Glenn County
Biographies
HIRAM C. STANTON
Among the officials of Glenn County
is numbered Mr. Stanton, who is now acceptably filling the office of sheriff
and in the discharge of his duties manifesting a fearlessness and fidelity that
render him a very competent official. He
was born at Canton Corners, Ohio, on the 18th of June, 1838, and is
a son of Joseph Stanton, a native of the Empire state. His father was a mechanic and engaged in the
construction of carding machinery. He
also followed farming to some extent, but devoted the greater part of his
attention to industrial effort. His
political support was given to the Whig party and he died in Hancock County,
Illinois, at the age of sixty-one years.
In early manhood he married Clarissa Griffin, a native of Pennsylvania,
who died in California at the age of seventy-eight years. She was the mother of seven children, five of
whom are yet living. Her father was
Samuel Griffin, a mechanic, who resided in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, where
he died at the age of sixty years.
Hiram C. Stanton, the youngest in
his father’s family, spent his boyhood days on the old home farm, and when a
youth of sixteen began working as a farm hand, which pursuit he followed for
six years. He then determined to seek a
home in California and in 1862 made his way to the Pacific slope, locating at
Grand Island. He settled on a farm of
one hundred and sixty acres of partially improved land and devoted his time and
energies to the further development and cultivation of that property through
the succeeding seven years. He then
removed to another farm, seven miles southwest of Willow, where he built the
first grain warehouse in the locality.
In the fall of 1894 he was elected to the office of sheriff of Glenn
County and the following year came to Willow, where he now makes his home. He still superintends his farm, however, and
derives therefrom a good income. In 1898
he was re-elected county sheriff and displays fearlessness and loyalty in
discharging the onerous duties which devolve upon him.
Mr. Stanton is a member of the
Masonic fraternity and the Order of the Eastern Star. He has always been a staunch Republican in
his political views since casting his first presidential vote for Lincoln in
1864. Industry and enterprise are
numbered among the salient points of his character, and these are bringing to
him success in his business, while in public life they have won for him the
high regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact.
On December 28, 1858, Mr. Stanton
was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Evans, a daughter of James and Mary
Evans, of Adams County, Illinois, and they are the parents of six
children: Wilford A., born April 14,
1860; Laura Cornelia, January 15, 1862; Harry E., December 28, 1866; Seth W.,
July 14, 1871; Mary Clarissa, April 14, 1873; and Florence Belle, August 21,
1875.
Wilford A. married Louisa Mason and
has one son, Arthur. Laura Cornelia is
the wife of Henry St. Louis and they have two children: Coridon and Wilowbell. Harry E.
married Mary Whitlock and they have three children: Myrtle, Violet and Elsie. Seth W. married Bertha Pitcher and they have
one son, Pollard. Mary Clarissa and
Florence Belle are at home.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
“A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of Northern
California”, Pages 215-216. Chicago Standard Genealogical Publishing Co. 1901.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
Golden Nugget Library's Glenn County Biographies