ORREN STONE
Orren Stone, was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, on the 3d of July, 1845, and in 1846 his father, R. E. Stone, moved to Sauk county, Wisconsin, where he died in March, 1884, his widow now resides on the old homestead. Orren was united in marriage in January, 1877, to Elvira Kellogg, a daughter of Chester and Lucinda Kellogg. They have three children--Ada, Earl and Arthur. Mr. Stone came to Cass county in the fall of 1869, and purchased good land on section 4, Massena township, but returned to Sauk county, Wisconsin, where he remained two years, when he came to his farm in Cass county. He commenced to improve his land, and has since purchased enough to make one of the finest farms in the county. Mr. Stone is one of the prominent members of the Baptist church.
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. 779.
