Stoux City Academy of Science and Letters. 47 
THOMAS JEFFERSON STONE. 
By A. N. COOK. 
Thomas Jefferson Stone was born at Royalton, 
Niagara county, N. Y., August 18, 1825, and died at 
Sioux City, April 19, 1904. He was the son of a farmer 
and as such acquired the habits of industry which led to 
marked success in later years. His parents were Isaiah 
P. and Mercy Sawyer Stone. He worked on his father’s 
farm until 15 years of age, attending the district school 
during the winter months. He then entered Oberlin Col- 
lege, Ohio, where he expected to take a full course, but 
was compelled to drop out during his freshman year on 
account of failing health. He afterwards attended the 
high school at Mt. Vernon for a time, when his health 
had improved. 
In May, 1852, Mr. Stone married Miss Alice A. Heath- 
coat, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. ‘Two children were born to 
them—Edgar H. Stone, a graduate of Yale College and 
one of the most successful of the younger business men 
of Sioux City, and a daughter, who is the wife of George 
P. Day, cashier of the Merchants’ National Bank of Sioux 
City. The first Mrs. Stone died in 1882.- In 1886 he 
married Mrs. Frances A. Flint, who lived but a few 
years. The present Mrs. Stone was originally Miss Em- 
ma Quintrell, of Cleveland. She was an expert primary 
teacher and was invited to go to Des Moines at a salary 
of $1,000.00 per year, but she stayed there only a short 
time as the Beard of Education of Sioux City offered her 
a salary of $1,200.00 per year, which is more than double 
what is paid any primary teacher in the city at the pres- 
ent time. Her work, however, was largely that of super- 
vising other primary teachers in the city. Later she 
- became Mrs. Hedges, but in a few years she was left a 
widow. Mrs. Stone is an active Christian worker in the 
