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Jack Stanton (Jack), Duyo Peter Stanton (sometimes referred to as
Dewey), and Chuck Stanton (Chuck). Tina’s husband is Frank’s
half-brother.
For most of his life Edward worked as a coppersmith and
welder. Until around 1951, Edward and his family moved from job
site to job site approximately every week to 10 days.15 His
family lived in tents and, later, in trailers. Around 1951,
Edward, Mary, and the children remaining at home settled in
Maryland, first in the Emmitsburg area and later in the
Hagerstown area.16 While living in Maryland, Edward purchased
some real estate, including a trailer park, some apartment
buildings, and a lot on which he built a home. Edward also
bought and sold some livestock.
Edward and Mary did not trust banks. They kept cash as well
as gold coins and jewelry hidden in their home. Although Edward
generally lived frugally, on occasion he helped his children out
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actually were Mary’s stepdaughters although certain statements in
the record give that impression.
15 Joe testified that for some of those years Edward and
his family traveled with a carnival at which Mary worked as a
fortune teller.
16 Although the testimony is somewhat contradictory as to
exactly which of Edward and Mary’s children were living with them
when Mary and Edward settled in Maryland, it is clear that both
Katherine and Tina already were married and living in separate
residences while Chuck and possibly Dewey were living with their
parents at that time.
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