John Stanton

1870 - 1933
Indiana - West Virginia

The first child of Michael and Mary Polly Deweese Stanton, John was born 5 Jan 1870. Presumably he was named after the brother who died in the Civil War. He was with Michael in the1870 and 1880 census.

1870 Indiana, Warrick p. 449b l 23 (419-423)
Stanton, Michael 24 mw farmer 100 Ireland
        Mary P 20 Ky
        John 5/12 Ind (Jany)

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

At some point he moved to West Virginia and our family memories say he died there in 1932 (actually it was 1933).  I think this is him on the 1900 census:

1900 West Virginia - Ming - Harvey, Dist 89 - SD3, ED89, Sheet 6b - 4 June
Stanton, John boarder mw Jan 1870 30 Ind Ireland Ky coal miner
- Emily Creston’s boarding house

In 1901, John married Daisy Powers:

Register of marriages - from the West Virginia Archives and History site:
(Scroll down to Births, Deaths and Marriages database, choose one and search)
1901 Sept 18 - Red Star - John Stanton, Daisy E Powers - his age 29, hers 20 - both residing Fayette Co, WV - his parents Mike and Polly, her parents RG and Martha - his occupation miner

I haven't found birth records for their children, but from the census and other documents, it would seem they had four:

Elmo (a girl) born somewhere between 1898 and 1902
Austin (actually John Austin) born 29 Dec 1902 (from a marriage certificate)
Elva (a girl) born 28 Aug 1904
Ethel born 21 Oct 1908
All of the children were born in West Virginia.

Here is that 1910 census for West Virginia. 

1910 - West Virginia - Raleigh Co - Roll 1695, Bk 2 - Prosperity - 11 / 12 SD 5, ED 179, Sheet 16a - taken 2 May 1910 - 55 Cranberry 272-272 - line 46
Stanton, John head mw 39 m1 9 Ind Ire Ky miner, coal
           Daisy wife fw 28 m1 9 WV Va Va
           Elmo dau fw 8s
           Austin son mw 7s
           Elva dau fw 5s
           Ethel dau fw 3 all children WV Ind WV

In 1913, his father, Michael Stanton, died, and John was listed in his (Michael's) obit as living in West Virginia.

In 1919, there is another marriage for him (from the same WV site):

Raleigh County - Beckley - 1919 Nov 18
John Stanton - Louisa Maggie Cooper
John born Warrick Co, Ind, age 49, residence Scarborough, WV
Louisa born Kanawha Co, WV, age 40, residence Eccles EV

In 1920, he is with his new wife and a whole bunch more children:

1920 West Virginia Fayette Fayetteville Dist, Scarbro Twon - SD367 ED22 sheet 21
72-72 Staunton, John 41 WV Wv WV coal mine
                 Maggie 42
                 Denis 14 / Ethel 13 / Earl 12 / Russel 10 / Virginia 9 / Dallas 8 / Goldia 6
Denis and Earl are probably Maggie’s children, Ethel is John's - the others could be either Maggie’s or John and Daisy’s (since I don’t know when Daisy died).
1920 - West Virginia - Raleigh Co - Eccles 47 - ED170 - 4 - 43
           Staunton, Austin lodger mw 19s WV Ind WV tracklayer - coal mine
1920 West Virginia - Fayette - Kincaid SD6 ED28 sheet 221 (82)
     Fisher F Ezra 28 WV WV WV
         Elmo 20 WV
        Thelma 1
    Stanton, Elva 16 - sister in law

In 1926, he married yet another time:

Register of Marriages p. 160 (WV Archives site):
1926 July 12 - Fayette County
John Stanton - Mae Nugent
John aged 56, born Indiana, parents Mike and Margarit, widower
Mae, aged 37, born Charleston, WV, parents William and Nana, divorced

I don’t know what happened to Mae, but in 1930, he was living alone again, and was listed as a widower:

1930 WV Wyoming Slabfork SD11 ED53-11 sheet 18b
320-328 Harden James D . . .
             Stanton, John, boarder 60 wd, married first time age 31 - Ind Ire Ire - miner coal
The older children
1930 West Virginia Raleigh Trap Hill ED40-28 SD11 Sheet 5a (225) April 7
    66-68 Baker, Pete 35s WV Ky Ky - mechanic garage
              Fisher, Elovar wd -might be "common" wife?- 32wd WV WV WV
              Fisher, Jessie son 7
              Stanton, Austin brother in law 28 waterman coal mine
1930 WV Raleigh, Town
     223-225 Jones, Dewy B (indexed Percy) 32 m age 24 Wv Wv Wv coal miner
                              Elva P 24 m age 16 WV Ind WV
                              D Wilbur 5 / Norma I 3 / Nola E 1
Of the younger children, I only found Dallas - and he was listed twice:
1930 WV Raleigh Trap Hill - SD11 ED41-28 sheet 12 a
193-199 Stone, Cardner F 30 m age 23 Oh Ky KY loader coal mine
                 Stella E 23 m age 16 Va Tn Va
                 Jerome F 5 / Robert L 3 2/12 - WV Oh Wv
             Graham, Cleo P 2/12 daughter - Wv Wv Wv
             Stanton, Dallas brother 19 - no occ - WV WV WV
I don't know who Dallas is the brother OF, since the names AND birthplaces are different. I wonder if Stella E is another name Ethel tried out?
1930 WV Raleigh Trap Hill - SD11 ED41-29 sheet 7a
         Calbaugh, Teat 47 / Ella 39 / Martha H 19
         Stanton, Dallas boarder 19 Wv WV Wv miner

He died on 23 Dec 1933 in Fayette Co, WV. His death certificate is also available at the WV Archives site. It says he was born 5 Jan 1870 in Indiana, that he was a widower, that his occupation had been fire boss in mines. The informant was his son-in-law, Dewey Jones.

About his children (death and marriage certificates available for some of them on the WV site):
Elmo born about 1900, seems to have had a complicated history.
          lived with parents in 1910, lived with Ezra Fisher in 1920, lived with Pete Baker in 1930
          married Peet Arnold on 5 Dec 1931
John Austin born 29 Dec 1902
         lived with parents in 1910, was a boarder in 1920, lived with sister Elmo in 1930
         married Carrie Lee Brizendine on 11 March 1946
         married Florence Reed on 3 Nov 1956
         died in June 1979
Elva Pearl born 28 Aug 1904
         lived with parents in 1910, lived with sister in 1920, lived with husband in 1930
         married Dewey Boone Jones on 3 Aug 1925
         died 28 Jan 1950; Dewey died 30 May 1950
Ethel born 21 Oct 1908 - changed name to Kathleen
          lived with parents in 1910, lived with father and step-mother in 1920
          not found in census afterwards (unless she is Stella in 1930)
          worked in Maryland, but moved back and forth to WV
          m William Mills
          died 29 Sept 1979
                  buried Trinity Gardens Cemetery, Waldorf MD
          NOTE (Jan 2012): I have been in touch with a descendant of Ethel’s. He says she changed her name to Kathleen (and who could blame her!) - and he gave me the other information about her - I personally had found no trace of her after 1910.

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