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A.S. STANLEY, senior proprietor of the Albert Stanley Lounge Works at Winchester, Indiana., was born in Franklin Township, Randolph Coutny, Indiana, November 11, 1861, a son of Pleasant A. and Nancy (Hiatt) Stanley. Pleasant A. Stanley was also a native of Indiana and was born in Union, but died in Carter County, Missouri, in 1874; his widow, Nancy (Hiatt) Stanley, who was born in Randolph County, Indiana, February 2, 1837, has her present residence in Winchester. A. S. Stanley is the fourth in order of birth in a family of eitht children. His education was acdquired primarily in the common schools of his native township; after an absence of eight years he entered the school of Winchester, made his way through the curriculum by doing janitor work in the high school building, accomplished a six-year course in four years, and graduated, with class honors, in 1883. After graduation he engaged in the grocery trade for something more than a year, then traveled for three years in the employ of the Architectural on Works, and several other different companies, and proved himself to be an accomplished salesman. In 1889 he established his present works in company with his brother M. L. Stanley, and has been very successful in its prosecution, having, in 1893, manufactured of a 1,500 lineal feet of veranda work, in addition to other house trimmings and lounges and other articles of house furniture. Mr. Stanley is naturally a mechanical genius, beside being a natural born financier. He has made his way in the business as he did in school - through the exercise of untiring energy - as is shown by the fact that when he started he had not a dollar that he could call his own.

September 11, 1883, Mr. Stanley was most happily united in marriage with Miss Mary L. Hollingsworth, daughter of John G. and Alzada (Grove) Hollingsworth, of Winchester. This lady was born in Philipsburg, Ohio, June 9, 1868, and came with her parents to Winchester in 1884. She has blessed her husband with four children, who are named, Kiler, Blanche, Crete and Wayne. In politics, Mr. Stanley is a prohibitionist, and fraternally is a Mason and also a Knight of Pythias. In religion he affiliates with the Christian Church, of which religious organization Mrs. Stanley is also a member. In social circles Mr. and Mrs. Stanley occupy an enviable position, while with the business community Mr. Stanley's reputation stands without a blemish.


Source:
Portrait & Biographical Record
Randolph County, Indiana; 1894
by A. W. Bowen & Co.

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