th her grandmother and her mother. She attended the Davenport School in H
adley and was in a group photo taken when the school closed in 1885 or 188
6. In 1900 she graduated from the Normal School at Ypsilanti, Michigan wi
th a major in music and art. Ella taught school for several years.

Shortly after her marriage in 1907 to Dr. Spencer Stone they moved to Atla
nta, Georgia where Spencer practiced medicine. They had one still born ch
ild. After her husband died in 1929 Ella spent considerable time in Hadle
y, Michigan.

She was an active member of the Hadley Community Church and had exception
al artistic talents in painting. She lived near her sister, Louise. El
la bought an old cobbler's shop in Hadley and had it renovated for a publ
ic library in memory of her husband.

In later years she was also a resident of Lake Worth, Florida.

She died in Mundelin, Illinois in 1960 at the home of her nephew, McKenz
ie Mothersill, and was cremated. It is said that her ashes were scatter
ed over Lake Michigan.