Name |
James STANTON |
Birth |
16 Jun 1779 |
Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Misc |
20 Apr 1840 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States [2] |
Correspondent to Quaker Annual Meeting |
- "James Stanton, Springborough, Warren, Ohio, for Springborough Monthly Meeting in place of John Garretson."
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Residence |
16 Oct 1850 |
Clear Creek Township, Warren, Ohio, United States [3] |
- James was a widower and lived in the home of his son William R. Stanton.
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Death |
3 Jan 1852 |
Clear Creek Township, Warren, Ohio, United States [4] |
Notes |
- James Stanton
(1779-1852) born of Quaker parents in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia; James and Ann Stanton of Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He was brother to John, b. Oct. 7, 1777; William, b. Nov. 16, 1782; Frederick, b. Feb 2, 1784; Mary, b. March 28, 1786 and Robert, b. July 17, 1788, whose births were recorded in the Blackwater Monthly Meeting records of Southside Virginia.
Stanton achieved considerable success in assisting the plight of Virginia's black population. He was well known as an abolitionist and member of The Society of Friends (Orthodox). In 1826 Stanton, at age 43, and his family moved to Warren County, Ohio and purchased a 114-acre farm in Clear Creek Township. The farm, known as Greenhill Farm, was a station on the Underground Railroad. The house is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. In 1828 Stanton he is a member of the society of Friends of Indiana Yearly Meeting, and that he attended at Mount Pleasant meeting house, with a committee on Indian concerns. “James was a ‘lay preacher’ in the Society of Friends and made many trips among the Indians of the Miami Valley and as far away as the Oklahoma Territory.
He married Ann Jones and they had a daughter Catherine Ann who was six years old when she and her family came here from Virginia in 1826”
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Person ID |
I9807 |
Watkins |
Last Modified |
27 Aug 2021 |
Father |
James STANTON, b. 5 Jun 1752, Southampton County, Virginia, British America d. 2 Mar 1815, Green, Summit, Ohio, United States (Age 62 years) |
Mother |
Ann BUTLER, b. 1753, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, British America d. 1815, Ohio, United States (Age 62 years) |
Marriage |
16 Nov 1776 |
Blackwater, Surry County, Virginia [1, 5] |
- "James Jr. ltm (liberated to marry) Ann Butler"
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Family ID |
F2188 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Ann JONES, b. 4 Jul 1783, North Carolina d. 22 May 1844, Springboro, Warren, Ohio, United States (Age 60 years) |
Marriage |
10 Dec 1817 |
Southhampton County, Virginia, United States [4, 6] |
Residence |
21 Feb 1826 |
Springboro, Warren, Ohio, United States [7] |
James, wife Ann, and children received on certificate from West Branch MM, Virginia |
Children |
| 1. William R. STANTON, b. 16 Oct 1818, Sussex County, Virginia, United States d. 20 Dec 1906, Penn, Cass, Michigan, United States (Age 88 years) |
| 2. Catherine Ann STANTON, b. 27 Jan 1820, Sussex County, Virginia, United States d. 15 Sep 1913, Clear Creek Township, Warren, Ohio, United States (Age 93 years) |
| 3. Deborah Jane STANTON, b. 1822, Clear Creek Township, Warren, Ohio, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| 4. Elizabeth M. STANTON |
| 5. Martha STANTON |
| 6. Robinson STANTON |
| 7. Benjamin C. STANTON |
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Family ID |
F3485 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
10 Oct 2023 |