Edna could speak fluent German. She was a student at the University of Chicago when she married, December 23, 1899 at Lake Forest, Illinois, Professor ALBERT ABRAHAM MICHELSON, born December 19, 1852 at Strzelno, German-occupied Poland, son of Samuel and Rosalie (Przylubska) Michelson. Edna was his second wife.
Albert married first, April 10, 1877 at New Rochelle, New York, Margaret Heminway, born in 1858, daughter of Albert Gallatin Heminway of New Rochelle, New York. They had three children but were divorced in 1898. Dr. Michelson was a professor at the University of Chicago and the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his accurate measurement of the speed of light.
GEORGE EDGAR8 STANTON (George Edgar7, George Edgar6, George Henry5, Henry4, George3, Henry2, George1), son of George Edgar and Helene (Ernst) Stanton, was born in the American Consulate at St. Petersburg, now Leningrad, Russia. Like his father, he preferred to be called "Edgar." His first year was spent at St. Petersburg, Russia, but his boyhood was spent at Chicago (1885-1894 and 1896-1898), Highland Park (1895), and from 1899, at the family home at Lake Forest, Illinois. He could speak German which he learned from his mother. He prepared for college at the Rugby School at Kenilworth, Illinois. In 1902, he entered Harvard University, and after graduating with a B.A. in 1906, he was employed by his father at Stanton & Company in Chicago.
He married December 30, 1907 at South Bend, Indiana, HARRIET CAMPBELL REW, born April 27, 1875 at Chicago, Illinois, daughter of Francis Edward and Harriet (Campbell) Rew of Chicago. She was called "Hally." In 1896, she won the women's Western Doubles tennis championship. He was her second husband. She married first, August 8, 1897, Frederick Day Nichols of Chicago, Illinois, son of Dr. Horace and Sarah (Robinson) Nichols. They had one daughter and were divorced.
The Stanton's first lived at Evanston, Illinois, at the Fontenay Apartments at 1736 Ridge Avenue (1907-1909) then moved to Winnetka, Illinois, first at 395 Ridge Avenue (1910- 1915), then at 315 Ridge Avenue (1915-1923) and later at a new home designed by Architect Chester Walcott at 30 Locust Road (1923-1945).
About 1909, he met Mrs. Ora H. Snyder who was selling home made candies in the train station at Chicago. He invited her to set up a stand on the mezzanine floor of Stanton & Company and soon her candy business became a huge success. On his father's death in 1910, he became president of Stanton & Company located at 69 Washington Street and by 1911 at 30 West Washington Street.
During World War I, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Aviation Engineers and served for ten months in this country. He was stationed at Ellington Field, Texas; Ebberts Field, Loveoak, Arkansas; S.M.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois; and S.M.A., Champaign, Illinois. He was honorably discharged December 6, 1918.
In 1922, he sold Stanton & Company to Kunze which was later bought out by Stop and Shop. In partnership with Ora and her husband Will Snyder, he became one of the founders and owners of Mrs. Snyder's Home Made Candies, serving as company treasurer. His office was at 119 North Wabash Avenue. He was also a director of the Belden Manufacturing Company from 1923 to 1943. His favorite recreation was fishing, followed closely by wing shooting, billiards and golf. He was considered an expert fly fisherman and fished all over the United States and Canada. About 1915 he built a summer lodge on Killaly Point near Desbarats, Ontario, Canada. After about 1926, the lodge was sold to the Proxmire family, but it eventually was bought by the Haight family. From 1923 the family started spending their summers in the west. Their favorite place was the L Bar T Ranch on the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River in Wyoming near Cooke City, Montana.
He was a member of the Chicago Club, the University Club of Chicago, the Coleman Lake Club of Wisconsin where he was chairman of the hatchery committee, the Swan Lake Duck Hunting Club near Henry, Illinois, and a charter member and an early Director of the Indian Hill Club of Winnetka, Illinois which was formed in 1914. He had his own billiard table and was considered one of the better amateur players in the Chicago area. He was chosen to play in an exhibition match at the University Club against Alan Hall, a champion of the time.
Edgar Stanton died at age 59. His body was creamated and his ashes were burried in lot 350, section B of Graceland Cemetary, Chicago.
HARRIET CAMPBELL REW was called "Hally." She attended the University of Chicago. She was a tennis champion, winning the Women's Western Doubles Tournament with Carrie Nealy in 1896 and placing second in the Women's Western Singles Tournament.
Harriet married first, FREDERICK DAY NICHOLS of Chicago Illinois. They first lived at Malden and later Newton Center, both suburbs of Boston. About 1904 she and her daughter left Massachusetts and moved to Norwood, Michigan, staying with her sister Frances Rew Ferguson. About 1906 she moved to Chicago and obtained a divorce.
Harriet married second December 30, 1907 at South Bend, Indiana, GEORGE EDGAR STANTON, son of George Edgar and Helene (Ernst) Stanton, born March 30, 1884 in the American Consulate at St. Petersburg, Russia. He was called "Edgar." She met him through his sister, Edna Stanton Michelson, one of her former classmates at the University of Chicago. He was president of Stanton and Company (1910-1922), a Chicago firm specializing in imported wines and fine foods. He was also a founder and treasurer of Mrs. Snyder's Home Made Candy Company (1923-1943).
The Stanton's first lived at the Fontenay Apartments at 1736 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, Illinois (1907-1909). They next moved to Winnetka and lived at 395 Ridge Avenue (1910-1915), then at 315 Ridge Avenue (1915-1923), and later at 30 Locust Road (1923-1945). They spent the summers at the family lodge at Desbarats, Ontario Canada (1915-1926), at the L Bar T Ranch on the Clark Fork of the Yellowstone River in Wyoming near Cooke City, Montanna (1923-19__), and at Tucson, Arizona (19__-19__). They were charter members of the Indian Hill Country Club. Harriet was a co-founder with her son Francis of the Ridge and Valley Tennis Club at Glenview, Illinois, in 1954.
In 1945 Harriet moved to 200 Linden Street, Winnetka. She died at Evanston Hospital, age 93. She was creamated and her ashes were burried in lot 350, section B at Graceland Cemetary, Chicago, Illinois.