ABEL S. STONE.
Abel S. Stone, a farmer of Exira township, Audubon county, Iowa, and the proprietor of sixty acres of land in this township, was born in Denmark, May 1, 1865, the son of Soren Anderson and Caroline (Sorensen) Stone, both natives of Denmark. Soren Anderson Stone was a laborer in his native land, and is still living in that country. His wife is deceased. They were the parents of seven children, Miller, Jens, Frederick, Amelia, Abel S., Peter and Christina.
Abel S. Stone was educated in the schools of his native land, and after leaving school he took up carpenter work and followed this until he came to America in 1884. He located in Cass county, Illinois, where he worked on a farm for two years. He then took up butter making and followed this trade at St. Charles, Illinois, for several years, when he came to Elkhorn. Iowa, and worked as a butter maker there for a year. Mr. Stone then removed to West Hamlin, Audubon county, where he bought a farm of eighty acres, farming it for three years, after which he removed to Oakfield township, and lived there for two years. He then sold out and bought the place upon which he is now living. Mr. Stone has invested thirty-five hundred dollars in improving the place, which is one of the best-conducted small farms in the township. Mr. Stone feeds about fifty head of hogs each year for the market, and has made a success of raising corn, feeding it to hogs.
Abel S. Stone was married on November 1, 1895, to Mary K. Jessen, the daughter of Peter and Maren (Peterson) Jessen. To this union six children have been born, Chris, Caroline, May, Peter, Adelbert and Elmer, the last named being deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Stone are members of the Danish Lutheran church. Mr. Stone is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and is identified
with the Republican party.
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Transcribed from History of Audubon County, Iowa Its People, Industries and Institutions With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, by H. F. Andrews, editor, Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1915, pp. 738-739.
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