A member of the Donner/Reed Party.
Charles Stanton was one of ten children, a son of Isaac Stanton, raised in New York. As a young man he moved to Chicago to make his fortune. In early March, 1846, he turned 35 and he headed to St. Louis in search of adventure. He joined with the Donner/Reed party.
Charles Stanton had reached safety once, when he rode ahead with William McCutchen to Sutter's Fort for supplies. Although he had no relatives or close obvious friends, he returned, accompanied by the guides Luis & Salvador, with seven mules loaded with provisions for the camp.
In mid-December, Stanton attempted to lead a party, known as "The Forlorn Hope", over the mountains on snowshoes. On the morning of the sixth day, December 21, he was suffering from snow-blindness and he lingered by the campfire smoking his pipe. One of the women asked if he was coming and he responded that he would join them later. He did not come into camp that evening and they never saw him again. His body was discovered later by the rescue parties and identified by his clothing and his pistol. Some of his personal effects were recovered and sent to his family in New York.
siblings of Charles Tyler Stanton
Caleb Smith Stanton (1799-1872)
Lucretia Stanton (1801-1875)
Elizabeth Stanton (1804-1893)
Isaac Stanton (1806-1841)
Sidney H. Stanton (1809-1890)
Phillip Van Ransola Stanton (1815-1816)
Alemena D. Stanton (1818-1886)
Charles Stanton was one of ten children, a son of Isaac Stanton, raised in New York. As a young man he moved to Chicago to make his fortune. In early March, 1846, he turned 35 and he headed to St. Louis in search of adventure. He joined with the Donner/Reed party.
Charles Stanton had reached safety once, when he rode ahead with William McCutchen to Sutter's Fort for supplies. Although he had no relatives or close obvious friends, he returned, accompanied by the guides Luis & Salvador, with seven mules loaded with provisions for the camp.
In mid-December, Stanton attempted to lead a party, known as "The Forlorn Hope", over the mountains on snowshoes. On the morning of the sixth day, December 21, he was suffering from snow-blindness and he lingered by the campfire smoking his pipe. One of the women asked if he was coming and he responded that he would join them later. He did not come into camp that evening and they never saw him again. His body was discovered later by the rescue parties and identified by his clothing and his pistol. Some of his personal effects were recovered and sent to his family in New York.
siblings of Charles Tyler Stanton
Caleb Smith Stanton (1799-1872)
Lucretia Stanton (1801-1875)
Elizabeth Stanton (1804-1893)
Isaac Stanton (1806-1841)
Sidney H. Stanton (1809-1890)
Phillip Van Ransola Stanton (1815-1816)
Alemena D. Stanton (1818-1886)
A member of the Donner/Reed Party.
Charles Stanton was one of ten children, a son of Isaac Stanton, raised in New York. As a young man he moved to Chicago to make his fortune. In early March, 1846, he turned 35 and he headed to St. Louis in search of adventure. He joined with the Donner/Reed party.
Charles Stanton had reached safety once, when he rode ahead with William McCutchen to Sutter's Fort for supplies. Although he had no relatives or close obvious friends, he returned, accompanied by the guides Luis & Salvador, with seven mules loaded with provisions for the camp.
In mid-December, Stanton attempted to lead a party, known as "The Forlorn Hope", over the mountains on snowshoes. On the morning of the sixth day, December 21, he was suffering from snow-blindness and he lingered by the campfire smoking his pipe. One of the women asked if he was coming and he responded that he would join them later. He did not come into camp that evening and they never saw him again. His body was discovered later by the rescue parties and identified by his clothing and his pistol. Some of his personal effects were recovered and sent to his family in New York.
siblings of Charles Tyler Stanton
Caleb Smith Stanton (1799-1872)
Lucretia Stanton (1801-1875)
Elizabeth Stanton (1804-1893)
Isaac Stanton (1806-1841)
Sidney H. Stanton (1809-1890)
Phillip Van Ransola Stanton (1815-1816)
Alemena D. Stanton (1818-1886)
Charles Stanton was one of ten children, a son of Isaac Stanton, raised in New York. As a young man he moved to Chicago to make his fortune. In early March, 1846, he turned 35 and he headed to St. Louis in search of adventure. He joined with the Donner/Reed party.
Charles Stanton had reached safety once, when he rode ahead with William McCutchen to Sutter's Fort for supplies. Although he had no relatives or close obvious friends, he returned, accompanied by the guides Luis & Salvador, with seven mules loaded with provisions for the camp.
In mid-December, Stanton attempted to lead a party, known as "The Forlorn Hope", over the mountains on snowshoes. On the morning of the sixth day, December 21, he was suffering from snow-blindness and he lingered by the campfire smoking his pipe. One of the women asked if he was coming and he responded that he would join them later. He did not come into camp that evening and they never saw him again. His body was discovered later by the rescue parties and identified by his clothing and his pistol. Some of his personal effects were recovered and sent to his family in New York.
siblings of Charles Tyler Stanton
Caleb Smith Stanton (1799-1872)
Lucretia Stanton (1801-1875)
Elizabeth Stanton (1804-1893)
Isaac Stanton (1806-1841)
Sidney H. Stanton (1809-1890)
Phillip Van Ransola Stanton (1815-1816)
Alemena D. Stanton (1818-1886)
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