Biographical Sketch of Jacob C. Stone, Washington County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Jacob C. Stone was born at Arcadia, Mo., in 1848, the son of Micajah 
and Susannah (Carleton) Stone, who were born in Madison County, Mo., in
1824 and Roanoke County, Va., in 1815, respectively.  When about grown
Mrs. Stone with her mother and other members of the family moved to
Northern Indiana and later to St. Francois County, Mo. She was a school
teacher, and by Mr. Stone became the mother of three sons; she died in
1869.  Mr. Stone followed farming and merchandising through life.  In
the late war he served one year in Company F, Forty-seventh Missouri
Volunteers, United-States army.  He was a Republican, and both he and 
his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Jacob C. Stone
was educated in the Carleton Institute, and when about sixteen years
old began clerking in a store, continuing the same nearly ten years. He
acted as deputy recorder of St. Francois County about two years, and
then bought the place where he now lives and moved there in 1873.  The
year before he had wedded Mrs. Susan M. (Hughes) Jamison, daughter of
Mahlon Hughes.  She was born in Washington County in 1846.  They became
the parents of one son, William M.  By her former marriage she had one
son, John M., principal of the Iron Mountain School.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Stone are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and he is a
Republican and a member of the I. O. O. F., St. Francois Lodge.  Mr. 
Stone owns twelve acres of land, and deals quite extensively in stock.

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