The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-07-19
STANLEY'S BENEFACTOR.
History Of the Great Explorers
Foster Father.


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Many New Orleans citizens remember
Henry Hope Stanley, who adopted
Stanley, the explorer, and gave him
lis first upward start in life. Very few.
however, hive any recollection of Stan
ley, the famous traveller in Africa.
Henry Hope Stanley, says the New Or
leans Post Dispatch, was born in Eng
land in 1916. He came Of good family
and was highly educated He had
brother who was l.illed by a fall from
aca-riage during the war, After his
fathers death, which occurred carly in
Stanley's life, his mother married an
Episcopal minister. She is said to be
still living and her son by the second
marriage inherited Stanley's fortune.
The young Englishman was Of indie
pendent mind, and determinedto carve
his own way to success. Accordingly
he came to America about 1881, first
landing in Charleston. S. C. There the
young man heard Of the great west and
made his way to Texas, He found
wife in the Lone Star state, but little
in the way of fortune, and the couple
determined to remove to the southern
metropolis.
Although Stanley was twice married,
neither wife bore him children. Their
kind hearts hungered for the touch Of
baby fingers, and at various times the
household adopted little orphans and
bestowed as much love and care upon
them as if Of their own blsOd. Strange
to say, none of these fxtherless ones re-
manned to comfort the closing years of
their beDefactor's life.
Joanna, the first adopted child, died
after her marriage to a local druggist
who has also passed away. Henry
Stanley Africanusf went into the
world against his foster-father's will
and was never forgiven, while Annie,
who shared the home with the explorer,
is said to have eloped with the coach
man.
About this time Stanley made the ae-
quaintance of an individual known as
Cedar smith on account Of his busi.
ness, which consisted in exporting
Louisiana cedar. About 1913 they took
trip up Red river on cedar purchas-
ing expedition, intending to ship O.
large cargo to England They were
gone some time. Facilities for mail
communication were neither rapid nor
plentiful in those days. Stanley heard
little Of affairs at home. He returned
to New Orleans to find his wife had
taken sick and died during his absence
from home. Soon afterward he mar
ried Miss Miller. an Engiishwoman.
He then changed his business, becom-
ing cotton weigher for the firm of
Payne, Dameron & Co.. the predeces
sors Of Payne, Kennedy & Co.; later he
obtained employment with Wright,
Williams & Co., in the same capacity.
He made good deal Of money in the
days when there were fortunes in the
cotton-press business. When the war
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