Martha Stone was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, on October 27, 1832, the daughter of Richard C. and Alma (Stone) Stone.[1]
She married Robert Comfort Metcalf, son of Silas and Nancy Metcalf, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1856. Children, all born in Boston, Massachusetts:[2]
Mariella Metcalf, born September 27, 1859; married, October 16, 1889, Charles H. Hartshorne; died September 24, 1900.ref name=StoneChildren/>[7][8][9]
Gertrude Stone Metcalf, born February 21, 1864; died June 1, 1869, aged 5.ref name=StoneChildren.>[10][11]
Percival Stone (Bartlett) Metcalf, born July 20, 1870; married 1st, April 17, 1895, Grace L. Mckown, 2nd, May 26, 1920, Dora Reed Powers.[12][13][14]
Robert Burrill Metcalf, born May 11, 1873; married, January 5, 1899, Edith Amanda Kimball.[15][16]
Martha (Stone) Metcalf died of "senility" in Winchester, Massachusetts, on September 30, 1909, at the age of 76.[17] She was buried October 3, 1909, at Wildwood Cemetery in Winchester.
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"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJL-2Z9 : 10 November 2020), Martha Stone, 27 Oct 1832; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.
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"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH3N-MNF : 10 November 2020), Martha Stone in entry for Robert C. Metcalf, 29 May 1856; citing Marriage, Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004274707.
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"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4W4-FT5 : 10 March 2021), Samuel S. Symmes and Jennie E. Metcalf, 3 Dec 1885; citing Winchester, Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,415,221.
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"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N752-NRX : 2 March 2021), Jennie M. Symmes, 13 Sep 1887; citing Winchester, Massachusetts, v 383 p 257, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,235.
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"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-HYR3 : 10 November 2020), Mariella Metcalf, 27 Sep 1859; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009364.
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"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW5W-GQT : 10 March 2021), Charles H. Hartshorne and Mariella Metcalf, 16 Oct 1889; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,415,227.
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"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7NL-LX2 : 2 March 2021), Gertrude S. Metcalf, 01 Jun 1869; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, v 222 p 89, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,195.
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"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHW6-BFS : 10 November 2020), Percival Stone Metcalf, 20 Jul 1870; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009444.
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"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4WS-Y2C : 10 March 2021), Percival B Metcalf and Grace L Mckown, 17 Apr 1895; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,651,245.
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"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGT-JC7B : 22 February 2021), Percival Bartlett Metcalf and Dora Reed Powers, 26 May 1920; citing Marriage, Winchester, Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number , page , State Archives, Boston.
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"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4CT-CCF : 10 March 2021), Robert Burrill Metcalf and Edith Amanda Kimball, 5 Jan 1899; citing Winchester, Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,715.
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"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4S4-ZBF : 6 April 2020), Martha S Metcalf, 30 Sep 1909; citing Winchester,,Massachusetts, 73, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,313,702.
See also:
Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 11 January 2021), memorial page for Martha Stone Metcalf (27 Oct 1832–30 Sep 1909), Find A Grave: Memorial #120599450, citing Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Virginia Meadowcroft (contributor 47446774).
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