Editing Lewis Stone (section)

== Early life ==
[[File:According to the Code.jpg|thumb|''According to the Code'' (1916)]]

Stone was born in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], in 1879, was youngest of four children of Philena (née Ball) and Bertrand Stone.<ref name="Census1880">"United States Census, 1880", digital image of original census page documenting Lewis Stone in household of Bertrand Stone, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; enumeration district (ED) 903, sheet 608D; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C. [[FamilySearch]] database with images, Salt Lake City Utah.</ref> His father, according to the federal census of 1880, supported the family as a [[boot and shoe clicker|boot cutter]].<ref name="Census1880" /> After obtaining his public education in Worcester, Lewis joined the United States Army during the [[Spanish–American War]], serving as a lieutenant and later being deployed to [[China]] to train troops.<ref name=VarObit /> He returned to the United States, and following his discharge from the army began his career as a writer and actor.