The Ellen G. White Letters and Manuscripts: Volume 1

STEVENS, Harriet Newall. See SMITH, Uriah and Harriet Newall.

STONE, Albert (1803-c. 1893) and (first wife) Lurena (1803-1868) and (second wife) Ayer (c. 1805-after 1880)

A farmer-preacher from Vermont, Albert Stone began preaching in his early 20s, probably for the Baptists. About 1840 Lurena adopted the Second Advent teachings of William Miller, for which “the Baptists dropped her name from their records.” Albert Stone took the same step and went on to preach for the Millerites and mainstream Adventists until about 1852. In 1853 the Stones became Sabbathkeepers. Albert continued preaching, mostly in northern Vermont, for the remainder of his long life. He was also active in the Vermont Conference, serving as its first “chairman” when the conference was organized in 1862. A son, Charles Wesley Stone, served as secretary of the General Conference, assistant editor of the Review and Herald, and teacher at Battle Creek College in the late 1870s and early 1880s. Albert Stone received only incidental mention in the writings of Ellen White. 1EGWLM 893.2

See: 1850 U.S. Federal Census, “Albert Stone,” Vermont, Franklin County, Berkshire, p. 214; “Editorial Notes,” General Conference Bulletin, Feb. 22, 1895, p. 308; obituary: “Lurena Stone,” Review, May 5, 1868, p. 334; 1880 U.S. Federal Census, “Ayer Stone,” Vermont, Lamoille County, Eden, p. 16; Lewis Cass Aldrich, ed., History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of the Prominent Men and Pioneers (Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co., 1891), p. 457; Albert Stone, “Communications,” Review, Aug. 4, 1853, p. 47; search term “Stone” in Review and Herald online collection, www.adventistarchives.org; SDAE, s.v. “Northern New England Conference,” “Charles Wesley Stone.” 1EGWLM 893.3