James W. Stanton ^{1 2}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Lapeer, MI on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 314C, District 174, Roll 589
Lapeer, Lapeer County, Michigan
James Stanton..Other..4..MI

(Living with widowed mother.)
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James married Mary Ann Renton, daughter of Andrew W. Renton and Mary Jane Wade, on 13 September 1913 in Detroit, MI.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (Mary Ann Renton was born on 13 May 1884 in Sumpter Township, Wayne County, MI ^{1 4 5 6 7}, baptized on 1 June 1885 in , Wayne County, MI and died after 1 January 1920.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 13 September 1913, in Detroit, MI. ¹

• James W. Stanton and Mary Ann Renton were divorced before 1924.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: James Stanton
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 13 Sep 1913
Event Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 37y
Birth Date: 1876
Birthplace: Michigan
Marriage Date: 13 Sep 1913
Marriage Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Emma
Spouse's Name: Anna Renton
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 29y
Spouse's Birth Date: 1884
Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan
Spouse's Father's Name: Andrew
Spouse's Mother's Name: Sarah Harvey
Source Reference: v 5 p 500 rn 98304

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3LK-957 : 23 February 2020), James Stanton and Anna Renton, 13 Sep 1913; citing Marriage, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4209172.
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The marriage between James Stanton and Anna Renton apparently did not last long. In the 1920 US Census, Anna was shown living back home with her father and stepmother but using her previous married surname of Fuller. James Stanton was remarried in 1924 to Edith Newberry.

Name: James W. Stanton
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Feb 1924
Event Place: Caro, Tuscola, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 48y
Birth Date: 1876
Birthplace: Ottowa Co, Michigan
Father's Name: Geo D. Stanton
Mother's Name: Emma Bates
Spouse's Name: Edith Newberry
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 47y
Spouse's Birth Date: 1877
Spouse's Birthplace: Vassar Township, Tuscola, Michigan
Spouse's Father's Name: Abel Finch
Spouse's Mother's Name: Lousie Champlain

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQQP-194 : 15 January 2019), Lousie Champlain in entry for James W. Stanton and Edith Newberry, 1924.
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