Phineas Jones Stone | |
Office: | Seventh Mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts |
Term Start: | 1862 |
Term End: | 1864 |
Office2: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for Middlesex County |
Term2: | 1840, 1856, 1862–1863 |
Office3: | Member of the Charlestown, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen |
Term Start3: | 1839 |
Term End3: | 1840 |
Office4: | President of the Charlestown, Massachusetts Common Council[1] |
Term4: | 1854 |
Predecessor4: | Henry P. Fairbanks |
Successor4: | Horace G. Hutchins[2] [3] |
Office5: | Member of the Charlestown, Massachusetts Common Council Ward Two[4] |
Term Start5: | 1850 |
Term End5: | 1854 |
Birth Date: | 23 May 1810 |
Birth Place: | Weare, New Hampshire |
Death Place: | Charlestown, Massachusetts |
Resting Place: | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
Spouse: | Ann Maria (Lindsey) |
Signature: | Signature of Phineas Jones Stone (1810–1891).png |
Party: | Republican |
Phineas Jones Stone (May 23, 1810 – August 12, 1891) was a Massachusetts politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a member of the Board of Selectmen for the Town of Charlestown, Massachusetts, as a member of and president of the Common Council and as the seventh mayor of the City of Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Phineas J. Stone was born in Weare, New Hampshire on May 23, 1810.[5] [6]
A Republican, he served in political offices from 1850 to 1864. For the last 25 years of his life, he was president of the Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank.[7]
He died at his home in Charlestown on August 12, 1891, and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.[7] [8]