Rev Henry B. Stanley (1826-1917) - Find a Grave Memorial

Rev Henry B. Stanley

Birth

12 Mar 1826

Campbell County, Tennessee, USA

Death

11 Jan 1917 (aged 90)

Circleville, Jackson County, Kansas, USA

Burial

Circleville Cemetery

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Rev. Henry Stanly is the son of Page S. Stanley & Winniford Bash.

The Holton Recorder, February 8, 1917
Rev. Henry Stanley, the pioneer preacher of Circleville, Kan., transferred to the church triumphant on Jan. 11, 1917. His life began in Campbell county, Tenn., on March 12, 1826, and reached nearly across the century. When a lad of seven years he moved to Putnam County, Indiana, and remained about eight years, when he felt the call of the west and came to Buffalo, Dallas County, Mo., in 1841. Here he began homemaking for himself, and in 1846 was united in marriage to Miss Sally Ann Campbell. To this union were born five children, Rev. Stanley of White Hall, Mont.; Laura E. Hart, of Westmoreland, Kan.; Alice Chamberlin of Colorado Springs, Colo.; J. G. Stanley of San Diego, Calif,., and William B. Stanley, of Salt Lake City, Utah, who died July 28, 1907. In 1849 they moved to Knoxville, Ray County, Mo., where he was converted … in 1854 … licensed to preach in 1858 in the M. E. church South. In the spring of 1859 he came to Jackson county and established his home near Circleville. In 1866 (sp) his wife died and left him to care for his family. On December 8, 1872, he was married to Luticia Baxter, of Circleville, Kan., to whom were born six children, Bessie and May Rudy of Soldier; Allen C., who died Aug. 12, 1895; Henry F. Stanley of White Hall, Mont., and Maude and Lulu, who are still at home. His last wife walked by his side for twenty-eight years and shared his joys and sorrows, but on April 6, 1910 laid down the burdens of life …. While his early life was spent in the south, yet he was loyal to his principles and came to Kansas to help make it a free state. He enlisted among the Kansas lads and went to prevent Price from invading Kansas; but was taken prisoner in the encounter, but later escaped when his captors were so pressed by the Union ranks that the prisoners were abandoned. He was compelled to walk home, footsore and weary and without pay and was then considered by some a southern sympathizer …. He was the oldest member of the Circleville church, having joined near its beginning ….