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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #0792, Date of Import: Oct 24, 1998]

Obituary from Fort Scott Tribune, April 27, 1917

Death of John Stanley

Succumbed Last Night to Nephritis, After an Illness of Two Weeks--Funeral Sunday.

John Wesley Stanley of 1323 State street died at 3 o'clock this morning, after an illness of nephritis covering two weeks.

He was born in Delaware county, New York, July 30, 1835, making him 81 years of age. He has been a resident of this community for many years, having located four miles west of this city, on the Humboldt road, sometime in the fifties. For the past five years he has made his home with his son, John O. Stanley of this city.

Besides J.O. Stanley he is also survived by a son, Will, living at Fulton, and the following daughters: Mrs. Helen Boyd of Hiattville, Mrs. Carrie Brooks of Pomona, Mrs. May Shinder of Almartha, Mo., and Mrs. Emma Friend of this city. He also leaves two brothers--James Stanley of this city, and Will Stanley of Oregon, and one sister, Mrs. Peter Tiffany of this city.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at the Baptist church, conducted by Rev. Tolliver, and interment will be made in Evergreen cemetery.

From History of the State of Kansas - 1883 (REF 978.1 H629), p. 1090

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - MARMATON TOWNSHIP.

JOHN W. STANLEY, farmer, Section 21, is a native of New York; he was raised on a farm, and the first move he made was to Knox County, Ill., and while there he married Miss Caldwell. In 1867 he came to Kansas, buying eighty acres, giving $12.50 an acre. The first season he raised 43 bushels of wheat to the acre, and the next season a crop of corn that netted him $3,700, and the year of 1882 his corn will average 50 bushels to the acre. He is a farmer purely, not raising stock, illustrating the fact that a grain farm is a paying enterprise in Kansas. He has a family of four boys and four girls, all industrious. His son William, a lad of twelve plowed 100 acres of land this last year. Mr. Stanley has not been in public office, and in politics, he is a Republican.