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The Stantons are descendants of Jacque de L'Homaca from Austria who came to the French Colony of St. Domingo and married Elizabeth de Lorma. The couple settled on a plantation a few files from Aux Cayes on the South Coast. The couple had thirteen children. The widow lived in Savannah, Georgia.
George Henry Stanton settled in Baracoa, Cuba where he married Miss Prientzer, a daughter of Nicholas Prientzer who was killed at the battle of Dresden on 26 Aug 1813 while serving under Napoleon Barnaparte. Napoleon sent Nicholas Prientzer (Prouter) in the French regiment to Saint Domingnas and this was where he met Miss Rainegeard. They had a son, ValentineStanton.
Valentine Stanton Sr. was born 10 Oct 1830 and died in Savannah, Georgia 39 Jan 1865, buried in the Laurel Grove Cemetery under the orders of General Sherman who was present at the funeral. Stanton served as in thhe coast guard in the Confederate army, stationed at Savannah. He was mmarried to Catherine Rebecca Parry, a daughter of Peter and Harrie Emily Parry. Issue:
- Valentine Stanton, born 8 Oct 1855, died 10 Oct 1855.
- Franklin Lebby Stanton, first Poet Laureate of Georgia, was born February 22, 1857 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was the son of Valentine and Katherine Rebecca (Parry) Stanton. He was married to Miss Leona Josey in January of 1888 in Smithville, Lee County. The War Between the States cheated young Stanton out of an education and he had to work as an apprentice. He read the worlds best poetry, studying its rhyme and rhythm. “During my early boyhood,” said he, “it was my mothers custom to read to me from the Methodist hymn book. I was brought up on Charles Wesley and Isaac Watts.” He left Charleston and went to Savannah when twelve years old, becoming a copy boy for The Savannah Morning News and ultimately contributed verse to the newspaper. His poetry attracted the attention of Joel Chandler Harris who at that time was an editorial writer on the News. So it was that Stanton developed himself as a reporter and became a feature writer and remained with the paper from 1869 to 1887. In 1888 Stanton accepted an offer from John Temple Graves to join the staff of the Rome Tribune, succeeding Henry W. Grady on the Rome paper. The following year he joined Joel Chandler Harris on the Constitution in Atlanta. He authored a number of books, viz: Songs of the Soil (1892); Comes One with a Song (1899); Songs from Dixie (1900); Up from Georgia (1902); Little Folks Down South (1904). After his death in 1927 in Atlanta, his daughter, Marcelle (Mrs. Percy A. Megahee) assembled and published "Just from Georgia" poems from his column and books. Popular songs were "Mighty Lak a Rose: and "Just A-Wearyin for You". In 1925 Governor Clifford Walker proclaimed Frank L. Stanton Poet Laureate of Georgia. He died in 7 Jan 1927 in Atlanta, Georgia and the day after his death, the Atlanta Journal published the following lines:
Frank Lebby Stanton
Sweet shepherd of the roses,
There is joy in heaven today:
Little childrens voices ringing,
Angels gently, softly singing:
He whose Mighty Lak a Rose
Every one in Heaven knows.
Has come home to stay.- Valentine Legare Stanton was born in Charleston, South Carolina on 26 May 1859.
- Henry Stokes Stanton, born April 1861.
- Burrell Sanders Stanton, born 1863, died 30 Jan 1865.
