Stanton, Henry T.
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Stanton, Henry T.
Major Henry T. Stanton (1834-1898) famed for his "Moneyless Man," was born at Alexandria, Virginia, June 30, 1834. Considered one of the most popular poets Kentucky has produced, he was brought to Maysville when only two years old by his father Judge Richard Henry Stanton.
Maj. Stanton was educated at the Maysville Academy and at West Point, but did not graduate. He entered the Confederate Army as captain of a company in the Fifth Kentucky regiment, and through various promotions he surrendered as major. He saw service on the battlefields of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
After the war Major Stanton practised law for a time and was editor of the Maysville Bulletin and in 1870 he removed to this city to become chief assistant to the State Commissioner of Insurance.
The "Moneyless Man and Other Poems" (Baltimore, 1871) was Maj. Stanton's first volume of verse. This title poem was written for a wandering elocutionist who came to the town of Maysville one day and asked Maj. Stanton to write him "a poem that would draw tears from any audience." He dashed off this lyric and though he wrote other things which were far better, the public would never admit it.
Maj. Stanton was editor of the old Frankfort Yoeman here from 1875 until 1886 and during President Cleveland's first administration he served as Land Commissioner. He died in Frankfort, May 8, 1898. Two years later "Poems of the Confederacy" (Louisville, 1900), was artistically printed as a memorial to his memory.
The second volume of verse written by Maj. Stanton and published during his life was "Jacob Brown and Other Poems" (Cincinnati, 1875). In addition to these poems he wrote a group of paper-backed novels, entitled "The Kents"; "Social Fetters" (Washington, 1889) and "A Graduate of Paris" (Washington, 1890)
Source:
The State Journal - October 3, 1936
Maj. Stanton was educated at the Maysville Academy and at West Point, but did not graduate. He entered the Confederate Army as captain of a company in the Fifth Kentucky regiment, and through various promotions he surrendered as major. He saw service on the battlefields of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
After the war Major Stanton practised law for a time and was editor of the Maysville Bulletin and in 1870 he removed to this city to become chief assistant to the State Commissioner of Insurance.
The "Moneyless Man and Other Poems" (Baltimore, 1871) was Maj. Stanton's first volume of verse. This title poem was written for a wandering elocutionist who came to the town of Maysville one day and asked Maj. Stanton to write him "a poem that would draw tears from any audience." He dashed off this lyric and though he wrote other things which were far better, the public would never admit it.
Maj. Stanton was editor of the old Frankfort Yoeman here from 1875 until 1886 and during President Cleveland's first administration he served as Land Commissioner. He died in Frankfort, May 8, 1898. Two years later "Poems of the Confederacy" (Louisville, 1900), was artistically printed as a memorial to his memory.
The second volume of verse written by Maj. Stanton and published during his life was "Jacob Brown and Other Poems" (Cincinnati, 1875). In addition to these poems he wrote a group of paper-backed novels, entitled "The Kents"; "Social Fetters" (Washington, 1889) and "A Graduate of Paris" (Washington, 1890)
Source:
The State Journal - October 3, 1936