- JOHN C. STANTON, farmer, Secs. 8 and 18; P.O. Janesville;
born in New York in 1838;
- came to Wisconsin in 1856, locating in La Prairie in 1868;
purchased a farm on Secs. 8 and 18, of 264 acres - his present
homestead. In 1867, married Nancy E. DUDLEY, a native of Massachusetts.
Had six children - Frank Leslie, born June, 1860 (died Jan. 5,
1862); Charles A., born March 16, 1862; George H., born May 5,
1863; Cora, May 1, 1866; Merton J., Feb. 20, 1873; Mervin M.,
Oct. 20, 1876. Mr. S. was Pathmaster for three years. Republican.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 839.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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