CHARLEY DAVID STONE & FAMILY

This page is a part of the FALLS COUNTY, TXGenWeb project and all of the information here is FREE for you to use.
If you are being charged to view/use any of this information, please contact Kay.

CHARLEY DAVID STONE & FAMILY

Charley David Stone was the eldest child of Abner Miller and Dony Taylor Stone. He was born on December 12, 1890 at Blevins, Falls County, Texas. He and his family moved to West Station, Texas and lived there a while but returned to Blevins. He was schooled at Blevins and the Bedichek Academy at Eddy, Texas. He attended a Jr. College near West (Station), Texas. In 1910 he married Lella May Bowers, daughter of Robert Russell and Georgia Standridge Bowers who also lived at Blevins. The newly married couple was leased farm land by his father and furnished a house to live in.

In 1921, Abner Miller Stone died, and at this time Dony Taylor Stone, the widow moved, to Temple, Texas with her underage children. Charley and his family moved into the A. M. Stone home place where they lived until 1938 when the Stone estate was divided. Charley and family moved to land he owned down the road from the Blevins store and near Indian Creek. It had been the old Spivey place. He farmed and ranched all of his days in the Blevins Community. Charley and Lella Bowers Stone had five children who all lived to maturity. He passed away May 28, 1958.

TITLE	DESCRIPTION	CONTRIBUTED BY
Wedding Picture of Charley and Lella Stone	May 30, 1910 was the date of the wedding of Charley Stone and Lella Bowers. They were married at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Georgia Bowers. This picture was made the next day. The groom and bride are on the far right in the picture. I do not know who the others are. If anyone can identify them I would appreciate being able to add their names to the picture. Her father, Robert Russell Bowers was deceased when she was but 12 years old.	Lena Stone Criswell
Charley Stone and Lella Bowers Wedding Newspaper Article	Charley Stone and Lella Bowers Wedding Newspaper Article dated June 7, 1910, and typed as written. Note: Charlie should read Charley in the article.	Transcribed by Robert L. Haddock Submitted by Lena Stone Criswell
Home of Georgia Standridge Bowers at Blevins, Falls County, Texas	This is where the wedding of Charley David Stone and Lella May Bowers took place on May 30, 1910. This is where her mother lived at the time. The original house had been built by Ben and Cora (Bowers) Taylor. This picture of the house had been made while the Taylors still lived here. Ben and Cora Taylor and children in the picture.	Lena Stone Criswell
Lella May Bowers Daughter of Robert Russell and Georgia Standridge Bowers	This is a picture of my mother, Lella May Bowers Stone. She was born October 15, 1894. She was age 16 when this studio photograph was made.	Lena Stone Criswell
Robert Russell and Georgia Standridge Bowers They are the Parents of Lella May Bowers Stone. They lived at Blevins, Falls County, Texas	Robert Russell Bowers, the son of Daniel and Aurillia (King) Bowers and Georgia (Standridge) Bowers, was the daughter of John Wesley and Mary Caroline (Whatley) Standridge. They all lived at Blevins, Falls County, Texas.	Lena Stone Criswell
Daniel and Aurillia (King) Bowers	They are the grandparents of Lella May Bowers Stone. They moved to Bell County, Texas from Lafayette Co., MS in 1888 and after four years moved to Blevins, Falls Co., Texas where they lived until their deaths.	Lena Stone Criswell
Daniel and Aurillia King Bowers at Home Blevins, Falls Co., Texas	One of our favorite pictures of the great-grandparents at home in their rockers on the porch - Blevins, Falls Co., Texas.	Lena Stone Criswell
Alfred Grady and Lella May Bowers Children of Robert Russell and Georgia Standridge Bowers	Alfred Grady Bowers was called "Grady" "Brother" and "Bud" with his sister, Lella May Bowers.	Lena Stone Criswell
The Bowers Children	L to R: Lella May, baby Lena Ora, Alfred Grady and Luna Bowers. The last child Rillie, had not yet been born when this picture was made.	Lena Stone Criswell
Lena Ora Bowers Daughter of Robert Russell and Georgia Standridge Bowers	Lena Ora Bowers - picture dated 1912.	Lena Stone Criswell
Lena Ora Bowers Daughter of Robert Russell and Georgia Standridge Bowers	Lena Bowers married Louis Concilio of Waco.	Lena Stone Criswell
Louis and Lena Bowers Concilio Daughter of Robert Russell and Georgia Standridge Bowers	Louis and Lena Bowers Concilio lived in Waco after their marriage. He had come to the States from Sicily as a child.	Lena Stone Criswell
Luna Bowers Daughter of Robert Russell and Georgia (Standridge) Bowers	Luna Bowers - 1912.	Lena Stone Criswell
Luna Bowers at the Cotton Palace Daughter of Robert Russell Bowers and Georgia Standridge Bowers	Luna Bowers at the Cotton Palace - Waco, McLennan County, Texas	Lena Stone Criswell
Luna Bowers Walthall Daughter of Robert Russell and Georgia Standridge Bowers	Luna Bowers married Drew Walthall.	Lena Stone Criswell
Drew and Luna Bowers Walthall Daughter of Robert Russell and Georgia Standridge Bowers	Drew Walthall and Luna Bowers Walthall at Blevins. They lived the latter part of their married life at Taylor, Williamson Co., Texas. They had three children.	Lena Stone Criswell
Alfred Grady Bowers and his Children, Phoebe and Betty Jane Son of Robert Russell and Georgia Standridge Bowers	Grady "Bud" Bowers and his daughter, Phoebe Virginia. He is holding daughter, Betty Jane. I do not have a picture of his wife, Martha "Mattie V." (Bertrand) Bowers. Their home burned and so did all their pictures.	Lena Stone Criswell
Charley and Lella Stone With Clois and Geneva	Charley David and Lella May Bowers Stone with their two children (two at the time), Geneva Meryle (10 mo) and Clois David (4 years) 1916	Lena Stone Criswell
Lella May Bowers Stone and Son Clois at the Cotton Palace c 1912	Lella May Bowers Stone and young son, Clois David Stone at the Cotton Palace, Waco, McLennan Co., Texas	Lena Stone Criswell
Clois David Stone at the Cotton Palace Son of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone	Clois David Stone riding the pony at the Cotton Palace, Waco, Texas, age 4.	Lena Stone Criswell
Geneva Meryle and brother Clois David Stone Children of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone	This picture was made when the C. D. Stone family lived at the so called Stevenson Place - just up the road toward Blevins from the Hairston house (later Allen house). One of my favorite pictures.	Lena Stone Criswell
Geneva, Baby Charles Abner and Clois D. Stone Children of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone	Geneva, Charles Abner and Clois Stone. c 1919	Lena Stone Criswell
Geneva, Baby Edna Earle, Clois and Charles Abner Stone Children of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone	Geneva holding baby Edna Earle, Clois David and Charles Abner Stone. This was the first day of school at Blevins. Notice Blevins in the back ground.	Lena Stone Criswell
Water Color of A. M. Stone Homeplace Blevins, Falls Co., Texas	Several water colors were commissioned by the same artist and I was fortunate to be given one by the Marshalls. I treasure it. I was born in this house.	Lena Stone Criswell
Edna Earle, Lena Bessie and Clois Stone Children of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone	Edna Earle and baby sister Lena Bessie are on the lawn, brother Clois is standing on the porch of the A. M. Stone homeplace where I was born. c 1925	Lena Stone Criswell
Baby Lena Stone Daughter of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone	Lena Bessie Ruth Stone - baby age one year.	Lena Stone Criswell
Edna Earle Stone Daughter of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone	Edna Earle Stone in coat with ermine collar. That coat finally passed down to me - last time I wore ermine.	Lena Stone Criswell
Guy Parker and the C. D. Stones Trip to the Texas Gulf Coast	In the 1930's, Guy Parker, a step-son of Henry Stone visited us from his ranch in Montana. We took the trip to the Coast. L to R: Guy Parker, Charley David Stone, Lella Bowers Stone, Edna Earle Stone and in front, Lena Stone. I hope someone sees this picture and can connect with the Parker family.	Lena Stone Criswell
Lella Bowers Stone and Her Daughters	The picture was made at the A. M. Stone homeplace, Blevins Falls Co., Texas c 1925. Geneva, baby Lena, doll, Edna and Mother, Lella Bowers Stone	Lena Stone Criswell
Geneva and Culbert Stone with Queen Geneva daughter of Charley and Lella Stone Culbert son of Ab and Dony Stone	First Day of School at Blevins. Geneva Meryle Stone and uncle Cal Culbert Stone with Grandma Stone's dog "Queen".	Lena Stone Criswell
Geneva Meryle Stone Riding Prince Daughter of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone	Geneva Meryle Stone riding Prince on the lawn of the A. M. Stone Homeplace, Blevins, Falls Co., Texas.	Lena Stone Criswell
Geneva, baby Lena and Edna Stone Children of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone	Geneva, baby Lena, Doll, and Edna Stone at the A. M. Stone Homeplace, Blevins, Falls Co., Texas.	Lena Stone Criswell
Blevins School - White - Bungalow Style Blevins, Falls Co., Texas	This is where all the C. D. Stone children attended elementary school until transferring to Eddy, McLennan Co., Texas until graduation at Bruceville-Eddy High School.	Lena Stone Criswell
Lena Ora Bowers Concilio with her niece and nephews and first cousin	L to R: Luna Mae Battle, Geneva Stone, Clois Stone, "Aunt" Lena Bowers Concilio and Charles Abner Stone in front of her. (Luna Mae was the daughter of Ed and Minnie Mae (Standridge) Battle. This picture was made at the home of Georgia Bowers in Blevins, Falls Co., Texas. The well water was drinking water only for the animals and for watering plants. Grandmother Bowers used rainwater for her drinking water.	Lena Stone Criswell
Cal Culbert, Geneva Meryle and Clois David Stone Blevins, Falls Co., Texas	Cal Culbert Stone, son of Ab and Dony Stone with nephew Clois David Stone and niece Geneva Meryle Stone, children of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone.	Lena Stone Criswell
Dony Eugenia Stone and Niece Geneva Meryle Stone	Dony Eugenia Stone, daughter of Ab and Dony Taylor Stone and her niece Geneva Meryle Stone, daughter of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone. This was the first day of school at the Blevins School (white building), Blevins, Falls Co., Texas.	Lena Stone Criswell
Charles Abner Stone With Cap and Wearing Overalls	Charles Abner Stone, son of Charley and Lella May Bowers Stone - one summer day - with cap in hand.	Lena Stone Criswell
Stone Children in Buggy - c 1934 Children of Charley D. and Lella (Bowers) Stone	Charles A. Stone and sisters Lena and Edna Stone at the A. M. Stone Homeplace Place, Blevins, Texas.	Lena Stone Criswell
Charles Abner Stone With Bobbie and Tony	Charles Abner Stone, son of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone - with our horse Bobbie and Charles' dog, Tony - at the back lot at the A. M. Stone homeplace, Blevins, Falls Co., Texas c 1936.	Lena Stone Criswell
Charles Abner Stone with Red Wagon	Charles Abner Stone, son of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone in the back yard with his red wagon and wearing Aviator cap with goggles. It must have been Christmas and he had just gotten his presents. This is a good picture to show the detached garage at the A. M. Stone homeplace, Blevins, Falls Co., Texas. It was painted yellow with white trim to match the house.	Lena Stone Criswell
Lena Bessie Ruth Stone With Her Kitties	Lena Stone, daughter of Charley and Lella Stone with two of her many kitties at the A. M. Stone Homeplace front lawn, Blevins, Falls Co., Texas. c 1934	Lena Stone Criswell
Edna and Lena at the Gate	Edna and Lena Stone, children of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone A. M. Stone Homeplace, Blevins, Falls Co., Texas c 1935	Lena Stone Criswell
Clois David Stone Riding Prince	Clois David Stone, son of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone Riding Prince on the front lawn A. M. Stone homeplace, Blevins, Falls Co., Texas c 1922	Lena Stone Criswell
Stone Cousins in a Wagon Blevins, Falls Co., Texas - c 1929	Back L to R: Dony Belle, Beth, Edna, Miller Front L to R: Alta Oleta & Lena - All Stones Dony Belle and Alta Oleta, daughters of Herbert Lafayette and Audie Stone;Dony Elizabeth "Beth" and Jessie Miller Stone, children of Edgar Wood and Gladys (Hay) Stone and Edna Earle and Lena Bessie Ruth Stone, children of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone.	Lena Stone Criswell
The Five Children of Charles and Lella Bowers Stone With the New 1934 Ford Model A	L to R: Geneva Meryle, Lena, Edna Earle, Charles Abner and Clois David Stone showing off the new Ford. Notice the pull down window shades with fringe and tire mounted at the rear.	Lena Stone Criswell
Lella May Bowers Stone with Baby Lena c 1925	Lella May Bowers Stone with her youngest child, Lena Bessie Ruth Stone - location unknown - hat on ground and car in background.	Lena Stone Criswell
Mother's Day 1933 C. D. Stone Family	Mother's Day 1933 before Church - A. M. Stone Homeplace, Blevins, Falls Co., Texas. L to R: Back Geneva, Charley David (Daddy), Lella May Bowers Stone (Mother) and Clois David Stone L to R: Front Edna Earle and Lena Bessie & Charles Abner Stone	Lena Stone Criswell
M. E. Church South Eddy, McLennan Co., Texas	The C. D. Stone family were all members of this church. I was married here. My father's funeral was conducted here. This picture was made in 1994. When I was a child the addition at the back had not been added on - but basically it is the same exterior. The stain-glass windows were made in Germany - and are beautiful.	Lena Stone Criswell
Edna, Geneva and Lena Stone c 1932 Daughters of Charley and Lella Bowers Stone	This picture of Edna, Geneva and Lena Stone was made on the front lawn at the A. M. Stone homeplace. Geneva's hat was a beautiful lavender with a lavendar satin bow - really impressed this then eight year old.	Lena Stone Criswell
Charley and Lella Bowers Stone Studio picture c 1939/40	This is one of my favorite studio pictures of my parents.	Lena Stone Criswell
Clois David Stone With Bobbie	Clois David Stone holding the reins for Bobbie, our horse at the A. M. Stone homeplace, Blevins, Falls County, Texas (caption)	Lena Stone Criswell
Charley D. Stone With Mabel and Alice	Charley D. Stone has inspected the mule team Mabel and Alice to be sure that they are properly harnessed for their day's work in the field. This picture was made at the C. D. Stone farm, Blevins, Falls Co., Texas. c 1940	Lena Stone Criswell
C. D. Stone Standing With Team Who Will Pull the Poison Machine	C. D. Stone with his team who will pull the cotton poisoning machine that he designed.	Lena Stone Criswell
Clois D. Stone With Mowing Machine	Clois D. Stone with Mowing Machine. This hat was the sun screen of the day.	Lena Stone Criswell
C. D. Stone With His Tractor	C. D. Stone with his tractor which devoured gasoline - so much so that we had a gasoline pump on the farm just for the tractor. C. D. Stone farm, Blevins, Falls County, Texas (World War II years)	Lena Stone Criswell
The Mares and Their Colts C. D. Stone Farm	The mares and colts in the pasture on the C. D. Stone farm, Blevins, Falls Co., Texas.	Lena Stone Criswell
Rounding up the Cattle C. D. Stone Farm - Blevins, Falls Co., Texas	At the end of the day the cattle that are on feed are being herded toward the feedlot. This is my father on horseback. My brother Charles Abner Stone would be in the next picture also herding the cattle from another direction. They both would have been working the cattle when these pictures were made. C 1950s	Lena Stone Criswell
Round Up the Strays for the Feedlot C. D. Stone Farm c 1950s	Charles Abner Stone rounding up the strays for the feedlot - same time as above picture. Picture made by Clois D. Stone	Lena Stone Criswell
Team in the Cotton Fields C. D. Stone Farm	Team at work pulling a wagon for Cotton Picking on the C. D. Stone farm, Blevins, Falls Co., Texas "In those old cotton fields back home" The cotton was taken to the gin at Blevins, and later to Eddy, McLennan Co., Texas.	Lena Stone Criswell
Lena and Edna with one Team, Dan Hailey with the Other Team c 1930s	Lena and Edna Stone posed for a picture at the planter. I don't know who was driving the team. Dan Hailey is with the team he will be driving. A. M. Stone Homeplace, Blevins, Falls Co., Texas.	Lena Stone Criswell
Wesley Battle with Team Year 1932	Wesley Battle with team of mules getting ready to go plow cotton on the A. M. Stone Estate, Blevins, Falls Co., Texas (The mules' names were: Dora, Dave, Wesley, Hattie and Clara. Notice some of these names are Stone family names.) Wesley Battle was the son of Albert Ed and Minnie Mae (Standridge) Battle. During the depression years he worked on the Stone farm and boarded with the C. D. Stone family.	Lena Stone Criswell
Hauling Hay on A. M. Stone Estate	Wesley Battle driving Hattie and Clara to the barn where the hay will be deposited. Wesley is in front on the wagon; Elige Broome (husband of Rillie Bowers), Charles Abner Stone, and "Dick" Embry Stone (son of Abner Earl and Flossie Embry Stone - who would have been visiting for the summer and was put to work) Year: 1930. Photograph by Clois D. Stone	Lena Stone Criswell
Stocking the Smoke House for Winter A. M. Stone Homeplace, Blevins, Falls County, Texas c 1930s	Charley David Stone preparing for the winter and food to feed the family on those cold winter days ahead. The coldest weather is the most desirable for this procedure. The iron water pot will be full of boiling water. sausages, ham, bacon, roasts and pork chops will be prepared and hung from the rafters to be smoked for later use of the family and guests.	Lena Stone Criswell
The Old Buggy A. M. Stone Homeplace, Blevins, Falls Co., Texas	It is not all hard work on the farm. There are days when it is too muddy to work or for whatever reason the family plays. This was one of those days. Holding the reins, Elige Broome, Charles Abner Stone, Ulric Embry (son of Bessie Stone Saurage who was visiting from Temple), Edna and Lena in the seat of the buggy. James Robert Broome (son of Elige and Rillie Bowers Broome) is just at the seat right. c 1930s.	Lena Stone Criswell
C. D. Stone With Poisoning Machine	This is a poisoning machine designed by Charley David Stone to be used on his cotton crops.	Lena Stone Criswell
Dan Hailey with Team	Dan Hailey with team hitched ready to go into the fields - but took the time for a picture - at the A. M. Stone homeplace. I have the name of every mule of this team.	Lena Stone Criswell
Charley and Lella Bowers Stone Gatesville, Coryell Co., Texas 1955	This is one of my favorite pictures of my parents - just like they looked not very long before my father passed away. They were visiting their son and family in Gatesville.	Lena Stone Criswell
Lella Bowers Stone with her Children at Fredericksburg, Gillespie Co., Texas Christmas 1966	This is the last group picture we had made with our mother, Lella May Bowers Stone on Christmas 1966 at Fredericksburg, Gillespie Co., Texas. L to R: Clois David Stone, Charles Abner Stone, Geneva Meryle Stone Marshall, Lella May Bowers Stone (our mother), Edna Earle Stone Hayman and Lena Stone Criswell.	Lena Stone Criswell
The Last Picture of the Five Stone Children Together San Antonio, Texas 1991	This was the last family reunion of the five children of Charley and Lella May Bowers Stone at San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas in 1991 Back L to R: Geneva and Charles Front L to R: Clois, Edna and Lena This picture collection of the C. D. Stone family concludes with this picture. It was a wonderful family and I am so grateful to have been a part of it.	Lena Stone Criswell

Home