Flora Maud Campbell

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KF27-T79
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KF27-T79
• Resided: 2 Aug 1965, Saint Catharines, St. Catharines, Niagara, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

W.D. McKeough Notes:

"Eldest child of Archie Campbell (1851- ) M.P. of the West Shore. 1904 located at Toronto Junction. Later Senator Campbell CBR pg. 610."

"Her sister- Helen Ethel Campbell Deekes, of Chatham. They bought the Deekes Cottage in 1909 from N.M. Stevens- built between 1889- 1909. Sold in 1927 now 2002 the Abele Griffin Cottage."

"After cousin Penn died, later lived in an Apartment at 125 1/2 Grand Avenue."

"Formerly of Mount Carmel Nursing Home, St. Cathannes. She moved to St. Catharines c. 1955 lived with Arch (F) at Fonthill and with Bess (F) who came from New York to look after her."

"d. 09/08/1 969 age 97 at the St. Catharines General Hospital funeral 11/08/1969 Stephen Funeral Home Chatham, Rev. J.A.E. Blackwood Holy Trinity Church burial Maple Leaf Cemetery."

From Ted Lollis in a 4 Dec 2002 email to JSHJr.

Thanks to your website, I have enjoyed learning for the first time about the family of your (ed: great) grandmother Flora Maude CAMPBELL Stone [1872-1969]. She was only three years younger than my grandfather George Alexander CAMPBELL [1869-1943] -- her 1st cousin once removed -- but she outlived him 26 years. Her name and address were found in my grandfather's papers after his death, so apparently they were in some kind of contact. I have the original of a 1899 letter from her father in which he he wrote "Maude...has two little boys who are great pets when they come down [to Toronto]."

From Robert Charlton in a 23 Nov 2016 email to JSHJr.

"I'm reminiscing and thought about auntie Maude. Maude was Starr Stevens, my grandfather's, first cousin. She came out to high banks every summer while I was growing up.  I'd bicycle from Erie Beach to pop in on her during the summer. She always would welcome me and I remember that she kept board games or zig saw puzzles in the bottom drawer of a bureau she kept in her living room. At age 80, she bought a new car and at age  92 wanted to replace it. Auntie Maude will always be dear to my heart."

(Research):B. 1872 according to http://geovisualbusinessmaps.com/9130105c.htm

Family/Spouse: Spencer Stone, "Pen". Spencer (son of Thomas Stone and Adelaide Spencer) was born on 24 Jul 1869 in Chatham, Ontario; died on 11 Aug 1939 in Water Crest Lane, Cedar Springs, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LZYQ-KXF
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZYQ-KXF
• Alt. Birth: 12 Mar 1893
• Military Service: 1915; 33rd Battallion, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force (WWI)
• Occupation: 1915; Mechanical Engineer
• Lived in: 1947, Timiskaming Station, , Québec, Canada
• Alt. Death: 1970

Notes:

J. Spencer Howell notes:

He was an aerial observer during WWI. 

He invented "instant cake mix" while working for Maple Leaf Flour Co., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Earned a PhD

W. Darcy McKeough notes:

1920 living in Winnipeg, later lived in Toronto working for Maple Leaf Mills (?).
1947 Living in PQ

John married Litta Avon Prangley on 14 Nov 1918 in London, Ontario, Canada. Litta (daughter of James Wesley Prangley and Martha Jane Johnson) was born on 26 Dec 1892 in Strathroy, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Award: He received the Gold Medal of the American College of Radiology
• Award: He received the Gold Medal of the Radiological Society of North America
• Award: He received the Janeway Medal of the American Radium Society
• FamilySearch ID: LZYQ-KF1
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZYQ-KF1
• Military Service: 1916, London, Ontario, Canada; Lieut, 111th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force
• Degree: Between 1919 and 1928; He received his B.S., MA, M.B. and M.D. degrees from the University of Toronto
• Occupation: 1919-1921, Peking Union Medical School; Assistant in anatomy
• Award: 22 Apr 1946; Medal of Merit award from President Truman
• Degree: 1956; He received an honorary L.L.D degree from the University of California
• Award: 24 Jul 1964; Gold Medal of Citation from the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

Notes:

Received the presidential "Medal of Merit" for his medical research work on "The Manhattan Project" (Operation Crossroads).


Below from a memorial written by co-workers Malcolm D. Jones and Glenn E. Sheline:

Robert S. Stone, Radiology: San Francisco
1895-1966
Professor Emeritus

The death of Robert S. Stone on December 18, 1966, removed from the ranks of Radiology one of its long recognized and ablest leaders. Those who have been associated with Dr. Stone will remember him as a warm friend and a dedicated scientist. He was a meticulous worker, a careful but imaginative administrator, and a radiologist whose scientific contributions have added much to the present stature of the specialty.

Robert S. Stone was born in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, June 5, 1895, and received his B.A. in 1919, M.A. in 1922, M.B. in 1924, and his M.D. in 1928, all from the University of Toronto. His career was interrupted by World War I during which he served as navigator, communications expert, and radio instructor in the Royal Canadian Air Force. This was, of course, a time when both radio communication and military air flight were in their infancy. Dr. Stone's interest in new endeavors was to continue throughout his life. A little known interlude occurred shortly after World War I when he was an Instructor in Anatomy at Peking Union Medical College. At this time he issued his first two scientific publications. One of these dealt with the abnormal sex ensemble of the domestic goat and the other was a detailed description of the central nervous system of a human cyclops.

On June 24, 1924, Robert Stone and Willena Rose Crawford were married. It was in their shared enjoyment of family, music, and garden that Dr. Stone found added strength and relaxation throughout his professional career.

An interest in radiology led to training under the direction of his uncle, Dr. Rollin H. Stevens, at the Grace Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, from 1925 to 1928. In 1928, Dr. Stone with his family moved to San Francisco where he became the first full-time radiologist on the faculty of the University of California School of Medicine. He remained with the University of California until his retirement in 1962 and continued afterwards as an Emeritus Professor until his death. Expect for a period during World War II when Dr. Stone was on leave of absence, he served as the Chairman of the Department of Radiology from its inception in 1939 until his retirement. He also directed the Radiological Laboratory from 1949 when it was organized until June 1964. Under his guidance, Radiology in this school developed from a part-time service in the Department of Surgery to a large, modern academic Department of Radiology.

Dr. Stone's career included many contributions of importance to the Science and practice of Radiology. While he was interested in and published several papers on diagnostic radiology, his more significant work lay in radiation therapy and radiation protection. One of his early achievements was the development in 1934 and the subsequent clinical application of a 1,000 kilovolt apparatus for radiation therapy. With Dr. Joseph Hamilton, he first administered a therapeutic dose of an artificially produced radioisotope to a human being, in March 1936. In the late 1930's Dr. Stone, with Drs. John H. Lawrence and Paul C. Aebersold, pioneered the use of fast neutrons in the treatment of human malignant disease (reported at the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in 1939). The neutron studies were interrupted by the Second World War.

During World War II, Dr. Stone was the Director for Health of the Metallurgy (Plutonium) Project. In this position, he organized and directed the Health Division which consisted of medical, health-physics, and biological research sections. The productivity of this Division and its outstanding radiation safety record represent one of the highlights of Dr. Stone's career. It was for this work that in 1946 he was awarded the Medal of Merit; presented by the President of the United States, this is the highest civilian award. Perhaps the most significant aspect of this work is the great impetus which it has given to research in the then poorly explored regions of radiobiology.

Interest in radiation protection which had led to Dr. Stone's appointment to the Metallurgy Project was maintained for the balance of his life. This is best evidenced by his active and significant participation as a member of the National Committee on Radiation Protection and Measurements, 1946 to 1966; the Radiological Safety Advisory Committee to the California State Disaster Council; the International Commission on Radiological Protection, 1953 to 1965; and the Expert Advisory Panel on Radiation, World Health Organization, 1957 to 1966. Much of his philosophy regarding radiation hazards was included in the Carman Lecture, "The Concept of a Maximum Permissible Exposure."

The last of Dr. Stone's major scientific achievements related to the development and experimental application of a 70 mev. synchrotron for cancer therapy. While this instrument ultimately proved too cumbersome for routine clinical application, it provided the basis for many significant biological observations and helped establish the range of clinically useful radiation energies.

Dr. Stone received many honors and awards. In addition to those already mentioned, these include: President of the Radiological Society of North America, 1943; Gold Medal of the Radiological Society of North America, 1946; Pancoast Lecturer, Philadelphia Roentgen Ray Society, 1946; Janeway Lecturer and Medalist, American Radium Society, 1947; Carman Lecturer, Radiological Society of North America, 1951; Medal for Cancer Control, American Cancer Society, 1953; Gold Medal, American College of Radiology, 1959; Gordon Richards Memorial Lecturer (Canadian Association of Radiologists), 1960; Citation, Atomic Energy Commission, and Gold Medal, 1963; and Honorary LL.D. degree, University of California, 1966.

Dr. Robert S. Stone has achieved a permanent place in Radiology. He is fondly remembered for his warmth and wisdom by the many colleagues and students who were privileged to study and work with him.

Malcolm D. Jones
Glenn E. Sheline

Below from the California Radiological Society:

ROBERT SPENCER STONE, M.D., L.L.D.
by Earl R. Miller, M.D.
BULLETIN OF CALIFORNIA RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Volume V- March 10,1967 - No. 1

The world has lost a great and wise man with the death of Dr. Robert Stone on December 18, 1966. He died at the age of 71 of cancer, the disease with which he was concerned for most of his life.

Dr. Stone was born in Chatham, Ontario, Canada on June 5, 1895. He received his B.S., MA, M.B, and M.D. all from the University of Toronto between 1919 and 1928. In Peking, China, he served as an Assistant in anatomy at the Peking Union Medical School from 1919 to 1921. His internship was served at Grace Hospital from 1924 to 1925 and he practiced Radiology at the Grace Hospital in Detroit with Dr. Roland H. Stevens from 1925 to 1928.

He came to the University of California as an Instructor in Radiology in 1928 and rose to Professor there in 1938. In 1939, he became Chairman of the Department of Radiology and served in this capacity from 1939 to 1943 and from 1946 to 1962, the time of his retirement.

From 1942 to 1946 he was on leave of absence from the University as Associate Project Director of Health of the Metallurgical Project and as visiting Professor of Roentgenology at the University of Chicago. Dr. Stone was the first Chief of Staff at the University of Califormia Hospital from 1954 to 1958. He was instrumental in bringing the Radiological Laboratory to the University in 1951 and served as its Director from 1951 to 1964. It was in this Laboratory that the work on the 70 million volt Synchrotron was done. After his retirement in 1962, he was recalled as Professor Emeritus with the University of California School of Medicine. Until his death, he continued working in the Laboratory.

During Dr. Stone's long, productive life, he was author or co-author of 60 scientific publications. In his quiet way, he had a profound influence on the field of radiation therapy. He, with J. T. Hamilton, was the first to administer artificial radioactive substances with therapeutic intent He was the first to do million volt therapy, neutron therapy, and therapy with 70 million volt Synchrotron. Each of these accomplishments was a highly significant advance in the field.

Dr. Stone was highly honored during his lifetime. He received these justly bestowed marks of distinction with humility. He held honorary memberships in the Cancer Society of Guadalajara College of Physicians in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Roentgen Society, Royal Society of Medicine in London, the Canadian Association of Radiologists, and Alpha Omega Alpha. He was given the highest United States civilian award, the Medal of Merit for wartime work in the Metallurgical Project in 1946.

He also received the Gold Medal of the Radiological Society of North America, the Janeway Medal of the American Radium Society, the Medal of the American Cancer Society for cancer control, the Gold Medal of the American College of Radiology, the Gold Medal of Citation from the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and an honorary L. L.D. conferred by the University of California in 1956. He was the Pancoast lecturer 1946, the Carmen Lecturer in 1951, and the Gordon Richard Memorial Lecturer in1960. Dr. Stone served with distinction on many committees on the local, state, national, and intentional levels.

Dr. Stone was survived by his wife Willemina, his son Robert, and daughter Margaret.

Throughout his life, Dr. Stone was characterized by his thoughtfulness, compassion, tolerance, kindness, and honesty. His great wisdom and profound understanding of basic problems made him sought by many for his advice. He was partisan only to the truth and because of it, he received respect of all. He was the "Dean" of Radiology because of his sound judgment. As a man, he inspired great loyalty among those with whom he worked. He wore his halos modestly.

The following article on the Synchrotron is from http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/ obtained Dec 2002:

The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, a division of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is operated by Stanford University for the Department of Energy.

SSRL is a National User Facility which provides synchrotron radiation, a name given to x-rays or light produced by electrons circulating in a storage ring at nearly the speed of light. These extremely bright x-rays can be used to investigate various forms of matter ranging from objects of atomic and molecular size to man-made materials with unusual properties. The obtained information and knowledge is of great value to society, with impact in areas such as the environment, future technologies, health, and national security.

W. D. McKeough Notes:

B.A. - University of Toronto CDP 09/05/1917

"Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Stone have received a certificate from the Canadian Military School, Shorncliffe, England which shows that their son, Lieut. Robert Stone, now with the Flying Corps. and recently reported wounded, passed his examination with first class honours."

Returned home to Medical School, after teaching 2 years in Peking, China, served his internship and as assistant radiologist at Grace Hospital, Detroit before he went to California.

CON- 15 Nov 1932
Dept. of Roentgenology - University of California Medical School, San Francisco
"new method of photographing the brain through the x-ray"

CDN - 22 Apr 1946
Received Medal of Merit from President Truman
Also Enrico Fermi (Nobel Prize Winner)
Harold C. Urey (ditto)
Samuel K. Allison, Cyril Smith

CON-July 24, 1964
Received citation from the U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission

The following from The Chatham Daily News 9 Oct 1945:

DR. R. S. STONE HEADED GROUP OF RADIOLOGISTS

Highest credit given to Dr. Stone and his associates for worsting the deadly radioactive elements, enabling the atomic bombs to be delivered to their destinations without a single casualty or near-casualty among the host of scientists required for their protection.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., - Oct. 9 Part of the story of how an "ogre" of deadly radioactive elements was completed worsted and the atomic bombs delivered to their destination without a single casualty or near casualty among the hosts of workers required for their production have been revealed here, with the highest credit for the safety record being given a specialized group working under the leadership of Or. Robert S. Stone, eminent radiologist and head of the X-ray Oepartment of the University of California.

Dr. Robert S. Stone, mentioned in the above is a son of Mrs. Spencer Stone of this city. His father who directed one of the Chatham's pioneer Drygoods establishments, passed away a few years ago. This noted radiologist was born in Chatham and received his early education in the Maple City schools, later graduating in medicine and surgery. He has been head of the X-ray department of the University of California for a number of years.

HEALTH HAZARDS

Dr. Stone who established headquarters at the University of Chicago at the inception of the program and later transferred to Clinton Laboratories here to facilitate his work in dealing with the health hazards of the pilot plant has the title of Associate Project Oirector for Health on the Plutonium Project. The Clinton Laboratories is the pilot plant for the Plutonium Project at the Hanford Engineer Works near Pasco, Wash. Operated by E. I. DuPont Co.. Clinton Laboratories, now operated by Monsanto Chemical Company of St. Louis, was operated by the University of Chicago up until last July 1.

EXTENSIVE RESEARCH

While having headquarters here, Dr. Stone has spent much time at Hanford, the University of Chicago, the University of California and other places in furthering his research. Clinton Laboratories is one phase of the Clinton Engineer Works, with the remainder of the plants here being devoted to large-scale concentration of U-235 by the electro-magnetic and gaseous diffusion methods. Ont the health problem involving concentration of U-235 Dr. Stone frequently consulted with Col. Stafford L. Warren, of the Army, who is in charge of that phase.

SELECTED in 1942

Dr. Stone was selected to head the plutonium health program in the summer of 1942, and as assisted in planning by Or. S. T. Cantril, Director of the Swedish Tumor Institute at Seattle, Wash. It was recognized at that time by Or. A. H. Compton, then Director of the Plutonium Project, and also connected with the University of Chicago and who is now chancellor of Washington university in St. Louise, that the job undertaken was extremely hazardous from the standpoint of health protection.

PROTECTED WORKERS
During the last war, the methods of painting watch dials with radium paint resulted in severe deaths. X-ray and radium took their toll of persons working with them. Now a new source of radiations with amounts beyond all previous conceptions faced those dealing with plutonium. The question was how was the health of workers, including many of the world's leading scientists, to be preserved. It was evident that the only logical step was to turn the problem over to the best radiologists available. Thus followed Or. Stone's selection and his organization of the health program.

GREAT ACHIEVEMENT
The production and isolation of plutonium for use in the atomic bomb represents on of the greatest scientific and industrial achievements of all time. The three years from August, 1942 to August, 1945 saw the complete revolution from a stage in which the element existed only in sub-microscopic quantities to a final climax in which it rained utter destruction on a Japanese city. This accomplishment is all the more remarkable because of the fact that the process by which the plutonium was obtained resulted in the generation of unbelievable amounts of deadly radioactive radiations which stood guard over the precious material like some ogre in an ancient castle and challenged the ingenuity of chemists, physicists, and engineerts to isolate the desired product without themselves becoming victims of their own development

TWO PART PROGRAM

It was immediately apparent to Dr. Stone and Dr. Cantril when they took over in 1942 that the problem before them consisted of two parts. One was the application of all of the experience and information that had become available in the handling of x-rays, radiums and neutrons in the setting up of safety procedures to be follwed in all research and productin work on the project involving all radioactive hazards then known. The other was to find out as rapidly as possible what special hazards existed on the Plutnium job that were beyond any previous experience. This call (more......)

Article:

"Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Stone have received a certificate from the Canadian Military School, Shorncliffe, England which shows that their son, Lieut. Robert Stone, now with the Flying Corps. and recently reported wounded, passed his examination with first class honours."

Returned home to medical school, after teaching 2 years in Peking, China, served his internship as assistant radiologist at Grace Hospital, Detroit before he went to California.

Miami Herald - 16 Jan 1994 (in file)
America's Human Experiments, Doctors of death aided the Horror

From "The Plutonium Files" by Eileen Welsome:

"Stone was a small, benign-looking radiologist who wore glasses and had a thick head of gray hair.  Although he had a gentlemanly demeanor and was well liked by his colleagues, he grew extremely angry when anyone challenged his medical judjment."

"Born in Canada in 1895, Stone went to Europe with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces during World War I, was wounded, and returned to Canada, where he resumed his education.  By 1924 he had a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and a medical degree from the University of Toronto.  He joined the faculty at the University of California at San Francisco in 1928, becoming the hospital's first full-time radiologist."

"Almost immediately, he was drawn into the research across the bay at the Rad Lab.  'Ernest Lawrence was a great stimulus to our department from the very beginning.' Stone recalled in his tape-recorded memoir."

(Research):JSHSr: To contact him by mail during WWII letters had to be addressed to "Site X, Tennesee" - the secret location of the Manhattan Project.

-----Original Message-----
From: Handi4460@aol.com [mailto:Handi4460@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 6:07 PM
To: jhowell@jhowell.com
Subject: Dr. Robert Spencer Stone

Dear Mr Howell;

I would like to thank you for your website. I would like to get more information on the family. I am the granddaughter of Dr. Robert S. Stone. my father was is son. I am in possession   of both the American Cancer Society and Janeway Medal of the American Radium Society medalsI can send you pictures if you desire. I would like to know if I could have a full chart of the family. I have only a few pieces. Thank you. I am looking forward to hearing from you in the future. I can also help update the family line for from when Grandpa Stone passed.

                    Sincerely,
                    Diane Stone Rafael

Notes from http://www.rsna.org/about/history/history6.html

By 1943, the U.S. Office of Defense Transportation, trying to conserve the nation's gasoline supplies for the war effort, began to curtail what it considered unnecessary travel on the home front and asked RSNA President Robert S. Stone, MD, to cancel the Society's annual

Original Synchotron article appeared here: http://www.tis.eh.doe.gov/ohre/roadmap/histories/0474/p38.html

J. Spencer Howell notes:

MD & PhD. - University of Chicago. 
Worked in Los Alamos with first Atomic Bomb creators.  Given highest civilian award by President Harry Truman at conclusion of WWII. 
Lived in San Francisco, CA. 
Medical missionary to China.  
Involved in Atomic Physics, & first treatments for cancer using radioactive materials. 
Taught at Univ Calif Berkley. 
Worked on "Synchrotron" used as an X-Ray machine that helped with cure for cancer.
WWII in Oak Ridge Tenn to design safe practices around radioactive sources. 
Died of cancer.

Robert married Willena Rose Crawford on 24 Jun 1924 in London, Ontario, Canada. Willena (daughter of John Crawford and Martha Rose) was born on 29 Jun 1896 in Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada; died on 9 Feb 1975 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• School: Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada; C.C.I. High School
• School: Paris, France; L'Cole des Science Polititiques.
• School: University of Toronoto.
• Occupation: Assistant to Harry Wingate, President, International Nickel
• Occupation: Canadian Ambassador to Mexico and Sweeden
• Occupation: Canadian Diplomat
• FindAGrave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86714887
• FindAGrave ID: 86714887
• FamilySearch ID: LZYQ-KJP
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZYQ-KJP
• Occupation: 1927, Washington D.C.; Third Secretary of the Canadian Embassy
• Occupation: 1938, Paris, France; Second Secretary of the Canadian Embassy
• Attending: 7 Mar 1955; the world hockey match in Krefeld, Germany

Notes:

J. Spencer Howell notes:

Was the Canadian ambassador to exiled governments including France, Belgium and Holland during World War II 

After WWII he was the Canadian ambassador to Sweden, then Holland.

His first wife Ellen Cox Ewing died within a year of their marriage, and so unfortunately did their newborn baby daughter. 

His second wife was Alexandra "Alex" Ewing who was his first wife Ellen's older sister.  At the time of their marriage Alex was recently widowed with her 3 children Newbold Noyes, Tommy Noyes, and Archibald Noyes.

In 1936 Thomas and his wife Alexandra purchased and restored "Boone Hall", which was originally part of a cotton plantation covering more than 1700 acres.  The original house was built in the early 1700's, by Major John Boone and is located just north of Charleston, SC on Rt. 17. The lane leading up to Boone Hall, with its magnificent Live Oak trees planted in 1743, was the model for the grounds of "Tara" from the classic movie "Gone With The Wind" (but Tara itself was not Boone Hall.) The home was also the setting for the "North and South" television miniseries.

He was a great piano player and could play nearly any tune by ear.  He was a great speaker a loved to entertain.  A very large addition was put onto his house in Sorrento, ME for the purpose of entertaining large groups.

A portrait of him seated with his hands folded was taken by photographer Yousuf Karsh of Ottawa. (Karsh's portraits,  some of which include Sir Winston Churchill (1941), Fidel Castro, Ingrid Bergman, Ernest Hemingway, John F. Kennedy,  and Albert Einstein, rank among the world's most celebrated black and white photographs.)

Thomas Stone Howell b. 1 Nov 1965 was named after this Thomas.

The following from Ellen Stone:

As a young diplomat he spent time with Winston Churchill as they coincidentally were on the same ship going from New York to London. 

Churchill, it is said, was reviewing the passenger list looking for a suitable backgammon player and sent an aide to summon Thomas Stone as his pick (knowing no doubt that Thomas was a Canadian diplomat.)  They apparently made a daily ritual out of playing and by the time the ship docked in London, Churchill had lost nearly 50 pounds to Thomas which he paid him.  Months later, Thomas sent a letter to Churchill asking him to autograph a photo for him, and wondering if he remembered their crossing trip.  So many months went by before a response was received that Thomas was certain he would get none.  Finally, the signed photo arrived, along with a personal note from Churchill good naturedly saying there was no possible way he could forget that young Canadian who won 50 pounds from him.  (I wonder if they knew that they were 6th cousins 2x removed!)

After retiring from his dipolmatic role, worked for International Nickel Corp in international relations as a quasi "secretary of state", reporting to Harry Wingate, President.

In France, he lived in a beautiful 14th century farmhouse made of stone that belonged to his wife Emily.

He is buried in Recloses France which is about 30 miles outside of Paris.

Charles Levi notes:

Spencer Stone and his son Thomas Archibald Stone both served on the University College Literary Society at the University of Toronto, and hence are in my database. 

(Research):JSH has a photo of him taken by Yoseph Karsh who was a famous photographer in Ottawa who was known for pictures of famous people including presidents.



From: Ellen Devine [mailto:kinkerri@post.acadia.net]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 2:59 PM
To: jhowell@jhowell.com; Ellen Stone Devine; Darcy McKeough; Spencer Howell
Subject: Re: Thomas A. Stone

John.  I have a copy of the Boone Hall Journal (1935-1940) here.  I had the whole thing photocopied about a decade+ ago so that I could give the original to the Charleston Historical Society.  I bet Miss Adams has read more of it than I have, but I have browsed with pleasure in it over the years.  Do send her a copy of this, since I don't yet seem to have an email address for her.

Miss Adams:  you will have found lots of passages in French in my Dad's small and a little scrawny handwriting.  Some of these are the most interesting social passages as many were written so that Mr. Seabrook, the white overseer could not read them.  They often speak of the relationships between the few white staff members and the blacks.  There were many black field hands
and a few tallented mechanics, errand-doers in the cars, house people etc..  Dad did not always approve of the ways they were treated by the white employees, and often tried to tease, cajole, correct the latter into making them more tolerant and appreciative of the skills of the blacks.  Hope you can read these - or find a translator who can decipher Dad's handwriting.

I am so glad you are doing this.  I myself know Snee Farm much better than Boone Hall, since it was our Mt.Pleasant home from the end of the war when my Ewing grandparents died until after my parents died.  I would love to get together with you sometime.  I don't suppose you ever get to Maine in the summer - do you? But next best, we might be able to have some telephone chats about this and that.

My email is kinkerri@acadia.net .  Telephone: 207 422 6875.  Address:  P.O. Box 362, Sorrento, Maine 04677.

John, You and your family will just have to come back to Sorrento soon  so you can browse the Journal and other stuff.
It was great to see you last summer.  Fondly to you all, Ellen

Thanks for all of it.
----- Original Message -----
From: John S. Howell, Jr.
To: Ellen Stone Devine ; Darcy McKeough ; Spencer Howell
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 11:50 AM
Subject: FW: Thomas A. Stone

FYI
John


From: Michelle Adams [mailto:mradams02@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 6:42 PM
To: jhowell@jhowell.com
Subject: RE: Thomas A. Stone

Mr.Howell,

Thank you so much - that would be wonderful.  I will start to compile a list of questions that you might be able to answer or Ms. Devine may know the answers to.  The scrapbook is very interesting, not only from an agricultural point of view, but it also provides many insights into the nearby neighborhood and its inhabitants who are often employees of the plantation.  The scrapbook is separated into three volumes - really by years - and each year is different from the last.  I am going to the Pinckney Plantation, or Snee Farm Plantation (it's mentioned often in the scrapbook), on Tuesday morning to meet with a Park Ranger who has done some work on the plantation's landscape.  She admitted to having little information on the Ewings when they owned the plantation so she might have some questions for both of you as well.  Hopefully together we can figure out some of the scrapbooks little mysteries!

Thanks again,
Michelle Adams

"John S. Howell, Jr." wrote:
Hi Michelle,

I am happy to answer whatever questions I can about Thomas A. Stone.  There are some photos of Stone family members on my web, and perhaps they will help you identify some of the people in the scrapbook.  But  probably the best person to talk to / email, is his daughter Ellen Devine, who lives in Maine.   I will forward a copy of this email to her at kinkerri@acadia.net . 

I would be very interested in seeing this scrapbook and your work!

Stone family photos:
Thomas A. Stone genealogy & notes:

Regards,
John Howell
Naples, FL
239-641-8978


From: Michelle Adams [mailto:mradams02@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 1:55 PM
To: jhowell@jhowell.com
Subject: Thomas A. Stone

My name is Michelle Adams and I am working on a project that transcribes the scrapbook Thomas A. Stone left after his brief residence at Boone Hall that now resides in the South Carolina Historical Society.  As I have been transcribing the scrapbook, I have developed questions regarding people and places and was wondering if I could possibly bother you with some of them so that I can clarify as many of the people and places as possible.  I do not know what type of records may exist from his ownership - not many can be found around here (Charleston and Mt. Pleasant South Carolina). 

After working at Boone Hall for several years and then working on my Master's Degree, I thought it would be interesting to transcribe this invaluable source and make more people aware of the contributions Thomas Stone made to the history of Boone Hall.  So far it has yielded alot of interesting facts and stories about farming, the local workers, etc.  I would appreciate any help you might be able to give me.

Thank you,
Michelle Adams




From: http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/whattodo/gardensdetail.asp?PID=41
Established in 1681 by Major John Boone, one of the original settlers of South Carolina. Boone Hall began as a rice plantation and was converted into a prosperous cotton plantation in the 1800s. Thomas A. Stone, Canadian ambassador to the Netherlands, built the present plantation manor house in 1935. Adding to Boone Hall's beauty is its famous avenue of oaks - a three-quarter mile drive lined with massive, Spanish-moss draped live oaks. The first of these oaks was planted in 1743 by Capt. Thomas Boone who is believed to be buried beside the avenue, his grave indicated by an unmarked vault. Bordering the avenue of oaks are nine original slave cabins, which housed the plantation's house servants and skilled craftsmen. This cluster of cabins, known as Slave Street, is one of the few remaining intact in the Southeast and the only brick slave street in the U.S. Boone Hall and its grounds were prominently featured in the TV mini-series "North & South" Civil War epic by John Jakes, and Alex Haley's "Queen," among others.
Visit our website at www.boonehallplantation.com .
HOURS

Attending:

"Thomas Stone, Canadian Ambassador to The Netherlands, fainted after watching the game and was taken away from the arena in a stretcher. (Reuters said a doctor was understood to have diagnosed Stone's collapse as caused by a heart attack."

Thomas married Ellen Cox Ewing on 4 Aug 1930 in Sorrento, Hancock, Maine. Ellen (daughter of Thomas Ewing, IV and Anna Phillips Cochran) was born on 30 Oct 1907 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States; died on 18 Jun 1931 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers, Westchester, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Alexandria Ewing on 8 Dec 1934 in Paris, France. Alexandria (daughter of Thomas Ewing, IV and Anna Phillips Cochran) was born on 8 Oct 1897 in Yonkers, New York; died on 26 Oct 1961 in New York, New York; was buried in Doanes Point Cemetery, Sorrento, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Emily Fairfax Coolidge on 17 Nov 1962. Emily (daughter of Harold Jefferson Coolidge and Edith Lawrence) was born on 13 Oct 1907 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; died on 5 Jun 1991 in Manhattan, New York, NY; was buried in Saint Matthews Episcopal Churchyard, Bedford, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Obituary: Her obituary notes: "of Tremont Drive in St. Catharines, Ontario","Dies "suddenly in her 67th year", "St. Georges Anglican Church"
• School: Toronto, Ontario, Canada; graduated from the Branksome Hall school
• School: Toronto, Ontario, Canada; University of Toronto
• Sorority: Delta Gamma
• Occupation: New York, NY; Stuben Glass
• FamilySearch ID: LDJ9-S9H
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDJ9-S9H
• Lived in: 27 Sep 1948, New York, NY; 231 West 11th Street (Zone 14 - off 7th avenue, in Greenwich Village)
• Place: 1955; She moved to St. Catharines to be near her mother
• Cremated: Mar 1972, St. Catharines, Ontario

Notes:

Elizabeth grew up in Chatham, Ontario, Canada with her 4 brothers. She attended the Branksome Hall school in Toronto, and then graduated from the University of Toronto. 

Her older brother Thomas and her husband-to-be, John E. Howell, were in the same fraternity at The University of Toronto.  Thomas introduced the couple while all were on vacation in Paris.

She had 3 children with John, all boys, and all were born in when she and her husband were living in Mexico City, Mexico: John Spencer was born when she was 23, Edward Davison when she was 25, and Peter Stone when she was 29.

Her father died when she was 33, and her youngest son Peter was 4 years old.

She and her husband John lived in Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina and in New York City.

Her husband died when she was age 42.  She never remarried.

After her husband's death, she lived in a brownstone at 231 West 11th Street, off 7th Avenue in New York City's Greenwich Village.

While living in New York, she worked for the Stuben Glass Company retail store.

She left New York to live with her mother in Canada.

She was cremated and her ashes placed in Niagra Falls Park.

(Research):Born a Canadian citizen.

Apr 2003 - Nothing in Ancestry.com in Canada, Family Data Collection Marriages, Births or Deaths.

Little Church - How to request records: http://www.littlechurch.org/request.html

School:
Below from Branksome Hall school web in 2003 (http://www.branksome.on.ca/index.html)
Welcome to Branksome Hall! Now in our 100th year, we are a non-denominational day and boarding school for students from Junior Kindergarten through to Grade 12, located in the heart of Toronto. Our century old traditions are rooted in a Scottish heritage, and we go forward into our second century keenly devoted to preparing young women to be robust citizens of a complex and diverse world.

Elizabeth married John Edward Howell, "Jack" on 4 May 1928 in "Little Church around the Corner" New York City, N.Y.. John (son of Henry Alonzo Howell and Ellen Minora Davison, "Nellie") was born on 21 Aug 1902 in Demorest, Habersham, Georgia, United States; died on 11 Jun 1948 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States; was buried in New York & New Jersey Crematory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Graduated: Montreal, PQ, Canada; McGill University
• Occupation: M.D.
• FamilySearch ID: LTFG-7PY
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTFG-7PY
• Place: 1971, Kent County, Ontario, Canada; He purchased the Stone cottage in "Highbanks"

Notes:

J.Spencer Howell notes:

"Attended McGill University in Montreal.  Royal Canadian Air Force WWII Squadron Commander.  Practiced MD Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.  Gave a Model A pickup truck to Spencer and Ned Howell.  "Among the modern thinkers" Owned a farm ouside of St. Catharines. Entered Quarter Horse contests all over Canada. Died at age 62."

W. Darcy McKeough notes:

"A doctor (McGill)

Royal Canadian Air Force WWII - Squadron Commander.  Practiced eye, ear, nose and throat in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Lived in St. Catharines and Font Hill.  I visited often when at Ridley.

After cousin Maude died in 1969, Arch & Thora bought the Highbank's cottage in 1971 and visited every summer until she sold it in 1987 to A. Brady."

Archibald married Thora Arloa Dick on 31 Aug 1939 in Wesley United Church, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Thora (daughter of G.D. Dick and A.M. Haffner) was born about 1917; died about 15 Apr 1997. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LTNQ-271
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTNQ-271

Family/Spouse: Douglas Barcham Hicks. Douglas was born in 1917; died in 1984. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: R.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LTNQ-VV4
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTNQ-VV4

Notes:

Robert I Stone comments:

"my dads birthdate was June 6 1926 and he was born in Detroit Michigan"

(Research):-----Original Message-----
From: Handi4460@aol.com [mailto:Handi4460@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:39 PM
To: "John S. Howell, Jr."
Subject: Re: Dr. Robert Spencer Stone

John
Sorry it has taken me so long to write back. I will send you what I can in a later e-mail.

I can let you know information on the three children.
Ian you already died as a child.
Rober Spencer Stone Jr- my father passed 6/17/1989
married Shirley Ilessn Zimmerman 1950, passed 7/27/2000
they had 3 children
Robert Ian 10/30/1957
Diane Cecile 12/17/1959- me
Sheryl Ileen- Sheri 02/25/1965
Robert Ian - Married Alice Baker
   2 children
     Katherine Ileen Stone-Katie
     Matthew Spencer Stone

Diane Cecile - Married - Charles John Rafael Jr. - Sonny 6/26/82
   2 children
     Carrie Lyn Rafael 9/22/1986
     Joshua Cope Rafael 12/11/1989

Sheryl Ileen - Married Douglas Schoening
   1 Child
     Douglas Allen Schoening Jr. - DJ

I will send more on Margaret - Peggy later

                      Your cousin Diane

Robert married Shirley Ileen Zimmerman in 1950. Shirley died on 27 Jul 2000. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 25 Oct 1928
• FamilySearch ID: LTNQ-2GV
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTNQ-2GV
• Alt. Death: 1935

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LTNQ-DV9
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTNQ-DV9

Notes:

"Dr. Stone was survived by his wife Willemina, his son Robert, and daughter Margaret." Obituary quote from http://www.tis.eh.doe.gov/ohre/roadmap/histories/0474/p38.html

From Sacramento Bee - obituary

"Hager, Margaret (Peggy) Stone - Wonderful wife, caring mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend left us on Tuesday, April 18, 2006.  The daugher of Robert and Willena Stone, Peggy was born November 25, 1929, in San Francisco.  She attended the University of Southern California (USC), where she attained a Bachelor of Science degree in occupational therapy.  Peggy was a strong advocate for people with developmental disabilities.  Se spent her life insisting that they be acknowledged and treated with respect and care.  It was at USC where Pegy met her partner in life, Dick.  They fell in love and married.  For over 50 years they grew together, as partners, and as parents.  Peggy loved the outdoors.  She loved the whispering of the pines, the rhythmic tumbling of the Paicific's waves, and the hush of nightfall.  Together with her husband Dick and children, Pggy enjoyed the mountains, beaches and deserts of her native California.  Two of her favorite pastimes were fishing for rainbow trout in Sierra lakes and birding.  Peggy was an explorer.  From books to talk radio to real life, she enjoyed so many of the places where books, radio, and firsthand experiences took her.  More over, she applied her sensibility for exploration to all that she did.  In her profession, she crafted novel uses of everyday items to increase the independence of her clients.  As an artist, she used brush, wood, and color to explore the world of decorative and tole painting to create delightful images and memories.  As mother, she encouraged, even lovingly insisted that her children move beyond their perceived limitations and "give it a try".  While her  presence in this world will be missed, her spirit is with us always.  Peggy is survived by her devoted husband, Dick; their four children, Linda, Betsy, Doug and Jeff; son-in-law Brian; and three grandchildred, Rachel , Hannah, and Aaron.  Her ashes will be spread lovingly and respectfully over the high Sierras, where she was at home.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Audubon Society or the American Cancer Society."

(Research):-----Original Message-----
From: THESCHOENING@aol.com [mailto:THESCHOENING@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:18 AM
To: jhowell@jhowell.com
Subject: Stone Family Treen

Hi again.

In looking over notes from the Thomas Bible. There is some incorrects. I have more information that takes us back to France and  year of 1186 and .

Let me know what I can do to help. I also have inforamtion for Dr. Robert spencer wife side Willena Crawford side that takes us back to Sir. William Wallace of Scottland.


There was a Thomas Stone that Married Jan McQuarie in 1852 of Nove 4th.
Another Thomas Stone that Married Adelaide Spencer June 23,1857

If, I can have access I will do my best to add information.

Ian Crwaford Stone son of Robert and Willena was born on 10/25/1928 and died on April 7, 1941. That was my Fathers brother. My Aunt Margaret Ishbol Stone born on Nov 25, 1929 is still living and I might be able to get more information. As she gave me that information to jion the Daughters of American Revolution.

We also came of on the second boat called Fortune. and he married Maroy Warran from the Mayflower.

Family/Spouse: R. Hager. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Death: She died right after her birth.
• FindAGrave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216869171
• FindAGrave ID: 216869171
• FamilySearch ID: LTNQ-6WC
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTNQ-6WC

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: London University and Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada - M.A. History
• FindAGrave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216869515
• FindAGrave ID: 216869515
• FamilySearch ID: LTNQ-L8H
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTNQ-L8H
• Occupation: 1963, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; She was the Managing Editor, Canadian Banker Magazine
• Occupation: Abt 1970, Virgin Gorda, U.S. Virgin Islands; owners of the "Olde Yarde Inn" resort

Notes:

In a kitchen table conversation during a visit in to her home in Sorrento, Maine in 2007, Ellen told me she was named after her father's first wife, Ellen Ewing.  Ellen Ewing was her mother's younger sister.  Ellen Stone said she was the 'third Ellen' - the first being her aunt, the second being her aunt's daughter who died unborn, within a few hours of her mother. 

She and her husband owned a hotel named the Olde Yard Inn, in Virgin Gorda.

From her obituary in Ellsworth American:

SORRENTO

My aunt and Godmother, Ellen Alexandra Stone Devine, known by her family as Nonie, died Sunday night, March 17, peacefully in her sleep. Born on May 17, 1936, to Alexandra Ewing and Thomas A. Stone, Ellen lived an eclectic and dynamic life. Her father served as Canadian ambassador to the Netherlands, which afforded her many opportunities for international travel and living. As a young woman, Ellen was, in fact, presented to the young Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace.

Nonie was a graduate of the Madeira School and the University of St Andrews in Scotland and also attended Queen's University in Canada, where she earned a master's degree in history. She was the editor of the Canadian Banker Magazine for several years and later, with her husband, Joseph Devine, and their three kids, owned and managed The Olde Yard Inn on Virgin Gorda, BVI, for over 13 years. Joseph Devine passed away in 1986.

She spent her later years in their beloved family home in Sorrento and was an active member of the community. She was a gardener and floral designer whose arrangements graced many a dinner table and wedding party.

A dedicated volunteer, she worked on projects around the globe like Habitat for Humanity and archaeological sites in Guatemala, Belize, Mexico and here in Downeast Maine. Nonie is mourned by her children, Kate, Alex and Sean, by her grandchildren, Hunter, Aliyah and Tariq, and by all of her other friends and relations.

I best remember my aunt as an avid sailor who loved Frenchman Bay and anything to do with boats. One of my favorite memories was crewing with her exactly 31 years ago this month, March 1988, on the yacht Synia with Charlie Crothers and Helene Ferranti, crossing the Atlantic from Africa to Brazil. There, one night on my watch, we ran into a serious storm —  a hurricane being born.

I had new but faulty foul weather gear, which absorbed water by the gallon. After an hour in the hard rain I was so cold and wet I could barely stand to steer. Thinking maybe I was dying, I called below for help. Out of the companionway popped my Godmother, as big as a minute, in her nightgown and old yellow slicker. She took the helm and ordered me below to dry off, warm up, and make a cup of tea.

As I descended into the darkness of the main cabin, I looked back to see if she was OK. There sat this woman, leaning back against the cockpit cushions, steering a big sloop with one hand, water streaming down her beaming face. We were slipping and sliding from crest to crest, booming along through the black of night, and she was laughing, as blissful and relaxed as if she were driving down the Maine Turnpike.

I called out to her that I would be back on deck to relieve her as quickly as I could. "Oh, take your time," she called back over pounding rain and roaring wind, "I could do this forever…" She will be missed.

A memorial service will be held at the Church of the Redeemer in Sorrento, Saturday, July 6, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made in her honor to: The World Wildlife Fund or National Public Radio, her favorite news source. She will be forever grateful.



Published on: March 25, 2019

(Research):We visited with Ellen at Kinkerri, July 2003.

Ellen married Thomas Joseph John Devine on 21 Sep 1963 in New York. Church of St. Thomas More. Thomas (son of John Francis Devine and Marie Catherine Heffernan) was born about 1936; died in 1986. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindAGrave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211901880
• FindAGrave ID: 211901880
• FamilySearch ID: LTVM-QWN
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTVM-QWN
• _PPEXCLUDE: F

Notes:

(Research):Key dates:

1929-1936 Lived in Mexico City, Mexico
1936-1942 Lived in Santurce, Puerto Rico
1936-1942 Attended St. John's School, Santurce, PR
1943-1944 Attended Kent School, Kent, CT
1945-1946 Attended American Grammar & High School, Belgrano, Argentina
1947-1948 Graduated from Kent School, Kent CT.
1947-1948 Lived in 231 West 11st, New York, NY
1948-1953 Attending John's Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1949 Member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, Johns Hopkins University MD
1950 Elected Omicron Delta Kappa (O.D.K) Honorary Society, John's Hopkins University
1952 Graduated John's Hopins University, B.A. Biology
1952 attended infantry officer candidate school, Ft. Benning, GA
4 Aug 1952 - 13 Aug 1954 - Second Lt., U.S. Army, 3rd Armored Division, Personnel Staff Officer Ft. Benning, GA and Ft. Knox, KY
1953 National Defense Service Medal, U.S. Army
1954 Administrative trainee. Pfizer International
1956-1958 Lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1956-1958 Pfizer Argentina, Sales Supervisor, Regional Manager
1957-1959 Lived in Santiago, Chile
1958 General Manager, Pfizer Chile
1960-1961 Lived in Madrid, Spain
1962-1963 Lived in Westport, CT
1964-1966 Lived in Rome, Italy
1964-1966 General Manager, Winchester / Olin (subsidiary of Squibb)
1967 Lived in Westport, CT
1968-1969 Lived in Naples, FL
1968-1969 Built and operated La Playa Hotel, Naples, FL
1970-1984 Lived in Radnor, PA
1970-1984 Vice President, Latin America, Wyeth International
1984-1987 Lived in Darien, CT
1984-1987 President, Ayerst International
1990-2014 Living in Savannah, GA
2002 Elected President, Savannah Rotary Club





Conversations with JSHJr:

1943 - Attending Kent School
1944 - Attending Kent School
1945 - School in Argentina
1946 - School in Argentina
1947 - Attending Kent School
1948 - Graduated Kent School
1948 - Father John E. Howell dies.
1949 - Johns Hopkins
1950 - Johns Hopkins
1951 - Johns Hopkins
1952 - Johns Hopkins graduation
1952 - August - U.S. Army
1952 - US Army OCS School, Ft. Benning, GA
1952 - Living in Columbus, GA
1953 - 3rd Armored Division, Ft. Knox.

Elected to Omicron Delta Kappa (O.D.K) at John's Hopkins
Member Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at John's Hopkins
President Music Club, Johns Hopkins (The Glee Club was part of the music club)

Married to Lynn while on leave from U.S. Army basic traning (16 weeks long), at OCS school Ft. Benning, GA.  Lived in Columbus, GA right after marriage.

Was with the 3rd Armored Division, Ft. Knox.

John married C.L. Howard [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married C. McConeghy [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LL9K-T9C
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LL9K-T9C

Notes:

The following obituary appeared in the Buffalo News, February 8, 2002 - Local section, page A10. A picture was also included.

EDWARD D. HOWELL, CORPORATE EXECUTIVE

Edward D. "Ned" Howell, an industrial engineer, inventor and corporate executive whose diverse activities took him all over the hemisphere, died Thursday (Feb. 7, 2002) in Roswell Park Cancer Institute after a long illness. He was 71.

For 12 years before he retired last year, Howell worked in taxpayer education for the Internal Revenue Service, where he was Buffalo's federal Employee of the Year in 1993. In 1978, he was named Boss of the Year by the American Secretaries' Association and delivered the keynote speech at its annual meeting.

Born in Mexico City and educated in Puerto Rico and Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was fluent in Spanish. During his years in Latin America, he also developed a lifelong love of the sea.

He graduated from Lawrence-ville School in New Jersey, where he honed his skills as a model boat builder.

While studying engineering at Johns Hopkins University, he spent a summer in Fairbanks, Alaska, as a carpenter's helper in a gold mining camp and another in British Columbia as a surveyor on an oil pipeline project. He graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1953 with a degree in industrial engineering.

Howell came to Western New York as an engineer at General Electric Co. in Brockport, where he was a volunteer firefighter. His work for GE took him to various locations in the United States and to Bogota, Colombia.

In 1965, he joined Carborundum Corp. in Niagara Falls as corporate quality-control director.

He later went to Mexico City to head two subsidiaries before returning to the Falls as general manager of Carborundum's Graphite Products Division. He subsequently was promoted to general manager of the Electrominerals Division and corporate vice president.

Howell then became Carborundum's corporate energy manager in charge of improving energy efficiency in its worldwide operations. In that capacity, he developed an energy and accounting analysis system that was proposed for nationwide implementation by the Atomic Energy Commission.

While at Carborundum, he was president of the American Abrasive Grain Association and a member of the board of Smelterverks in Norway.

In 1979, he moved into small business consulting and purchased residential real estate with his wife and other partners.

He also bought and ran Paragon Wire and Cable Co. From 1989 to 2001, he was an IRS taxpayer educator and manager of the agency's Hispanic employment program in Buffalo. He received the 1993 Foley Award as the Buffalo area's top federal employee.

Howell held two patents and was a registered professional engineer in New York and Kentucky, where he received the Louisville Mayoral Award for coordinating interpreters for a convention of 200 Latin American mayors.

He was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Society of Plastic Engineers; a member of the boards of Calasanctius School, Hispanics United of Buffalo and Community Action Organization; and a member of the Business Advisory councils of Canisius College and Erie Community College.

Howell was an avid swimmer, sailor, gardener and amateur furniture designer.

Survivors include his wife of 47 years, the former Helen E. Stith; two daughters, Cecelia Spitta of San Antonio, Texas, and Emerson Nagel of Evanston, Ill.; two sons, Capt. Edward C. of Miami and Peter J. of London, England; two brothers, Peter of Orleans, Mass., and John S. "Spencer" of Savannah, Ga.; and four grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1080 Main St.

Thie obituary below appeared in the Buffalo News, February 7, 2002. 

Beloved husband of Helen (Stith) Howell; father of Cecelia (Adolph) Spitta, Emerson (Robert) Nagel, Captain Edward (Linda) and Peter Howell; grandfather of Zachary and Lillie Howell, Nathaniel and Katherine Nagel; brother of Spencer (Claire) and Peter (Lee) Howell. Friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service on Saturday at 11:00 AM in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Arrangements by VANDERCHER & DICK FUNERAL HOME

(Research):From Hallie Howell
-Ned Howell admired his uncle Ned Davison for whom he was named.
-Hallie and Ned Howell visited Ned Davison in Bridgewater in 1956, 1 year after they were married

Edward married Helen Elizabeth Stith, "Hallie" on 25 Jun 1955 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA. Helen (daughter of Wilmer Curtis Stith and Cecelia Keilholtz) was born on 19 Mar 1936; died on 8 Jan 2020 in Buffalo, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

P.S. married A.L. Johnson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: W. Billington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: M. Parffit. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: P.A.T.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Spinner. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

G. married M. Jiminez [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: B. Fraser. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: A. Baker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Kienholz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

D.C. married C.J. Rafael [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: D. Schoening. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Cathey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

S.F. married L. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: S.C. Asseles. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

J.S. married S.C. Boyer [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

D.B. married V. Janson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

T.S. married S.L. Cournoyer [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

J.S. married B.M. Rubinstein [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

C.F. married K. Opfermann [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

C.D. married A. Spitta [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

E.E. married R. Nagel [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

E.C. married L.L. Buerk [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: J.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

J.S. married A.S. Kimbell [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

J.S. married R.C.B. Conolly [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

S.D. married S. Seligsohn [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

L.K. married L. Knowles [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: L. Kelley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]