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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 4, 1932
    Scotty Stoneman is born in Galax, Virginia. The son of Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, he joins with his siblings to create The Stoneman Family, which earns the Vocal Group of the Year award from the Country Music Association in 1967
    Dec 2, 1956
    Scotty Stoneman, of The Stoneman Family, becomes a father for the first time, with the birth of a daughter, Sandra
    Aug 14, 1960
    Watermelon Park in Berryville, Maryland, hosts the first all-day, multiple-act bluegrass festival. The lineup features Bill Monroe, Mac Wiseman, Reno & Smiley, The Osborne Brothers and fiddler Scotty Stoneman
    May 16, 1966
    After a year away from the group, Scotty Stoneman rejoins The Stoneman Family
    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
    Dec 2, 1972
    After several years away from the band, Scotty Stoneman returns to The Stoneman Family with a performance in Louisiana
    Mar 4, 1973
    Scotty Stoneman dies in a Nashville hospital after an alcoholic binge that led him to drink shaving lotion. The son of country pioneer Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, he joined five siblings to create The Stoneman Family, which earned the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year honor in 1967

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