The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 738 A portrait of Marshall S. Stone appears in this publication. MARSHALL S. STONE. Marshall S. Stone is engaged in the cultivation of forty acres of land in the Selah valley. He was born in Lloyd county, Iowa, November 3, 1867, a son of David and Harriet (Bidwell) Stone, the former a native of Vermont, while the latter was born in New York. The father became a pioneer settler of Wisconsin and at a very early day also went to Iowa. His identification with the vast west dated from 1874, when he settled near Portland, Oregon. There he engaged in the sawmill business for two years, after which he took up the occupation of farming, which he followed in that state until 1888. He then again began the operation of a sawmill which he owned and about 1891 he removed his mill to Lewis county, Washington. In 1897 he came to Yakima, while his sons continued to operate the mill in Lewis county. The father opened a lumberyard in Yakima and conducted that business with the aid of a son until about 1903, when he retired from active life and spent his remaining clays in the enjoyment of a well-earned rest. He continued to make his home in Yakima until his death, which occurred in 1909. His widow survives and yet makes her home in Yakima. Marshall S. Stone is indebted to the public school system of Oregon for the educational opportunities which he enjoyed. He was but seven years of age when the family home was established in that state and he has since remained on the Pacific coast, imbued in all that he has done by the spirit of western enterprise and progress. After his textbooks were put aside he began assisting his father in the operation of a sawmill and afterward followed the trade of sawyer for two years. In 1900 he came to Yakima county and leased one hundred and twenty acres of land in the Selah valley. Later he sold eighty acres of the lease and in 1909 he purchased the remaining forty acres. He now has thirteen acres in fruit and of his tract he sold twenty acres to his mother but still manages the property for her. In 1905 he built a fine home and has profitably conducted his business as the years passed but in 1918 suffered severe losses through fire that destroyed his barn and packing house. He is a man of resolute will, however, and of determined energy and has set to work to retrieve his lost possessions. His business affairs are wisely and carefully managed and obstacles and difficulties in his path seem to serve but as an impetus for renewed effort on his part. Mr. Stone is also engineer at the Cold Storage plant and runs spray plant at Selah. In 1892 Mr. Stone was married to Miss Ella Reynolds, of Oregon, a daughter of John and Ella Reynolds, and to them were born four children: Vena; Doris; Vernal, who is living in Los Angeles, California; and Bernice. Three of the children are at home. The wife and mother passed away in 1908 and her death was the occasion of deep regret not only to her immediate family but also to many friends whose high regard she had won. Mr. Stone is a member of the Brotherhood of American Yeoman and also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His religious faith is that of the Christian church, and his political belief is that of the republican party. He stands loyally by every cause which he espouses and puts forth earnest and effective effort to promote the welfare of the community in which he lives, cooperating heartily in all plans and measures for the material, intellectual, social and moral advancement of the district. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.