Stone, Albert

STONE

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Date: 9/22/2019 at 21:59:46

Albert Stone

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.354)
ALBERT STONE, a farmer of section 29, Carson Twp, has been a resident of this county since October 1883. He was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, Oct 7, 1843, son of Orman STONE, a native of Connecticut and a farmer all his life. Albert's mother, whose maiden name was Polly MINARD, was a native of Connecticut. The parents moved first to New York State and finally to Mahoning Co, Ohio, being among the first settlers there and remaining there until their death, bringing up four sons and four daughters.

ALBERT, the youngest of the family, of course was reared upon a farm. During the War, under the first call for 300,000 men, August 22, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, 125th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served until the close of the War. The first battle in which his regiment engaged was at Franklin, Tennessee, and afterward in the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Dandridge and was with General Sherman in his Georgia campaign, participating in the battles of Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, New Hope Church, Buzzard's Roost, Chickopee River, siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, pursuit of Hood from Nashville, Spring Hill and Franklin again, besides many skirmishes. He was honorably discharged in June 1865. In 1872 in Hancock Co, Ohio, he married Miss Leticia ECKERT, who was born and reared in that county, the daughter of natives of Ohio. Mr. Stone then moved to Putnam Co, Ohio, where he lived 11 years. In 1883 he came to Pottawattamie County and purchased his present farm of the Furgeson Brothers (G.M. and J.L. Furgeson). The first improvements on this farm were made by Charles German. It contains 110 acres and is good land, in a good condition. Mr. Stone is a radical Republican. The children are: Sullivan, John W., William E., Emma L., Edna B., and Mabel M.