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David Stanway, farmer, stock-raiser and fruit-grower of Moniteau County, Mo., was born in England, February 16, 1838, and in 1857 came to the United States, locating in Michigan, at Ypsilanti, where he entered the State Normal School, which he attended from 1858 to 1861. In the latter year he enlisted in the First Michigan Infantry for three years as a private, and was promoted to first sergeant at the battle of Gains’ Hill, being made second lieutenant at the second battle of Bull Run, and first lieutenant at Chancellorsville. January 1, 1864, he was made captain of Company G, and participated in the battle of Fredericksburg, where he was wounded in the leg and disabled for a short time, and was in all the fighting and battles of the Army of the Potomac up to the battle of the Wilderness, May5, 1864, where he was permanently disabled by a shot through the left arm. He remained in the hospital for some time, but was not in active service after, his services being subsequently required for recruiting purposes. October 4, 1864, he was discharged at Annapolis, Md., and returned to Ypsilanti, Mich., where he was engaged in the furniture business until the fall of 1867, when he sold out and came to Missouri, and bought the farm where he now lives, which was then, with the exception of a few acres, raw land, but is now nicely improved. He has taught one term of school since coming to Missouri, and also taught one term at Adrian, Mich., before the war. He was married at Brighton, Mich., July 5, 1864, to Maria E. Peach, a native of England, and daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Peach, by whom he has one son and three daughters: Gracie, wife of Asa W. Pizer; Minnie and Eva, twins, and Perry R. Mr. Stanway is a deacon in the Christian Church, of which his family are members. He is a member of the G. A. R., and is commander of Henry Brown Post No. 276, at Clarksburg. His parents, William and Grace Stanway, spent their lives in England.