Thomas Stone
Thomas Stone (abt. 1743-1787) was born about 1743 in Charles Co., Maryland, British Colonial America. He was the son of David Stone and Elizabeth Jenifer. He married Margaret Brown in 1768. He died 5 Oct. 1787 in Alexandria, Virginia. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and one of the eminent men for whom Wilford Woodruff initiated proxy temple ordinance work in Aug. 1877.
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