1890 Buchanan and Delaware Counties History pg. 452

CHESTER D. STONE.   The subject of this biographical notice is not a native  of county,  but he came here when quite a lad and all of his active years have been spent here, so that he is as much of an Iowan and as
intimately connected with Delaware county as if he were "to the manor  born."   He is a native of Otsego county, N. Y., and was born in 1841.     Coming to this county in  1854 with his parents he was mainly reared here,   growing up in the town of Delhi  where he  has resided since.   His first employment was found on his father's farm.    He remained at home giving his parents the benefit of   his labors till he was twenty years of age.   He then went to work in a nursery, but continued at that only a short time when he decided to buy land and begin for himself. He bought a farm of one hundred and twenty-two acres in Dehli township, which he improved and subsequently sold at a profit of $1,500. He bought other land soon afterwards which he improved and which he now owns, being a tract of three hundred and fifteen acres lying near the town of Delhi,
which he has under a good state of cultivation and well stocked with improved grades of cattle, horses and hogs. He gives his entire time and attention to his farm, and what he has is the result of his industry and good management.

Mr. Stone married in 1861, the lady whom he selected for a wife being Miss Mary D. Van Antwerp, then of this county, but a native of New York, having been born in 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Stone are the parents of seven children, as follows - Ida May, who died in infancy; Irwin R., now engaged in the lumber business at Delhi ; Edith A., wife of George Angell, of Delhi township; Charles A., Clarence O., Harlan L. and Roy L.

While Mr. Stone has never aspired to any political positions, he has filled the usual number of local offices and has given to his township and county his best efforts in those positions which he has been called on to fill. He votes the republican ticket and is a stanch supporter of the teachings of his party. He is a zealous member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his sympathies and interests for his fellow-men in a large measure take the practical turn inculcated by his fraternity.

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