Martha Cordelia Hamilton married Judge, John Stannus on December 25, 1849 near West Point, Lee Co., Iowa. Martha Cordelia (Hamilton) & Judge, John Stannus had seven children together.
Stannus Family
John Stannus and his family, came from Alabama to Iowa where he established a packing plant and feed lot. He bought hogs from farms along the Mississippi River and fattened them on mash from breweries.
In 1878 he went with his son, Frank to Deadwood, leaving his son, William, to care for his mother and the business. Another son, John, had gone earlier with a gold rush expedition to Montana, then on to Deadwood with the Montana party. He arrived in Deadwood at about the same time as his father and brother.
When John Stannus, Sr., arrived in Deadwood, he and son, Frank, panned gold from Deadwood Creek. The next day they built a Dutch oven with rocks and clay, in which they baked bread and other food, which they sold to prospectors and miners.
After disposing of the hog business William joined an ox-driven wagon train bound for Deadwood walking most of the way, as did most of the men passengers, all carrying guns as they had Indian trouble. William carried a muzzle-loading rifle.
John's wife, Martha, and two daughters, Mattie and Emma, came to the Black Hills the next year. Mattie later attended Spearfish Normal School and was a member of one of the first graduating classes. She married Albert Clemens and Emma married Milton Brenn.
The Stannus brothers often went with wagon parties four or five miles out of Deadwood on buffalo hunts, bring back the meat and hides for sale.
They built one of the first sawmills in Deadwood. The town was destroyed by flood, rebuilt, then burned out in the big Deadwood fire. They then built small dams along streams near Central City from which they put up ice and sold it to saloons, businesses and houses. In 1884 William went to Warsaw, IL, where he was married to Caroline Young on Feb. 14. They left the next day by stagecoach for Deadwood. It was extremely cold weather and Caroline often said that she believed she would have frozen except for the kindness of a soldier, who was also a passenger. He loaned her his big overcoat in which she could wrap her small self entirely, even her icy feet. They lived in Central City for several years. William's father and his family were living there too. Frank went back to Iowa where he was the owner of a furniture store. When the William Stannus family left Central City they moved to Spearfish Valley, then later took up a homestead near Cox's Lake west of Spearfish.
This was their home for many years and here their children grew up-- Bessie, who died when she was 20 year-old from spinal meningitis; Mabel, John, Daisy and Clarence. They had no close neighbors and there were still Indian scares. Wolves were common and the family was often awakened in night by the wolves howling around the shed, where the calves were penned up for safekeeping.
A bachelor built a cabin by Dry Lake near Cox's Lake and planned to raise horses for sale. One morning about daybreak he saw two Indians drive off his mares and stallion from the pasture. As quickly as possible he gathered a posse, including William and they trailed the Indians to a hill near what is now Belle Fourche. From the top of the hill they could look down and see a large camp of Indians all along the river, the greatest number near what is now the Belle Fourche Rodeo grounds. At this point all except the owner of the horses turned back, but he insisted on going ahead in spite of their urgings and was never heard from again.
As the settlers moved in William helped build the first school house on Chicken Creek and served on the school board. He farmed and raised horses. Mabel married Pross Horton. Their children were Dallas, Lilly Mae, Melvin "Bud" and Kathryn. John married Edith Allen and they had one child, Dorothy. Daisy married Richard Carlstrom and their children were William and Albert. Clarence married Mary and their children were Ruby, Della May and Helen. In 1920 William and Caroline Stannus sold the ranch and moved into Spearfish where they lived the remainder of their lives.
From a document received on 14 Oct, 1999 from Mrs. Jane K. Carlstrom, 221 N. Rainbow Rd., Spearfish, SD 57783
Transcribed by Aric Wilmunder, 27 Oct, 1999
Last Name First Name Description Born Died Block
STANNUS Martha C. b Belmont, OH, d Spearfish, South Dakota July 5, 1833 Feb 11, 1909 15
Stannus Family
John Stannus and his family, came from Alabama to Iowa where he established a packing plant and feed lot. He bought hogs from farms along the Mississippi River and fattened them on mash from breweries.
In 1878 he went with his son, Frank to Deadwood, leaving his son, William, to care for his mother and the business. Another son, John, had gone earlier with a gold rush expedition to Montana, then on to Deadwood with the Montana party. He arrived in Deadwood at about the same time as his father and brother.
When John Stannus, Sr., arrived in Deadwood, he and son, Frank, panned gold from Deadwood Creek. The next day they built a Dutch oven with rocks and clay, in which they baked bread and other food, which they sold to prospectors and miners.
After disposing of the hog business William joined an ox-driven wagon train bound for Deadwood walking most of the way, as did most of the men passengers, all carrying guns as they had Indian trouble. William carried a muzzle-loading rifle.
John's wife, Martha, and two daughters, Mattie and Emma, came to the Black Hills the next year. Mattie later attended Spearfish Normal School and was a member of one of the first graduating classes. She married Albert Clemens and Emma married Milton Brenn.
The Stannus brothers often went with wagon parties four or five miles out of Deadwood on buffalo hunts, bring back the meat and hides for sale.
They built one of the first sawmills in Deadwood. The town was destroyed by flood, rebuilt, then burned out in the big Deadwood fire. They then built small dams along streams near Central City from which they put up ice and sold it to saloons, businesses and houses. In 1884 William went to Warsaw, IL, where he was married to Caroline Young on Feb. 14. They left the next day by stagecoach for Deadwood. It was extremely cold weather and Caroline often said that she believed she would have frozen except for the kindness of a soldier, who was also a passenger. He loaned her his big overcoat in which she could wrap her small self entirely, even her icy feet. They lived in Central City for several years. William's father and his family were living there too. Frank went back to Iowa where he was the owner of a furniture store. When the William Stannus family left Central City they moved to Spearfish Valley, then later took up a homestead near Cox's Lake west of Spearfish.
This was their home for many years and here their children grew up-- Bessie, who died when she was 20 year-old from spinal meningitis; Mabel, John, Daisy and Clarence. They had no close neighbors and there were still Indian scares. Wolves were common and the family was often awakened in night by the wolves howling around the shed, where the calves were penned up for safekeeping.
A bachelor built a cabin by Dry Lake near Cox's Lake and planned to raise horses for sale. One morning about daybreak he saw two Indians drive off his mares and stallion from the pasture. As quickly as possible he gathered a posse, including William and they trailed the Indians to a hill near what is now Belle Fourche. From the top of the hill they could look down and see a large camp of Indians all along the river, the greatest number near what is now the Belle Fourche Rodeo grounds. At this point all except the owner of the horses turned back, but he insisted on going ahead in spite of their urgings and was never heard from again.
As the settlers moved in William helped build the first school house on Chicken Creek and served on the school board. He farmed and raised horses. Mabel married Pross Horton. Their children were Dallas, Lilly Mae, Melvin "Bud" and Kathryn. John married Edith Allen and they had one child, Dorothy. Daisy married Richard Carlstrom and their children were William and Albert. Clarence married Mary and their children were Ruby, Della May and Helen. In 1920 William and Caroline Stannus sold the ranch and moved into Spearfish where they lived the remainder of their lives.
From a document received on 14 Oct, 1999 from Mrs. Jane K. Carlstrom, 221 N. Rainbow Rd., Spearfish, SD 57783
Transcribed by Aric Wilmunder, 27 Oct, 1999
Last Name First Name Description Born Died Block
STANNUS Martha C. b Belmont, OH, d Spearfish, South Dakota July 5, 1833 Feb 11, 1909 15
Martha Cordelia Hamilton married Judge, John Stannus on December 25, 1849 near West Point, Lee Co., Iowa. Martha Cordelia (Hamilton) & Judge, John Stannus had seven children together.
Stannus Family
John Stannus and his family, came from Alabama to Iowa where he established a packing plant and feed lot. He bought hogs from farms along the Mississippi River and fattened them on mash from breweries.
In 1878 he went with his son, Frank to Deadwood, leaving his son, William, to care for his mother and the business. Another son, John, had gone earlier with a gold rush expedition to Montana, then on to Deadwood with the Montana party. He arrived in Deadwood at about the same time as his father and brother.
When John Stannus, Sr., arrived in Deadwood, he and son, Frank, panned gold from Deadwood Creek. The next day they built a Dutch oven with rocks and clay, in which they baked bread and other food, which they sold to prospectors and miners.
After disposing of the hog business William joined an ox-driven wagon train bound for Deadwood walking most of the way, as did most of the men passengers, all carrying guns as they had Indian trouble. William carried a muzzle-loading rifle.
John's wife, Martha, and two daughters, Mattie and Emma, came to the Black Hills the next year. Mattie later attended Spearfish Normal School and was a member of one of the first graduating classes. She married Albert Clemens and Emma married Milton Brenn.
The Stannus brothers often went with wagon parties four or five miles out of Deadwood on buffalo hunts, bring back the meat and hides for sale.
They built one of the first sawmills in Deadwood. The town was destroyed by flood, rebuilt, then burned out in the big Deadwood fire. They then built small dams along streams near Central City from which they put up ice and sold it to saloons, businesses and houses. In 1884 William went to Warsaw, IL, where he was married to Caroline Young on Feb. 14. They left the next day by stagecoach for Deadwood. It was extremely cold weather and Caroline often said that she believed she would have frozen except for the kindness of a soldier, who was also a passenger. He loaned her his big overcoat in which she could wrap her small self entirely, even her icy feet. They lived in Central City for several years. William's father and his family were living there too. Frank went back to Iowa where he was the owner of a furniture store. When the William Stannus family left Central City they moved to Spearfish Valley, then later took up a homestead near Cox's Lake west of Spearfish.
This was their home for many years and here their children grew up-- Bessie, who died when she was 20 year-old from spinal meningitis; Mabel, John, Daisy and Clarence. They had no close neighbors and there were still Indian scares. Wolves were common and the family was often awakened in night by the wolves howling around the shed, where the calves were penned up for safekeeping.
A bachelor built a cabin by Dry Lake near Cox's Lake and planned to raise horses for sale. One morning about daybreak he saw two Indians drive off his mares and stallion from the pasture. As quickly as possible he gathered a posse, including William and they trailed the Indians to a hill near what is now Belle Fourche. From the top of the hill they could look down and see a large camp of Indians all along the river, the greatest number near what is now the Belle Fourche Rodeo grounds. At this point all except the owner of the horses turned back, but he insisted on going ahead in spite of their urgings and was never heard from again.
As the settlers moved in William helped build the first school house on Chicken Creek and served on the school board. He farmed and raised horses. Mabel married Pross Horton. Their children were Dallas, Lilly Mae, Melvin "Bud" and Kathryn. John married Edith Allen and they had one child, Dorothy. Daisy married Richard Carlstrom and their children were William and Albert. Clarence married Mary and their children were Ruby, Della May and Helen. In 1920 William and Caroline Stannus sold the ranch and moved into Spearfish where they lived the remainder of their lives.
From a document received on 14 Oct, 1999 from Mrs. Jane K. Carlstrom, 221 N. Rainbow Rd., Spearfish, SD 57783
Transcribed by Aric Wilmunder, 27 Oct, 1999
Last Name First Name Description Born Died Block
STANNUS Martha C. b Belmont, OH, d Spearfish, South Dakota July 5, 1833 Feb 11, 1909 15
Stannus Family
John Stannus and his family, came from Alabama to Iowa where he established a packing plant and feed lot. He bought hogs from farms along the Mississippi River and fattened them on mash from breweries.
In 1878 he went with his son, Frank to Deadwood, leaving his son, William, to care for his mother and the business. Another son, John, had gone earlier with a gold rush expedition to Montana, then on to Deadwood with the Montana party. He arrived in Deadwood at about the same time as his father and brother.
When John Stannus, Sr., arrived in Deadwood, he and son, Frank, panned gold from Deadwood Creek. The next day they built a Dutch oven with rocks and clay, in which they baked bread and other food, which they sold to prospectors and miners.
After disposing of the hog business William joined an ox-driven wagon train bound for Deadwood walking most of the way, as did most of the men passengers, all carrying guns as they had Indian trouble. William carried a muzzle-loading rifle.
John's wife, Martha, and two daughters, Mattie and Emma, came to the Black Hills the next year. Mattie later attended Spearfish Normal School and was a member of one of the first graduating classes. She married Albert Clemens and Emma married Milton Brenn.
The Stannus brothers often went with wagon parties four or five miles out of Deadwood on buffalo hunts, bring back the meat and hides for sale.
They built one of the first sawmills in Deadwood. The town was destroyed by flood, rebuilt, then burned out in the big Deadwood fire. They then built small dams along streams near Central City from which they put up ice and sold it to saloons, businesses and houses. In 1884 William went to Warsaw, IL, where he was married to Caroline Young on Feb. 14. They left the next day by stagecoach for Deadwood. It was extremely cold weather and Caroline often said that she believed she would have frozen except for the kindness of a soldier, who was also a passenger. He loaned her his big overcoat in which she could wrap her small self entirely, even her icy feet. They lived in Central City for several years. William's father and his family were living there too. Frank went back to Iowa where he was the owner of a furniture store. When the William Stannus family left Central City they moved to Spearfish Valley, then later took up a homestead near Cox's Lake west of Spearfish.
This was their home for many years and here their children grew up-- Bessie, who died when she was 20 year-old from spinal meningitis; Mabel, John, Daisy and Clarence. They had no close neighbors and there were still Indian scares. Wolves were common and the family was often awakened in night by the wolves howling around the shed, where the calves were penned up for safekeeping.
A bachelor built a cabin by Dry Lake near Cox's Lake and planned to raise horses for sale. One morning about daybreak he saw two Indians drive off his mares and stallion from the pasture. As quickly as possible he gathered a posse, including William and they trailed the Indians to a hill near what is now Belle Fourche. From the top of the hill they could look down and see a large camp of Indians all along the river, the greatest number near what is now the Belle Fourche Rodeo grounds. At this point all except the owner of the horses turned back, but he insisted on going ahead in spite of their urgings and was never heard from again.
As the settlers moved in William helped build the first school house on Chicken Creek and served on the school board. He farmed and raised horses. Mabel married Pross Horton. Their children were Dallas, Lilly Mae, Melvin "Bud" and Kathryn. John married Edith Allen and they had one child, Dorothy. Daisy married Richard Carlstrom and their children were William and Albert. Clarence married Mary and their children were Ruby, Della May and Helen. In 1920 William and Caroline Stannus sold the ranch and moved into Spearfish where they lived the remainder of their lives.
From a document received on 14 Oct, 1999 from Mrs. Jane K. Carlstrom, 221 N. Rainbow Rd., Spearfish, SD 57783
Transcribed by Aric Wilmunder, 27 Oct, 1999
Last Name First Name Description Born Died Block
STANNUS Martha C. b Belmont, OH, d Spearfish, South Dakota July 5, 1833 Feb 11, 1909 15
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