[Vol 7, p 570]
... I was married on December 29, 1807, to Samuel Stanton, 3d, who was born October 15, 1807, and died March 21, 1889, after several years of failing health and partial helplessness, which he bore with cheerful resignation ; a gentleman of the old school, honest and upright, and one in whose heart there was no guile. ...
My husband was a charter member of Company Ten, First Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Artillery, a company formed of the sons of the first families in the town, handsomely equipped and well drilled in military tactics. Under command of J. Warren Stanton they took part in the exercises at the laying of the cornerstone of the Groton Monument and were greatly commended for their fine appearance. His father, John Stanton, Jr., born 1766 and died 1838, served as musician in Captain Yeoman's company in the attack on Stonington in 1814. ...
