Biographical Sketch of Josiah Stanley, Camden County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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Josiah Stanley, attorney at law and carpenter, of Climax Springs, Mo.,
is a native of Wayne County, Md., where he was born in 1841, being a 
son of Richard H. and Naomi (Beeson) Stanley, who were born in North
Carolina in 1808 and 1814, and died in Howard County, Ind., in 1858 and
1882, respectively.  They first moved from their native State to Wayne
county, but afterward located in Howard county in 1851, where the 
father followed his trade of carpentering, and where they reared their
family, which consisted of seven children, five now living: Nancy A.
(Kemp), Josiah, Lydia (Poole), Richard Henry and Melissa (Smith).
William died during the late war from the effects of a wound received
at the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Mary (Mrs. Gardner) died in
1878, having borne one child.  Josiah Stanley spent his early life in
Howard County, Ind., and at the early age of sixteen began the battle
of life for himself as a carpenter.  April 17, 1861, he enlisted in 
Company D, Sixth Indiana, three months troops, under Capt. Thomas J. 
Harrison, United States Army, but after receiving his discharge, in
August of that year he joined Company D, Thirty-ninth Regiment Indiana
Cavalry, of which company he was afterward made seargent.  He was pro-
moted to second lieutenant in April, 1862 and in May, 1864 became the
captain of his comopany, and was discharged on the 31st of December,
1864, at Savannah, Ga., having taken an active part in the battles of
Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Liberty Gap, Hoover's Gap,
Rousseau's raid in Alabama, Gen. McCook's raid in Georgia, Chattanooga,
Chickamauga, and was with Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea.  He was
wounded near Waynesboro, Ga., November 24, 1864, by a gunshot in the
right knee, which would still troubles him, and confines him to his
room for months at a time.  He was taken prisoner at Murfreesboro.  In
1865 he married Miss Sarah A. Brownfield, who was born in Indiana in
1844, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Boyd) Brownfield, both of whom 
were of Irish descent, and whose children's names are as follows:
William, Ellen and Sarah A. (Mrs. Stanley).  Eight of their nine 
children grew to maturity.  Mr. Stanley has served as notary public for
a number of years, and also as justice of the peace.  He is a Republi-
can, his first vote being cast for Grant in 1868, and is a member of 
the Masonic fraternity, the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R.  He and wife 
became the parents of one son, Albert Sherman, who died at the age of
twelve years.  They have reared two orphan children: William M. Brown-
field and Stanley Gardner.

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