Croft, Martha J.

CROFT, STONE

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Date: 12/4/2008 at 11:02:26

CROFT, Martha J.
City Hotel, corner of Front & Walnut streets; Colfax; born in Vermont in 1829; came to Jasper Co. in 1867. Married Chester H. STONE in 1857; he was born in Vermont in 1820, and died August 1874. Then married Wm. M. CROFT; born in Ohio in 1838. Mr. Stone was among the early settlers of Jasper CO.; he built all the bridges on the R. I. R. R. from Kellogg to Des Moines, and all the county bridges of any importance. Mrs. Croft owns the Pacific as well as the City Hotel; also a house and lot at Newton. All the first religious services held at Colfax were held in her dining room. ~ "Washington Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)