In the book's own words, not ours, with obvious scanning errors fixed. Families often supplied these stories to the publisher, so check key dates.
Born 1822
From Portrait and biographical album of Linn County, Iowa (1887)
JOSHUA D. STONE is a pioneer of Linn County of 1847, having come here during that year with his wife, and has been an active factor in the agricultural development of the county since that time. In fact the major portion of his life has been passed in agricultural pursuits, and he is yet engaged in that vocation. 1 living on his fine place on section 34, Maine Township. The parents of our subject were Henry and Laura (Bowen) Stone, natives of Massachusetts and New York respectively. For further facts connected with their lives we refer the reader to biography of Zephania Stone.
Joshua U. Stone was born in Genesee County,:
As printed in Portrait and biographical album of Linn County, Iowa (1887). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
The printed record stops around 1887. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.