1898
No it wasnt 1898. He died in 1898. He was born in 1842, makeing him 52 at age of death, confirmation :
http://books.Google.com/books?id=RmsoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA323&lpg=PA323&dq=how+many+different+straws+came+after+marvin+chester+stones%3F&source=bl&ots=syXCqVYosS&sig=9R_FEEYTmJvASYMO6ZPXlLaxxkk&hl=en&ei=wsbTSq-cK9TR8AbohN30CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Marvin Milkes was born in 1923.
Marvin Creamer was born in 1916.
Chester Loomis was born in 1789.
Hank Marvin was born on October 28, 1941.
Marvin Winans was born on March 5, 1958
I think it was either 1898,or 1999.
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The modern drinking straw was patented on 3 December 1888 by Marvin Chester Stone.
Marvin Frank Stone III was born on August 9, 1965, in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
6/2/1981.
when did marvin stone make the straw
Marvin stone
Marvin Chester Stone invented the drinking straw because he didn't like the earlier invention of drinking straws by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia where they used dry, hollow, rye-grass as drinking straw's. He believed it made beverages taste like grass.
Marvin Frank Stone III is 5' 8".
Marvin Stone has written: 'The Spanish Southwest' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Catalogs
Marvin N. Stone has written: 'Stone Container Corporation' -- subject(s): Addresses, essays, lectures, Stone Container Corporation
1999