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- H. Jordan L Stanley1836 -
m. 1858
Facts and Events
References
- ↑ William Henry Perrin. History of Stark County Ohio, with an Outline Sketch of Ohio. (Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street, Chicago,Illinois, 1881)
page 1010. - ↑ United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
age 44.
- ↑ William Henry Perrin. History of Stark County Ohio, with an Outline Sketch of Ohio. (Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street, Chicago,Illinois, 1881)
page 654.
- ↑ United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
ED#159; page 461A; sheet: 26; ancestry image: 29.
- ↑ United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
ED#159; page 461A; sheet: 26; ancestry image: 29.
- ↑ William Henry Perrin. History of Stark County Ohio, with an Outline Sketch of Ohio. (Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street, Chicago,Illinois, 1881)
page 1010.
- ↑ both parents born in Ohio
- ↑ they have one child listed, Ida, a daughter by a previous wife to Jordan.They are living next door to Nancy's parents
- ↑ "Jordan L. Stanley Farmer and schoolteacher; P. O. Freeburg. Near thebeginning of the 19th century Joshua Stanley, grandfather of the subjectof this sketch, left his home in Fairfax County, Virginia, and removedwith his wife and family to Columbiana County settling in ButlerTownship, where his son, John H., was born; the latter married SarahWoolman, daughter of Abner Woolman, who came to Ohio from New Jerseyabout 1808 and settled in Smith Township then Columbiana County but nowof Mahoning on land he had entered several years previous. John H. hadseven children: his son Joshua W. was Superintendent of the Census in1880 For the Eighth Ohio District. Jordan L. and other son, and subjectof this sketch, was born September 25, 1836, in Butler Township,Columbiana County. He was raised on his father's farm, receiving andeducation in the schools of Butler Township, and also in Salem, underProf. Holbrook. During the years 1856 and 1857, he read law under AsaBattin, Esq., of Salem. After being admitted to practice, he located atCanfield and while a resident of that place, served as one of the CountySchool Examiners of Mahoning County for four years. He was married, May6, 1858, to Nancy Meese, daughter of Daniel Meese, one of the earlysettlers of Washington Township: in 1864, they settled south of Freeburgon a small farm of 31 acres, living there until the fall of 1875, whenthey removed to his present farm, purchasing 102 acres from Jacob Kern.He has since sold part of this, and now owns 50 acres. In November,1866, he was elected Justice of the Peace for Washington Township, andafterword really elected for three successive terms, serving altogethertwelve years. He has also been chosen Township Assessor for severalterms, and took the Census of Washington Township during the summer of1880. During the past 20 years, he has taught school each winter, andis frequently chosen as a jury man on important cases which come upbefore trial at Canton. He was foreman of the jury which was impaneledwhere the case of the state of Ohio vs. Joseph Klein. His first wifedied April 27, 1876, leaving one child, Miss Ida M. Stanley. Seemarried a second time to Miss Nannie Powell, daughter of Levi Powell."
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