Clarence Stanton

1882 - 1949
Indiana - Kentucky

Clarence Stanton was born 23 Feb 1882.

His mother died in 1897, when he was 15.  In 1900 (age 18), he was still living with his widowed father and 3 siblings:

1900 Warrick Ward 2, house 149 taken June 8, 1900 - 137 Division St
Stanton, Michael b. Aug 1841 age 58 widowed b Ire f b Ire m b Ire day laborer
        Flora daughter Apr 1880 20 single Ind Ire Ky
        Clarence Feb 1882 18
        Jonah Feb 1885 15 at school
        Pearl Mar 1889 11

In 1901, his father went to the Marion Soldier's Home, but I don't know what happened to the children.  Clarence would have been old enough to be on his own.

At one time I thought he might have joined the army during the oughts - his married brother Rufus did - I even found a military Clarence in Hawaii in 1910. But his death certificte says he did NOT serve in the armed forces.

In 1910-11, he married Mary Florence Sands Their children were:

John Edward Stanton b 1911 - d 1933
     "he was killed when he was either 16 or 18 (can't remember exactly) in a shooting accident. i think he tripped and shot himself."
Aletha Pearl Stanton b 17 Sep 1913 - d Jan 1994
      "Hi! guess what my dad told me last night. he said my grandmother, Aletha Stanton Roehm found out when she was 50 that her legal name was Martha Dewess! she then had it legally changed to aletha, but that is strange cause no one ever told her about it and she only found out when she was 50! just thought that was interesting!"
Martha Estelle Stanton b~ 1916.

The information in quotes comes from Clarence's great-granddaughter. When I last talked to her, she was in Med. School in Alabama. I think it's nice that both Clarence and Rufus had daughters named Aletha.

Clarence says (in the 1930 census) that his age at first marriage was 28, which would put the marriage date at 1910.  So if his daughter Aletha (b. 1913) was really Martha Deweese, then was she adopted?  And if Aletha's original legal name was Martha, it seems odd that the name would be taken away - and then given to the next child.  Just more genealogical confusion for us to mull over.

Clarence lived in Owensboro, Kentucky, just across the river from Warrick County.  Here he is in the next two censuses:

1920 - Kentucky - Daviess 21-37-8-55 - Owensboro, Precinct 1 - taken 14 Jan 1920
1605 W Fifth St
Stanton, Clarence, owner, mortgage-free, m w 37 married b. Ind, father b Ireland - mother-tongue Irish. mother b US, laborer, woodworker
      Florence wife fw 37 Ky Ky Ky
      John Edward son 8 Ky Ind Ky
      Aletha Pearl 6
      Martha Estelle 4

1930 Kentucky - Daviess - Owenboro, precinct 2 - ED30-2, SD10, Sheet 3b - Apr 4
1318 W First St - 64-72
Stanton, Clarence head owns house worth $2500, no radio, mw 48 married age 28 Ind N. Ire US - machinist at some Mill
        Florence wife fw 48 m28 Ky Ky Ky no occ given
        John E son mw18 s Ky Ind Ky salesman - door to door
        Pearl A daughter fw 15 s school Ky Ind Ky
        Martha J daughter fw15 (I assume I copied this wrong) s school Ky Ind Ky
Sands, Mattie mother-in-law fw74 Ky Ky Ky

I'm not sure when this photo, of Clarence, Florence, and sister Flora, was taken:

Sometime in the 1940s, Rufus and his wife (and her sister Maude) visited Clarence and Florence:

Clarence died in 1949 (Jan 16)

Certificate of Death - Commonwealth of Kentucky (not reproduced exactly) - state file 350
Clarence Stanton - b 23 Feb 1882 Boonville, Indiana - parents Michael Edward Stanton, Mary DeWeese
died Davies Co, KY - 16 Jan 1949 - age 66
usual residence: 1917 E 17th St Owensboro
usual occupation - machine man, lumber co
ever in armed forces? no - social security # - blank
informant Mrs Clarence Stanton
burial - 18 Jan 1949 - Rose Hill, Owensboro
----- Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Son John Edward had died in 1933, of an accidental gun-shot wound, as Clarence's great-grand-daughter thought. But he was married at the time.

Certificate of Death - Commonwealth of Kentucky (not reproduced exactly) - file #3555
John Edward Stanton - b 1 Dec 1911, Kentucky - parents Clarence Stanton, Mrs Florence Sands
m w married - wife Mrs Mary Stanton
died Davies Co - 12 Feb 1933 - age 21y - 2m - 10 d - "gun shot wound in abdomen by own hand accidental"
residence 1209 Circle Ave
occupation - worked in laundry
burial - 14 Feb 1933

Florence died in 1961(26 October).

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to father Michael (1845-1913) | mother Mary Polly Deweese

to siblings: John, Alice Belle, Michael jr , Rufus, Flora, Jonah, Pearl

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