Son of the American Revolution - Descendant of Thomas Norman.
He was the son of Edwin M. Stanton and Ellen Hutchison Stanton.
On April 19, 1881 as Lewis H. Stanton, he married Adele C. Townsend at New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana.
They were the parents of four children.
New Orleans States Monday, April 25, 1938
New Orleans, Louisiana, Page 15
Lewis H. Stanton Succumbs At 78
Stock Broker, Son of Lincoln's War Secretary Passes Away
Funeral services for Lewis H. Stanton, 78 years old, well known in New Orleans social and financial circles and son of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War in the cabinet of President Lincoln, were held at 11:30AM today. Private interment followed services at Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Inc., 4127 South Claiborne Avenue.
Mr. Stanton died Sunday morning at his residence, 1719 Valence Street, of a heart attack. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ernest Lee Jahncke and Mrs. Mary Stanton Collins; two sons, Edwin M. Stanton and Gideon T. Stanton and a sister, Mrs. Bessie S. Habersham.
Because of the fact he had been one of its stoutest friends and had made many donations at a time when it needed them, the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University closed at 11AM and was to remain closed for the entire day.
Mr. Stanton is said to have recalled being held, as a small child, on the knee of President Lincoln and his memory was keen as to other national figures of the period of the War Between the States and later. He entertained Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the President, during an unpublicized visit to New Orleans years ago and relatives said that in his collection of historical material is a chequered suit worn by another son, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, in his childhood. The collection also includes, according to relatives, letters signed by the President, correspondence of his father and other documents and records making up a rather complete side history of the war and subsequent national events.
His adoption as a home of a city that had been a stronghold of the Old South was the result of a romance with one of its daughters whom he met in the North – the late Miss Adele Cephise Townsend, daughter of Mary Ashley Townsend, noted Louisiana poet. They were married in Christ Church here April 19, 1881 and returned here to reside in 1890.
Mr. Stanton was born in Washington, D.C., January 12, 1860, at about the time his father became Attorney General in the cabinet of President James Buchanan. He attended schools in Washington and Princeton University. His father having died in 1869, four days after his confirmation as Associate Justice in the United States Supreme Court, Mr. Stanton resided from 1880 to 1890 in Stevens County, Minnesota, where he owned and operated a stock farm.
Upon his arrival in New Orleans he entered the banking and brokerage firm of his father-in-law, Gideon Townsend. A few years later he became a member of the firm of G. Townsend and Company. The firm subsequently became Stanton and Littlefield and later Lewis H. Stanton and Company. In recent years Mr. Stanton was connected with the firm of St. Denis J. Villere and Company.
His health had been impaired for some time previous to his death, which was caused by a heart attack following a brief period of illness.
He was one of the founders of the Round Table Club and was a member of the Boston Club and the Paul Morphy Chess Club. He was one of the oldest members of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange and one of the pioneer New Orleans traders in securities listed on the New Orleans Stock Exchange.
He was the son of Edwin M. Stanton and Ellen Hutchison Stanton.
On April 19, 1881 as Lewis H. Stanton, he married Adele C. Townsend at New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana.
They were the parents of four children.
New Orleans States Monday, April 25, 1938
New Orleans, Louisiana, Page 15
Lewis H. Stanton Succumbs At 78
Stock Broker, Son of Lincoln's War Secretary Passes Away
Funeral services for Lewis H. Stanton, 78 years old, well known in New Orleans social and financial circles and son of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War in the cabinet of President Lincoln, were held at 11:30AM today. Private interment followed services at Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Inc., 4127 South Claiborne Avenue.
Mr. Stanton died Sunday morning at his residence, 1719 Valence Street, of a heart attack. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ernest Lee Jahncke and Mrs. Mary Stanton Collins; two sons, Edwin M. Stanton and Gideon T. Stanton and a sister, Mrs. Bessie S. Habersham.
Because of the fact he had been one of its stoutest friends and had made many donations at a time when it needed them, the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University closed at 11AM and was to remain closed for the entire day.
Mr. Stanton is said to have recalled being held, as a small child, on the knee of President Lincoln and his memory was keen as to other national figures of the period of the War Between the States and later. He entertained Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the President, during an unpublicized visit to New Orleans years ago and relatives said that in his collection of historical material is a chequered suit worn by another son, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, in his childhood. The collection also includes, according to relatives, letters signed by the President, correspondence of his father and other documents and records making up a rather complete side history of the war and subsequent national events.
His adoption as a home of a city that had been a stronghold of the Old South was the result of a romance with one of its daughters whom he met in the North – the late Miss Adele Cephise Townsend, daughter of Mary Ashley Townsend, noted Louisiana poet. They were married in Christ Church here April 19, 1881 and returned here to reside in 1890.
Mr. Stanton was born in Washington, D.C., January 12, 1860, at about the time his father became Attorney General in the cabinet of President James Buchanan. He attended schools in Washington and Princeton University. His father having died in 1869, four days after his confirmation as Associate Justice in the United States Supreme Court, Mr. Stanton resided from 1880 to 1890 in Stevens County, Minnesota, where he owned and operated a stock farm.
Upon his arrival in New Orleans he entered the banking and brokerage firm of his father-in-law, Gideon Townsend. A few years later he became a member of the firm of G. Townsend and Company. The firm subsequently became Stanton and Littlefield and later Lewis H. Stanton and Company. In recent years Mr. Stanton was connected with the firm of St. Denis J. Villere and Company.
His health had been impaired for some time previous to his death, which was caused by a heart attack following a brief period of illness.
He was one of the founders of the Round Table Club and was a member of the Boston Club and the Paul Morphy Chess Club. He was one of the oldest members of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange and one of the pioneer New Orleans traders in securities listed on the New Orleans Stock Exchange.
Son of the American Revolution - Descendant of Thomas Norman.
He was the son of Edwin M. Stanton and Ellen Hutchison Stanton.
On April 19, 1881 as Lewis H. Stanton, he married Adele C. Townsend at New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana.
They were the parents of four children.
New Orleans States Monday, April 25, 1938
New Orleans, Louisiana, Page 15
Lewis H. Stanton Succumbs At 78
Stock Broker, Son of Lincoln's War Secretary Passes Away
Funeral services for Lewis H. Stanton, 78 years old, well known in New Orleans social and financial circles and son of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War in the cabinet of President Lincoln, were held at 11:30AM today. Private interment followed services at Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Inc., 4127 South Claiborne Avenue.
Mr. Stanton died Sunday morning at his residence, 1719 Valence Street, of a heart attack. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ernest Lee Jahncke and Mrs. Mary Stanton Collins; two sons, Edwin M. Stanton and Gideon T. Stanton and a sister, Mrs. Bessie S. Habersham.
Because of the fact he had been one of its stoutest friends and had made many donations at a time when it needed them, the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University closed at 11AM and was to remain closed for the entire day.
Mr. Stanton is said to have recalled being held, as a small child, on the knee of President Lincoln and his memory was keen as to other national figures of the period of the War Between the States and later. He entertained Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the President, during an unpublicized visit to New Orleans years ago and relatives said that in his collection of historical material is a chequered suit worn by another son, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, in his childhood. The collection also includes, according to relatives, letters signed by the President, correspondence of his father and other documents and records making up a rather complete side history of the war and subsequent national events.
His adoption as a home of a city that had been a stronghold of the Old South was the result of a romance with one of its daughters whom he met in the North – the late Miss Adele Cephise Townsend, daughter of Mary Ashley Townsend, noted Louisiana poet. They were married in Christ Church here April 19, 1881 and returned here to reside in 1890.
Mr. Stanton was born in Washington, D.C., January 12, 1860, at about the time his father became Attorney General in the cabinet of President James Buchanan. He attended schools in Washington and Princeton University. His father having died in 1869, four days after his confirmation as Associate Justice in the United States Supreme Court, Mr. Stanton resided from 1880 to 1890 in Stevens County, Minnesota, where he owned and operated a stock farm.
Upon his arrival in New Orleans he entered the banking and brokerage firm of his father-in-law, Gideon Townsend. A few years later he became a member of the firm of G. Townsend and Company. The firm subsequently became Stanton and Littlefield and later Lewis H. Stanton and Company. In recent years Mr. Stanton was connected with the firm of St. Denis J. Villere and Company.
His health had been impaired for some time previous to his death, which was caused by a heart attack following a brief period of illness.
He was one of the founders of the Round Table Club and was a member of the Boston Club and the Paul Morphy Chess Club. He was one of the oldest members of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange and one of the pioneer New Orleans traders in securities listed on the New Orleans Stock Exchange.
He was the son of Edwin M. Stanton and Ellen Hutchison Stanton.
On April 19, 1881 as Lewis H. Stanton, he married Adele C. Townsend at New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana.
They were the parents of four children.
New Orleans States Monday, April 25, 1938
New Orleans, Louisiana, Page 15
Lewis H. Stanton Succumbs At 78
Stock Broker, Son of Lincoln's War Secretary Passes Away
Funeral services for Lewis H. Stanton, 78 years old, well known in New Orleans social and financial circles and son of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War in the cabinet of President Lincoln, were held at 11:30AM today. Private interment followed services at Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Inc., 4127 South Claiborne Avenue.
Mr. Stanton died Sunday morning at his residence, 1719 Valence Street, of a heart attack. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ernest Lee Jahncke and Mrs. Mary Stanton Collins; two sons, Edwin M. Stanton and Gideon T. Stanton and a sister, Mrs. Bessie S. Habersham.
Because of the fact he had been one of its stoutest friends and had made many donations at a time when it needed them, the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University closed at 11AM and was to remain closed for the entire day.
Mr. Stanton is said to have recalled being held, as a small child, on the knee of President Lincoln and his memory was keen as to other national figures of the period of the War Between the States and later. He entertained Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the President, during an unpublicized visit to New Orleans years ago and relatives said that in his collection of historical material is a chequered suit worn by another son, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, in his childhood. The collection also includes, according to relatives, letters signed by the President, correspondence of his father and other documents and records making up a rather complete side history of the war and subsequent national events.
His adoption as a home of a city that had been a stronghold of the Old South was the result of a romance with one of its daughters whom he met in the North – the late Miss Adele Cephise Townsend, daughter of Mary Ashley Townsend, noted Louisiana poet. They were married in Christ Church here April 19, 1881 and returned here to reside in 1890.
Mr. Stanton was born in Washington, D.C., January 12, 1860, at about the time his father became Attorney General in the cabinet of President James Buchanan. He attended schools in Washington and Princeton University. His father having died in 1869, four days after his confirmation as Associate Justice in the United States Supreme Court, Mr. Stanton resided from 1880 to 1890 in Stevens County, Minnesota, where he owned and operated a stock farm.
Upon his arrival in New Orleans he entered the banking and brokerage firm of his father-in-law, Gideon Townsend. A few years later he became a member of the firm of G. Townsend and Company. The firm subsequently became Stanton and Littlefield and later Lewis H. Stanton and Company. In recent years Mr. Stanton was connected with the firm of St. Denis J. Villere and Company.
His health had been impaired for some time previous to his death, which was caused by a heart attack following a brief period of illness.
He was one of the founders of the Round Table Club and was a member of the Boston Club and the Paul Morphy Chess Club. He was one of the oldest members of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange and one of the pioneer New Orleans traders in securities listed on the New Orleans Stock Exchange.
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