Flora Stanton

1880 - 1934
Indiana

Flora Stanton was born 26 April 1880. She is with her parents on the 1880 census:

1880 Indiana, Warrick - Boon Twp - taken 14 June 1880 - p. 189 line 18 house 214 -
Stanton, Michael mw 37 farmer Ireland Ireland Ireland
        Mary P 26 Ky Ky Ky
        John 10 farmer
        Alice B 8
        Michael 6
        Flora 2/12 Apr

Here is a picture of a fairly young Flora, with her two sisters:

And here are the other pictures we have of her:

This is not the most flattering picture in the world, but she does look like a Stanton -
and like a woman of character.   

It's difficult to get a good look at her in this one, but this is what we've got.

And this is the last we have of her, with brother Clarence and sister-in-law Florence.

Her mother died in 1897, when she was 17.  She was with father Michael and the three youngest children in 1900:

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, father Michael went to the Marion Soldier's Home - and I'm not sure what happened to the children.  Flora got married in about 1902, and perhaps the children - young Pearl at least - lived with her???

She was married twice, first to Teddy Kindor or Kinder, and then to Steve Miller. I haven't found her (or Teddy Kinder) in the 1910 census. (There is a Theodore Kandor in Evansville in 1910 - 2nd wd, p. 140b - but the image is unreadable.)

Presumably she was divorced before 1913 from Teddy. (In 1913, in Michael's obit, she is referred to as "Miss Flora Stanton." She would have been 33 then.) At any rate, she was married to Steve Miller in time for the 1920 census:

1920 Indiana Vigo Harrison Twp - 7th Wd Terre Haute -SD 5, ED 162, Sheet 3a - 3 Jan
1708 N 13th St -
Miller, Stephen head r 39 m b. at sea, f m b. England - miner, coal
          Flora wife 39 m Ind Ire France!
(There was a Theodore Kinder in Evansville in 1920, age 37 - in 3rd Ward Evansville, Pigeon Twp p. 75a - with wife Sarah J 28 from Scotland)

By 1930 Flora and Steve were back in the old Stanton stamping grounds:

1930 Indiana Vanderburgh Evansville Pigeon Twp - ED82-24, SD12, Sheet 9b - Apr 9
1510? W Louisana St - 201-201
Miller Stephen head rents $22/mo mw50 m 21 at first marriage Eng Eng Eng - English - year of immigration 1880, naturalized - miner in coal mine
        Flora wife fw49 m at age 22 Ind Ind Ind no occ

Flora died in 1934.

Boonville Enquirer, Boonville, Indiana. December 7, 1934. p. 3 bottom right.
Mrs Stephan Miller, 53, Fifth avenue and Allen's lane, Evansville, died at 10:10 o'clock Sunday morning at her home. Surviving, in addition to the husband, are three brothers, Clarence Stanton of Owensboro, Ky., Rufus Stanton of Detroit, and Jone Stanton of Boonville, and a sister, Mrs. Omar Polk of Boonville.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the home. Burial was in Locust Hill cemetery.

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

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