1857–1915

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 27, 1857, New Bed­ford, Mas­sa­chu­setts. Note: Tomb­stone says 1858, but death cer­ti­fi­cate says 1857.

Died: Oc­to­ber 1, 1915, New Bed­ford, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Buried: Oak Grove Ce­me­te­ry, New Bed­ford, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Biography

Frederick was the son of Hen­ry E. Stan­ton and Cha­ri­ty C. Skiff, and hus­band of Ma­ry Al­thea Hard­ing (mar­ried 1880).

He held a Ba­che­lor of Mu­sic de­gree, and was or­dained to the Ad­vent Chris­tian min­is­try.

He held pas­tor­ates at Hud­son Falls, New York and Law­rence, Mas­sa­chu­setts, and served as sec­re­ta­ry of his de­no­mi­na­tion’s Sou­thern Mas­sa­chu­setts Dis­trict Con­fer­ence.

Ill health and a fi­nal par­al­y­sis lim­it­ed ac­tiv­i­ty in his lat­er years, though he sup­plied in va­ri­ous church­es around New Bed­ford.

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If you know where to get a good pho­to of Stan­ton (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),