Theodore Augustus Stanley

He was son of Henry Stanley, who founded the Stanley Rule and Level Company before 1854. After several years in business in New York on his own, Theodore worked in his father's firm, and was Secretary and Treasurer from 1856 until 1862. He mustered into service as 2nd Lieutenant, Company F, 14th Connecticut Infantry on 26 August 1862.

He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 17 September 1862.

Mortally wounded in action - shot through the lungs - at Fredericksburg, VA on 13 December 1862. He died on 31 December 1862 at Armory Square Hospital, Washington DC.

Basic information from Page1. Stanley Rule and Level Company later merged into the Stanley Works, now (2012) Stanley Black and Decker.

07/22/1833; New Britain, CT

12/31/1862; Washington, DC; burial in Fairview Cemetery, New Britain, CT