Hi Jac66,
We may be cousins. I am descended from your James Stanners/Stanhouse's brother Walter.
He came to United States with he was about five with his parents, Malcolm (1817- about 1866) and Christiana (Stanners) Stanhouse (1817- about 1886). Walter married Rebecca Yancey (1857-1934) in 1876 in Perry County, Illinois. My grandmother was their daughter Rachel Stanhouse (1894-1969). My dad grew up in Du Quoin, Illinois.
Malcolm's (1817-) parents were Malcolm Stanners (1781-) and Elisabeth Adamson (1781-).
Christiana's parents were James Stanners (1791-1860) and Catherine Kennedy (1786-1863).
I think, based on a copy of a letter of recollections written about 40 years ago, that the Malcolm Stanhouse who died in Atlanta, Georgia in 1864 was Christiana's brother, not her husband.
My ancestry name is ellen5251 on Neal Family Tree.
Ellen
