Reed Lewis Stone

1869 - 1948  (79 years)

• Name	Reed Lewis Stone
  Birth	4 Jul 1869
  Gender	Male
  _UID	1266571301CAF54BBFC24E6AD13E5574FE0A
  Death	30 Sep 1948
  Notes	John David Bassett and Charles Columbus Bassett began cutting and selling ties to the Norfolk and Western Railway for the new road being built from Roanoke, Virginia, to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, about 1889 and later known as the "Punkin Vine" because of its many curves. From selling cross-ties they turned to operating a saw mill and shipping lumber to be manufactured into furniture. Soon the brothers and their brother-in-law, Reed L. Stone, decided to save shipping costs by making the lumber into furniture and selling the finished product. They pooled their resources of $27,000 and in 1902 opened their first furniture plant beside the tracks of the Norfolk and Western Railway line. They were joined in this new venture by their brothers, Joe and Sam, and then by other relatives and friends. This was the beginning of the Bassett Furniture Industries and of the town of Bassett, Virginia.
  Person ID	I921	2B Thomas Bassett of Virginia
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2013

  
  

  Family	Nancy Susan (Dink) Bassett,   b. 17 Apr 1871   d. 17 May 1956 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1896
  Children	+ 1. Effie Ethel Stone,   b. 15 Oct 1897 + 2. Lewis Bassett Stone,   b. 30 Dec 1900   d. 5 Feb 1948 (Age 47 years)   3. Charles Forest Stone,   b. 24 May 1903   d. 14 Mar 1958 (Age 54 years) + 4. John Harold Stone, Sr.,   b. 5 Oct 1905   d. 9 Mar 1954 (Age 48 years) + 5. Living + 6. Mary Hester Stone,   b. 23 Jun 1908   d. 17 Aug 1998 (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart