Stone, Mrs. Mary Ann

STONE, BURTON

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Date: 7/29/2013 at 20:24:56

MRS. MARY ANN STONE, widow of Curtis Stone, Sec. 12; P.O. Monticello. Mr. Stone was born in Cheshire Co., N.H., October 26, 1819; he came to Bowen's Prairie in the fall of 1851, and purchased a part of the farm now owned by Mrs. Stone; he returned East in October, 1853, and was married in November of that year to Miss Mary Burton, his present widow, of Windsor Co., Vt., and at once located on his farm on Bowen's Prairie; he died October 11, 1879. Mrs. Stone has three daughters—Ruby M. Ketcham, resides in Cass Township; Clara E., and Hettie D., now Mrs. Charles M. Brown. Mrs. Stone has 220 acres of land. She is a member of the Congregational Church, as was her husband.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 683.