as information provided directly by family of John M. Stone.
Many have wondered what happened to young John M. Stone. In 2012, I made contact with someone who descends from his brother James Henry "Henry" Stone, and this person’s father actually knew John M. This family spoke to John M. about the John Dudley and the James M. Ingram killings and is an excellent source because the information came directly from John M.
After killing Ingram, John M. Stone went to California and worked for a while at his uncle Willis Shackelford Stone’s ranch near Sonora in Tuolumne Co. Between 1873 and 1886, he shows up in voter registration records as a farmer living in Algerine, Tuolumne Co., CA. Between 1886 and 1894, he moved to Fresno Co. He lived in several places in that county before eventually buying a 360-acre ranch that eventually turned into a nearly 3,000-acre successful cattle ranch.
In his personal life, he married Elizabeth A. Morrison and they had one daughter named Miami. She married William Loper and had one daughter, Wilda Ruth “Ruth” Loper. Ruth married Floyd R. Sohm, but they had no children, so the line stops there. John’s family describes him as a “character,” stubborn and proud, with strong convictions. He was paranoid about being caught, reclusive and did not allow many people, even family, to visit him on his ranch. He built a lookout at the entrance to his ranch and often slept with his shotgun in that lookout.
John M. Stone died at the age of 92 on 5-1-1943 in Clovis, Fresno Co., CA, from pneumonia and heart problems, per his death certificate. He is buried at Academy Cemetery in Clovis. (see FindAGrave memorial #11964413).
written by Carole Dolisi Beaver
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