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Stone, Ellen M. 1846-
Missionary; born in Roxbury, Mass., July 24, 1846; daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Lucy (Waterman) Stone; was educated in public schools; removed to Chelsea, Mass., in 1860; was engaged in teac ume her work in Bulgaria.
About Sept. 1, 1901, Miss Stone and a woman companion were kidnapped by brigands, d done, and demanded an indemnity of $110,000 for Miss Stone's release, the money to be paid within thirty day the United States on Sept. 5, and the friends of Miss Stone immediately communicated with the State Departmen retreat of the brigands and secure the release of Miss Stone and her companion.
Through a fear lest the pursu might lead to the torturing if not the murder of Miss Stone, it was understood in October that the troops had of the United States government.
The friends of Miss Stone raised more than one-half of the amount of the in ed to the brigands as a ransom, but was refused.
Miss Stone and her companion were still alive and reported t