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Note: HENRY born 1847 Sandusky, OH with father 1850, in 1860 first listed as with brother Recompence in Eire, then with father and his new wife in Lucas Co. Married Barbara born Innsbrook, Austria in Cairo IL Notes Rec Stanbery; birth, death dates and locations Born at old hill house Married 1868 or 69, Divorced in Chicago 1877
Stansbury Family by Alice Felton Stanbery, chapter XVI
My husband's father and his wife, Mrs. Jannette Stanbery came to visit us the second summer of our marriage. They enjoyed their visit so much that they spent the two following summers with us also. Henry Stanbery Senior welcomed me very cordially into the family after he learned that I was born in Ohio. He was a very loyal Ohioan, born in Sandusky, Eire Co., a neighboring county to Huron county where members of my family had settled in the pioneer years. He enjoyed our Illinois sweet corn and he kept me buoyed up by compliments as to my cooking. He never asked me to sing and probably would not have heard it if I had volunteered a song as he was very hard of hearing. He had been editor of the Dallas News for many years and had been retired only a few years when he visited us. He told me that he wanted to become acquainted with his son Henry whom he had not known in his son's youth. I think he had many regrets regarding his early life for he seemed to want to talk to me about it, and tears came to his eyes and rolled down his cheeks as he spoke of his children and their mother. One day he was in a very communicative mood and told me the following bit of family history. My husband's mother was the youngest of three children, born of a morganatic marriage between an Austrian nobleman living in the ancestral home in Innsbruck and a beautiful young peasant girl. This girl possessed a fine soprano voice, and she, with a group of young Tyrolean singers, often sang and danced at the palace when the nobleman was entertaining his friends. After seeing her several times, he became hopelessly infatuated with her, and he announced to his associates that he intended to marry her. This decision was not favorably received by his family. Nevertheless he was determined to make this lovely young woman his wife regardless of the feelings and prejudices of his family. They were married in the Catholic Cathedral in Innsbruck and went to live in one of the buildings on his estate. Three children were born to this union and the first years of their marriage were reported to have been happy ones. However, as the years passed, interference from the young husband's family and social pressure connected with his rank began to cause difficulties. Because of their religion neither of them could remarry, but they decided to separate. Barbara, who was my husband's mother and the youngest child was six years old at the time of the separation. A group of Austrian people from Innsbruck, including a sister of the young wife, was planning to migrate to America about that time, and it was decided that the young wife and her children should join them. The titled husband must have supplied his wife and children with plenty of money when they took leave of each other for there was no report of financial hardship in the family for the first several years after their departure. The boat on which they sailed from Austria was bound for Philadelphia. From there they somehow reached the Ohio River and began their journey to St. Louis, their ultimate destination. However at Cairo, Ill., their ship was found to be disabled. All passengers had to disembark and wait for another ship. While they were waiting, the two sisters looked over the town and considered the possibility of earning a living there. They evidently were well impressed and decided to remain there. They learned to speak English after adjusting to their new environment and began to speculate as to what they might do to earn a living. Both sisters were skilled in sewing and they eventually established a dressmaking An millinery shop. They also dabbled in a little real estate. Mean while, the children were growing up and Barbara showed great talent in music. She sang in the Catholic Church and at social events were she was paid for her services. At eighteen years of age she became acquainted with a young newspaper man whose name was Henry Stanbery. They were sentimentally attracted to each other, and they married after a very short courtship. He took his lovely young bride to St. Louis where they lived very happily for several years. Three children were born to them, Henry, Grace and Donald. The newspaper work was successful and the young father became one of the chief editors. He did the greater part of his writing at home, but he began to find it distracting to work where there were three lively children, and gradually went elsewhere to work. He was ambitious to succeed, and he finally left his family altogether. This was a sad separation, for it was said that this couple loved each other as long as they lived. Little Henry the eldest of the children was only six years old, but as he grew older he assumed some responsibility and helped his mother. When he was ten they decided to go to California where she considered the financial possibilities were favorable. Aside from singing in the Catholic Church, she engaged in the Real Estate business and was able to support her family. It was said that her judgement in real estate was so good that if she had had more financial backing, she would have become a very rich woman. Mr. and Mrs. Stanbery kept in touch with each other as long as they lived, although he remarried several years after their separation. There were no children from the second marriage. When Henry II was eighteen years old, he left California, came to Chicago, and enrolled in Valparaiso University, graduating in 1892 with a degree in law. About the turn of the century some legal friends of the Stanbery family were touring in Austria, and they made an effort to locate the family of my husband's grandparents and investigate their financial situation. It was discovered that some of the royal relatives were still living in Innsbruck, but there was no possibility of recovering any property of value. However it was reported that there were given the gold watch which had been in the possession of the royal grandfather. He had given it to his bride at the time of their marriage as a token of their love.
Sandusky Star Journal August 29, 1911
Henry Stanbery, a former Sanduskian, and who left this city in 1855, but is now a retired newspaper man of Dallas, Texas, is spending a few days in this city. Mr Stanbery's father conducted a hotel at Bogart Corners. Later the family resided on South Columbus avenue near the cemetary.
Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1977
Name: Henry Stanbery Gender: Male Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1880 Marriage Place: Harris, Texas Spouse: Jeannette S Baldwin FHL Film Number: 25224
Sandusky Star Journal Tuesday Aug, 29, 1911 Henry Stanbery, a former Sanduskian, and who left this city in 1855(?), but is now a retired newspaper man of Dallas, Texas, is spending a few days in the city. Mr Stabery's father conducted a hotel at Bogart Corners. Later the family resided on South Columbus avenue by the cemetery.
The Sandusky Register Friday Oct. 16, 1931 Twenty years ago Henry Stanbery, retired newspaper man, of Dallas, Tex., and former Sanduskian, left for home yesterday after an enjoyable vacation visit.
Find A Grave Birth: Jan. 24, 1848 Ohio, USA Death: Mar. 5, 1926 Dallas Dallas County Texas, USA
Family links: Spouse: Jeannette Baldwin Stanbery (1859 - 1932)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Grove Hill Memorial Park Dallas Dallas County Texas, USA Plot: Section 7
Created by: David Brasfield Record added: Mar 18, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 67093595
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