First published on September 17, 2016.
To research Jehial Stanton, I started with the documents and information I already had about him. Amazingly, I have two news clippings that mention him. The first is a small clipping about his birthday:
From this clipping I jotted down the following information with the hopes of cross referencing it to other information from other sources as well as finding new avenues of research:
- Name is only written as J. Stanton (his name varies wildly from source to source)
- Lived on 917 LeClaire St, Davenport (IA) with his daughter Sarah Jane Husted
- Born on the 4th of July
- Been in Iowa/Illinois since 1850
- “Well known…” may mean that he shows up in biographies, histories and diaries of people in the area.
- Blind
The second clipping that mentions Jehial is from Sarah Jane Husted’s Obituary.
Here’s the information I wrote down from this obituary:
- Daughter Sarah J. was born in Loville, Louis County, NY Aug 7, 1848
- Moved to Rock Island (IL) in 1850
- Name is listed as Jehral Stanton
- Wife’s name is Rebecca Stanton
- Stayed in Rock Island at least until Sarah was out of school
- Sarah is a member of the Old Settlers Association of Rock Island County so he might be too
- Has a son Frank A. Stanton who at the time live in Kansas City
- Possibly has a nephew Edward Remer in Davenport, IA
- Rev. H.B. Cox presided over Sarah’s funeral, might have information on the family in his diary
Again this is just the tip of the ice berg of information I have about Jehial. I know that some of this information might not be correct but hopefully I can corroborate these articles with census information.
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