David Samuel Stanfield was born on July 5, 1815, in Greene County, Tennessee, the son of David and Elizabeth Beals Stanfield. He later moved to Marshall County, Iowa.
In April 1858, the Iowa River overflowed its banks, and the waters didn't recede until September. On July 8, David had gone to fish in a small boat at the dam near the Benson Sawmill east of Union, Iowa. The boat drifted too near the falling sheet of water and went over. David drowned in the swollen waters.
Information from the April 2024 issue of Then and Now, the Journal of the Historical Society of Marshall County. Submitted by Angela, Member #48520699.
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From "Reflections on Union Township and the Town of Union" by Mrs. Loyd G. Beecher [Rexine E. Wardman Beecher], 1971
"July 1858, the first tragic accident of record was the death by drowning of David S. Stanfield, husband of Jane Baldwin-Stanfield. He was fishing in a small boat at Benson's Mill dam when it drifted too near the falling sheet of water and went over. Funeral was at Bangor." Information from Mary (Hammill) Rund, Member #48585237.
David Samuel Stanfield was born on July 5, 1815, in Greene County, Tennessee, the son of David and Elizabeth Beals Stanfield. He later moved to Marshall County, Iowa.
In April 1858, the Iowa River overflowed its banks, and the waters didn't recede until September. On July 8, David had gone to fish in a small boat at the dam near the Benson Sawmill east of Union, Iowa. The boat drifted too near the falling sheet of water and went over. David drowned in the swollen waters.
Information from the April 2024 issue of Then and Now, the Journal of the Historical Society of Marshall County. Submitted by Angela, Member #48520699.
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From "Reflections on Union Township and the Town of Union" by Mrs. Loyd G. Beecher [Rexine E. Wardman Beecher], 1971
"July 1858, the first tragic accident of record was the death by drowning of David S. Stanfield, husband of Jane Baldwin-Stanfield. He was fishing in a small boat at Benson's Mill dam when it drifted too near the falling sheet of water and went over. Funeral was at Bangor." Information from Mary (Hammill) Rund, Member #48585237.
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William W. Stanfield
1814–1895
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Charles S. Stanfield
1816–1897
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Isaac V Stanfield Sr
1818–1901
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Samuel Vernon Stanfield
1820–1897
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Hannah Jones Stanfield Hall
1821–1873
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Martha Stanfield Isbell
1821–1870
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Lydia Jane Stanfield Baldwin
1823–1892
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Elijah Stanfield
1826–1902
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Mary Emmiline Stanfield Jones
1828–1926
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Clayton Reeves Stanfield
1832–1894
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