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May 25, 1893Ernest "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 1967Sep 28, 1900Hattie 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 FamilyNov 10, 1918Ernest Stoneman marries Hattie Frost at the Methodist Church in Galax, Virginia. Many of their children unite under "Pop"'s lead to form The Stoneman FamilyJun 30, 1920Eddie Stoneman is born in Galax, Virginia. The oldest of Ernest "Pop" Stoneman's 15 children, he plays occasionally with the Stoneman Family, but opts for more steady forms of employmentAug 29, 1921Ernest and Hattie Stoneman have their second child, Grace, in Galax, Virginia. Of the couple's 15 children, she remains among the minority by not becoming a member of The Stoneman FamilyAug 20, 1923John 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 farmingJul 4, 1924Having heard a recording by Henry Whitter, Ernest "Pop" Stoneman tells his wife, Hattie, he is going to pursue the recording business. Two months later, he takes part in his first sessionMay 27, 1925Patsy Stoneman is born in Galax, Virginia. The oldest of Ernest "Pop" Stoneman's children, she replaces him in The Stoneman Family in 1968, one year after the act received the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year awardNov 4, 1926Ernest and Hattie Stoneman have their fifth child, Billy Stoneman, in Galax, Virginia. While a number of their 15 children unite with their father in The Stoneman Family, Billy does not take part in the groupMay 12, 1927Ernest and Hattie Stoneman record "The Mountaineer's Courtship" in New York City. The song appears on the influential 1952 album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
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