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Buena "Vista" Stone (b. July 05, 1859, d. July 07, 1939)

Buena "Vista" Stone (daughter of James Terry Stone and Celestier Unknown) was born July 05, 1859 in Charlestonburg VA., and died July 07, 1939 in Hot Springs, Madison County, NC. She married Isham Harlow Gorenflo on June 20, 1876 in Buncombe County, NC, son of Ludwig Gorenflo and Sarah A. Steadman.

Notes for Buena "Vista" Stone:
Headstone says died 1928.
#269 North Carolina Superior Court Madison County

In the Matter of the Last Will and Testament of Buena Vista Gorenflo, deceased:
I. Buena Vista Gorenflo, of Hot Springs, Madison County, NC, do hereby make, declare and publish this, my Will and Testament,
First: I want my body to be given a decent burial.
Second: I want all my just and honest obligations to be paid.
Third: I want a slab marker placed at my grave and also one placed at the grave of my late husband, IH Gorenflo.
Fourth: I want my Executor, hereinafter named, to sell my real estate and divide the proceeds, after all expenses and obligations have been paid, as follows: to my daughter, Mildred, $500.00 in CASH: to my son, Frank, $300.00 in CASH. The balance, if any to be equally divided between my other six children.
Fifth: To my daughter, Mildred, I bequeath my piano and sewing machine;
Sixth: To my son, Hal, I bequeath, his father's roller top desk.
Seventh: To my daughters, Grace and Mildred, I bequeath all the remainder of my household goods and furniture, and they are to divide the same between themselves in any way they deem fit.
Eighth: I hereby appoint my trusted friend, WT Davis, to be the executor of this my last Will and Testament, without bond, to carry out the terms and conditions of this instrument, and hereby authorize him to sell my real estate, proceeds as I have above designated.
This the 6th day, 1937.
Witness: Will Fleming and BK Meadows
As subscribed and sworn to before Clyde M. Roberts, Clerk Superior Court, Madison County, NC, this 23rd day of August, 1939.

More About Buena "Vista" Stone:
Burial: Unknown, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Hot Springs, Madison County, NC.

More About Buena "Vista" Stone and Isham Harlow Gorenflo:
Marriage: June 20, 1876, Buncombe County, NC.

Marriage Notes for Buena "Vista" Stone and Isham Harlow Gorenflo:
Says Joshua H. 25 (1851)
Beuna Vista Stone 17 (1859)

Children of Buena "Vista" Stone and Isham Harlow Gorenflo are:

+Clarence T. Gorenflo, b. September 23, 1883, North Carolina, d. April 02, 1919, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC.
Mildred Gorenflo, d. date unknown.