Compiled
by Teresa Martin Klaiber
George
J. Stanley was born 28 July 1895 in Carter County, Kentucky, the son of the
Rev. James B. Stanley and Susan Tomlin Stanley.
His first marriage was 22 February 1913 to Flora Van Hoose in Johnson
County, Kentucky. George and Flora had
several children[i]
and moved to Fayette County, West Virginia where he worked in the coal mines. George and Flora were divorced 2 December
1929.
Flora
remarried to William Hogston and moved to Floyd County and later Harlan
County. Clarence and Margie Stanley grew
up in Flora’s household. George married second Margaret Elizabeth “Maggie”
Fields Bleiburg Swigart 11 January 1930. Maggie
was the daughter of William Henderson Fields and wife Elsa Amanda Orn. She was born in Hocking County, Ohio. Eventually Maggie and George settled in
Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio where he worked at the stove factory.
Maggie
died 30 January 1961 in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio and was buried in
Klaiber Cemetery near George’s parents.
George J. Stanley remarried after Maggie’s death to Myrtle Blair. George died 19 December 1973 in Ironton and
was also brought back for burial in Klaiber Cemetery next to Margaret.
Clarence
Frank Stanley, the son of George and his first wife Flora Van Hoose, was born
24 March 1922. He was a coal miner and a
Private during World War II. In 1940 he
was still living in the Hogston household in Harlan County, Kentucky. On 4
August 1944 he married Lavilla Gillespie in Jefferson County, Kentucky. They resided in Harlan where in 1950 Clarence
was coal mining. According to son Jerry, Clarence loved to repair bikes and
give them to needy children. Clarence died 8 June 1996 in the Veterans
Administration Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia. His funeral was held at
Globe, Carter County, Kentucky and he was brought to Boyd County, Kentucky for
burial in Klaiber Cemetery with full military rites.
