John M. Stanley

    John M. Stanley was born in this township (Grant) October 8, 1845, and is a son of Cyrus and Amanda (McConnell) Stanley, the former a native of Ohio, the latter of Indiana, who settled in this township in 1845, where the father died March 25, 1873; the mother is yet living on the homestead. John M. Stanley attended what was known as the "Perigo" School, and obtained an ordinary education.

    January 13, 1875, he married Miss Josie, daughter of D. K. and Mary Slife, a native of Indiana, to which marriage succeeded two children -Edith M. and Gertrude. In 1871, Mr. Stanley built on his portion of the homestead, and now has 120 acres under good cultivation. He is an ardent Republican ,and cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Stanley is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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