The Stoneman Family

The Stoneman Family originated with Ernest V. ‘Pop' Stoneman (b. 25 May 1893, in a log cabin near Monarat, Carroll County, Virginia, USA, d. 14 June 1968, Nashville, Tennessee, USA), who learned to play guitar, autoharp, banjo and harmonica and showed a talent for quickly learning songs that he either heard or read in early songbooks. He worked in cotton mills, coalmines and as a carpenter in various parts of the area. It was while working as the last at Bluefield, West Virginia, that he heard the first recordings of fellow Virginian Henry Whitter. Stoneman was unimpressed by ...