C. FRANKLIN STONER.

C. FRANKLIN STONER.
The student of history cannot carry his investigations far into the records of Lincoln county without learning how important a part the members of the Stoner family have played in the development and upbuilding of this section of the state. C. Franklin Stoner is today one of the most successful sheep raisers and ranchmen of Cokeville, his interests being very extensive along those lines. He was born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, on the 1st of February, 1870, and is a son of David and Amanda (Funk) Stoner, who are mentioned at length in connection with the sketch of his brother, John H. Stoner, on another page of this work. During the period of his minority the family lived first in Illinois and afterward in Kansas and thus he obtained his education in public schools of those states. The father was a farmer and C. Franklin Stoner early became familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist in connection with the development of the fields. He was a youth of nineteen years when he removed to Cokeville, Wyoming, to enter the employ of his uncle, John W. Stoner, who was the founder of the city and the promoter not only of its business interests but also an active factor in the development of ranching and live stock raising in this section of the state. He conducted a large general merchandise store at Cokeville and C. Franklin Stoner acted as clerk in the store and also assisted in the care of his uncle’s horses, cattle and sheep. The uncle was a man of marked business ability, of high and honorable purpose and of unfaltering enterprise and the training which C. Franklin Stoner received under his direction was of a most valuable character. At the same time his brother, John H. Stoner, was in the uncle’s employ and eventually the two brothers consolidated their interests as partners and have since been numbered among the prominent sheep raisers of the state. They are now conducting business on an extensive scale, having large tracts of land and immense flocks. On the 20th of December, 1904, in Cokeville, Mr. Stoner was united in marriage to Miss Julia Jacobson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Jacobson. To them were born two children: Mary Josephine, who was born in St. Mark’s Hospital in Salt Lake City in 1908 and is now attending school in Cokeville; and Frances Amanda, born in Cokeville, March 14, 1914. The wife and mother passed away October 18, 1917, and her death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. Mr. Stoner is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Rock Springs. He served for four years as a member of the city council of Cokeville. He stands for progress and improvement in all that has to do with the general welfare and his active cooperation can always be counted upon to further any movement for the public good. Those who know him, and he has a wide acquaintance, esteem him most highly and rank him with the honored and representative citizens as well as the foremost business men of his section of the state.

The student of history cannot carry his investigations far into the records of Lincoln county without learning how important a part the members of the Stoner family have played in the development and upbuilding of this section of the state. C. Franklin Stoner is today one of the most successful sheep raisers and ranchmen of Cokeville, his interests being very extensive along those lines. He was born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, on the 1st of February, 1870, and is a son of David and Amanda (Funk) Stoner, who are mentioned at length in connection with the sketch of his brother, John H. Stoner, on another page of this work. During the period of his minority the family lived first in Illinois and afterward in Kansas and thus he obtained his education in public schools of those states.
The father was a farmer and C. Franklin Stoner early became familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist in connection with the development of the fields. He was a youth of nineteen years when he removed to Cokeville, Wyoming, to enter the employ of his uncle, John W. Stoner, who was the founder of the city and the promoter not only of its business interests but also an active factor in the development of ranching and live stock raising in this section of the state. He conducted a large general merchandise store at Cokeville and C. Franklin Stoner acted as clerk in the store and also assisted in the care of his uncle’s horses, cattle and sheep. The uncle was a man of marked business ability, of high and honorable purpose and of unfaltering enterprise and the training which C. Franklin Stoner received under his direction was of a most valuable character. At the same time his brother, John H. Stoner, was in the uncle’s employ and eventually the two brothers consolidated their interests as partners and have since been numbered among the prominent sheep raisers of the state. They are now conducting business on an extensive scale, having large tracts of land and immense flocks.
On the 20th of December, 1904, in Cokeville, Mr. Stoner was united in marriage to Miss Julia Jacobson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Jacobson. To them were born two children: Mary Josephine, who was born in St. Mark’s Hospital in Salt Lake City in 1908 and is now attending school in Cokeville; and Frances Amanda, born in Cokeville, March 14, 1914. The wife and mother passed away October 18, 1917, and her death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret.
Mr. Stoner is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Rock Springs. He served for four years as a member of the city council of Cokeville. He stands for progress and improvement in all that has to do with the general welfare and his active cooperation can always be counted upon to further any movement for the public good. Those who know him, and he has a wide acquaintance, esteem him most highly and rank him with the honored and representative citizens as well as the foremost business men of his section of the state.