Stanton, Edwin W. 'Ted' 1848-1938

STANTON, WILKES, COON, ANDERSON, HOUSE, MUNGER, ALBRECHT, STEMMER, GOSSMAN, MAYVILLE, BECKER, BARTHELL, BANDOW, LEIBROCK, WOLF, DOWNIE, FROELICH, DUNN, MOSER, MITCHEL, PALMER, ECKERT, MCLANE, ROWELL, MINS, WOOD, FOX, PAULSON, HOUG, MATHEWS

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 7/4/2015 at 19:52:54

E.W. Stanton, Elkader's last Civil War veteran, was given to the grave here last Sunday, following short services at the home and befitting services in the congregational church and the East Side cemetery.

Edwin Wilkes Stanton was born June 23, 1848, at No. 19, Buck St. Birmingham, England, the son of Henry Clair and Rhoda H. (Wilkes) Stanton. He died at his home here last Friday afternoon, April 1, at 1:40, at the age of 89 years, nine months and eight days.

E.W. Stanton, or "Ted" as he was familiarly known to his many friends here in Elkader, came to America with his parents at the age of one year. They came on the ship Aberdeen and were eight weeks on the ocean. They settled at Poynette, Wis., and were living there when President Lincoln issued his last call for volunteers for the Civil war. With his mother, Ted walked to Madison, Wis., from Poynett. As he was not of age, he had to have the consent of his parents to enlist.

The records show that he enlisted on the 15th of February, 1865, in the Third Regiment of Wisconsin Infantry, to serve one year, but the war ended and he was honorably discharged on the 15th day of May, the same year, in Madison.

The following year he came to Elkader to visit his sister, Mrs. Wm. House, and liked the place so well that he concluded to make this his home. He worked as a cooper in a shop that was located just north of the present Ford garage. From there the shop was moved to the east side near the old creamery and the present pumping station, the there he continued to work until the shop was closed down, due to the fact that creameries started to use machine-made tubs.

He was the first janitor of the State Bank building, worked on the streets and at other forms of manual labor.

He was a member of Elkader Lodge, No. 72, A.F. & A.M., for more than 50 years, being the proud possessor of a 50-year certificate from that order, and he was also a charter member of the local Eastern Star order.

On June 9, 1873, he was united in marriage to Mary Elizabeth Coon. She preceded him in death on April 18, 1918*. Three children were born to this union, namely, Miss Ella Stanton, at home; Mrs. A.N. Anderson of West Union, and one son, Merle, who died Nov. 24, 1888. Besides the two daughters, he is survived by four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Mr. Stanton was one of the pioneers of Elkader, who saw the town grow from a few scattered houses and low one-story buildings to its present size, and while he was never forward in his actions he was interested in his home town and its development.

Following the services by the Rev. N.O. Bartholomew in the church, the Masons paid their final tribute to a departed brother, in charge of Dr. H.D. Brown, as Master, and at the grave a group of Legionnaires fired a salute and sounded taps for a military burial. The flag, which had been draped over the casket, was presented to Miss Ella Stanton by Clarence Moser of Strawberry Point, commander of the local drum and bugle corps.

Honorary casket-bearers, with but one exception, were 50-year Masons, namely, M.E. Munger, A.B Albrecht, J.C. Stemmer, L.F. Gossman, Len Mayville and J.F. Becker. Active casket-bearers were Lyle Barthell, E.C. Bandow, L.L. Leibrock, Don C. Wolf, J.W. Downie and Roy Froelich.

Relatives and friends from a distance who had come to attend the services included the following: Mr. and Mrs. A.N. Anderson and daughter Ana E., Mr. and Mrs. Clair Anderson of West Union; Mr. and Mrs. Millard Anderson of Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Anderson of Clermont; Mrs. Ella Dunn of Dubuque; Mr. and Mrs. Alden Moser, Mr. and Mrs. Oral Mitchel, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Palmer, Charles Palmer, Mrs. Ruth Eckert, all of Waukon; L.F. McLane, Strawberry Point; Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Rowell, Edgewood; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mins, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Anderson and two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Anderson, all of Clermont; John A. Wood, the Fox brothers, Ole Paulson and Mr. and Mrs. Houg of West Union, and Mrs. Ina Mathews of Farmersburg.

Card of Thanks
We take this opportunity to thank our friends and neighbors for the kindly acts and expressions of sympathy during the illness and at the burial of our beloved father.
Ella Stanton, Mrs. A.N. Anderson and family.

~Clayton County Register, Wednesday afternoon, April 6, 1938 (included the photo, although it didn't reproduce well in microfilm)

*Mary Elizabeth (Coon) Stanton died in 1917, not 1918 -see her obit which has been posted on this board

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