Biography of: Needham Stanley  McCracken County, Kentucky

Source; Biographical Sketches from, "Kentucky, History of the State"
Main Author; William Henry Perrin 1887
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Submitted by: Vera Burnham vburnham@metrocast.net
Date: April 17, 2002
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Needham Stanley, deceased was a native of North Carolina and was born in
1812. In 1832, being then just grown to manhood, he removed to Kentucky and
located in McCracken County, wherein after years he became an important
farmer. Mr. Stanley was a man of more than ordinary ability, both mentally
and physically; was thoroughly read in both common law and medicine, but
devoted his time exclusivly to the industries of the farm. He succeeded far
beyond the average farmer, which was due to his physical energy and
remarkable will-power. In common with the mass of southern planters, he lost
heavily by the results of the civil war, yet at his decease left an estate 
of several hundred acres of land, together with other extensive possessions. 
He was for many years a deacon in the Baptist Church, in the faith of which
he died in April, 1870. His wife, to whom he was married in McCracken County,
was a Miss Margaret Ratcliffe. She is a native of Virginia and a sister of
George Ratcliffe, the present sheriff of McCracken County. Mr Stanley reared
a family of twelve children, all living except one, and noted for their
strong physical development and sterling qualities. Their names are as
follows; Lucy, wife of A. Williams; Robert, William; Ann,(deceased) wife of
E. Fitrell; Rebecca, wife of Exum Futrell; Richard P., deputy sherrif of
McCracken County; Jennie, wife of George W. Lee; Ellen, wife of Robert A.
Burgess; Fannie, George and Charles Stanley.