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                    IVER K. STONE.

     A painstaking farmer of Lake Hanska township, Brown county, is Iver K.
Stone, who was born in Voge, Norway, March 26, 1850, a son of Knute and Gunhild
(Enersdatter) Stone. The father devoted his active life to farming. He rented
land in Norway but owned his place after coming to the United States in 1867,
arriving in Brown county, Minnesota, in June of that year. Here he took up a
homestead of eighty acres, which he proved up and developed, but finally moved
to a farm belonging to his son, in another part of Brown county, where Iver K.
Stone now lives. The father resided with his son here the rest of his life.

     Iver K. Stone received most of his education in his native land. After
coining to America he worked out by the month, receiving only eight dollars a
month for his labor at first. But he saved his earnings and in a few years
bought eighty acres for which he paid five dollars per acre. Later he added to
his original holdings, paying seven dollars and fifty cents and eight dollars
per acre for land and finally twenty dollars per acre. Any of it is now worth
one hundred dollars per acre. He has been very successful as a general farmer,
but retired from active work in 1911 and now rents his land. He was one of the
organizers of the Security State Bank of Hanska, since which time he has been
its president, and his able, honest and conservative management has resulted in
building up a strong and popular institution which is well patronized.

     On December 12, 1878, Iver L. Stone was married in Brown county, to Anna
Olsen Joramo, who was born in Lesher, Norway, and is a daughter of Ole Joramo.
She came to the United States with her parents in the spring of 1873, the family
locating in Brown county, Minnesota. To this union one child has been born, Carl
I. Stone, whose birth occurred on September 28, 1879. He received a good
practical education, and married Julia Brude. They live in New Ulm, and have two
children, Ivan and Lloyd.

     Iver E. Stone is a member of the Lake Hanska Lutheran church, being among
the first to affiliate with the same after its organization. He also contributed
to the founding of the church in Hanska. Politically he is a Republican, and he
has been township trustee, constable, and also has held other minor offices,
always in a faithful and satisfactory manner.

     On January 7, 1872, Iver K. Stone and his father were out in a terrific
snow storm which they faced for five miles, leading their horses the last two
miles. Part of the time they were on their hands and knees looking for the road.
The horses finally came up against a post and the younger Stone then recognized
his surroundings. He groped his way blindly to where he believed their home
stood, but could not see ahead of him three feet. However, he was right, and he
and his father reached shelter none too soon. It was one of the worst snow
storms ever known in this country.


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HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA
ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS

L. A. FRITSCHE. M. D.
Editor

With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records
of Many of the Old Families

VOLUME II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana

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