Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Stansifer, Simeon 1826 - 1902
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

COL. SIMEON STANSIFER.

   The late Simeon Stansifer, who for many years was the nestor of the
Bartholomew county bar, was born on January 22, 1826, in Covington, Kenton
county, Kentucky, and was the son of John and Sarah (Herod) Stansifer. The
paternal ancestors of Colonel Stansifer were natives of Germany, they emigrating
from that country to America at an early day and settling in Virginia, where
John Sansifer, the Colonel's father, was born in 1775. The subject's maternal
ancestors were Scotch and were among the early settlers of Virginia, where the
mother of the Colonel was born in 1799. Hon. William Herod, her brother, was a
member of congress from Indiana. John Sansifer, the father, left his native
state at an early date and emigrated to Kentucky, where he met and married his
wife.

    The early life of Colonel Stansifer was spent on his father's farm, while
his education was secured in the common and high schools. In the winter of
1845-6 he became a student in a private law school conducted by Judge Prior, at
Carrollton, Kentucky, subsequently completing his law course at the University
of Covington. He began the practice of law in 1848 in Covington and a year later
became a partner with John W. Menzier, under the firm name of Menzier &
Stansifer, which continued until 1851, in which year he came to Columbus,
Indiana. Here he formed a partnership with his uncle, the Hon. William Herod, a
law firm which soon took rank among the leading ones in this part of the state.
In 1862 he was appointed judge to fill an unexpired term, and presided over one
term of court. In 1863 President Lincoln appointed Colonel Stansifer provost
marshal, and that same year he received the appointment of commandant of Camp
Rendezvous, at Columbus, a position he held until 1865. The same year he was
appointed collector of internal revenue for what was then the third Indiana
district, which he held until his removal for political reasons the following
year. Resuming his law practice at Columbus in 1866 he continued it
uninterruptedly until his death, which occurred on February 18, 1902. A part of
the above period he was in partnership with F. Winter, and in 1885 the firm of
Stansifer & Baker was formed, Charles S. Baker being the junior member, thus
continuing until the Colonel's death.

   In 1850 Colonel Stansifer was married to Lizzie Finnell, of Frankfort,
Kentucky, a union which was blessed by the birth of several children.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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