Dr. Stone was twice married, his first wife being Amanda Stockton, by whom he had two children: Alice, who is now the wife of Charles Baird, of Laporte City, Iowa, and by whom she has seven children, Fred, Susy. Roy, Cance, Fay, Paul and Louise; and Amanda, who married Edward M. Spangler, of Ames, Iowa, and has six children, Mabel, Myrtle, George, Julia, Boyd and Leland. For his second wife Dr. Stone married Mrs. Esther (Cook) Kilgore, the widow Of David, Kilgore, by whom she had two daughters: Lizzie, who is now the wife of H. L. Collins, of Greenville, Iowa, and has five children, Edda, Florence, Frank, Grace and Orville; and Katherine, who is the wife of F. W. Watts, of North Platte, Nebraska, and has six children Milo, Sylvia, Thomas, Ruth, Olive and Archie, Of the children born to Dr. Elijah D. and Esther (Cook) Stone, George died in boyhood. Ira D. who married Beulah Cavanaugh, is a Congregational minister and has held charges in Chicago and Batavia, Illinois, and is now located at Pecatonica, that state. Edward S. and his twin sister Edda are the next of the family. The latter is now the wife of S. N. Ladd, a jeweler of Morrison, Illinois, and, they have one daughter, Marguerite. Julia L., the youngest of the family, was married September 1, 1907, to A. M. Tinker, of Clinton, Iowa, and about three years later removed to Des Moines, where he was employed as a commercial traveler. The mother made her home with Mrs. Tinker, to whom largely fell the care and responsibility of looking after her in her later years, but it was a willing service lovingly rendered which gave the mother the constant care that she needed during the last six months of her illness. Upon this altar of love she sacrifice her own life, for about a month after the death of the mother, it was necessary for Mrs. Tinker to undergo an operation, from which she never recovered, dying February 22, 1908. She left one son, Harold. Mrs. Stone passed away September 18, 1907, in Des Moines.

Edward S. Stone was only eleven years of age at the time of his father's death. He accompanied his mother on the removal to Morrison, Illinois, where he was reared, and in the public and high schools of that place he pursued his education. At the age of seventeen years he began learning the jeweler's trade under the direction of S. M. Ladd, with whom he remained for three years. He then embarked in business on his own account at Charlotte, Iowa, where he remained for about a year, and in 1889 removed to La Harpe, Illinois, where he a held a position for about a year. Later he pursued a course of study in watch work and engraving in the Horological School of Chicago. In 1892 and 1893, he was engaged in business at Rock Falls, Illinois, but disposed of his interest there early in 1894. For several years he occupied positions in jewelry stores in different places, including Jerseyville, Illinois; Oregon, Illinois; Hamilton, Ohio; Junction City, Kansas: Little Creek, Michigan; Freeport, Illinois; Worcester, Massachusetts: Brocton, Massachusetts: and Bloomington, Illinois. ,p.In the spring of 1902 he came to Anamosa to accept a position with L. E Tucker and about six months later bought out his employer and has since engaged in business on his own account. He moved to his present location about 1905 and is here conducting a leading jewelry store, having a large and well selected line of jewelry. precious stones, watches and other goods found in an establishment of this character. He also carries china, cut glass and optical goods.

He has made a close study of the optical science and his knowledge thereof makes him thoroughly competent to correct defects in and benefit the sight. He conducts his business on a strictly reliable basis, in harmony with a high standard of commercial ethics and by his square dealing and energy has won the success which he is now enjoying.

Mr. Stone is very happy in his home life. On the 19th of October, 1905, he wedded Ethel Reed, a daughter of Jonathan and Laura (White) Reed, who were natives of Indiana and in early life removed to Illinois. Both Mr. and Mrs. Stone are members of the Presbyterian church, in which he has served as an elder and treasurer, while fraternally he is connected with the Knights of the Globe and with Anamosa lodge of the Mystic Workers. His political endorsement is given to the republican party, but while he neither seeks nor desires office he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day and does all in his power to promote the best interests of the community. His record as a man and citizen is an honorable one and it has brought to him the high respect which is uniformly accorded him. With his varied experience and close application to his line of work, he has skilled himself in his profession. He has filled positions of trust and obtained the confidence of the people with whom he has mingled. A growing patronage shows that the people of Jones county and vicinity appreciate to some extent honest, upright, conscientious business men, of whom Edward S. Stone is a fair type.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 277.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 683.

In his youthful days Fred J. Storm attended the common schools in pursuit of an education but his opportunities in that direction were somewhat limited, as his assistance was needed in the work of the home farm. He lived with his mother and stepfather until twenty-three years of age, when he secured a position with a horse breeder and for five years had charge of thoroughbred stallions. On the expiration of that period he was married and brought his young bride to Wyoming, Jones county, taking up his abode on a farm of one hundred and twenty acres adjoining the town. After residing thereon for six years he disposed of the property and purchased a tract of two hundred and fifteen acres of land in Madison township, to the cultivation and improvement of which he has since devoted his time and energies. He is thoroughly familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and planting the crops and has won a gratifying and well merited measure of success in his agricultural interests. In addition to cultivating the cereals best adapted to soil and climate he also raises thoroughbred shorthorn cattle, all of his stock being of the best breeds. The prosperity which he now enjoys is all the more creditable by reason of the fact that it has been attained entirely through his own well directed and untiring industry, for he started out in life empty handed, wholly dependent upon his own resources for whatever success he might hope to achieve.

In 1893 Mr. Storm was united in marriage to Miss Anna Louisa Lucksted, of Clinton county, Iowa. Her father was John Lucksted, a native of Germany, who crossed the Atlantic to the United States late in the '50s. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Storm have been born five. children: Elmer C.; Ira C., who died August 18, 1909; Arnold F.; Mira D.; and Nora L. The four living are at home.

Where national questions and issues are involved Mr. Storm gives his political allegiance to the democracy but at local elections casts an independent ballot, supporting the candidate whom he believes best qualified for office. Both he and his wife are faithful and consistent members of the Lutheran church and are well known and highly esteemed throughout the community as people of upright, honorable lives.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 172.

Thomas H. Story, the subject of this sketch, was born in a log house in Madison township, November 11, 1854. He acquired such an education as he was able to obtain in the district schools and gained practical experience in farming at home under the instruction of his father. In 1879, when he was twenty-five years old, he began his business career. For a portion of a year he worked on the construction of the Bellevue & Cascade Railway, which has now been incorporated in the Milwaukee & St. Paul system, and then, in 188o, he came to Madison township. He located on eighty acres of his present farm, which he had purchased from his father, and engaged in farming which has since been his vocation. He now cultivates three hundred acres, two hundred and twenty of which Mr. Story himself owns, while eighty acres belong to his wife. Besides general farming which he carried on, Mr. Story raises a large number of short-horn cattle, making a specialty of dairying and milking from twenty-five to thirty cows. He is progressive and enterprising in his methods, keeping well abreast of the times as they bring improvements in the means of cultivating the soil. The fact that he was the first man in his section to buy a field corn husker may be an illustration of this statement.

In 1880 Mr. Story wedded Miss Sarah Guthrie, a daughter of Clement Guthrie, who was one of the early settlers of Hale township and during his life one of the well known men of this county. Of this union there have been born five children: Anna H., Ralph E., James H., Ettie M. and Nellie A. All the young people are still unmarried and live at home.

On national issues Mr. Story is a republican in his political views, but at local elections he always votes for the best man irrespective of party. Though not an office seeker, he takes a vital interest in the welfare of his community and has rendered efficient service in the past twenty years as a school director. While not a professed member of any church he believes in the efficacy of religious work and is ever generous in his support of it. To his farm and his stock he gives the best of his time and strength, in which lies the secret of the phenomenal success that the years have brought him and in the bosom of his family finds his keenest enjoyment when he rests from the toil of the day. He owns an automobile and his enthusiasm for that diversion finds large outlet in long trips through the country.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 541.