Eliphalet S. Stone (April 10, 1825 – December 8, 1905) was an American shipmaster, farmer, and politician. Stone was born in Sodus Point, New York. He went to the public schools. In 1840, he began to sail on

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. In 1842, he moved to

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. He was a master of a sailing vessel and owned a farm in Summit, Wisconsin,

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. Stone served on the Summit Town Board and on the Waukesha County Board of Supervisors. In 1872, Stone served in the

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and was a

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. He died at his home on Silver Lake in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.'Deaths-Capt. E. E. Stone,' The Waukesha Freeman, December 14, 1905, pg. 8

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1825 births 1905 deaths People from Sodus, New York People from Summit, Waukesha County, Wisconsin Farmers from Wisconsin Sea captains County supervisors in Wisconsin Wisconsin city council members Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly People from Waukesha County, Wisconsin 19th-century American politicians {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1820s-stub