Mervin Clark Stanley (May 6, 1857 in
New Britain
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Hartford County, Connecticut – February 1, 1907 in
New York City) was an American businessman and politician from
New York
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Life
He was the son of Oliver Cromwell Stanley (1823–1871) and Charlotte (Hine) Stanley (1823–1897). He became a lumber, coal and builders' supplies merchant in New Britain. On January 23, 1884, he married Martha Fenn Miles (1863–1918). In 1899, he removed to New York City, and became a partner in a firm of commission merchants and exporters.
He entered politics as a
Republican, and became a personal friend of Gov.
Charles Evans Hughes. Stanley was a member of the
New York State Assembly
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The Assem ...
in
1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...
,
1906
Events
January–February
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(both New York Co., 19th D.) and
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...
(New York Co., 15th D.).
He died on February 1, 1907, at his home at 329 West 82nd Street in
Manhattan, after two operations for
appendicitis; and was buried at the Fairview Cemetery in New Britain.
Sources
''Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes''by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 350, 352 and 354)
''ASSEMBLYMAN STANLEY DEAD''in NYT on February 2, 1907
''MERVIN STANLEY'S FUNERAL''in NYT on February 4, 1907
''The Stanley Families of America''by
Israel Perkins Warren
External links
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1857 births
1907 deaths
People from the Upper West Side
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Politicians from New Britain, Connecticut
Deaths from appendicitis
19th-century American legislators
19th-century New York (state) politicians