J. R. STONE
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Born in Green county, Penn., Sept. 12, 1822. His parents moved to Ohio, in 1830, and from there to Illinois, in 1845, and settled at Quincy. From there to Mason county, in 1875. Mr. Stone is a blacksmith by occupation, and has recently applied for a patent on a very simple but useful invention, viz: an improved steel plow-point. In 1869, he married Mrs. N. C. Crafton, of Mt. Sterling, Illinois. Mr. Stone is doing a lucrative business in his line, at Topeka, in this county, and is one of the substantial citizens of that town.

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