[2] His father manufactured woolen goods and traded with the West Indies.

[4] Henry married Elizabeth Cady, who became a leader on issues of temperance, women's rights and suffrage, as well as abolition.

He served as the second president of Oakland College, near Rodney, Mississippi, from 1851 to 1854; it was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.

[7][8] Stanton, who was a widower with one son, died aboard the steamship Nevada en route to London and was buried at sea on May 28, 1885, at the age of seventy-five.

[1] At the time of his death, his residence was 2727 N Street Northwest, Washington, D.C.[9] Stanton Hall on the Miami University campus is named in his honor.