
J. Newton Stone (1837-1902) was born and died in Paris, Kentucky. In 1876
he opened a small grocery store in Georgetown, Kentucky, with his brother, Kinzea Stone,
and they remained partners until 1879. Then J. Newton Stone owned and operated several
grocery stores in Georgetown with other partners. In 1885, he became interested in
Christian Science and received Christian Science treatment through prayer from Caroline
D. Noyes, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's. Soon after that, he studied with Mary Baker
Eddy, taking Primary class alongside his sister, M. Bettie Bell, in November 1885. He
joined the Christian Scientist Association on December 2, 1885, and on December 29,
1894, he joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, and was
a member until his passing. His sisters were also both active in the Christian Science
movement. M. Bettie Bell was a church member and
Journal-listed
Christian Science practitioner and teacher who contributed to the early growth of
Christian Science in Chicago, Illinois and was a founding member of First Church of
Christ, Scientist, Chicago (1886).His sister, Malinda J. Lancaster, also studied with
Eddy and was a church member and a
Journal-listed Christian
Science practitioner.
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