Alfred Parish STONE, Congress, OH (1813-1865)

STONE, Alfred Parish, a Representative from Ohio; born in Worthington, Mass., June 28, 1813; attended the common schools; moved to Columbus, Ohio, in 1832 and engaged in mercantile pursuits; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Heman A. Moore and served from October 8, 1844, to March 3, 1845; was not a candidate for renomination; appointed State treasurer by Governor Chase in 1857 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of W.H. Gibson; was elected and reelected to the same office and served until 1862; appointed as collector of internal revenue for the Columbus district of Ohio in 1862 and served until his death in Columbus, Ohio, August 2, 1865; interment in Green Lawn Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present