Barton County, Missouri Biographies-Dr. A. B. Stone

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Pages 949, 950

Dr. A. B. Stone, a practicing physician and surgeon at Iantha, Mo., was born in Platte 
County, Mo., September 12, 1849, his parents being Samuel and Catherine (Butler) Stone, 
who were born in Woodford and Frankfort Counties, Ky., in 1804 and 1810, respectively, 
and died in Platte County, Mo., in 1850.  The father was a rope manufacturer the early 
part of his life, but afterward turned his attention to farming, in which he met with 
good success.  He and wife became residents of Platte County, Mo., in 1846.  Dr. A. B. 
Stone was the youngest of eight children, and was only one year old when his parents died.  
He was reared by William Broadhurst, and received a common school education in Platte and
Clay Counties.  In 1880 he graduated from the Missouri Medical College, of St. Louis, and 
first entered upon the practice of his profession in Webb City, Jasper County.  He has been
a resident of Barton County most of the time since 1859, and in 1875 taught one term of 
school.  Since 1884 he has been a resident of the village of Iantha, where in connection 
with his practice he is engaged in selling drugs and stationery.  In 1870 he married Miss 
Sarah Gaddy, who was born in Clay County, Mo., in 1855, and died in 1873, having been an 
earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal, Church, South, for a number of years.  To them 
were born two children, Della and Minnie, both now deceased.  In 1875 the Doctor married 
Miss Mary C. Cook, who was born in Tennessee in 1855, a daughter of Henry Cook, a German.  
Their union has resulted in the birth of the following family: Bertie, Marvin, Kate, 
William and Gertrude.  The Doctor has always been a Democrat, and his first presidential 
vote was cast for Horace Greeley.  He is coroner of the county, is treasurer of Central 
Township, was postmaster of Iantha during Cleveland's administration, is a member of the 
State Pharmacy Society, and is president of his home medical society.  He is one of the 
leading physicians of the county, is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and he and his wife 
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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