Amherst Willoughby Stone (1824–July 17, 1900) was an associate justice of the Colorado Territorial Supreme Court from 1875 to 1876.
There, he married Vermont native Cyrena Bailey (1830-1868)[1] in 1850 and moved to Atlanta where he and his wife were successful both financially and socially, despite being northerners.
He had difficulty passing through confederate lines but made it to New York only to learn all his possessions had been burned.
[3] President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Stone to the Colorado Territorial Supreme Court on March 1, 1875.
[8] The Colorado Central Railroad, because of the poor economy at the time, fell behind on the interest payments it owed on the rolling stock it had purchased from railroad magnate and financier Jay Gould.
The scheme worked, as the railroad was then able to secure funding to pay its debts, so it was saved from bankruptcy.