A. STANTON

STANTON, COOKRIGHT

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 7/20/2009 at 18:25:43

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

A. STANTON, farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Livingston; born in Washington Co., Ohio, in 1819; during the year 1850, he came to Lee Co., Iowa, where he engaged in farming until the spring of 1852, when he came to this county, where he urchased a farm in Pleasant Tp.; and occupied it until 1865, and sold it and bought the farm he now occupies, consisting of 155 acres, valued at $25 per acre. Married Miss Lydia Cookright in 1840; she was born in Washington Co., Ohio, in 1821; died in this county in 1862, leaving eight children - Cornelius A., David A., Nancy E., Andrew P., Mary, Olive S., Julian S. and Della. MRs. Stanton was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. Mr. S. has held the offices of Township Assessor, Township Trustee, school offices, etc. His son David enlisted in the 36th Iowa V.I. in 1862; participated at Mark's Mill; captured and held prisoner at Tyler, Texas, for thirteen months; promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant; in several other battles and mustered out in 1865. Now a resident of Putnam Co., Mo.