STANTON, LOVETT W., an honored and well known citizen of Pontiac, died at the residence of his son-in-saw, J. H. Patterson, 127 S. Saginaw Street, Sunday the 22nd inst. (1898) Mr. Stanton was born in Itlay Hill, N.Y. 1830. At the age of 22 years he came to Michigan and settled at Pine Run, Genessee county, where he engaged in the saw mill and lumber business and also for a number of years ran a general store. In 1862 he moved to Oxford, this county, and engaged in the hotel business and successfully ran the Stanton House until 1877 when he removed to Pontiac, residing there most of the time since. In 1876 he was elected sheriff of Oakland county on the Democratic ticket, serving two terms. He was prominently identified with the location and establishment of the Pontiac, Oxford and Northern railroad, securing right of way, etc. He was a zealous Mason, a member of Oxford Lodge and Pontiac Commandery No. 2 K.T. the former performed the burial ritual and the latter escorted the remains to Oak Hill cemetery. (From the Scrap Book of Emma Donelson as printed in the Dec. 1953 issue of The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine)
STANTON, LOVETT W., an honored and well known citizen of Pontiac, died at the residence of his son-in-saw, J. H. Patterson, 127 S. Saginaw Street, Sunday the 22nd inst. (1898) Mr. Stanton was born in Itlay Hill, N.Y. 1830. At the age of 22 years he came to Michigan and settled at Pine Run, Genessee county, where he engaged in the saw mill and lumber business and also for a number of years ran a general store. In 1862 he moved to Oxford, this county, and engaged in the hotel business and successfully ran the Stanton House until 1877 when he removed to Pontiac, residing there most of the time since. In 1876 he was elected sheriff of Oakland county on the Democratic ticket, serving two terms. He was prominently identified with the location and establishment of the Pontiac, Oxford and Northern railroad, securing right of way, etc. He was a zealous Mason, a member of Oxford Lodge and Pontiac Commandery No. 2 K.T. the former performed the burial ritual and the latter escorted the remains to Oak Hill cemetery. (From the Scrap Book of Emma Donelson as printed in the Dec. 1953 issue of The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine)
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