Individual Details

John Stone STONE

(24 Sep 1869 - 20 May 1943)

Events

Birth24 Sep 1869Dover, Loudoun County, Virginia
Residence1870with his parents - Egypt
Miscellaneous6 Jul 1882took a train with his father from Cairo and put on the ship Lancaster and watched the bombardment - Alexandria, Egypt
Residence6 Jul 1882with his family - Cairo, Egypt
Miscellaneous9 Aug 1882was reunited with his family - Port Said, Egypt
Miscellaneous9 Aug 1882was reunited with his family - Port Said, Egypt
Education1883Columbia Grammar School - New York City, New York County, New York
Education1885at the school of mines of Columbia University - New York City, New York County, New York
Miscellaneous27 Jan 1887attended the funeral of his father - West Point, Orange County, New York
Graduated1890from Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland
Occupation1890experimentalist with the Research & Development laboratory of American Bell Telephone company - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous1893invent a telephone system for centralizing the energy in the system
Miscellaneous1897
Miscellaneous1897
Miscellaneous1899
Miscellaneous1899
Miscellaneous8 Feb 1900filed a patent on tuning
Miscellaneous1901formed the Stone Wireless Telegraph Syndicate which soon became Stone Telegraph & Telephone Co
Miscellaneous2 Feb 1902patent was allowed No. 714, 756 a year and a half before Marconi's patent on tuning
Miscellaneous1905Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous1905Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Residence1906as a boarder at Riverbank Court - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Miscellaneous1912
Miscellaneous1912director of the Institute of Radio Engineers
Miscellaneous1912
Miscellaneous1913was vice-president of Institute of Radio Engineers
Miscellaneous1913
Miscellaneous1913
Miscellaneous1914was president of the Institute of Radio Engineers
Residence1915on Winsor Road - Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
ResidenceBef 28 Nov 1918Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Marriage28 Nov 1918in the Church of the Transfiguration, New York City, New York County, New York - Sibyl WILBUR
Residence2 Jan 1920at 129 Robinson Avenue, was married and was an electrical engineer consultant - San Diego, San Diego County, California
Miscellaneous1923
Miscellaneous1923
Residence7 Apr 1930at 3942 Alemeda Drive and was an electrical engineer - San Diego, San Diego County, California
Residence1 Apr 1935at 1636 Torrence St - San Diego, San Diego County, California
Residence18 Apr 1940at 1636 Torrence Street and was single - San Diego, San Diego County, California
Death20 May 1943San Diego, San Diego County, California
BurialAft 20 May 1943San Diego, San Diego County, California

Families

SpouseSibyl WILBUR (1871 - 1946)
FatherCharles Pomeroy STONE (1824 - 1887)
MotherJeannie "Anne Jennie" STONE (1840 - 1924)
SiblingFanny Parker "Mary Odin Fanny Parker" STONE (1864 - 1887)
SiblingEgypta Todassantis "Todas" STONE (1871 - 1947)