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    • May 25, 1893
    Ernest "Pop" Stoneman is born in Monarat, Virginia. Among country's first successful recording artists in the 1920s, he encourages his children to develop a band, The Stoneman Family, which earns the Country Music Association's Vocal Group honor in 1967
    Sep 28, 1900
    Hattie Frost is born in Virginia. She marries Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, one of country music's first successful recording artists, and bears his children, many of whom unite with their father to form The Stoneman Family
    Sep 28, 1900
    Hattie Frost is born in Virginia. She marries Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, one of country music's first successful recording artists, and bears his children, many of whom unite with their father to form The Stoneman Family
    Aug 20, 1923
    John Stoneman is born in Galax, Virginia. The son of Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, he plays autoharp in an early version of The Stoneman Family, but quits to devote his attention to farming
    Sep 12, 1942
    John Stoneman, of The Stoneman Family, marries Deeta Yeary
    Feb 11, 1944
    John Stoneman, a temporary member of The Stoneman Family, has his first child, John Stoneman Jr.
    Apr 3, 1947
    John Stoneman, of The Stoneman Family, has his second son, Stanley Stoneman
    Jun 14, 1968
    Ernest "Pop" Stoneman dies at age 75. A country recording pioneer with releases in the 1920s, he organized his children into a group, The Stoneman Family, earning an award from the Country Music Association a year before his death
    Jul 22, 1976
    Hattie Stoneman dies at Rutherford County Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, following a series of heart attacks. The widow of Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, she gave birth to the members of the award-winning Stoneman Family band and played fiddle on some of her husband's recording sessions
    Apr 19, 2001
    John Stoneman dies in Jonesville, Virginia, of heart failure. The son of Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, he played autoharp in an early incarnation of The Stoneman Family, but gave it up for farming
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