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JAMES A. STONE, post office, Bradfordton, son of Ossian L. and Abigal C. Stone. Father born in Madrid, St. Lawrence county, New York, May 24, 1804. Came to Sangamon County with his parents in November, 1831. Mother born in Seneca county, New York, May 16, 1811. (See biography of James Stewart, in Williams township.) They were married October 29, 1835, in Sangamon county. They had six children, to wit: Frances M., born November 13, 1836, died August 11, 1839; Henry W., born November 29, 1838, died August 26, 1839; Laura L., born June 7, 1840; James A., born May 6, 1842; Henry A., born April 3, 1844, died April 21, 1861; Charles O., born May 4, 1847. Father died June 29, 1850; mother died February 15, 1875.
The subject of this sketch was the fourth child, and was raised on the farm where he now resides. September 26, 1866, he married, in Morgan county, Miss Eliza Allen, daughter of Henry and Emily Allen. She was born July 7, 1844. Miss Allen was a lineal descendant of Colonel Ethal Allen, the first in command at the battle of Crown Point, and James A. Stone is a descendant of colonel Philip Stone, second in command at the same battle. They had three children, to-wit: Jessie, born August 16, 1868, died April 5, 1879; Percy A., born June 22, 1871; James Roy, born September 26, 1875, died April 3, 1879. He owns one hundred and sixty-five acres of land, valued at $75 per acre. At present he is town treasurer. Was in the One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment Volunteer Infantry. Educational advantages of himself and wife were both good, having availed themselves of high schools and seminaries. His wife took drawing lessons as a specialty.