Hines, H. K. "An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon." Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. 1893. p. 1221. J. A. STANTON, one of Oregon's respected pioneers of 1852, now a resident of Orville, Clackamas county, was born in Clay county, Missouri, January 17, 1833. His grandfather, John Stanton, emigrated from Ireland to Kentucky, and was a soldier in both the Revolutionary and Black Hawk wars. He married Miss Nancy Pealy, and they became the parents of four sons and three daughters. He died in his seventy-fifth year, and his wife in her eightieth. He was a boot and shoe maker by occupation, and in religion was a Baptist. His fourth child, Jerry Stanton, was born in Kentucky and reared in Missouri. He married Miss Mary Smith, a native of Missouri, and the daughter of Anderson Smith, of Tennessee. He died in Andrew county, Missouri, in 1847. She also died in Missouri. They had nine children, of whom seven are still living, J.A. Stanton being their oldest child. Mr. Stanton was reared in Missouri. His father died when he was sixteen years old, and he was then cast upon his own resources. He obtained work on the Missouri river as steamboat hand, and in the spring of 1852 started to cross the plains, having a horse and mule and working his passage. The party with which he traveled were harassed by the Indians, but reached their destination in safety, arriving in Oregon on the 15th of October. He came to Marion county, and for a time worked for his uncle, near Silverton. August 29, 1854, he married Miss Harriet Moser, who was born in Indiana, September 13, 1836, daughter of Joseph Moser, of German descent. Soon after their marriage, Mr. Stanton purchased a farm of 240 acres in Marion county, on which they resided from 1863 to 1877. They then bought a place on French prairie, where they lived three years, and from there, after selling out, they came to Clackamas county. Here they purchased a farm of 165 acres, and on it they have since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Stanton have had the following named children: Mary Ellen, who died when two years old; Isabella, wife of William Murry, resides at Grande Roude; Josephine, wife of R. S. Thomas, resides on Butte creek, in Marion county; Jennie, wife of F. Blackby, died in her twenty-third year; William Franklin, who resides in Clackamas county; Jasper N., who lives near his father; Benjamin at home; Amanda, wife of William woodcock, lives near her parents; John A., Willard, and Blewford. Mr. Stanton is in politics a Democrat. He is a reliable, upright citizen, and a good representative of the Oregon pioneers. (*note from transcriber, Grande Roude may be Grande Ronde.) ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in April 2005 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.