They moved to Oklahoma soon after the Opening of the Cherokee Strip and bought a farm southeast of Tonkawa, Kay County, Oklahoma. Here they raised their family and in about 1925 built a home in tonkawa, where they lived for the remainder of their lives. We lived near them most of my life and I have the fondest memory for them. The many Family Get Togethers, which I remember as always happy times with lots of joking and laughter.1

Robert Fulton (Ralph & Alda grandson) wrote a short history of their time in Oklahoma. A PDF version is in the family multimedia tab

Information from family records. Family Group page dated September 21, 1980. Helen’s Stone book has a photo of Ralph and Alda as an older couple. The original is owned by Roy Hunter

1870 Federal Census (Ohio, Licking, Kirkersville, 4): Samuel J. ?2 M W Grocer 5000; Catherine 31 F W Housekeeping; Alice 12 F W house work; Carrie 8 F W; Mary 6 F W; James 4 M W; Charles 3 M W; William 2 M W; Ralph 0/12 M W born Mar; Creedo Rebecca 36 F W house work Pennsylvania cannot read cannot write. All others born in Ohio. Alice, Carrie, and Mary attended school that year.

1880 Federal Census (Kansas, Coffey, Neosho, 049, 5). Samuel A. Stone W M 52 Farmer; Catherine M. W F 41 Wife ; Keeping House, Carrie M W 18 F Daughter At Home; Mary E. W F 16 Daughter At Home; James H. W M 14 Son At Home; Charles T W M 12 Son At Home; William T. W M 11 Son, At Home; Ralph H.  M 10 Son At School; John C. W M 8 Son; Ruth V W F 2 Daughter. Samuel and Catherine are indicated as married. All the children are marked as single. All children from Carrie to John were in school that year. All four grandparents were born in Virginia. John, Frank, and Ruth were born in Kansas. All the others in the family were born in Ohio.