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DANIEL STANARD. This well-known citizen of Cass County, who is prominently identified with the agricultural interests of Porter Township, was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., March 2, 1828. He is the next to the eldest in a family of ten children born to Ezra D. and Sarah (Cargal) Stanard. His father was born in Genesee County, N. Y., September 5, 1804, and was the son of an Irishman, who emigrated to the United States with his parents and settled in New York State, where he followed farming occupations and remained until called hence. For seven years he served in the War of the Revolution. He and his wife reared a family of ten children.

Aside from the few facts mentioned above, but little information can be had concerning the early history of the Stanard family in America. The father and mother of our subject were married in New York State September 12, 1825. The mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Cargal, was born in New York March 25, 1808, being one of a large number of children born to Daniel Cargal and his good wife. The following is recorded concerning the brothers and sisters of our subject: Uriah was born June 24, 1826, and came to Michigan in 1844, dying in this State at the age of twenty-four years. Elizabeth, who was born September 2, 1830, married A. B. Wetherbee, became the mother of one child and passed away in Newburg Township, Cass County, August 27, 1851. Marinda, who was born January 20, 1832, married A. B. Wetherbee after the death of her sister Elizabeth, and they now reside in Newburg Township. Dorcas Jane, who was born June 3, 1835, married Samuel Engling, and lives at Dowagiac, Cass County; they have but one child living. Norton M., whose birth occurred on the 2d of September, 1837, was a soldier in the Civil War and participated in many of the most desperate engagements during his three years’ service. He married Eva Wright, and removed to Nebraska, where in the winter of 1892 he was killed by his clothing getting caught in the machinery of a corn-sheller that he was running. His widow and five children still reside in Nebraska. Francis M., who was born November 20, 1839, died in Porter Township November 20, 1874, leaving a wife and three children. Lydia, who was born June 25, 1842, married Andrew Call, a farmer in Newburg Township, and died a year after her marriage. Mary was born September 16, 1844, and died August 18, 1863. Nathan G., who was born August 21, 1847, married Lora Beardsley, and resides in Mason Township, Cass County. He was a soldier in the late war.

When the family came to Michigan, about 1844, our subject accompanied them and settled with his parents in Porter Township, where his father died January 18, 1864. His mother, who is still living, is bright and active at the advanced age of eighty-five years. Daniel helped his father to clear up a farm in the wilderness of Michigan and did considerable pioneer work. June 18, 1854, he married Miss Lucinda Glass, who was born in Stark County, Ohio, September 20, 1837. She is a daughter of William Glass, who was born in Pennsylvania and came to Michigan in 1846. Directly after his marriage, Mr. Stanard came to the place where he has since lived. At the time he purchased the place it was an unbroken forest and with his own hands he cleared one hundred and fifty acres of the heavily timbered land, aside from assisting in the clearing of his father’s farm.

We note the following concerning the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stanard: Emory Eldoras, who was born May 26, 1855, married Delia Brooks, by whom he became the father of five children. He was for some time proprietor of a meat-market at Three Rivers, this State, and died August 13, 1887. Sarah T., whose birth occurred September 1, 1857, married Edward Trattles, a farmer in Porter Township, and they have five children. James LeRoy, whose birth occurred September 8, 1859, married, but his wife died, leaving no children. Blanche, who was born July 17, 1861, married Stephen McCain, and lives at Three Rivers, where he is engaged in farming; they have two children. Lydia, who was born August 6, 1863, married Amos Caldwell, a merchant at Constantine, this State, and they are the parents of four children. William Loren, whose birth occurred May 21, 1866, married Minta Wagar, whose father, Stephen Wagar, a soldier in the late war, came to Michigan from New York in an early day and settled in Newburg, where she was born. She has four sisters: Mirta, Ida, Clara and Alma. William L., with his wife and little daughter, Lena Lenora, lives with Mr. Stanard and manages the home farm. Mary, who was born August 8, 1869, married Benjamin Seward and lives in Ohio. They have one child, Cora. Lenora, who was born March 13, 1873, married George Spencer, and resides at Marcellus.

In his political affiliations, Mr. Stanard has been a Republican from the organization of the party, but he has never aspired to any official position, and his interest in political matters has been a quiet one. He is one of the hard-working, sturdy pioneers who have helped to make the great State of Michigan what it is to-day. His wife is identified with the Methodist Church, in which she is an active worker. His father and mother were members of the Christian Church. While he is not actively connected with any religious organization, he is a generous contributor to religious enterprises and a frequent attendant at their services. An earnest, upright, persevering man, he occupies a high place in the regard of his fellow-men and is one of the most progressive of Porter Township’s citizens.