Asa Stannard

STANNARD, NORRIS, COOK

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Date: 5/30/2002 at 21:37:08

Asa Stannard was born in Monroe county, New York, February 10, 1827, and is a son of John and Phoebe (Norris) Stannard. His father was born in Vermont, and his mother, in New York. He remained in his native county until twenty-six years of age, with the exception of a few years passed in Gates county attending the Starkey Seminary; then went to Orange county and engaged in farming two years. In the spring of 1855, he came to Butler county, Iowa, and entered 160 acres of land on section 17, Shell Rock township. Here he lived for nine years, and then settled on section 16, where he now owns 80 acres.
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Mr. Stannard has held the offices of township assessor and trustee. He was married in 1853, to Miss Cynthia Cook, who is a native of Oswego county, New York. Eight children have been born to them, of whom seven are now living – Carlon Asa, Miriam C., Calisto E., Melissa F., Ida Arvilla, Phares Cook and Lydia P.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 696-697