General Notes

Despite what her gravestone says, Stella was actually born about 1859 in Ethel, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA and she died on 10 June 1939 in Slaughter, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA.  She was the daughter of Albert Chapman and Sarah E. Palmer. 

Stella appears on the 1860 census in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana with her parents (although she's hard to find since they only list her initials).  By 1870, however, her father is apparently dead and her mother has remarried to Isaac Townsend.  They live in Baton Rouge.  Again, Stella appears only under her initials.  By 1880, when Stella is 20, she finally appears as "Stella" on the census (although her last name is a bit garbled). They still live in Baton Rouge.

Three years later, on 22 April 1883, Stella married Clay Bernard Maglone.  They had 4 children together — Anna (died in infancy in 1886); Ada Belle Maglone (1889-1965, never married); Clay Bernard Maglone, Jr. (1891–1953); and Albert Chapman Maglone (1894 –1979).

The family lived in Slaughter, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.  Clay farmed, but also did work as an agent (1880 census) and in troweling sales (1920 census).  Clay died in 1926, and Stella lived as a widow for another 12 and half years before she died herself on 10 June 1939. Stella was buried near her husband in Young Family Cemetery in Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.

~~~~~~~

Here is a transcription of Stella's death certificate:

Louisiana Deaths, 1850 –1875; 1894-1954 for Stella C Maglone

Name:       Stella C Maglone
Death Date:       10 Jun 1939
Death Place:       Slaughter, , East Feliciana, Louisiana
Gender:       Female
Race (original):       White
Race (standardized):       White
Age:       79
Estimated Birth Year:       1860
Birth Place:       East Feliciana, Louisiana
Marital Status:       Widowed
Spouse's Name:       C B Maglone
Father's Name:       Albert Chapman
Mother's Name:       Palmer
Film number:       2358378
Image Number:       00339
Certificate Number:       7666
Digital Folder Number:       4216104

  Burial Notes

Young Family Cemetery

  Recorded Events in Her Life

• She has conflicting birth information of June 1869 and Ethel, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA.

• She has conflicting death information of May 1939 and Slaughter, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA. ⁵