I always wondered if this man could be related to my Warrick County Stantons - maybe an uncle, or an older cousin - who sent back word that this was a good place to live, and so that was why my people came to Warrick County.

I don't know if that is true, but I have learned more about him. Most of this information comes from Sharon Parrish, who is very generous with sharing her research.

Thomas Stanton was born in Ireland, according to the census sometime between 1775 and 1794. His wife was Comfort Conway, and she was born about 1796. It is thought that they were married in Ireland, and that they came over, first to Kentucky (probably Louisville), in about 1815.

There was a Thomas Stanton in Indiana who served in the War of 1812. There were Thomas Stantons in Kentucky in 1810 - two in Casey County (both in the 26-45 age group), one in Garrard (also 26-45) - but they don't seem to match. (Too many children, too soon.)

Thomas and Comfort were in Warrick County in time for the 1820 census. At that time they had 2 boys and 2 girls under 10, Thomas was in the 26-45 age range and Comfort in the 16-26.

The two boys were Greenbury W. Stanton, born about 1818 in Kentucky, and Jesse Conway Stanton. The girls (according to Jesse Stanton descendants) were twins, Eliza and Nancy, born between Greenbury and Jesse. Eliza is said to have married a John Littlejohn (some say he was with a circus) and moved to the south and died sometime during the Civil War. Nancy is said to have died in young womanhood.

Thomas died in 1823; Comfort married again and moved to Champaign County, Ohio (or moved to Champaign County and married again). The new husband was Daniel Hullinger. There are two Daniels in the 1830 census in Campaign Co, but one is 80-90 years old, so I imagine Daniel Hullinger junior is the one Comfort married. In 1830, Daniel's household consisted of 1 boy, 2 girls under 5; 1 boy, 2 girls aged 5-10; 2 boys, 1 girl aged 10-15; 1 boy 15-20; a woman (Comfort?) 20-30 and a man (presumably Daniel) 50-60. Daniel had also been married before, so the children on that census are a mixture of his, hers and theirs.

I didn't find Daniel in 1840, but he is on the 1850 census:

1850 Indiana, Shelby, Salem Twp p. 313
   Daniel Halinger 64 farmer Va
        Comfort Halinger 54 IR
        Eli 21 laborer Oh / Edwin 19 laborer Oh / Daniel 17 laborer Oh

Greenbury Stanton
. . . . . stayed in Ohio, in or near Champaign County, all his life. He married Delilah Miller and is in the 1840 census:

1840 Ohio Champaign Johnston
   p. 334 - G Stanton 00001 0001 (1male 20-30; 1f 15-20)

and in the 1850 census:

1850 Ohio Champaign Adams p. 407
Greenbury Stantin 28 m farmer Ky
      Delilah 28f
      Lewis 9
      Rebecca 4
      Mary Ann 1

In 1860 he is in Marion County:

1860 Ohio Marion Montgomery p. 304
Green Stanton 48 farmer Oh
      Delilah 43
      Lewis 20 farm laborer
      Isaac 18 farm laborer
      Rebecca 14
      William 10
      Jane 5
      Amanda 2

Lewis, by the way, married Louisa Hullinger, possibly a granddaughter of Daniel.

In 1870 and 1880, Greenbury was in Hardin County:

1870 Ohio Hardin Dudley p. 362b (Post Office Kenton)
Stanton, Greenbury 55 mw com. laborer Ky
      Delilah 48 keeping house Oh
      Jane 15 at home
      Sarah 4
1880 Ohio Hardin Taylor Creek 271c (from the LDS site)
Green B Stanton mw 61 Oh Ire Eng
      Delila wife 58 Oh Va Va
      Sarah B... (I messed up copying the name, but it's not Stanton) 14 Oh

Jesse Stanton
. . . . . has been more difficult to track down. He is in Marion County in 1860 near a young Daniel Hullinger.

1860 Ohio Marion Grand p. 297 (Post Office Marseilles)
line 11 Daniel Hullinger 27 m farmer Oh
           Julia 26 / Elizabeth 4 / Marion 9/12
line 27 Jesse Stanton 40m farmer
        Malinda 34 Oh
        Daniel 17 farmer OH
        William 14 Oh
        Green 14
        John 12
        Mary Ellen 10
        Euphemia 10
     Emmaline Toomire? 19
     Woses?? Pike 14 / Moses Pike 11

In 1870 there is a Jessey in Champaign County again, but not everyone agrees that he is the same person, although the vital staticstics fit.

1870 Ohio Champaign Adams 207b (Post Office St. Paris?)
Stanton, Jessey 49 mw grocer born Indiana, father foreign born
      he is living in the household of Nimrod Lefever, physician

In 1880 Jesse Stanton was living with Jacob Hinklin and wife Sarah in Decatur County, Iowa, Eden Township (Sarah was Jesse's daughter, he is listed as father-in-law to head of household Jacob Hinklin) (Sarah was married but she is listed in death records as Sarah Stanton and no one acknowledges that she married Jacob Hinklin, I have seen the record though and this census info confirms it - notes by Sharon Parrish).

1880 Iowa Decatur Eden p. 319a (from the LDS site)
Jacob Cinklin (sic) mw 40 Oh Pa Oh farmer
    Sarah 38 Oh IN Pa
    Minnie Hay other Ia Oh unk
Riley Hullinger other 15 Oh Oh Oh
Jesse Stanton father in law 59 In Ire Ky farmer

Jesse Stanton moved back to Starke County, IN sometime after 1880 to be near his sons. He died around 1887.

His two sons were Greenbury AUSTIN (b 1845 in Ohio) and Daniel H. born Sept. 13, 1842 Champaign, Ohio. They are in the 1880 census.

1880 Indiana Starke Washington p. 417a (this comes from the LDS 1880 census site)
      Austin Stanton wm 34 Oh Pa In farmer
           Elizabeth 45 Ind Ky Ky
           Emma F 10 Ia
           Mary E 9 Ia
Same page
      Daniel Stanton wm 37 Oh Pa In farmer
           Sarah J 33 Oh
           Ellen 15 Oh
           Thomas 12 Oh
           Florence 9 Ind
           Adela 7 Ind
           Dora 4 Ind
           Marvin 9m Ind

(This next information comes from Wanda Chance, who posted it on the Stanton Family GenForum web-site 29 Dec 2001)
Daniel H Stanton was at some time president of Hamlet State Bank.
He was married to Sarah J Hall.
Their children were:
    Victoria E (would this be Ellen?) - married Stephen D Tucker
    Thomas Franklin - married Bertha Kiser
    Florence R - married Walter Gibbs
    Della T (Adela?) - married Grant Macumber
    Dora - married Jasper Kiser
    Clyde - married Maggie Masterton
    Iva P - married Charles Sider
    P. Seaman - married Bertha Otto

And that is all I have on the Thomas-Stanton-from-1820 family.

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