Stone, Rufus, 1831-1881

STONE, PORTER, COOLEY

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:38

Rufus Stone born Nov. 2, 1831 OH died Feb 13 or 18, 1881 Calliope/Hawarden buried in Grace Hill Cemetery Hawarden IA.

There were no papers of the Hawarden Independent for Jan 1881 through 1882 that were put on line.
In the ‘DeVolksvriend’ of Jan 13, 1881 an Orange City Dutch Newspaper found a brief note referencing Rufus Stone suffering from the small pox. .
In the ‘De Volksvriend’ of Thursday Feb 22, 1881, in Dutch, Thursday word was received that Rufus Stone who was ill with smallpox had died. Saturday was the funeral.
In the ‘Sioux County Herald’ of Thursday Feb 24, 1881 the following article –
THE DEATH OF RUFUS STONE The sad news reached Orange City last week that Rufus Stone, one of the oldest settlers in Sioux county, died on Feb 18th of small pox, at his old home in Calliope. We are unable to give any details in the case, owing to the fact that it is impossible to get to Calliope by team, and because there is no operator at Calliope. Some action was taken by some of our citizens asking Hon. Geo. D. Perkins, of Sioux City to inquire or ascertain what should be done to relieve the wants of the afflicted at Calliope, if anything could be done for them, or if suffering from want, but up to the present writing no word has been received. The sad news was also received that Mr. Stone’s body had not been buried up to last Thursday. .. LATER- The report in regard to the allowing of Mr. Stone’s body to remain unburied for so long is not true. It was given a respectable burial the day following his decease. It was through partial carelessness that his death was brought on, he having stood the attack of the disease through it’s worst phases, but exposed himself before he had fully recovered, which brought on a relapse, the cause of his death. Advices have also been received that the citizens and sufferers have had an abundant supply of provisions up to the present writing, but there is no knowing how long such supply can be obtained, as the citizens of Le Mars, from which place the provisions and fuel have been obtained by means of teams making trip twice a week, held a meeting last week and quarantined against the citizens of Calliope and vicinity.

Also please see the Biography of Rufus Stone on our page www.iagenweb.org/sioux under Bio icon on left side. This Bio is an extensive study of the early Stone family's influence in N W. Iowa.