Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A.
& U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Volume 1. Reprinted 1968. Mason County.
The Poets and Poetry of Kentucky, page 597.

Major HENRY THOMAS STANTON,
Eldest son of Judge Richard H. Stanton, was born in Alexandria, District
of Columbia, June 30, 1834, and brought to Maysville, Ky.; in 1836; was
liberally educated at the Maysville Seminary; at an early age manifested a
passion for rhyming, the very fervor and persistence of which amused and
interested his friends, and made them wonder, but gave no great promise of
the remarkable success and popularity he has achieved.  In 1861, he
entered the Confederate army as captain of a company in the 5th Kentucky
regiment; in 1862-3-4, was assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of
captain, on the staff of Gen. John S. Williams; occupied the same position
on Col. Henry L. Giltner's staff, while he commanded a brigade; was, when
the war closed, upon Gen. John Echols' staff, having been promoted to be
assistant adjutant-general with the rank of major, and was surrendered
with Gen. Johnston at Greensboro, N. C., on May 1, 1865, and paroled.  His
service was very active, but limited to Eastern Kentucky, East Tennessee,
and Western Virginia; he fought bravely and gallantly in many battles and
skirmishes.  After the war, he practiced law and was editor of the
Maysville Bulletin until 1870, and from 1870-74 was chief assistant in the
office of State Commissioner of Insurance, at Frankfort.  His poetry, much
of which is of a high order and exceedingly popular, was published in a
volume, "The Moneyless Man, and other Poems," at Baltimore, in Dec. 1871. 
[Note: Poems shown: "The Moneyless Man," "Types of Life" and "Fallen."]

Stanton Williams Giltner Echols
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VA Washington-DC NC TN Frankfort-Franklin-KY MD 

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