Stone House Natchez Accommodations Offers Breakfast on Antique China

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Pottery by George Ohr of Mississippi.	Circa 1840 portrait of Dr. Charles Henry Stone (1806-1864), father of Joseph Newman Stone for whom this bed and breakfast is named.	Elaborately fenestrated pocket doors lead to The Antebellum Music Room where a program of classical piano music with wine is included with these Natchez Accommodations.	Native American pottery collection.

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Owner's ancestors' pictures: John C. Jenkins center, Shields and Jenkins miniatures on Gothic Revival credenza. Alabama Hendrix great-grand-parents top.

19th century cranberry crystal chandelier.

Gas wall sconces by Cornelius and Baker, Philadelphia.

Dr. C. H. Stone (1806-1864), first Stone ancestor in MS, married Natchez MS native Mary G. Newman, granddaughter of Samuel Brooks, first mayor of Natchez when it was incorporated as a US city in 1803, year of the Louisiana Purchase.

Original Norman photo of little Charles Henry Stone (1877-1890) who died at age 13, grandson of Dr. C. H. Stone.

Charles Henry Stone III (born and died in Natchez MS 1916-1993), great-grandson of Dr. C. H. Stone, and father of the owner of this property.

Julia Devereux (Hendrix) Stone (born and died in Natchez MS 1921-1997), wife of Charles Henry Stone and mother of the owner of this Natchez bed and breakfast, at Lansdowne in 1941 as Pilgrimage Garden Club Queen.

18th century Welsh dresser, gilded mid-19th century English china and an antique set of Gilbert and Sullivan china decorate the Dining Room.

Bed and breakfast dining is enhanced with antique china made in Limoges by Haviland in the 3rd quarter of the 19th century.

Ancestral portraits of Natchez Mississippi natives Dunbar, Shields, and Jenkins adorn the Dining Room.

The casket on the table holds unique contents found only at this unique Natchez MS bed and breakfast.

Circa 1840 oil on ivory wall miniature of ancestor John Carmichael Jenkins (1809-1855), builder of Elgin Plantation near Natchez.

Julia Devereux (Hendrix) Stone (1921-1997), daughter of Margaret Shields Hendrix, great-great-granddaughter of John C. Jenkins, at The Briars in 1934.

Margaret Graham (Shields) Hendrix (born and died in Natchez MS 1903-1982), great-granddaughter of John C. Jenkins, and great-granddaughter of Thomas Shields, christening the USS Shields at Puget Sound Navy Yard, December, 1944.

Displayed in this Natchez bed and breakfast Dining Room is the casket holding the champagne bottle decorated in red, white and blue ribbons, used to christen the USS Shields.

The USS Shields (DD-596), named for USN Purser Thomas Shields (1783-1827).

J. N. Stone House Musicale Bed and Breakfast
804 Washington St.
Natchez, Mississippi 39120
(601) 897-0315
Email: reservations@josephstonehouse.com

Contents of this page © 2007 Joseph Britton Stone.