Lapeer-Oakland County MI Archives Biographies.....Stanton, William 1816 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

WILLIAM STANTON was a Christmas gift to his parents, having made his advent in
the home circle December 25, 1816, his parents being at the time residents in
Bedfordshire, England. His father was William Stanton, a native of
Northamptonshire, England, and his mother Sarah (Hall) Stanton, was born in
Bedfordshire, England; both lived and died in their native land, the mother
being nearly ninety years of age before her decease. The family was rich only in
children and in kindly family feeling; there were nine little ones, and of these
our subject alone lives now in America. He was the second child in order of
birth and was denied all school privileges, his boyish strength being taxed as
soon as he had any muscular power at all. He cut loose from the home circle at
the age of fourteen, when he began the work of self-support and was employed as
a common laborer. In those unhappy days he traveled over all parts of England
looking for work, and assures the writer that he has walked sixty miles a day
many a time.

  Our subject has all his life been a hard worker. At twenty-nine years of age
he took upon himself the duties and responsibilities of married life, his wife
being Charlotte Taft, a native of Bedfordshire, England. She was born January
19, 1820 and died in 1849. They were the parents of three children, two of whom
are now living-John and William. John married Mary Newman and resides in Clinton
County. William is still a single man and lives at home.

  In August, 1865 our subject again married, his bride being Lucretia Gettess, a
native of Canada; she was born May 7, 1825. Our subject came to America in 1849,
proceeding directly to Michigan. He was at that time very poor and on arriving
in Lapeer County was not only without funds but $190 in debt. For ten years he
made his home in Oakland Country and worked out for others, being principally
engaged in ditching. He there bought a quarter of an acre of land and upon it
built a house which served as home.

  The original of our sketch came to Lapeer County some twenty-seven years ago
and settled upon his present farm. It was at the time nothing-more than a
wilderness and this period has been spent in placing upon it the improvements
that it now bears. He is now the owner of eighty acres of land, sixty acres of
which is in a good state of improvement and all being done by his own hard
labor. The work has been tedious but success has crowned his efforts and he is
now in the possession of a competency that enables him to live comfortably. He
has done more hard work than generally falls to the lot of man and by his own
deprivation of advantages, appreciates the lack and has tried to supply it to
his children. Himself liberal in his religious belief, Mrs. Stanton is a member
of the Baptist Church, He is a Republican in politics. Although seventy-six
years of age, he is still hale and hearty and works every day, his health
doubtless being due to the fact that he has always been a steady and moral man.


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892

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