Source: Biographical and historical record of Wayne and Appanoose counties, Iowa
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Subject of sketch is Governor/Colonel Stone (Iowa Civil War-era governor, William M. Stone).
Colonel of an Iowa Infantry regiment (Camp Pope, Iowa City, Aug 1862).
Wounded at Vicksburg assault May 22, 1863.
Brevetted Brigadier-General 1864.
Governor of Iowa, inaugurated Jan 14 1864, re-elected 1865, term closed Jan 16 1868.
Later law partner of Hon. O.B. Ayres of Knoxville.
Elected to General Assembly 1877.
Married Miss Caroline Mathews of Ohio, then residing in Knoxville, in May 1857.
One son, William A.
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