Joseph Henry Stanley

M, (23 May 1845 - 3 July 1929)

Father*Ansalem Stanley1 (13 Jul 1817 - 30 Oct 1905)
Mother*Phebe Cook (5 Apr 1823 - 17 Sep 1851)
Joseph Henry Stanley|b. 23 May 1845\nd. 3 Jul 1929|p2535.htm|Ansalem Stanley|b. 13 Jul 1817\nd. 30 Oct 1905|p2669.htm|Phebe Cook|b. 5 Apr 1823\nd. 17 Sep 1851|p2670.htm|Joseph Stanley|b. 19 Feb 1789\nd. 28 Mar 1830|p2686.htm|Abigail Cobbs|b. 28 Mar 1792\nd. 16 Oct 1873|p2687.htm|Eli Cook|b. 8 Dec 1794\nd. 30 Apr 1874|p2671.htm|Elizabeth Denny|b. 6 Jul 1801\nd. 15 Feb 1874|p2672.htm|

Charts Pedigree for Stanley Russell McKinney
Relationship 2nd great-grandfather of James Jay McKinney.
Last Edited 10 Jun 2005
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Note* Memories of Joe and Jennie Stanley by S. R. their grandson:
Lowell is where Grandfather Stanley, in the early days, had a mill where he ground flour[?], corn, that sort of thing. He lived there for a while in Lowell after he left the farm. Lowell is a little 'ol town on the Spring River, between Baxter Springs and Galena. That's a part of Cherokee County. It's in the southeast corner of Cherokee County. After that he rented the farm to my dad.

Mother's people were staunch Quakers. Grandpa Stanley and Grandma Stanley, they had this old time method of . . . I was staying there and each party at the breakfast table was supposed to read some scripture. Each one was supposed to go into silent prayer. Kind of a ritual. And I get ready to go to school, and meantime, the bacon and eggs was getting cold. And I . . . why they go through all of that . . . that's about all I remember. I kind of resented the ritual they went through, as a child. As a 13 year old.

[ What do you remember about your grandparents?] All I remember about them was that they were devout Quakers. We went there and had dinner and we'd go home. One thing, that kind of stands out. As a young guy, he was so religious, when we'd go to see him on Sunday, he'd burn the funny papers printed on Sunday. You couldn't watch Maggie and Jiggs, or Mott and Jeff in those old time comics, that we used to look forward to seeing. Out in the country we didn't have any newspaper. We got a weekly. The folks took the weekly Kansas City Star. Got a newspaper every week. You ever read the book Pollyanna? Ever heard of it? [Yes.] When I was kid Pollyanna was running in this weekly newspaper as a serial. Every week we looked forward to getting the paper to read the continued story of Pollyanna. I don't remember what it was all about now, but I remember the story. I don't remember the story about the girl. I don't remember much about it.

[What do you remember about their personalities?] Grandma Stanley, who was a Wheeler, she was very jovial. She'd like to cut up a little. One thing or another. But Grandpa he was an old grouch. He . . . I don't ever remember of him taking one of us kids and setting em on his lap. But little girls, yeah, he would put little girls on his lap. And of course, he'd telled us stories about him, being a little forgetful. [?] a tree in the apple orchard one time and sawed the limb off that he was sitting on. [When did he do that as a kid?] No. That's when he was a man. On the farm that Ern owns now. Then one time he was up on the barn. Doing some shingling or something, and I mean, he lost his foothold, and come sliding down off the roof. Hit dad in the back. He got hurt another time, some way or other. Had a little forgetfulness. I guess I have a little of that too. Of course he was . . . we kids didn't like him. He was too grouchy. [Too strict?] Yeah. Too strict. He had a little workshop out there. If we got into that, he'd "Get these kids out of here", and that sort of thing. It isn't that he wasn't a good man. But he was . . . we didn't like him. Because he didn't cater to us. We were something to put up with. I've never seen him display any affection for Grandma. Physically in any way. Never seen him put his arm around her. And I don't remember my dad kissing my mother. [Is that because that was the way it was back then?] I mean, I don't know, maybe that was the way it was. Lot of people didn't normally show affection for one another at that time. Her dad [that would be Nathan Wheeler] he was just the opposite. Most tender hearted old fellow you ever saw. And she telled me stories about him taking these kids up in their arms and reciting made up poetry that he'd make up himself to em. And all that sort of . . . just difference in personality. And everybody loved him. But Grandpa Stanley was respected but nobody liked him too well. He was a sharp business man.

[How did he make his living, from the farm?] Well he made money in this milling business, that I told you about, on the river, near Lowell. At this mill, prior to that I don't know. Then he had the farm out there it was a good farm. [You said he had rented the farm. . .] To my dad, yeah. Grandpa got the best of him. Far as I know, Grandpa Stanley didn't have any income to speak of. Maybe he had a little money squirreled away. But his main income was the rent off his farm. He had 160 acres and he would rent it. He used go out there in the woods and haul wood to town. To burn wood in the stove. I used to go to the wood and help him saw wood with a crosscut saw. He'd come down with a team and wagon . . . just the running [gears?] of a wagon no box on it. Saw the wood and lay the poles on the wagon. Haul them to town. Saw them up with a hand saw. Called it a buck saw.

But Grandma Stanley, she was jovial, very jovial. So were some of her people the Wheelers. For instance, Grandma . . . I was staying there when Morris was born. Well, I was old enough to know that my Mother was pregnant when I was going to school there. And [I] came home from high school one evening and Grandma Stanley says "Guess what happened down at your house today, Russel?" They had a telephone. Last night or whenever. I said, "what happened?" Says "they had twins out there." I supposed I turned red in the face and everything else. I don't know. I says, "so?" She says, "your Dad's old cow had twin calves last night." That's just an example of her wit. It embarrassed the hell out of me. That's kind of the way it was with Grandpa and Grandma Stanley., Principal=Phebe Jane Wheeler2 
(Witness) Photo 

Sons and daughter of Nathan Wheeler and Margaret (Millikan) Wheeler and their spouses
Top Row: John F. & Molly, Isaac C. & Sarah, Benjamin A. & Abigail
Bottom Rw L-R: Phebe & Joe Stanley, Cora & Samuel E., and Willis H. & Elma. Identified by James Martin presumedley on photograph. Photo owned by James Martin. , Principal=Nathan Wheeler, Principal=Margaret Millikan 
Birth*23 May 1845 Salem, Henry Co., IA3,4,5 
Census*27 September 1850 Salem Township, Henry Co., IA, A. STANLEY, (age:)33, M(ale), (occupation:) Cabinet Maker, (value of real estate:) $800, (birth place:) Ohio
Phebe ", (age:) 27, F(emale), (birth place:) (indicates Ohio)
Elizabeth A. ", (age:) 7, F(emale), (birth place:)Iowa, (attended school within year:) yes
Joseph H. ", (age:) 5, M(ale), (birth place:) (indicates Iowa)
Daniel W.", (age:) 3, M(ale), (birth place:) (indicates Iowa)
Mary ", (age:) 1, F(emale), (birth place:)(indicates Iowa)
6 
Census1856 Salem Township, Henry Co., IA, Absalem STANLEY
Elizabeth 15
Joseph 11
Daniel 9
Mary P. 77 
Residence*1 July 1868 Timber Hill Monthly Meeting, KS, Granted certificate from Salem Monthly Meeting to Timber Hill Monthly Meeting.8 
Marriage*4 August 1872 Wheeler genealogy gives August 3, 1872 as date., Principal=Phebe Jane Wheeler4,5 
Residenceafter 4 August 1872 Cherokee Co., KS, Moved to., Principal=Phebe Jane Wheeler5 
Note*9 February 1874 Cherokee Co., KS, Purchased from James A. and Janet O. Davidson the south west 1/4 of section number 3 in Township number 34 south of range 24 west of the 6th principle meridian in the state of Kansas 160 acres for $1600.00.9 
Residence*3 February 1919 722 West Maple, Columbus, Cherokee Co., KS, Notice stated that daughter died at home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stanley on this date., Principal=Phebe Jane Wheeler10 
Residenceafter 3 February 1919 2118 Pennsylvania Ave, Joplin, Jasper Co., MO, Obituary of Phebe says residence was at 2118 Pennsylvania Ave in Joplin, MO this is the same address mentioned in the 1925 J. H. Stanley will., Principal=Phebe Jane Wheeler11,12 
Will*22 December 1925 Joplin, Jasper Co., MO, Text of handwritten will on back of telegram paper: J.H.Stanley Joplin Mo Will of Joseph H. Stanley made this 24th day of December 1925 At Joplin Missouri. Be it known that on this day I make my will as follows that I Bequeath all my Personal Property and Real estate to My beloved wife Phebe Jane Stanley as long as She may live. (then crossed out - And at her death I will Arefa M. Stanley My Joplin Property Lot 83 She for? die? his second addition to the Town of Joplin Mo House No 2118 Pennsylvania Joplin Mo.) The balance of My Property to be equaly divided between the five children Eva M McKinley, Arefa M Stanley, Edgar N Stanley Bertha M Cox Maggie E Werner Signed Joseph H. Stanley11 
Death*3 July 1929 Joplin, Jasper Co., MO4 
Burial*after 3 July 1929 Timber Hill Cemetery AKA Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee Co., KS13 

Family

Phebe Jane Wheeler
Marriage*4 August 1872 Wheeler genealogy gives August 3, 1872 as date., Principal=Phebe Jane Wheeler4,5 
Children

Citations

  1. [S22] Unknown family info, Stanley Bible, Abstract of Concordence Bible of Joseph H. and Phebe J. Stanley (n.p.: n.pub., 11 April 1962); unknown present owner, unknown location, Pg. 340.
  2. [S46] Interview with unknown informant (unknown informant address). Unknown repository (unknown repository address).
  3. [S20] Ph.D. Alvin L. Anderson, Stanley and Allied Families (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1996), Pg. 340.
  4. [S22] Unknown family info, Stanley Bible, Abstract of Concordence Bible of Joseph H. and Phebe J. Stanley (n.p.: n.pub., 11 April 1962); unknown present owner, unknown location.
  5. [S1] Louise Horton, Genealogy of the Wheeler - Millikan and Allied Families (n.p.: n.pub., 1970).
  6. [S119] 1850 US Federal Census: Iowa, Henry Co., Salem Township, Division Two, Page 26, Dwelling 1143, Family 1143.
  7. [S272] Unknown household, unknown record type, unknown location, unknown record info, unknown repository unknown repository address, 1856 Iowa State Census, Henry Co., Salem Twp. per transcription in GEDCOM of Richard F.Denney.
  8. [S21] Thomas Worth Marshall, and Dr.Harlow Lindley William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973), Iowa, pg. 163.
  9. [S29] Unknown name of person, J.H. Stanley Land Record. Book E. Page 587. unknown file number, unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  10. [S26] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Funeral Notice"; Funeral Notice of Flora Alice Stanley., Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  11. [S27] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Stanley, J.H. Will"; Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  12. [S25] Unknown article title, Unknown Newspaper-Clipping Only, unknown location, August 4 1933. Joplin newspaper?
  13. [S35] Don Ford, Cemetery Inscriptions Cherokee County, Kansas (n.p.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988), pg.348.