Jeptha P. Standley (abt. 1830 - 1918)

Born about 1830 in Indiana, United States

Husband of Margaret A. (Curtis) Standley — married about 1854 in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Feb 1918 at about age 88 in Kansas, United States

Biography

See Margaret's obituary supplied by Rebecca Calman in July 2018 for additional information, including Jeptha's death date.

1830-1850

The Standley, Stanly, Stanley mish-match of spellings is common. See Dempsey Standley-172 for all other known information. The 1850 Census shows Jeptha at age 20 living with his father and step-mother in Iowa.

~1854 Marriage

No record located. According to https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/S1B5-VL5, Jeptha marries Margaret Curtis January 5, 1851 in Appanoose County, Iowa. According to Margaret's obituary, the year would have been 1854

1860 Census

See Photo. Indicating again the close ties between the Standley and Warford families, Jeptha and Margaret live immediately next door to the Warford son, John, who was also born in Indiana about the same year as Jeptha. On the other side there is a Sarah Curtis as head of house. This may be Margaret's widowed or divorced mother and the sons, John & George, may be her younger brothers. Jeptha and Margaret's first known child, Sarah, could be named after this potential mother or could be named after Jeptha's sister. According to https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/S1B5-VL5, there was a third child born to the young couple in 1856. This daughter, Barbra, passed away prior to the 1860 census. I will list this but have no other verification. Clarisa shown here will be called Caroline throughout the rest of the Census years.

Name: Jeptha Standly

Event Place: Independence Township, Appanoose, Iowa, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Jeptha Standly M 34 Ind

Margaret Standly F 28 Ind

Sarah Standly F 6 Iowa

Clarisa Standly F 2 Iowa^[1]

1870 Census

See Photo. Jeptha & Margaret are still settled in Iowa and farming. Most of the Standley's, Warford's, Faugn's, Banks and other related families have made their way to and settled in Kansas. Three more children are added to the family.

Name: Jeptha Stanley

Event Place: Iowa, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Jeptha Stanley M 39 Indiana

Margaret A Stanley F 32 Illinois

Sarah Stanley F 16 Iowa

Caroline Stanley F 11 Iowa

Laura Stanley F 10 Iowa

Arvena Stanley F 6 Iowa

Alexander Stanley M 3 Iowa^[2]

1880 Census

See Photo. Jeptha & Margaret are still settled in Iowa and farming. Two more children are added to the family.

Name: Jeff Stanley

Event Place: Independence, Appanoose, Iowa, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Self Jeff Stanley M 50 Indiana, United States

Wife Margaret Stanley F 45 Illinois, United States

Daughter Sarah Stanley F 26 Iowa, United States

Daughter Caroline Stanley F 22 Iowa, United States

Daughter Laura Stanley F 18 Iowa, United States

Daughter {Arvena}I Stanley F 16 Iowa, United States

Son Alex Stanley M 12 Iowa, United States

Daughter Hattie C Stanley F 7 Iowa, United States

Daughter Addie Stanley F 5 Iowa, United States^[3]

1885 Iowa Census

See photo. Between 1880 and 1885, Sarah, Caroline & Laura have moved out and are probably married but definitely not listed in the household.

Family #47 has a Caroline B. about the right age and and birthplace married to John YOUNG.--further looks into 1900 seems to show that birth year will not work.

Name: Jeptha Stanley

Event Place: Independence, Appanoose, Iowa

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Jeptha Stanley M 54

Margaret A Stanley F 50

Arvena Stanley F 21

Alexander Stanley M 16

Hattie C Stanley F 11

Addie B Stanley F 9^[4]

1890-1900

Alex and Arvena are already living in Courtland, Republic, KS. I haven't found any of the other children or where Jeptha & Margaret are after scanning the 1900 Cortland KS and Independence Iowa censuses.

1910 Census

See Photo. Jeptha is retired and living on his 'own income'. He and Margaret live immediately next door to Arvena and her husband John. See Sarah Standley-192 1910 notes for additional relatives in the area.

Name: Jeptha P Stanley

Event Place: Courtland, Republic, Kansas, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Head Jeptha P Stanley M 79 Indiana

Wife Margaret Stanley F 78 Indiana^[5]

1914 Death

Note; death date is from Margaret's obituary.

BURIAL Courtland Cemetery

Courtland, Republic County, Kansas

MEMORIAL ID 146295354

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Sources

1. ↑ Page: 106

   Household ID: 726, Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) ,Affiliate Publication Number: M653, GS Film Number: 803311, Digital Folder Number: 004218032, Image Number: 00110

2. ↑ Page Number: 14, Household ID: 87, Line Number: 1, Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Affiliate Publication Number: M593, GS Film number: 000545874, Digital Folder Number: 004263262, Image Number: 00178
3. ↑ :District: 17, Sheet Number and Letter: 507A, Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Affiliate Publication Number: T9, Affiliate Film Number: 0326, GS Number: 1254326, Digital Folder Number: 004240671, Image Number: 00098
4. ↑ Family Number: 50, Page: 8, Line Number: 6, GS Film number: 1021319, Digital Folder Number: 004539566, Image Number: 00269
5. ↑ District: 98, Sheet Number and Letter: 1B, Household ID: 20, Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Affiliate Publication Number: M1283, GS Film number: 1374467, Digital Folder Number: 004329899, Image Number: 00177