Background
Stanley, a descendant of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, was born on November 20, 1842, in Saybrook, Connecticut, to Review Doctor Harvey Stanley and Mary Anne (Kinne) Stanley of North Carolina.
Stanley, a descendant of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, was born on November 20, 1842, in Saybrook, Connecticut, to Review Doctor 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. After his military service, Stanley taught school and studied law under General Thomas Bowie. He was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1869.
He was a Confederate American Civil War veteran, having served as a private in Company Bachelor of the First Regiment, Maryland Cavalry from 1862 to 1865. Margaret Snowden became Stanley"s second wife on September 11, 1884. Nine children were born of this marriage, six of whom survived to 1907: Harvey.
Charles H. Stanley, Junior.
William; John Snowden. Margaret Snowden; and Elizabeth Hopkins.
In 1906, he was elected to the office of first vice-president by the Association of School Commissioners and County Superintendents of Maryland. In 1911, Stanley was appointed by Governor Austin Lane Crothers as the Comptroller of Maryland to complete the term of William B. Clagett, who died in office after his own appointment to complete a predecessor"s term.
Stanley died on December 20, 1913 in Laurel, Maryland.
His burial site is in section East. 108 of Ivy Hill Cemetery in Laurel. The Laurel branch of the Prince George"s County Memorial Library System was named after the Stanley family.
Stanley was a farmer, farm investor, and charter member of the Vansville Farmers" Club of Prince George"s County. Stanley was director of the B&O Railroad from 1883 to 1886 and a member of the Board of Trustees for Maryland Agricultural College, the original chartered name of the University of Maryland, from 1882. Stanley served as a city commissioner for Laurel, Maryland from 1880 to 1882, a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1883 to 1885, and mayor of Laurel from 1891 to 1893.