Martha L. Stone (maiden name: Powers) was born on March 21, 1824, in Massachusetts. She married Albert Stone in Spencer, Massachusetts, on October 26, 1843, and they had at least two children: Arthur, born around 1844; and Albert, born around 1854. They lived in Spencer, and her husband worked as a boot maker. They moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, in the late 1860s, and they owned $600 of personal property. She died in Worcester on March 31, 1901.