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(VIRS.S.T. STANTON, 



COL. N. B. STANTON. 



Among those whose names appear upon the pages of our 

 county history, none have a better record of an honest, indus- 

 trious life than the subject of this sketch. Colonel N. B. 

 Stanton, son of Deacon Amasa Stanton and Dimmis Brown, 

 was born in Charleston, Montgomery Co., N. Y., Jan. 29, 1814 

 He was the oldest of a family of seven children, all of whom 

 save the colonel were born in Hornby, his brother George 

 being the first boy born in Hornby. The colonel's grandfather 

 was a native of Connecticut, and hence his ancestors were in 

 America before the Revolutionary war, and undoubtedly were 

 of English origin. 



The colonel's father was also a native of Connecticut, and 

 one of the early pioneers of this county, and settled in Hornby 

 in 1816. He cut the road through from Painted Post to his 

 home in Hornby. He married Dimmis Brown, a native of 

 Connecticut, who was born in 1795, and emigrated to Mont- 

 gomery County ; married about 1813, and settled in Hornby in 

 1816. Amasa died in 1842, and she died Sept. 13, 1878, in 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., and was buried in Hornby, at her request. 

 The colonel came from one of the best pioneer families of the 

 county. He was reared to industry and sobriety, and in youth 

 imbibed those principles so earnestly maintained by his devoted 

 parents. He was reared a farmer, which honorable occupation he 

 successfully followed. He purchased his present farm about 1840, 

 and since has added thereto, until now the family have two hun- 

 dred and seventy-five acres. He has made nearly all the im- 

 provements on his farm, chopping and clearing the same. His 

 farm was always in a good state of cultivation, and he was con- 

 sidered one of the leading farmers in the town or county. He 

 married Samantha Tracy, daughter of Deacon John and Polly 



Stanton Tracy, of Charleston, Montgomery Co., N. Y., Sept. 12, 

 1841. Mrs. Colonel Stanton was born July 6, 1824. The 

 Tracys originally came from Connecticut, and settled in Mont- 

 gomery County. 



Of this happy union of Colonel and Mrs. Stanton nine 

 children have been born, eight of whom are living, namely : Au- 

 gustus W., Esther, Olive A. (who died at the age of seven), J, 

 Amasa, Ophelia R., Frank P., Adelia, Charles A., and Elmer B. 



In politics Colonel Stanton affiliated with the Republican 

 party from its organization, having previously been a Whig. 

 During the war he was very active in raising troops; was 

 supervisor for some eight years during the war. He held 

 various offices of trust in the town, to the general satisfaction of 

 his constituents. In 1870 he was elected vice-president of the 

 Agricultural Society, and in 1876 was chosen president of the 

 same. In his official position he won the respect and confidence 

 of a host of friends, and to him more than any other person is 

 due the increased interest and membership. Colonel Stanton 

 was identified with the State militia of his county, and has held 

 the various military positions from private to colonel. Colonel 

 Stanton was a man highly respected by all who knew him, and 

 by his kind, genial disposition won the esteem of his neighbors. 

 As a man, he was courteous and obliging ; as a husband, kind 

 and true ; as a father, tender and affectionate ; as a son and 

 brother, loving and sincere. Ho came to a sudden death, April 

 16, 1878, by accidentally falling into a well. He left a good 

 name as the priceless legacy to his widow and children. He 

 left his family in good circumstances. At the time of his death 

 he had lived longer in town than any other man. He was a 

 temperance man. 



