BURT STONE
STONE, BURT: Publisher; b Appanoose Co, Iowa Feb 15, 1877; s of John Jacob Stone-Sarah Allen Cole; ed Appanoose Co; m Arminta Estella Fogle July 15, 1896 Mystic; m Josephine May Robinson June 2, 1918 Anita; 1896-97 emp by father in store, Mystic; 1897-1900 supt Juckett Coal Co Mine, Mystic; 1900-02 owner & opr mdse store, Diamond; 1902-04 owner & opr restaurant, Mysic; 1904-06 owner & opr coal mine, Evansville; 1906-11 owner & opr newspaper, Mystic; 1911-13 owner & opr merc store, Plano; 1913-18 emp in various newspaper plants, Iowa; 1918- owner, editor & publisher Cumberland Enterprise, Cumberland; 1932- J P, Cumberland; IOOF, 1924-34 secy, representative Grand Lodge 1925-26; MWA; Meth Ch; Rep; hobby: fishing; res Cumberland.
Key to Abbreviations
From "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 203.
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