LUMA W. STONE
Luma W. Stone, born in St. Lawrence county, New York, on the 3rd of April, 1841, was the son of Earl and Lydia Stone. He enlisted in 1861, in company B, Fifteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, and serving about one year, when he was imprisoned in the Libby prison, and remained there that winter, when he was discharged on account of lung disease. He regained his strength and enlisted in the Fourth Massachusetts Infantry, and so served until the close of the war. He was one of the bravest soldiers in our country's cause, and his services will long be remembered. Mr. Stone came to Cass county in 1870, and settled in what is now Massena township. He owns one hundred and twenty acres of good land on section 2, which is a beautiful and productive place. He should be greatly honored in this township, for the great interest he has taken in the development of the county. He assisted in organizing the township, and gave it the name of Massena, after his birth place in St. Lawrence county. In 186ti, his health began failing so fast, he visited Wyoming, where he remained about four years, when he returned home. He was married in February, 1871, to Mrs. Isabella H. Hill, the widow of Charles H. Hill, who gave his life to the cause of the Union. Their only child, Frederick E., died in Wyoming Territory, and now the child of Mrs. Stone, by her first marriage resides with them. Mr. Stone was one of the first trustees in the township.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 784.
