Charles H. Stanley
22nd Comptroller of Maryland (1842-1913)
Charles Harvey Stanley (November 20, 1842 – December 20, 1913) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician.
Early life and family
Stanley, a descendant of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, was born on November 20, 1842, in Saybrook, Connecticut, to Rev. Dr. Harvey Stanley and Mary Anne (Kinne) Stanley of North Carolina. In 1851, he moved to Prince George's County, Maryland with his parents, where he attended local schools and received private tutoring.
He was a Confederate American Civil War veteran, having served as a private in Company B of the First Regiment, Maryland Cavalry from 1862 to 1865. Upon enlistment, he was 19 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, and light complected with light hair and gray eyes. After his military service, Stanley taught school and studied law under General Thomas Bowie; he was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1869.
Stanley married his first wife, Ella Lee Hodges (January 1841 – October 1, 1881) on November 26, 1871; the couple moved to Laurel and had no children. Margaret Snowden, a descendant of the Snowden family that settled Laurel, became Stanley's second wife on September 11, 1884.
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