BIOGRAPHIES: John W. STONE, Barron, Barron County, WI

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John W. Stone, mayor of Barron and register of deeds of Barron county, was 
born in Augusta, Wis., September 23, 1857, and is the ninth in the family 
of ten children born to John F. and Lucinda Stone, early settlers of Eau 
Claire county. His father erected the first mill ever built in Eau Claire 
county -- a combined grist and saw-mill -- which was built at Augusta. At 
that time all the produce of the mill was hauled to Eau Claire for market, 
a distance of twenty-five miles. John W. spent his early life in his native 
place, and in 1878 went to Colorado and engaged in mining for four years. 
He then returned to Wisconsin and located in Cumberland, Barron county, 
where he served as city marshal for three years, and in 1887 was elected 
county sheriff and served one term. In 1888 he was elected registrar of 
deeds and re-elected in 1890. He was elected mayor of the city of Barron 
April 1, 1891. April 29, 1875, Mr. Stone married Miss Fannie C. Coon, of 
Augusta. This union has been blessed with three children, namely: Hettie 
Blanche, born in 1877; John Lee, born in 1880, and Margaret, born in 1890. 
Mr. Stone is a member of the Masonic and I. O. O. F. lodges at Barron, 
Chippewa Falls Chapter No. 52, Knights of Pythias, Rice Lake, and the Modern 
Woodmen. Politically he upholds the principles of the republican party.

-Transcribed from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa 
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2", page 475-476.