Samuel Stanfield

    Samuel Stanfield, son of John and Catherine (Cox) Stanfield, was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, in 1831, and was engaged on the home farm until 1865, when he came to this township and purchased a farm of eighty acres. this farm is highly cultivated and devoted to general crops and to stock-raising. At the house, there is a well 204 feet deep, with a wind pump that supplies an abundance of water for the stock and for general purposes. Mr. Stanfield served for one hundred days in the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. On his return, he was married, in 1870, to Mary H., daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Laughlin. Mr. Stanfield takes an active interest in politics and is a highly respected citizen.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.