Robert was the fifth child of Gen. Henry and Alexandrine Macomb Stanton. Born and raised at Fort Hamilton, he was baptised at St. John's Episcopal "Church of the Generals",with Capt.Robert E. Lee as his Godfather. The latter was an engineer at Fort Hamilton and had served on the vestry with General Stanton. His Godson was named after him prior to his becoming the highly regarded Gen. R.E. Lee, of the Confederacy.
By 1880, Robert had brought his widowed mother and her widowed sister, Catherine Macomb Mason, to Grosse Ile and was farming on the land originally purchased from the Pottawattamie Indians by his mother's Macomb Grandfathers. In 1889 he married Grace Mary Newman on Grosse Ile; she is buried with him. They had three children, Madeleine, Ernest and Henry Francis. The latter is buried at Woodmere with his wife, Kathleen Pittman Stanton.
Robert Lee's much loved copy of the 1891 "Thomas Stanton of Connecticut" ,inherited by my husband, has detached covers, threadbare binding, and tiny strips of yellowed newspapers used by him to bookmark the pages of his family. This, along with his smaller and more intact "Macomb Family Record", 1917, formed the foundation for my Stanton/Macomb research.
P.S.: 07/27/12: This original Thomas Stanton book was rebound as was the Macomb book in 2011 so future generations might use them. Alas, the bookbinder had to remove the papers used by R.E. Stanton to mark the pages he used in order to do the work.
The photo with the obelisk, is of Scotten, Newman and Stanton grave markers.
By 1880, Robert had brought his widowed mother and her widowed sister, Catherine Macomb Mason, to Grosse Ile and was farming on the land originally purchased from the Pottawattamie Indians by his mother's Macomb Grandfathers. In 1889 he married Grace Mary Newman on Grosse Ile; she is buried with him. They had three children, Madeleine, Ernest and Henry Francis. The latter is buried at Woodmere with his wife, Kathleen Pittman Stanton.
Robert Lee's much loved copy of the 1891 "Thomas Stanton of Connecticut" ,inherited by my husband, has detached covers, threadbare binding, and tiny strips of yellowed newspapers used by him to bookmark the pages of his family. This, along with his smaller and more intact "Macomb Family Record", 1917, formed the foundation for my Stanton/Macomb research.
P.S.: 07/27/12: This original Thomas Stanton book was rebound as was the Macomb book in 2011 so future generations might use them. Alas, the bookbinder had to remove the papers used by R.E. Stanton to mark the pages he used in order to do the work.
The photo with the obelisk, is of Scotten, Newman and Stanton grave markers.
Robert was the fifth child of Gen. Henry and Alexandrine Macomb Stanton. Born and raised at Fort Hamilton, he was baptised at St. John's Episcopal "Church of the Generals",with Capt.Robert E. Lee as his Godfather. The latter was an engineer at Fort Hamilton and had served on the vestry with General Stanton. His Godson was named after him prior to his becoming the highly regarded Gen. R.E. Lee, of the Confederacy.
By 1880, Robert had brought his widowed mother and her widowed sister, Catherine Macomb Mason, to Grosse Ile and was farming on the land originally purchased from the Pottawattamie Indians by his mother's Macomb Grandfathers. In 1889 he married Grace Mary Newman on Grosse Ile; she is buried with him. They had three children, Madeleine, Ernest and Henry Francis. The latter is buried at Woodmere with his wife, Kathleen Pittman Stanton.
Robert Lee's much loved copy of the 1891 "Thomas Stanton of Connecticut" ,inherited by my husband, has detached covers, threadbare binding, and tiny strips of yellowed newspapers used by him to bookmark the pages of his family. This, along with his smaller and more intact "Macomb Family Record", 1917, formed the foundation for my Stanton/Macomb research.
P.S.: 07/27/12: This original Thomas Stanton book was rebound as was the Macomb book in 2011 so future generations might use them. Alas, the bookbinder had to remove the papers used by R.E. Stanton to mark the pages he used in order to do the work.
The photo with the obelisk, is of Scotten, Newman and Stanton grave markers.
By 1880, Robert had brought his widowed mother and her widowed sister, Catherine Macomb Mason, to Grosse Ile and was farming on the land originally purchased from the Pottawattamie Indians by his mother's Macomb Grandfathers. In 1889 he married Grace Mary Newman on Grosse Ile; she is buried with him. They had three children, Madeleine, Ernest and Henry Francis. The latter is buried at Woodmere with his wife, Kathleen Pittman Stanton.
Robert Lee's much loved copy of the 1891 "Thomas Stanton of Connecticut" ,inherited by my husband, has detached covers, threadbare binding, and tiny strips of yellowed newspapers used by him to bookmark the pages of his family. This, along with his smaller and more intact "Macomb Family Record", 1917, formed the foundation for my Stanton/Macomb research.
P.S.: 07/27/12: This original Thomas Stanton book was rebound as was the Macomb book in 2011 so future generations might use them. Alas, the bookbinder had to remove the papers used by R.E. Stanton to mark the pages he used in order to do the work.
The photo with the obelisk, is of Scotten, Newman and Stanton grave markers.
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