Bio of Edwin Clark STACY (b.1815), Freeborn Co., MN USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Laurie Shaffer Dot423@aol.com STACY Family Edwin Clark Stacy is a native of Madison County, New York, born in the town of Hamilton, on the 6th of September 1815. His parents were Nathaniel and Susan (Clark) Stacy. His grandfather, Rufus Stacy, a native of Gloucester, Massachusetts, was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and at Cherry Valley, when it was ravaged and burned by the combined forces of the Tory, Butler, and the savage, Brant. Nathaniel Stacy, a Universalist minister was Chaplain of a regiment in 1814 and stationed at Sacket Harbor. He wrote the memoirs of his own life-a work of more than five hundred pages, published in 1850-and in it gives a pretty full account of the rise and progress of Universalism in the State of New York, a movement in which he was very prominent. The volume is written in an easy, familiar style, veined with humor, and is decidedly readable. The author died ten years ago. Edwin received an academic education at Hamilton, New York, and Erie Pennsylvania, when he was fourteen years old. He farmed more or less till he was of age; teaching winter school, and securing his education entirely with his own means. In 1836, he came westward to Ann Arbor, Michigan; read law a while with Miles & Wilson, of that place, and finished with a cousin Consider A. Stacy, at Tecumseh, Lewawee County. He was admitted to the bar at Adrain, in 1840, and in the autumn of that year returned to Warren County, Pennsylvania, practicing at Columbus and at Erie till 1856. He then came to Minnesota, and located at Geneva, where he was engaged in farming for four years. The year Mr. Stacy settled in this State he was appointed by Governor Gorman one of the commissions to organize Freeborn County, and was made its first Judge of Probate. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention. In 1860 Mr. Stacy removed to Albert Lea, the county seat, and when not in some county office, has been engaged in the practice of his profession and the real estate business. He does a good deal of collecting for commercial, agricultural, and other houses, being prompt and reliable man. Several years ago he served as County Auditor three terms, and County Superintendent of Schools one term. No man in Freeborn County is better known than Judge Stacy, the title he has been since Judge of Probate. He is among the leading men of the older class in the county, and greatly esteemed by all who know him. He has always affiliated with the Democratic party; has been quite active and prominent in county and district politics, and was the candidate of his party for Congress in 1876. He is an Odd- Fellow; holds the office of Noble Grand in the Albert Lea Lodge, and is a member of the Universalist Society. Judge Stacy was married on the 22d of February 1842 to Miss Elizabeth D. Heath, of Erie County, Pennsylvania, and of four children, the fruit of this union, two sons are living. Both are married, and reside in Albert Lea. Dorr is a member of the city police, and Day F. is a printer and surveyor. In August 1868 Nathaniel Stacy, father of Judge Stacy died. He had been a Mason for more than sixty years, and was buried with funeral rites in accordance with the landmarks of that ancient order. D. K. Stacy whose parents were among the early settler of this county, was born in Columbus, Warren County, Pennsylvania, on the 16th of November 1842. The family moved to Minnesota when he was fourteen years old; located first in Geneva, and in 1860 came to Albert Lea. In Feb 1862, D. K. enlisted in the Fifth Minnesota Vol. Inf., Co. C. He was on the frontier, and fought against Hole in the Day at the Crow Wing Agency, and was in several of the heavy engagements in the South, remaining in service until after the close of the war. He was promoted to the office of Captain, and received his discharge in October, 1865. Soon after, he was married to Miss Lelia G. Moon, a native of Rock County, Wisconsin. The union has been blessed with three children. It was Mr. Stacy who carried the first mail into the town of Geneva, taking it on his back. Taken from the History of Freeborn County, City of Albert Lea The History of Freeborn County 1882 The original print in 1882 by the Minnesota Historical Company, Minneapolis. This 1996 edition has been made possible by the Freeborn County Historical Society. Reproduced by Arrow Printing of Albert Lea. Looking for Stacy Family Laurie Shaffer