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James Reuben LAND
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Frank STANTON

James Reuben Land

Book written by Myrtle Geirk, my great-grandmother, on my maternal side, helped by her daughter, both now deceased. My g-g-grandparents James Reuben and Rebecca (Haigwood) Land, and my grandmother Martha (Maggie Land) Johnson reached Paradise Valley in October 1872 by a wagon over the Oregon Trail, then toward Indian Territory, Paradise Valley, now Moscow, Idaho. They would have been sooner but g-grandmother had to stop in Missouri for a year having a baby. Their daughter Martha Land, the little girl on the wagon train. Her daughter wrote the story Myrtle, Their family. Myrtle who wrote and published family editions for us before both passed. The story of the Lands from the first one known in the Carolinas of this family.

I have all the history of the journey, children.... The farmers there before them helped get settled. The book says they lived 5 miles west of the town of Moscow.... February 13, 1873 Rebbecca Rossetta Land born there and Linza Leroy Land born December 11, 1876. The others born before the trip. G-G grandpa, I believe helped build the first Baptist Church. Both G-G grandparents went to Ione, Oregon when old, and died there. The other family of Lands split from the wagons going to Oregon. Have another book about Mattie when she married a Johnson. I know there are relations under other names after the women married.

James father and mother Ananias Land (Some say a reverend) and Nancy Kilby, in the 1800s in the N Carolina. Most of this history on Gen. sites by Cousin Curtis Siver.

Here are some names g-grandma remembered from Paradise Valley and the new Moscow. Also supposed to be a community once named Johnson after my g-g-grandparents Christopher Campbell Johnson SR.

Contributed by Jacquelyne Thornton

Frank Stanton

I’ve recovered an old photograph of Frank STANTON which was taken at the Clement Studio in Marshalltown, IA. The photograph appears to have been taken in the 1870’s or 1880’s with Frank appearing to be about 6-7 years old at the time. Based on limited research I was able to gather the following information:

Frank STANTON was b. 29 Aug 1875 in Carlton Township, Iowa to parents John STANTON and Julia A. ROKES (1854-1876) and married Mabel or Mable Bessie FITZGERALD (1880-1957) on 30 Apr 1903 in Tama, IA and they had a daughter, Helen Marjorie STANTON (1905-1986) and a son, Richard “Dick” Kenneth STANTON (1913-1999). Frank died 15 Feb 1950 in Moscow, ID and is buried in the Moscow Cemetery in Moscow, ID.

I am hoping to return the photograph to family and would appreciate you contacting if you are a member of this family or know someone who might be. Thanks, Shelley