Matilda Stanton
F
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Harriet Stanton
F
Harriet Stanton was the daughter of Oliver Stanton and Hannah Dewey.
Her married name was Pendleton.
Her married name was Pendleton.
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Elvira Stanton
F
Elvira Stanton was the daughter of Oliver Stanton and Hannah Dewey.
Elvira Stanton was also known as Eliza.
Elvira Stanton was also known as Eliza.
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Hannah Stanton
F
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Julia Ann Stanton
F
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Lucy Anna Stanton
F
Lucy Anna Stanton was the daughter of Oliver Stanton and Hannah Dewey.
Her married name was Pendleton.
Her married name was Pendleton.
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
David A. Stanton
M, b. 1810
David A. Stanton was born in 1810..1 He was the son of Oliver Stanton and Hannah Dewey.
He went to Illinois.
He went to Illinois.
Last Edited=18 May 2012
Child of David A. Stanton
- Edgar Fayette Stanton+1 b. 1839
Citations
- [S654] Stanton Society 2012 Reunion Registration - Descendant Charts.
John W. Stanton
M
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Thomas F. Stanton
M
Thomas F. Stanton was the son of Oliver Stanton and Hannah Dewey.
Thomas F. Stanton lived at Lyons, NY.
Thomas F. Stanton lived at Lyons, NY.
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Charlotte Stanton
F
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Martha Stanton
F
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
George Wanton Hazzard
M
He was the son of Geworge Wanton Hazzard, once mayor of Newport, RI>
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Child of George Wanton Hazzard
- Martha Hazzard+ b. 1782, d. 11 Apr 1860
Albert Wanton Stanton
M, b. 1807, d. 24 December 1886
Albert Wanton Stanton was born in 1807 at Charlestown, RI.. He was the son of Marlboro Stanton and Martha Hazzard. Albert Wanton Stanton died on 24 December 1886. Unmarried.
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Hon. George A. Stanton
M, b. 24 January 1809
Hon. George A. Stanton was born on 24 January 1809 at Charlestown, RI.. He was the son of Marlboro Stanton and Martha Hazzard. Hon. George A. Stanton married Catherine Sands, daughter of William P. Sands, on 8 March 1835. She was of Block Island. Hon. George A. Stanton married Sarah M. Brown on 5 June 1848. She was of Stonington, Conn. Hon. George A. Stanton married Bridgett Babcock Brown on 14 February 1857.
Mr. Stanton's life was spent in Charlestown and Westerly, RI. He was for two years a Rhode Island State Senator and for two years in the House of Representatives, for three years he was Indian Commissioner. About 1889 he retired from the boot and shoe business. He was an Episcopalian. Hon. George A. Stanton lived in 1891 at Westerly, RI. 80 Elm Street.
Mr. Stanton's life was spent in Charlestown and Westerly, RI. He was for two years a Rhode Island State Senator and for two years in the House of Representatives, for three years he was Indian Commissioner. About 1889 he retired from the boot and shoe business. He was an Episcopalian. Hon. George A. Stanton lived in 1891 at Westerly, RI. 80 Elm Street.
Last Edited=11 Feb 2005
Child of Hon. George A. Stanton and Sarah M. Brown
Children of Hon. George A. Stanton and Catherine Sands
- Nathaniel G. Stanton M.D. b. 8 Jul 1835
- Kate Sands Stanton M.D. b. 1 Apr 1838
- Mary Elizabeth Stanton+ b. 28 Feb 1841, d. 17 Jan 1867
- George A. Stanton Jr.+ b. Jun 1844
- Martha Babock Stanton b. 1845
- Benjamin Franklin Stanton b. 20 Sep 1846
Children of Hon. George A. Stanton and Bridgett Babcock Brown
- Martha Stanton b. 22 Oct 1856, d. 10 Mar 1857
- Harriet Babcock Stanton b. 12 Feb 1859
- Fanny Potter Stanton b. 16 Oct 1861
- Anna Lewis Stanton b. 30 Jun 1864
Catherine Sands
F, b. 9 November 1813, d. 30 September 1846
Catherine Sands was born on 9 November 1813 at Block Island, RI.. She was the daughter of William P. Sands. Catherine Sands married Hon. George A. Stanton, son of Marlboro Stanton and Martha Hazzard, on 8 March 1835. She was of Block Island. Catherine Sands died on 30 September 1846 at Charlestown, RI.
As of 8 March 1835,her married name was Stanton.
As of 8 March 1835,her married name was Stanton.
Last Edited=11 Feb 2005
Children of Catherine Sands and Hon. George A. Stanton
- Nathaniel G. Stanton M.D. b. 8 Jul 1835
- Kate Sands Stanton M.D. b. 1 Apr 1838
- Mary Elizabeth Stanton+ b. 28 Feb 1841, d. 17 Jan 1867
- George A. Stanton Jr.+ b. Jun 1844
- Martha Babock Stanton b. 1845
- Benjamin Franklin Stanton b. 20 Sep 1846
Sarah M. Brown
F, b. 16 December 1822, d. 16 April 1849
Sarah M. Brown was born on 16 December 1822.. She married Hon. George A. Stanton, son of Marlboro Stanton and Martha Hazzard, on 5 June 1848. She was of Stonington, Conn. Sarah M. Brown died on 16 April 1849.
As of 5 June 1848,her married name was Stanton.
As of 5 June 1848,her married name was Stanton.
Last Edited=11 Feb 2005
Child of Sarah M. Brown and Hon. George A. Stanton
Bridgett Babcock Brown
F, b. 10 January 1832, d. after 1891
Bridgett Babcock Brown was born on 10 January 1832 at Charlestown, RI.. She married Hon. George A. Stanton, son of Marlboro Stanton and Martha Hazzard, on 14 February 1857. Bridgett Babcock Brown died after 1891.
As of 14 February 1857,her married name was Stanton.
As of 14 February 1857,her married name was Stanton.
Last Edited=11 Feb 2005
Children of Bridgett Babcock Brown and Hon. George A. Stanton
- Martha Stanton b. 22 Oct 1856, d. 10 Mar 1857
- Harriet Babcock Stanton b. 12 Feb 1859
- Fanny Potter Stanton b. 16 Oct 1861
- Anna Lewis Stanton b. 30 Jun 1864
Charles Stanton
M, d. before 1891
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Henry Tracy
M, d. before 1891
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Amanda Tracy
F
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Elihu Howell Noyes
M, b. 7 May 1810
Elihu Howell Noyes was born on 7 May 1810 at Richmond, MA.. He was the son of Ebenezer Noyes and Lucy Stanton.
Elihu Howell Noyes lived after 1810 at Cortland, NY.
Elihu Howell Noyes lived after 1810 at Cortland, NY.
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Joseph Noyes
M
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Grace Noyes
F
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Amamda Noyes
F
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
John Martin
M
John Martin was the son of J. Anderson Martin Jr. and Demaris Stanton.
John Martin lived in 1891 at Lebanon Centre, NY. The Stanton book says "Lebanon or in New York city".1
John Martin lived in 1891 at Lebanon Centre, NY. The Stanton book says "Lebanon or in New York city".1
Last Edited=6 Mar 2013
Citations
- [S542] Ph.D., D.D. William A. Stanton, A Record Genealogical, Biographical, Statistical of Thomas Stanton of Connecticut and His Descendants 1635-1891 (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1891). Hereinafter cited as Stantons 1635-1891.
Charles Titus Martin1,2
M, b. 4 January 1812, d. 29 April 1865
Charles Titus Martin was born on 4 January 1812 at Lebanon, New London Co, CT..2 He was the son of J. Anderson Martin Jr. and Demaris Stanton. Charles Titus Martin married Mary Jane Jackson, daughter of Samuel Jackson and Mary Ellen Coombs, on 12 June 1834 at Columbus, Franklin Co, OH.2 Charles Titus Martin died on 29 April 1865 at Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA. Died leaving a widow and six children.1,2
Last Edited=8 Mar 2013
Children of Charles Titus Martin and Mary Jane Jackson
- (?) Martin
- (?) Martin
- (?) Martin
- (?) Martin
- (?) Martin
- Mary Livinia Martin+ b. 8 Jul 1838, d. 26 Feb 1879
Citations
- [S542] Ph.D., D.D. William A. Stanton, A Record Genealogical, Biographical, Statistical of Thomas Stanton of Connecticut and His Descendants 1635-1891 (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1891). Hereinafter cited as Stantons 1635-1891.
- [S759] Raymond A. Sheffield, "Stanton/Bonner Database - Raymond A. Sheffield email," e-mail message from e-mail address (address not given) to Brian Bonner, 27 Feb 2013. Hereinafter cited as "Raymond A. Sheffield email."
Mary Jane Jackson1
F, b. 26 April 1818, d. 16 February 1906
Mary Jane Jackson was born on 26 April 1818 at Harpers Ferry, Berkeley Co, WV..1 She was the daughter of Samuel Jackson and Mary Ellen Coombs.1 Mary Jane Jackson married Charles Titus Martin, son of J. Anderson Martin Jr. and Demaris Stanton, on 12 June 1834 at Columbus, Franklin Co, OH.1 Mary Jane Jackson died on 16 February 1906 at Ft. Madison, Lee Co, IA.1
As of 12 June 1834,her married name was Martin.1
As of 12 June 1834,her married name was Martin.1
Last Edited=8 Mar 2013
Children of Mary Jane Jackson and Charles Titus Martin
- (?) Martin
- (?) Martin
- (?) Martin
- (?) Martin
- (?) Martin
- Mary Livinia Martin+ b. 8 Jul 1838, d. 26 Feb 1879
Citations
- [S759] Raymond A. Sheffield, "Stanton/Bonner Database - Raymond A. Sheffield email," e-mail message from e-mail address (address not given) to Brian Bonner, 27 Feb 2013. Hereinafter cited as "Raymond A. Sheffield email."
(?) Martin
?
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
(?) Martin
?
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
(?) Martin
?
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
(?) Martin
?
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Mary Livinia Martin1
F, b. 8 July 1838, d. 26 February 1879
Mary Livinia Martin was born on 8 July 1838 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH..1 She was the daughter of Charles Titus Martin and Mary Jane Jackson. Mary Livinia Martin married John Page, son of Mary Jane Mallett, on 3 June 1856 at Lee, IA.1 Mary Livinia Martin died on 26 February 1879 at Ft. Madison, Lee Co, IA.1
Her married name was Page.1
Her married name was Page.1
Last Edited=14 Mar 2013
Child of Mary Livinia Martin and John Page
- Charles T. Page+1 b. 1859, d. 2 Jan 1940
Citations
- [S759] Raymond A. Sheffield, "Stanton/Bonner Database - Raymond A. Sheffield email," e-mail message from e-mail address (address not given) to Brian Bonner, 27 Feb 2013. Hereinafter cited as "Raymond A. Sheffield email."
(?) Martin
?
Last Edited=8 Feb 2005
Susan M. Stanton
F, b. 1803, d. 1833
Susan M. Stanton was born in 1803. The Stanton book indicates Joseph's children were born in Preston and Griswold, Conn., but doesn't identify which ones were born in which location. And in the individual entry for Susan it says she was born in Pachang, Conn..1 She was the daughter of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. Brewster. Susan M. Stanton married Samuel Cutler Baldwin on 18 December 1823 at Riga, Monroe Co., NY.1 Susan M. Stanton died in 1833 at Riga, Monroe Co., NY.
As of 18 December 1823,her married name was Baldwin.
As of 18 December 1823,her married name was Baldwin.
Last Edited=6 Mar 2013
Children of Susan M. Stanton and Samuel Cutler Baldwin
- (?) Baldwin d. in infancy
- (?) Baldwin d. in infancy
- (?) Baldwin d. in infancy
- Samuel Baldwin
- William Baldwin
- Frances Baldwin
- Susan Baldwin
Citations
- [S542] Ph.D., D.D. William A. Stanton, A Record Genealogical, Biographical, Statistical of Thomas Stanton of Connecticut and His Descendants 1635-1891 (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1891). Hereinafter cited as Stantons 1635-1891.
Samuel Cutler Baldwin
M
Samuel Cutler Baldwin married Susan M. Stanton, daughter of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. Brewster, on 18 December 1823 at Riga, Monroe Co., NY.1
Samuel Cutler Baldwin lived at Riga, Monroe Co., NY.
Samuel Cutler Baldwin lived at Riga, Monroe Co., NY.
Last Edited=6 Mar 2013
Children of Samuel Cutler Baldwin and Susan M. Stanton
- (?) Baldwin d. in infancy
- (?) Baldwin d. in infancy
- (?) Baldwin d. in infancy
- Samuel Baldwin
- William Baldwin
- Frances Baldwin
- Susan Baldwin
Citations
- [S542] Ph.D., D.D. William A. Stanton, A Record Genealogical, Biographical, Statistical of Thomas Stanton of Connecticut and His Descendants 1635-1891 (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1891). Hereinafter cited as Stantons 1635-1891.
Henry Brewster Stanton
M, b. 29 June 1805, d. 14 January 1887
Henry Brewster Stanton was born on 29 June 1805 at (Griswold) Preston, CT. The Stanton book indicates Joseph's children were born in Preston and Griswold, Conn., but doesn't identify which ones were born in which location. Raymond Sheffield says 27 Jul. No citation..1,2 He was the son of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. Brewster. Henry Brewster Stanton married Elizabeth Cady, daughter of Judge Daniel Cady and Margaret Chinn Livingston, on 1 May 1840 at Johnstown, NY.3,1 Henry Brewster Stanton died on 14 January 1887 at New York City, NY.
From the New York "Tribune" of Jan. 15, 1887 as quoted by William A. Stanton. "Henry Brewster Stanton, who was one of the early anti-slavery agitators and who won many honors in journalism, died yesterday of pneumonia at No. 116 East Twenty-third street. His illness was known to but few friends, and his vigor of intellect and physical activity were retained up to the time he left the office of the "Sun" as week ago. He had sat in the office without laying aside his overcoat and in going out into the air he caught a cold that speedily brought on the disease which ended his life. Even after his sickness he continued to do work for several days, editing the proof-sheet o the fourth edition of his autobiography, entitled "Random Recollection" and up to within a few hours of his death he did not consider his condition serious./ His sons, Henry and Robert L./ Stanton, were at his bedside when the end came. His wife is now in London.
Mr. Stanton was born in the hamlet of Pachaug, New London county, Conn., now the own of Griswold, on June 27, 1805. Thomas Stanton, the first of the family in New England, came from England in 1635 and was Crown Interpreter-General of the Indian tongues and subsequently Judge of the County Court of New London. On his mother's side Mr. Stanton's ancestry ran back to Elder Brewster, of the Plymouth Colony. His father was a woolen manufacturer and a trader with the West Indies. A little red school-house in Pachaug and a rickety academy in Jewett City, a place on what is now known as the Thames river, furnished Mr. Stanton his education before he entered public life. George D. Prentice was one of his teachers and by him the field of newspaper work was laid bare to the young student. In 1826 Mr. Stanton went to Rochester to write for Thurlow Weed's newspaper, the Monroe "Telegraph". This sheet advocated the election of Henry Clay, and Mr. Stanton, attracted intro political life, took the stump for John Quincy Adams, making his first political speech in Rochester. For three years he was Deputy County Clerk of Monroe county. He studied for a short time under the Rev. Ferdinand Ward, father of Ferdinand Ward, of Grant & Ward fame. In 1832 he went to Cincinnati to finish his studies at Lane Seminary.
His first anti-slavery speech was made at a debating club at the date of "Nat" Turner's insurrection. He became one of the most effective platform orators who defended human rights in the great controversy preceding the war, and in 1834, at the anniversary in this city of the American Anti-Slavery Society, of which he was secretary, he faced the first of the two hundred mobs he battled against in his devotion to the cause of freedom. As a public speaker he was ranked with Wendell Phillips, but his taste for politics early drew him into the Liberty party. He took sides with the Democracy in New York local contests at this period, but was an ardent Republican when the issue of slavery and secession became paramount in National affairs. In the early ant-slavery contest Mr. Stanton spoke for the relief of the oppressed in the principal cities of England, Scotland, Ireland and France. He was a member of the Free Soil party and served in the Massachusetts Senate for two terms. He was a member also of the New York Senate in 1850. Hr helped to launch the Republican party in 1855, and took the stump for Governor Seward. He made his home in 1847 at Seneca Falls, N.Y. and being admitted to the bar there, soon acquired reputation as a successful lawyer in patent cases.
He did a great deal of valuable work on newspapers., He wrote for the "Tribune" when Mr. Greeley was its editor, and subsequently for the "Sun", with which he had a close connection up to the time of his death. He published a book called "Sketches of Reforms and Reformers in Great Britain and Ireland," after his trip to Europe in the forties. His autobiography was engaging his attention when his fatal illness began."
William A. Stanton also quotes a letter from Henry B. Stanton's so Theodore, in Paris, to the Chicago "Inter-Ocean":
"Paris, Jan 21. - My father has passed away rich in years and not poor in honors. Henry B. Stanton was no ordinary man, and I know you will not consider it unbecoming in me to devote a letter to his memory, especially if I do little else than transcribe a few of the tributes of others which are coming to me by every post.
"Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton writes e from England: Your father was an eloquent speaker, a forcible writer, and an admirable conversationalist. Those who possess oratorical gifts are seldom able with their pen, and it is rare that a good writer is also a good speaker. Phillips was fine on the platform, so was Gerrit Smith, but neither could put his thoughts on paper without discovering a certain lameness. Garrison, on the other hand, could write better than we could speak. None of them were equal to your father in conversation. I never knew any one who could on the spur of the moment rise and express himself more appropriately on all subjects and on all occasions, whether he was called upon to deal with temperance, anti-slavery, education, agriculture, religion, politics, science, art or music. Sometimes when I have been serenaded or expected to say a few words I have pushed him forward to express what I could not without preparation, and, at such moments, he was always happy in speaking from my standpoint as well as from his own. He was asked one evening to respond to a toast on music. Now, said I to myself, for one he will be at a loss for something to say. But after a few general remarks on national aptitudes for music, especially among southern nations, he went on and spoke charmingly of the beauty of the negro melodies and the solace music has been to our slaves in their weary bondage. It being in the days or our anti-slavery excitement, he always seized every opportunity that offered to call public attention to the irrepressible conflict.
"No man was better acquainted with the politics and politicians of the last century. Not in England and America, than he was. Very conversant with history and literature, he had an inexhaustible fund of anecdotes of the living and the dead, authors, statesmen, and artists. His memory was really wonderful, and he never forgot what he saw, read, or heard. In another respect he was also very remarkable: he was uniformly in good spirits. Although of a nervous temperament and capable of the highest enthusiasm, he never suffered corresponding depression, but was always ready for cheerful conversation. His industry was truly praiseworthy. He was continually busy reading, writing or working outdoors.
"When speaking before an audience, he was very quick to turn to account any unexpected occurrence. On one occasion he was delivering a temperance lecture on a platform covered by a thick oil-cloth that protruded two or three inches over the edge of the boards in front. In the midst of one of his most eloquent passages, he was comparing the inebriate's downward course to the Falls of Niagara, and the struggle with drink to the hopeless effort of a man in the rapids. Just as he reached, in his description, the fatal plunge over the precipice, he advanced to the edge of the platform, the oil-cloth gave way under his feet, and in an instant he went down headlong into the audience, carrying with him desk, glass, pitcher and water. Being light and agile, he was quickly on the platform again, and immediately remarked with great coolness: 'I carried my illustration further than I had intended to. Yet even so it is that the drunkard falls, glass in hand, carrying destruction with him. But not so readily does he rise again from the terrible depths into which he has precipated himself.' The whole house cheered again and again, and even Gough never struck a more powerful blow for temperance.
"Your great delight, when a little fellow 4 or 5 years old, was to have him make speeches to you, he pretending that you were a judge and himself an advocate. He used to seat you on the piano an then, with vehement gesture and pirouettings, would argue the case. Not one word of the speech did you understand. But you remained spellbound by the passion that was displayed, by the denouncing of witnesses and opposing counsel, by the laying down of the law to the judge - yourself - and by appeals to the jury - your older brothers, who were not less amazed than you were by the whole performance. You never smiled nor took your eyes off of him for ten minutes on the stretch, when the court adjourned. One day in your father's absence I tried to amuse you in the same way, but I had scarcely uttered two sentences when the judge coolly clambered down from the bench and walked off, whether because moved by a masculine dislike of a feminine advocate, or the comparatively lifeless presentation of the case I have never learned to this day. I never repeated the humiliating experiment.
"Your father had a strong taste for agricultural pursuits. He enjoyed planting trees, grafting, raising fruit and vegetables, and never a day passed in summer that he did not go the round of the garden. He once made a wager with a friend that he could raise the largest melon and won. He watched the growing fruit day after day, and when the big fellow was ready for the table invited his friend to dinner. At dessert the much-praised and long-cared-for melon was brought in , and the host, knife in hand, was about to cut it open when it fell apart of itself. One of Erin's daughters, who had been serving us for several days with muskmelons, and had never seen a watermelon, had kept the edible portion in the kitchen, and had sent in to us the rind! General surprise was followed by as general a laugh, and your father, returning to his guest, asked: 'Basom, why am I at this moment like that melon? We are equally crusty.'
"Theodore Tilton in a letter to me, says: 'My chief recollections of your father date back to the anti-slavery days, when he and I were sometimes speakers on the same platform. I was always struck by his cogent style of argument and appeal, particularly when the subject had a political interest. It was in political discussion that he excelled. He was a splendid campaigner - full of fact, logic, anecdote, wit and passion - and with a voice as clear as a clarion. He was a born orator and debater'.
"A fortnight ago Mr. Frederick Douglass told me how and when it was that he first heard my father speak in public. When I was escaping from bondage I was received under the humble but hospitable roof of Nathan Johnson, an old colored man who died at the age of 90. He it was, by the way, who gave me my name. He was reading the 'Lady of the Lake' while I was with him, and suggested that I take Scott's Douglas as my last name. I did so, adding an 's' for some reason or another, or for no reason at all; I don't now remember why. Nathan Johnson also told me all about Henry B. Stanton's wonderful oratorical powers, and took me one evening to hear him denounce the slave system. It was one of the sit abolition lectures I ever heard, and this circumstance, combined with the eloquence of the speaker, left an ineffaceable impression on my mind. Your father was then unquestionably the best orator in the anti-slavery movement. I listened to him on many other occasions, but this first one, when I was fresh from slavery, naturally touched me the most deeply.'
"I might go on and give some of my own recollections. I might tell how father used to like to talk of these early anti-slavery days, to which Mr. Douglass has just referred, and especially to a lecture tour that he once made through New York State in the company of Whittier, who had not then won an honored place in literature. I might even cite a letter that the Quaker poet wrote last summer to father, in which he recalled in words tinged with sadness this joint anti-slavery crusade. I might describe his ardor for the collection of the engraved or photographed portraits of the great men of all times and countries, how he had them framed, hung in groups on the wall, and how he would dilate upon the virtues and their vices of the originals to the circle of children whose eyes were riveted on the pictures and their ears wide open to all that was said. What an admirable way to teach history and biography, and how vividly those faces and lives still come back to me now! I might mention, as an example of his large acquaintance with American political history, the many hundred pages of notes that he once furnished me when I was preparing a series of lectures to be delivered at Hobart College, but which a sudden call to Europe interrupted. I might relate the enthusiasm that he created in New Jersey during the Tilden campaign when he stumped the State for the Democratic candidates, and after many years of absence from public life returned to it with all the old fire and success.
'Why we didn't know that we had such a stunner amongst us,' the old Dutch farmers used to say, and if Tilden carried the State is was due in no small manner to Henry B. Stanton. I might touch upon these facts and many similar ones, but as I wrote at the beginning of this letter, I have preferred today to transcribe only what others had said."
From the New York "Tribune" of Jan. 15, 1887 as quoted by William A. Stanton. "Henry Brewster Stanton, who was one of the early anti-slavery agitators and who won many honors in journalism, died yesterday of pneumonia at No. 116 East Twenty-third street. His illness was known to but few friends, and his vigor of intellect and physical activity were retained up to the time he left the office of the "Sun" as week ago. He had sat in the office without laying aside his overcoat and in going out into the air he caught a cold that speedily brought on the disease which ended his life. Even after his sickness he continued to do work for several days, editing the proof-sheet o the fourth edition of his autobiography, entitled "Random Recollection" and up to within a few hours of his death he did not consider his condition serious./ His sons, Henry and Robert L./ Stanton, were at his bedside when the end came. His wife is now in London.
Mr. Stanton was born in the hamlet of Pachaug, New London county, Conn., now the own of Griswold, on June 27, 1805. Thomas Stanton, the first of the family in New England, came from England in 1635 and was Crown Interpreter-General of the Indian tongues and subsequently Judge of the County Court of New London. On his mother's side Mr. Stanton's ancestry ran back to Elder Brewster, of the Plymouth Colony. His father was a woolen manufacturer and a trader with the West Indies. A little red school-house in Pachaug and a rickety academy in Jewett City, a place on what is now known as the Thames river, furnished Mr. Stanton his education before he entered public life. George D. Prentice was one of his teachers and by him the field of newspaper work was laid bare to the young student. In 1826 Mr. Stanton went to Rochester to write for Thurlow Weed's newspaper, the Monroe "Telegraph". This sheet advocated the election of Henry Clay, and Mr. Stanton, attracted intro political life, took the stump for John Quincy Adams, making his first political speech in Rochester. For three years he was Deputy County Clerk of Monroe county. He studied for a short time under the Rev. Ferdinand Ward, father of Ferdinand Ward, of Grant & Ward fame. In 1832 he went to Cincinnati to finish his studies at Lane Seminary.
His first anti-slavery speech was made at a debating club at the date of "Nat" Turner's insurrection. He became one of the most effective platform orators who defended human rights in the great controversy preceding the war, and in 1834, at the anniversary in this city of the American Anti-Slavery Society, of which he was secretary, he faced the first of the two hundred mobs he battled against in his devotion to the cause of freedom. As a public speaker he was ranked with Wendell Phillips, but his taste for politics early drew him into the Liberty party. He took sides with the Democracy in New York local contests at this period, but was an ardent Republican when the issue of slavery and secession became paramount in National affairs. In the early ant-slavery contest Mr. Stanton spoke for the relief of the oppressed in the principal cities of England, Scotland, Ireland and France. He was a member of the Free Soil party and served in the Massachusetts Senate for two terms. He was a member also of the New York Senate in 1850. Hr helped to launch the Republican party in 1855, and took the stump for Governor Seward. He made his home in 1847 at Seneca Falls, N.Y. and being admitted to the bar there, soon acquired reputation as a successful lawyer in patent cases.
He did a great deal of valuable work on newspapers., He wrote for the "Tribune" when Mr. Greeley was its editor, and subsequently for the "Sun", with which he had a close connection up to the time of his death. He published a book called "Sketches of Reforms and Reformers in Great Britain and Ireland," after his trip to Europe in the forties. His autobiography was engaging his attention when his fatal illness began."
William A. Stanton also quotes a letter from Henry B. Stanton's so Theodore, in Paris, to the Chicago "Inter-Ocean":
"Paris, Jan 21. - My father has passed away rich in years and not poor in honors. Henry B. Stanton was no ordinary man, and I know you will not consider it unbecoming in me to devote a letter to his memory, especially if I do little else than transcribe a few of the tributes of others which are coming to me by every post.
"Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton writes e from England: Your father was an eloquent speaker, a forcible writer, and an admirable conversationalist. Those who possess oratorical gifts are seldom able with their pen, and it is rare that a good writer is also a good speaker. Phillips was fine on the platform, so was Gerrit Smith, but neither could put his thoughts on paper without discovering a certain lameness. Garrison, on the other hand, could write better than we could speak. None of them were equal to your father in conversation. I never knew any one who could on the spur of the moment rise and express himself more appropriately on all subjects and on all occasions, whether he was called upon to deal with temperance, anti-slavery, education, agriculture, religion, politics, science, art or music. Sometimes when I have been serenaded or expected to say a few words I have pushed him forward to express what I could not without preparation, and, at such moments, he was always happy in speaking from my standpoint as well as from his own. He was asked one evening to respond to a toast on music. Now, said I to myself, for one he will be at a loss for something to say. But after a few general remarks on national aptitudes for music, especially among southern nations, he went on and spoke charmingly of the beauty of the negro melodies and the solace music has been to our slaves in their weary bondage. It being in the days or our anti-slavery excitement, he always seized every opportunity that offered to call public attention to the irrepressible conflict.
"No man was better acquainted with the politics and politicians of the last century. Not in England and America, than he was. Very conversant with history and literature, he had an inexhaustible fund of anecdotes of the living and the dead, authors, statesmen, and artists. His memory was really wonderful, and he never forgot what he saw, read, or heard. In another respect he was also very remarkable: he was uniformly in good spirits. Although of a nervous temperament and capable of the highest enthusiasm, he never suffered corresponding depression, but was always ready for cheerful conversation. His industry was truly praiseworthy. He was continually busy reading, writing or working outdoors.
"When speaking before an audience, he was very quick to turn to account any unexpected occurrence. On one occasion he was delivering a temperance lecture on a platform covered by a thick oil-cloth that protruded two or three inches over the edge of the boards in front. In the midst of one of his most eloquent passages, he was comparing the inebriate's downward course to the Falls of Niagara, and the struggle with drink to the hopeless effort of a man in the rapids. Just as he reached, in his description, the fatal plunge over the precipice, he advanced to the edge of the platform, the oil-cloth gave way under his feet, and in an instant he went down headlong into the audience, carrying with him desk, glass, pitcher and water. Being light and agile, he was quickly on the platform again, and immediately remarked with great coolness: 'I carried my illustration further than I had intended to. Yet even so it is that the drunkard falls, glass in hand, carrying destruction with him. But not so readily does he rise again from the terrible depths into which he has precipated himself.' The whole house cheered again and again, and even Gough never struck a more powerful blow for temperance.
"Your great delight, when a little fellow 4 or 5 years old, was to have him make speeches to you, he pretending that you were a judge and himself an advocate. He used to seat you on the piano an then, with vehement gesture and pirouettings, would argue the case. Not one word of the speech did you understand. But you remained spellbound by the passion that was displayed, by the denouncing of witnesses and opposing counsel, by the laying down of the law to the judge - yourself - and by appeals to the jury - your older brothers, who were not less amazed than you were by the whole performance. You never smiled nor took your eyes off of him for ten minutes on the stretch, when the court adjourned. One day in your father's absence I tried to amuse you in the same way, but I had scarcely uttered two sentences when the judge coolly clambered down from the bench and walked off, whether because moved by a masculine dislike of a feminine advocate, or the comparatively lifeless presentation of the case I have never learned to this day. I never repeated the humiliating experiment.
"Your father had a strong taste for agricultural pursuits. He enjoyed planting trees, grafting, raising fruit and vegetables, and never a day passed in summer that he did not go the round of the garden. He once made a wager with a friend that he could raise the largest melon and won. He watched the growing fruit day after day, and when the big fellow was ready for the table invited his friend to dinner. At dessert the much-praised and long-cared-for melon was brought in , and the host, knife in hand, was about to cut it open when it fell apart of itself. One of Erin's daughters, who had been serving us for several days with muskmelons, and had never seen a watermelon, had kept the edible portion in the kitchen, and had sent in to us the rind! General surprise was followed by as general a laugh, and your father, returning to his guest, asked: 'Basom, why am I at this moment like that melon? We are equally crusty.'
"Theodore Tilton in a letter to me, says: 'My chief recollections of your father date back to the anti-slavery days, when he and I were sometimes speakers on the same platform. I was always struck by his cogent style of argument and appeal, particularly when the subject had a political interest. It was in political discussion that he excelled. He was a splendid campaigner - full of fact, logic, anecdote, wit and passion - and with a voice as clear as a clarion. He was a born orator and debater'.
"A fortnight ago Mr. Frederick Douglass told me how and when it was that he first heard my father speak in public. When I was escaping from bondage I was received under the humble but hospitable roof of Nathan Johnson, an old colored man who died at the age of 90. He it was, by the way, who gave me my name. He was reading the 'Lady of the Lake' while I was with him, and suggested that I take Scott's Douglas as my last name. I did so, adding an 's' for some reason or another, or for no reason at all; I don't now remember why. Nathan Johnson also told me all about Henry B. Stanton's wonderful oratorical powers, and took me one evening to hear him denounce the slave system. It was one of the sit abolition lectures I ever heard, and this circumstance, combined with the eloquence of the speaker, left an ineffaceable impression on my mind. Your father was then unquestionably the best orator in the anti-slavery movement. I listened to him on many other occasions, but this first one, when I was fresh from slavery, naturally touched me the most deeply.'
"I might go on and give some of my own recollections. I might tell how father used to like to talk of these early anti-slavery days, to which Mr. Douglass has just referred, and especially to a lecture tour that he once made through New York State in the company of Whittier, who had not then won an honored place in literature. I might even cite a letter that the Quaker poet wrote last summer to father, in which he recalled in words tinged with sadness this joint anti-slavery crusade. I might describe his ardor for the collection of the engraved or photographed portraits of the great men of all times and countries, how he had them framed, hung in groups on the wall, and how he would dilate upon the virtues and their vices of the originals to the circle of children whose eyes were riveted on the pictures and their ears wide open to all that was said. What an admirable way to teach history and biography, and how vividly those faces and lives still come back to me now! I might mention, as an example of his large acquaintance with American political history, the many hundred pages of notes that he once furnished me when I was preparing a series of lectures to be delivered at Hobart College, but which a sudden call to Europe interrupted. I might relate the enthusiasm that he created in New Jersey during the Tilden campaign when he stumped the State for the Democratic candidates, and after many years of absence from public life returned to it with all the old fire and success.
'Why we didn't know that we had such a stunner amongst us,' the old Dutch farmers used to say, and if Tilden carried the State is was due in no small manner to Henry B. Stanton. I might touch upon these facts and many similar ones, but as I wrote at the beginning of this letter, I have preferred today to transcribe only what others had said."
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Children of Henry Brewster Stanton and Elizabeth Cady
- Daniel Stanton b. 2 Mar 1842, d. 18 Jan 1891
- Henry Stanton b. 15 Mar 1844
- Gerrit Smith Stanton b. 18 Sep 1845
- Theodore Stanton+ b. 10 Feb 1851, d. 1 Mar 1925
- Margaret Livingston Stanton b. 20 Oct 1852
- Hariotte Eaton Stanton+ b. 18 Jan 1856, d. 20 Nov 1940
- Robert Livingston Stanton b. 13 Mar 1859
Citations
- [S542] Ph.D., D.D. William A. Stanton, A Record Genealogical, Biographical, Statistical of Thomas Stanton of Connecticut and His Descendants 1635-1891 (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1891). Hereinafter cited as Stantons 1635-1891.
- [S759] Raymond A. Sheffield, "Stanton/Bonner Database - Raymond A. Sheffield email," e-mail message from e-mail address (address not given) to Brian Bonner, 27 Feb 2013. Hereinafter cited as "Raymond A. Sheffield email."
- [S653] Jr. Robert J. Stanton, "Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Our Cousin", The Thomas Stanton Society 2, Issue 9 (31 Jan 2012). Hereinafter cited as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton."
Rev. Robert Livingston Stanton D.D.
M, b. 28 March 1810, d. 23 May 1885
Rev. Robert Livingston Stanton D.D. was born on 28 March 1810 at Pachaug, CT..1 He was the son of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. Brewster. Rev. Robert Livingston Stanton D.D. married Anna Maria Stone.1 Rev. Robert Livingston Stanton D.D. died on 23 May 1885 at at sea. While enroute to Europe.
After graduating at Lane theological SEminary, Cincinnati, Ohio he was ordained by the Prebytery of Mississippi in 1839. He was pastor at Blue Ridge, Ohio from 1839 to 1841; Woodville, Ohio from 1841 to 1843; New Orleans, Lousiana from 1843 to 1851; president of Oakland College, Mississippi until 1854; from 1855 till 1862 pastor at Chillicothe, Ohio; from 1862 to 1865 professor of Pastoral Theology and Homiletics in Danville (Kentucky) Theological Seminary; in 1866 he was moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church; from 1866 to 1871 president of Miami (Ohio) University; in 1871-2 he engaged in literary work in New York City, and after that was an editor of the "Herald and Presbyter" in Cincinnati. Princeton College and Washington (Virginia) College conferred on him the degree of D.D.. He was the author of "The Church and the Rebellion", New York, 1864.
After graduating at Lane theological SEminary, Cincinnati, Ohio he was ordained by the Prebytery of Mississippi in 1839. He was pastor at Blue Ridge, Ohio from 1839 to 1841; Woodville, Ohio from 1841 to 1843; New Orleans, Lousiana from 1843 to 1851; president of Oakland College, Mississippi until 1854; from 1855 till 1862 pastor at Chillicothe, Ohio; from 1862 to 1865 professor of Pastoral Theology and Homiletics in Danville (Kentucky) Theological Seminary; in 1866 he was moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church; from 1866 to 1871 president of Miami (Ohio) University; in 1871-2 he engaged in literary work in New York City, and after that was an editor of the "Herald and Presbyter" in Cincinnati. Princeton College and Washington (Virginia) College conferred on him the degree of D.D.. He was the author of "The Church and the Rebellion", New York, 1864.
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Children of Rev. Robert Livingston Stanton D.D. and Anna Maria Stone
- Francis Stanton b. b 1845, d. b 1845
- Robert Brewster Stanton+ b. 5 Aug 1846
Citations
- [S542] Ph.D., D.D. William A. Stanton, A Record Genealogical, Biographical, Statistical of Thomas Stanton of Connecticut and His Descendants 1635-1891 (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1891). Hereinafter cited as Stantons 1635-1891.
Anna Maria Stone
F, b. 4 August 1812, d. 2 January 1882
Anna Maria Stone was born on 4 August 1812 at Newark, NJ.. She married Rev. Robert Livingston Stanton D.D., son of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. Brewster.1 Anna Maria Stone died on 2 January 1882.
Her married name was Blackford. Her married name was Stanton.
Her married name was Blackford. Her married name was Stanton.
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Children of Anna Maria Stone and Rev. Robert Livingston Stanton D.D.
- Francis Stanton b. b 1845, d. b 1845
- Robert Brewster Stanton+ b. 5 Aug 1846
Citations
- [S542] Ph.D., D.D. William A. Stanton, A Record Genealogical, Biographical, Statistical of Thomas Stanton of Connecticut and His Descendants 1635-1891 (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1891). Hereinafter cited as Stantons 1635-1891.
Frances Mehitable Stanton
F, b. 11 April 1807, d. 15 February 1870
Frances Mehitable Stanton was born on 11 April 1807 at Griswold, CT..1 She was the daughter of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. Brewster. Frances Mehitable Stanton married George Anson Avery on 25 January 1831 at Rochester, NY.1 Frances Mehitable Stanton died on 15 February 1870 at Cleveland, OH.
As of 25 January 1831,her married name was Avery.
As of 25 January 1831,her married name was Avery.
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Children of Frances Mehitable Stanton and George Anson Avery
- Frances Maria Avery b. 15 Jan 1832
- Susan Murdock Avery b. 20 Jun 1834, d. 30 Dec 1836
- Henry George Avery b. 28 Aug 1837, d. 17 Oct 1837
- Susan Humphrey Avery b. 12 Nov 1839
- Elizabeth Cady Avery b. 24 Jul 1841
- Delia Anna Avery b. 7 Oct 1844, d. 12 Jun 1848
- George Stanton Avery b. 27 Jun 1847, d. 27 Jun 1848
Citations
- [S542] Ph.D., D.D. William A. Stanton, A Record Genealogical, Biographical, Statistical of Thomas Stanton of Connecticut and His Descendants 1635-1891 (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1891). Hereinafter cited as Stantons 1635-1891.
George Anson Avery
M, b. 1802, d. 3 May 1856
George Anson Avery was born in 1802 at Groton, CT.. He married Frances Mehitable Stanton, daughter of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. Brewster, on 25 January 1831 at Rochester, NY.1 George Anson Avery died on 3 May 1856 at Rochester, NY.
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Children of George Anson Avery and Frances Mehitable Stanton
- Frances Maria Avery b. 15 Jan 1832
- Susan Murdock Avery b. 20 Jun 1834, d. 30 Dec 1836
- Henry George Avery b. 28 Aug 1837, d. 17 Oct 1837
- Susan Humphrey Avery b. 12 Nov 1839
- Elizabeth Cady Avery b. 24 Jul 1841
- Delia Anna Avery b. 7 Oct 1844, d. 12 Jun 1848
- George Stanton Avery b. 27 Jun 1847, d. 27 Jun 1848
Citations
- [S542] Ph.D., D.D. William A. Stanton, A Record Genealogical, Biographical, Statistical of Thomas Stanton of Connecticut and His Descendants 1635-1891 (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1891). Hereinafter cited as Stantons 1635-1891.
Joseph R. Stanton
M, b. 8 August 1812, d. 1832
Joseph R. Stanton was born on 8 August 1812. The Stanton book indicates Joseph's children were born in Preston and Griswold, Conn., but doesn't identify which ones were born in which location..1 He was the son of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. Brewster. Joseph R. Stanton died in 1832 at Rochester, NY. No issue.1
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Citations
- [S542] Ph.D., D.D. William A. Stanton, A Record Genealogical, Biographical, Statistical of Thomas Stanton of Connecticut and His Descendants 1635-1891 (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1891). Hereinafter cited as Stantons 1635-1891.
George D. Stanton
M, b. 30 March 1815, d. 1833
George D. Stanton was born on 30 March 1815. The Stanton book indicates Joseph's children were born in Preston and Griswold, Conn., but doesn't identify which ones were born in which location..1 He was the son of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. Brewster. George D. Stanton died in 1833 at Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, OH. Of cholera.1
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Citations
- [S542] Ph.D., D.D. William A. Stanton, A Record Genealogical, Biographical, Statistical of Thomas Stanton of Connecticut and His Descendants 1635-1891 (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1891). Hereinafter cited as Stantons 1635-1891.
Sally Morgan Stanton
F, b. 1804, d. 4 December 1884
Sally Morgan Stanton was born in 1804.. She was the daughter of George W. Stanton and Sally Morgan. Sally Morgan Stanton was baptized on 30 August 1819 at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany, NY. She died on 4 December 1884 at South Oyster Bay.
Her married name was Wilcox.
Her married name was Wilcox.
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George W. Stanton Jr.
M, b. 4 June 1810, d. 1883
George W. Stanton Jr. was born on 4 June 1810 at Albany, NY.. He was the son of George W. Stanton and Sally Morgan. George W. Stanton Jr. married Margaret Chauncy at New York City, NY. George W. Stanton Jr. died in 1883 at Old Slip, NY.
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Children of George W. Stanton Jr. and Margaret Chauncy
- William Chauncy Stanton b. 3 Feb 1839
- Sarah Morgan Stanton b. 3 Dec 1842
- Helen Stanton b. 7 Dec 1844
- Julia Chauncy Stanton b. 11 Aug 1849
Margaret Chauncy
F
Margaret Chauncy married George W. Stanton Jr., son of George W. Stanton and Sally Morgan, at New York City, NY.
Her married name was Stanton.
Her married name was Stanton.
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Children of Margaret Chauncy and George W. Stanton Jr.
- William Chauncy Stanton b. 3 Feb 1839
- Sarah Morgan Stanton b. 3 Dec 1842
- Helen Stanton b. 7 Dec 1844
- Julia Chauncy Stanton b. 11 Aug 1849
Frances Ann Stanton
F, b. 14 December 1812, d. after 1885
Frances Ann Stanton was born on 14 December 1812.. She was the daughter of George W. Stanton and Sally Morgan. Frances Ann Stanton died after 1885.
Her married name was Bruce.
Her married name was Bruce.
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Jane Maria Stanton
F, b. 6 August 1815
Jane Maria Stanton was born on 6 August 1815.. She was the daughter of George W. Stanton and Sally Morgan.
Her married name was Hollister.
Her married name was Hollister.
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Mary Louise Stanton
F, b. 14 August 1818, d. after 1885
Mary Louise Stanton was born on 14 August 1818 at Albany, NY.. She was the daughter of George W. Stanton and Sally Morgan. Mary Louise Stanton married David Richard Floyd Jones circa 1838. Mary Louise Stanton died after 1885.
As of circa 1838,her married name was Jones.
As of circa 1838,her married name was Jones.
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