Henry T. Stanton

by George J. Dance Henry Thompson Stanton (June 30, 1834 - 1899) was an American poet and lawyer.

Life
Stanton was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of Judge Richard Henry Stanton. The family moved to Maysville, Kentucky, when Stanton was a child. He attended West Point Academy but withdrew before graduating. He fought on the Confederate side during the American Civil War, as a captain of a company in the 5th Kentucky Regiment. From 1862 to 1864 he was adjutant-general for Gen. John S. Williams. He subsequently served as adjutant-general for Col. Henry L. Giltner, and commanded a brigade. At war's end he was adjutant-general on the staff of Gen. John Echols.

After the war, Stanton practiced law in Maysville. He was editor of the Maysville Bulletin until 1870. He served as chief assistant in the office of the State Commissioner of Insurance 1870-1874. He later edited a newspaper in Frankfort, Kentucky, where he died.

He is buried in Frankfort Cemetery. His gravestone, near the Chapel, is nearly illegible.

Poetry

 * The Moneyless Man, and other poems. Baltimore, MD: Henry C. Turnbull Jr., 1871.
 * Jacob Brown, and other poems. Cincinnati, OH: R. Clarke, 1875.
 * For Kate and Little May: a story in rhyme(pamphlet). 1891.
 * Poems of the Confederacy: Being selections from the writings of Major Henry T. Stanton. Louisville, KY: J.P. Morton, 1900.
 * The Poetical Works of Henry T. Stanton. Cincinnati, OH: Robert Clarke, 1901.

Novels

 * Social Fetters, or, Within a shadow. Washington, DC: W.H. Morrison, 1889.
 * A Graduate of Paris. Washington, DC: W.H. Morrison, 1889.

Anthologized
Selected, Arranged and Edited with Biographical Notes'' edited by Charles W. Kent). Boston, New York & Chicago: Houghton Mifflin, 1913.
 * "The Moneyless Man," in Kentucky Eloquence. Past and Present. Library of orations, after-dinner speeches, popular and classic lectures, addresses and poetry (edited by Bennett H. Young ). Louisville, KY: Ben LaBree, 1907; pp. 469-470.
 * "The Moneyless Man" (as "Henry Throop Stanton") in ''Southern Poems.
 * "Centennial Poem," in All That's Kentucky: An anthology (edited by Josiah Henry Combs). Louisville, KY: John P. Morton, 1915; pp. 60-64.

<smallExcept where noted, bibliographical information courtesy West Virginia University.