USMA Class of 1842. Cullum No. 1155.
The son of General Henry Stanton and Eliza Keyes, he graduated from West Point July 1, 1842, 45th in his class. As 2nd Lieut., 1st Dragoons he saw duty on the frontier at Forts Gibson, Leavenworth & Towson and in the War with Mexico in 1846. In 1847, he was 1st Lieut., 1st Dragoons, and served in Calif., Oregon, Kansas and Missouri until, in 1854, he was made Capt. and stationed at Fort Fillmore.
St. John's Church ("The Church of the General's") at Fort Hamilton, NY was the site of his baptism in 1836 and of his marriage to Sarah Macomb, March 18, 1851, the sister of his step-mother. Sarah was a daughter of Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb, General-in-Chief of the U.S.Army 1828-1841.
Capt. Stanton was killed in a skirmish with Mescalaros in the Sacramento Mts. His remains were taken to Fort Fillmore Feb. 3, 1855 where he, and two of his men, were buried with military honors. Fort Stanton, NM was named in his honor. About 1866 he was removed to Fort Selden and subsequently reinterred at Fort Leavenworth.
His widow, Sarah Macomb Stanton, married John Charles Devereux Williams at St. John's Church on April 27, 1859. She died in Detroit in 1880 and John died there in 1894. There were no children by either marriage.
The son of General Henry Stanton and Eliza Keyes, he graduated from West Point July 1, 1842, 45th in his class. As 2nd Lieut., 1st Dragoons he saw duty on the frontier at Forts Gibson, Leavenworth & Towson and in the War with Mexico in 1846. In 1847, he was 1st Lieut., 1st Dragoons, and served in Calif., Oregon, Kansas and Missouri until, in 1854, he was made Capt. and stationed at Fort Fillmore.
St. John's Church ("The Church of the General's") at Fort Hamilton, NY was the site of his baptism in 1836 and of his marriage to Sarah Macomb, March 18, 1851, the sister of his step-mother. Sarah was a daughter of Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb, General-in-Chief of the U.S.Army 1828-1841.
Capt. Stanton was killed in a skirmish with Mescalaros in the Sacramento Mts. His remains were taken to Fort Fillmore Feb. 3, 1855 where he, and two of his men, were buried with military honors. Fort Stanton, NM was named in his honor. About 1866 he was removed to Fort Selden and subsequently reinterred at Fort Leavenworth.
His widow, Sarah Macomb Stanton, married John Charles Devereux Williams at St. John's Church on April 27, 1859. She died in Detroit in 1880 and John died there in 1894. There were no children by either marriage.
USMA Class of 1842. Cullum No. 1155.
The son of General Henry Stanton and Eliza Keyes, he graduated from West Point July 1, 1842, 45th in his class. As 2nd Lieut., 1st Dragoons he saw duty on the frontier at Forts Gibson, Leavenworth & Towson and in the War with Mexico in 1846. In 1847, he was 1st Lieut., 1st Dragoons, and served in Calif., Oregon, Kansas and Missouri until, in 1854, he was made Capt. and stationed at Fort Fillmore.
St. John's Church ("The Church of the General's") at Fort Hamilton, NY was the site of his baptism in 1836 and of his marriage to Sarah Macomb, March 18, 1851, the sister of his step-mother. Sarah was a daughter of Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb, General-in-Chief of the U.S.Army 1828-1841.
Capt. Stanton was killed in a skirmish with Mescalaros in the Sacramento Mts. His remains were taken to Fort Fillmore Feb. 3, 1855 where he, and two of his men, were buried with military honors. Fort Stanton, NM was named in his honor. About 1866 he was removed to Fort Selden and subsequently reinterred at Fort Leavenworth.
His widow, Sarah Macomb Stanton, married John Charles Devereux Williams at St. John's Church on April 27, 1859. She died in Detroit in 1880 and John died there in 1894. There were no children by either marriage.
The son of General Henry Stanton and Eliza Keyes, he graduated from West Point July 1, 1842, 45th in his class. As 2nd Lieut., 1st Dragoons he saw duty on the frontier at Forts Gibson, Leavenworth & Towson and in the War with Mexico in 1846. In 1847, he was 1st Lieut., 1st Dragoons, and served in Calif., Oregon, Kansas and Missouri until, in 1854, he was made Capt. and stationed at Fort Fillmore.
St. John's Church ("The Church of the General's") at Fort Hamilton, NY was the site of his baptism in 1836 and of his marriage to Sarah Macomb, March 18, 1851, the sister of his step-mother. Sarah was a daughter of Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb, General-in-Chief of the U.S.Army 1828-1841.
Capt. Stanton was killed in a skirmish with Mescalaros in the Sacramento Mts. His remains were taken to Fort Fillmore Feb. 3, 1855 where he, and two of his men, were buried with military honors. Fort Stanton, NM was named in his honor. About 1866 he was removed to Fort Selden and subsequently reinterred at Fort Leavenworth.
His widow, Sarah Macomb Stanton, married John Charles Devereux Williams at St. John's Church on April 27, 1859. She died in Detroit in 1880 and John died there in 1894. There were no children by either marriage.
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