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     Abigail Stanton was the daughter of Judge Joshua Stanton. Abigail died.
     Her married name was Lee.

     Polly Stanton was the daughter of Elijah Stanton.
     Her married name was Vosburgh.

     Sally was born at Salisbury, Conn. She was the daughter of Elijah Stanton. She married Josiah Hubbard in 1800. Sally died in 1866.
     As of 1800,her married name was Hubbard.

     Esther Stanton was the daughter of Elijah Stanton.
     Her married name was Munson. Her married name was Vosburgh.

     Harriet Stanton was the daughter of Elijah Stanton.
     Her married name was Vosburgh. Her married name was Hall.

     Betsey Stanton was the daughter of Elijah Stanton. Betsey died on 14.

     Joshua was born at Salisbury, Conn, in 1780. He was the son of Elijah Stanton.

     Richard was born in 1780. He was the son of Elijah Stanton. He married Julia Hollister on 1 July 1807. Richard died in 1813 Died on the way to Illinois..
     Richard's occupation: shoe and harnessmaker. He resided in 1813.

     Julia was born on 16 July 1785. She married Richard Pearce Stanton on 1 July 1807. She married John Pool after 1837. Julia died on 8 August 1877 Sick but three days..
     As of 1 July 1807,her married name was Stanton. As of after 1837,her married name was Pool.

     He married Sally Stanton in 1800.
     Josiah's occupation: sheriff.

     Jonas Galusha was the son of Jacob Galusha.
     Governor of Vermont, twice.

     Henry was born in 1779. He was the son of David Stanton and Olivia Galusha. He married Eliza Keyes at Hartford, Conn, on 2 December 1817. He married Alexandrine Macomb on 12 February 1834. Henry died on 1 August 1856.
     Henry served in the military in 1812. He received a military promotion on 29 June 1813. He received a military promotion in July 1813. He received a military promotion in 1814. He received a military promotion on 13 May 1820. He received a military promotion at Florida in 1836. He received a military promotion at Washington, DC, in 1838. He received a military promotion on 1 January 1847. He was an Episcopalian.

     Lydia Stanton was the daughter of David Stanton and Olivia Galusha.

     Elijah was born on 22 December 1783. He was the son of David Stanton and Olivia Galusha. He married Nancy Barnett on 13 September 1810. Elijah died on 12 September 1862.
     He was a farmer, a Universalist, and a Democrat.

     Olivia was born on 22 February 1786. She was the daughter of David Stanton and Olivia Galusha. She married Luther Moore on 17 January 1808. Olivia died on 17 February 1825.
     As of 17 January 1808,her married name was Moore.

     Stephen Stanton was the daughter of David Stanton and Olivia Galusha. Stephen died Unmarried..
     She made a will at Troy, Ny, on 17 June 1818. Was in the lumber businesss in Burlington, VT. Stephen's occupation: Stanton & SouthwickLumber dealers. at Troy, Ny, in 1818.

     Amos Prentice was the son of John Prentice and Elizabeth Cliff.

     Sally Prentice was the daughter of John Prentice and Elizabeth Cliff.

     Frederick Prentice was the son of John Prentice and Elizabeth Cliff.

     John Prentice was the son of John Prentice and Elizabeth Cliff.

     Charlotte Prentice was the daughter of John Prentice and Elizabeth Cliff.

     Betsy Cliff Prentice was the daughter of John Prentice and Elizabeth Cliff. She married James C. Lord in 1838.
     As of 1838,her married name was Lord.

     William C. Prentice was the son of John Prentice and Elizabeth Cliff.

     Frances Prentice was the daughter of John Prentice and Elizabeth Cliff.

     Caroline Prentice was the daughter of John Prentice and Elizabeth Cliff.

     He married Betsy Cliff Prentice in 1838.

     Rufus was born at Preston, New London, CT, on 13 October 1801. He was the son of Rufus Prentice and Sarah Stanton. He married Weltha Starkweather on 7 August 1823. Rufus died circa 1869 At the residence of his son, Col. Clarence Prentice. at Near Louisville, Ky.
     Mr. Prentice was a Kentuckian by adoption and a "Yankee" by nativity. His parents were comparatively poor, but his fondness for learning was early evinced, and he graduated at Brown University, Providence, RI, in 1823, just as he had attained his majority. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar, but was driven to literature for the obtainment of present needs, and in 1828 he took charge of the New England Review, where he quickly attracted attention by his tersse, incisive and epigrammatic style. Two years later he left the charge of the Review to John Greenleaf Whittier, the sweet poet, "Who sang the chains of slavery away," amd went ot Kentucky to write the life of Henry Clay. "Old Harry of the West" was then the price of the Whig party, and its bright particular star. The leaders of his party had chosen him as their candidate for President, and Mr. Prentice, being an ardent admirer of Mr. Clay, began the biography for the laudable purpose of showing the American public the greatness of the man. In November of 1830, Mr. Prentice went to Louisville to take charge of the Journal, a newspaper which had been started by Whigs especially for him, and quickly he was in the foremost focal fires of the political battles of those days, and hand to hand with Shadrock Penn, the editor of the Louisville Advertiser, the ablest journalist then in the west. It was expected by Penn's partisans that he would overwhelm the youngster at once, but he iddn't. They fought like giants for eleven years, and at last Penn yielded before the stining shafts of Prentice's satire, wit, sarcasm, irony, and logic. Prentice became famous throughout the land, and Penn retired to St. Louis. Then Prentice wrote of him one of the most graceful, touching, grand and beautiful things that ever appeared editorially in the columns of a newspaper. By excessive writing Mr. Prentice brought upon himself, in 1840, an affliction called "writer's paralysis." He tried to write lefthanded, but failed; he attempted to write with both hands, and would wrap his pen or pencil with bandages to enlrage it, indeed, all sorts of remedies, methods and contrivances were resorted to in order to overcome the difficulty, but none were satisfactory - the typewriter of today (1891) would have been a blessing - so he employed an amanuensis thenseforward, tough he could, little at a time, manage, with both hands, to write a few sentences when imperative necessity demanded. In dictating to his amanuensis he usually walked the floor, or say toying with a kitten or something else, and spoke as though he were talking to himself, and his voice, which grew in his later years to be piping, had a nasal twang. He always puntuated his matter while dictating, and it was amusing to hearhim call between his stop, "comma," "semi-colon," "full-stop," etc., as the sense of the matter required. When the sentiment of secession began to grow in the South Mr. Prentice was a strong Unionist, though both of his sons, his only children, Courtland and Clarence, went into the Confederate Army. Courtland was killed early in the struggle, at Augusta, KY., and Clarence, who lived near Louisville several years after the war, was killed by being thrown from a buggy. George D. PRentice, Clarence's son, is a lawyer in California. His mother was a Hungarian lady of noble lineage, and he is the only living descendant of the great poet and wit. Despite the fact that Mr. Prentice was one of the hardest political fighters, and said such bitter and cutting things that they made him many enemies, he never allowed his political feelings to affect his personal likes or dislikes. He deeply admired Horace Greeley, who for many years was his bitterest political enemy. Once, when Mr. Greeley came ot Louisville to lecture, Mr. Prentice occupied a seat on the stage near the speaker and listened attentively to every word that fell from the old philosopher's lips. Mr. Greeley afterward called upon Prentice at his editorialrooms, and was received by the poet and wit with every manisfestation of pleasure and hospitality. Shortly afterward Mr. Prentice wrote for the NY Ledger his poem beginning "I send three, Greeley, words of cheer, Tho bravest, truest, best of men, For I have marked thy strong career As traced by thy own sturdy pen." Sometimes it is said by those who knew but little of the man that he wrote verses simply for recreation, and that he estimated lightly all poetry. The truth is that he was peculiarly of a poetic temperament, and wrote poetry because he loved it. Yet he used, oten, to advise others not to bother about it, saying: "It is the most unmarketable article in all the booths of Vanity Fair." This, however, it is thought, he did only in the cases of those who he felt could never produce creditable poetry; for 'tis certain that he was patron and encourager of numberless poets and poetesses, many of whom became famous, among them the sweetsinger "Amelia," and Sallie M. Bryan, who is now MRs. J. J. Piatt. Besides these he used to doctor up and make pressentable the halt and lame and limping verses of many who rode a ring-boned and spavined Pegasus. Concerning Prentice's greatest poem, which is one of the finest in the language, a strange story is told. It is said that one New Year's Eve, somewhere alongin the 50's, the carriers of the Journal came into the editor's room, complaining bitterly that they had no "Carrier's address" for the next morning. This was a serious matter to them, for in those days this annual poem was a rich perquisite to the boys, and the dimes and dollars which came to them from the patrons of the paper for the "Address" had much to do with making each carrier's New Year a happy one. Mr. Prentice knew this, and, prompted by that warm kindliness which was ever a distinguishing trait of his remarkable character, he at once determined to help the youngsters, and so, to some one present, he said: "Please write for me and I will dictate a "Carrier's Address'". The result was the "Closing Year," the grand poem which begins: "Tis midnight's holy hour - and silence now, Is brooding like a gentle spirit o'er The still and pulseless world." Mr. Prentice was peculiarly a happy person in the days of his youth and strong manhood, and wit and humor were the strongest pillars in his temple of fame. He compiled a book for his own paragraphs, which was called "Prenticeana." In the preface of his book he excuses himself for the volume by saying that as others were inclined to make the compilation he preferred doing it himself, as some one else might not be so careful in the elimination of matter calculated to hurt the feelings of persons with whom he was then on terms of friendship, acquired subsequent to the time when the painful paragrphs were written. There is a sort of general idea that Mr. Prentice was "a bad man with a gun," a duelist, and all that. Nothing could be more errroneous. The fact is he never fought a duel, but was sometimes, from the nature of his business, forced to personal and sudden encounters. He once said that he was naturally a timid man, but that he knew when he went to Kentucky he would find it necessary to "show fight" to keep from having fights, and per consequence he made a great many successful "bluffs." He was frequently challanged to duels, but always made fun of the belligerent messages. Once he wrote his challenger that it only took one fool to send a challenge while it took two to fight, and he didn't wish to be classed in the category. Although Mr. Prentice had remarkable command of the language he nearly always used the smallest and most commonplace words in writing; nevertheless he frequently consulted the dictionary. On once occasion when he found that valuable tome had been stolen from the editorial room he forthwith directed that another be suplied immediately, remarking at the same time, "Any one who would attempt to edit a newspaper without an unabridged dictionary is a shamless egotist." In 1868, Henry Watterson, became editor and part owner of the Journal, and Mr. Prentice, who had then grown prematurely old and feeble, did very little work. In the course of six months the Journal was consolidated with the Courier and became what is now known as the Courier-Journal. About a year afterward Mr .Prentice died at the residence of his son, Col. Clarence Prentice, a ew miles below Louisville on the Ohio River. He was a powerful editor and the most brilliant paragrapher of the age - indeed, the first one of any note. His wit was bright and sparkling, his satire keen, his eloquence grand, his poetry beautiful, his logic unanswerable. A deep thinker, a profound reasoner, genial, hopeful, humane, and, therefore, sometimes erring, he had the best of friends, the bitterest enemies, and he was, all in all, a great and gifted man - a genius.

     George was born at Preston, New London, CT, on 18 December 1801. He was the son of Rufus Prentice and Sarah Stanton. He married Harriet Benham on 7 August 1823. George died on 22 January 1870 at Near Louisville, Ky.

     Harriet Benham was the daughter of (?) Benham. She married George Denison Prentice on 7 August 1823.
     As of 7 August 1823,her married name was Prentice.

     Courtland Prentice was the son of George Denison Prentice and Harriet Benham.

     Clarence Prentice was the son of George Denison Prentice and Harriet Benham.

     Ada Benham was the daughter of (?) Benham. She married Lord Fairfax at Louisville, Ky, in 1855. Ada died in 1888 at Washington, Dc.
     As of 1855,her married name was Fairfax.

     He married Ada Benham at Louisville, Ky, in 1855.

     She married Rufus Prentice on 7 August 1823.
     As of 7 August 1823,her married name was Prentice.

     Laura Prentice was the daughter of Rufus Prentice and Weltha Starkweather.

     Harriet Prentice was the daughter of Rufus Prentice and Weltha Starkweather.

     John was born at Montgomery Co., Ny. He was the son of John Warren Stanton.
     Moved to Iowa and served in the Iowa Legislature.

     Henry Stanton was the son of John Warren Stanton.

     Rev. Amasa Stanton was the son of John Warren Stanton.

     Elkanah Stanton was the son of John Warren Stanton.

     Smith was born at Charlestown, Ny, in 1821.¹ He was the son of John Warren Stanton. Smith died at Charlestown, Ny.

     Dennis Stanton was the son of John Warren Stanton.

     Jane Stanton was the daughter of John Warren Stanton.

     Irving Stanton was the son of Rev. Amasa Stanton.
     Went from New York to Illinois.

     John was born at Little Falls, Ny, on 13 February 1807. He was the son of Daniel Stanton and Dorcas Corbin. He married Maria Herriman on 21 September 1831.
     He resided. He resided. He resided at Copenhagen, Ny, in 1891. He was a farmer.

     Freeman was born at Deerfield, Ny, on 18 March 1809. He was the son of Daniel Stanton and Dorcas Corbin. He married Mary Esselstyn on 10 January 1832.
     He was ordained a deacon in 1836. He was ordained a deacon in 1838. Freeman was elected in 1856. Freeman was elected in 1860. He resided at Rochester, Ny, in 1891. He was a Methodist minister. He served at Cape Vincent, Le Roy, Sandy Creek, Turin, Cape Vincent, Green, Wyoming, PA., Kingston, PA., Skinner's Eddy, PA., Binghamton, NY., Owego, NY., Green, NY., Fairfield, NY., Romne, Camden, Watertown, Pulaski, Liverpool, Cazenovia, NEwark, Camillus, Nelson, Clockville, and Kirkville. He was presiding elder of these districts: Watertown, Adams, and Syracuse.

     Elijah was born at Russia, Ny, on 29 May 1811.¹ He was the son of Daniel Stanton and Dorcas Corbin. He married Margurette Cruikshank on 19 October 1834.¹ He married Nancy Cruikshank on 1 December 1839.¹ He married Augusta Gilchrist.¹
     He resided in 1891.

     Lyman was born at Russia, NY, on 21 July 1814. He was the son of Daniel Stanton and Dorcas Corbin. He married Jemima Topping on 16 October 1836. He married Emily Cottrell on 24 December 1844. Lyman died on 24 November 1870.

     Louisa was born at Russia, Ny, on 16 October 1818. She was the daughter of Daniel Stanton and Dorcas Corbin. She married Benjamin Merriman on 12 February 1837. Louisa died on 13 February 1887.
     As of 12 February 1837,her married name was Merriman. She resided. She resided. She resided in 1880.