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1860 Jackson, VA # 685-641
Philotus, 28
Harriet, 24
Samuel N, 4
1870 Gilmore Dist, Jackson, WV # 3
Philotus 39
Harriet 36
Samuel N 14 farm laborer
JCDR:
Harriet Stanley, 10/13/1872, 36y, d Bar Run, p Philotes Stanley [obviously, he was the husband]
Hardesty's History of Jackson County
Ravenswood District
Philotes STANLEY - son of David and Hannah (Richards) Stanley, was born in Jackson county, October 15, 1831. During the war between the States, he served as a member of Company F, 4th West Virginia Cavalry, enlisting at Ravenswood, in September, 1863. In Jackson county, February 12, 1873, he wedded Romana, daughter of Thomas and Ann (Russell) Wilkins, and widow of a Mr. Blackburn. She was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1830, and her parents are now residents in Columbiana county, Ohio. The first marriage of Philotes Stanley was consummated February 12, 1855, when Harriet Matilda Runnion became his wife. She died October 16, 1871, leaving one son, who is now living in Jackson county, Samuel N., born April 15, 1856. The first marriage of the present Mrs. Stanley resulted in the birth of eight children, namely: William F. Blackburn, born July 21, 1852, resides in Wellsville, Ohio; Rachel R., August 15, 1854, lives in Meigs county, Ohio; Joseph M., October 29, 1856, lives in Jackson county, West Virginia; Thomas H., January 15, 1859, died same day; James M., January 13, 1860; Ann E., March 25, 1863; John S., September 15, 1865; Harry A., April 15, 1871- the last named living with his mother.
The father of Philotes Stanley was born in Jackson county in 1802, and his early years were spent as a keel boatman on the Ohio; later in life he engaged in the mercantile business in Louisville, Kentucky, and while endeavoring to close out his business there he was ruthlessly murdered by assassins, and his body sunk in the river. Philotes Stanley is conducting a farm in Ravenswood district, with his post office at Ravenswood, Jackson county, West Virginia.
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