L. M. STANLEY

STANLEY

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/20/2020 at 13:37:34

L. M. STANLEY, breeder and dealer in thoroughbred stock, has been identified with the interests of Adams county since 1871. He is a native of Ohio, born in Columbiana county, January 17, 1845, and is a son of Moses and Hannah (Gruwell) Stanley, natives of Ohio, of English ancestry.

In 1853 the family emigrated to Iowa and settled in Johnson county, where the father engaged in farming. Mrs. Stanley was a daughter of Timothy and Ann (Pinnick) Gruwell, who were of French descent. She died in Johnson county, Iowa, in April, 1858, at the age of thirty-two years. She was the mother of seven children, four of whom survive: L. M., the subject of this notice; W. G., L. E. and J. S. In 1860 Mr. Stanley removed to Mahaska county, Iowa, for the purpose of giving his children better educational advantages. They resided there until 1864, when they moved to Warren county, Iowa. In 1881 they went to Chase county, Kansas, and the father still resides there.

Our subject was eight years of age when his parents removed to Iowa. His early education was obtained in the district schools, and completed at the S_____Seminary at Indianola, Iowa. At the age of eighteen years he began to teach school, and followed this calling for eight terms. He was married January 19, 1870, to Miss Rebecca Maxwell, a native of Illinois, and a daughter of Alfred and Lydia (Hayworth) Maxwell, of English birth. May 6, 1872, Mr. Stanley and wife arrived in Adams county and settled on 240 acres of wild land in Grant township. Their labors have been rewarded, as they now own one of the finest farms in the community, but it has been no light task to reduce it all to cultivation and make the necessary improvements. In 1886 Mr. Stanley took charge of the office of county Auditor, to which he had been elected in the fall of 1885. In 1887 he was re-elected to the office, serving the whole four years with great credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the public. In 1887 he purchased the home he now occupies. It is situated in the suburbs of Corning, and he is devoting his whole attention to the breeding of short-horn cattle and Poland-China hogs. His herd of cattle are as fine as can be found in southwestern Iowa.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley are the parents of five children: Carl W., Claud M., Arthur, Maude, who died at the age of nine months, and Harry M. They were both reared in the Society of Friends, but are now acceptable members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Stanley is a member of King Arthur Lodge, No. 344, K. P. Politically he is independent, but he is an ardent supporter of the temperance cause.