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Grand Rapids Herald
April 29, 1893

                         DEATH OF COLONEL STANDISH
                     
                     The Ex-District Attorney Expired at
                     Newaygo Yesterday Morning
                     
            COL. JOHN H. STANDISH died at 8 o'clock yesterday morning at
         his home in Newaygo of dropsy of the heart. He had been seriously
         ill for three weeks, and had been attended by his daughter, Mrs.
         W. D. FULLER, of this city and other relatives till the end
         came. COLONEL STANDISH had been well known here for many years.
         He lived her continuously during his two terms as district
         attorney, which lasted for eight years prior to 1880, having
         been appointed by GENERAL GRANT. For seven years of that time
         his son-in-law, W. D. FULLER, was his partner, Mr. FULLER looking
         chiefly after the business at Newaygo.
            The colonel was a typical American citizen. He was widely
         known among the attorneys and older residents here as a man of
         keen mental power, and ample resources and vigor. He was born
         in Rutland county, Vermont, February 10, 1816, and was a direct
         descendant of CAPTAIN MILES STANDISH of Puritan fame. His father's
         family came to Eaton county, Michigan, in 1830, but the young
         man meanwhile had gone on a prospecting tour west. He journeyed
         down the Mississippi and finally enlisted in the Texas cavalry
         to fight the Mexicans, and took part in several engagements.
            Later he came north to Mr. Carmel, Illinois, where he taught
         school and where he was married to HESTER A. COURTER, daughter of
         a pastor of the disciples' church. He also became a convert to
         that faith, though afterward he became widely known as a 
         psychological lecturer. After having been admitted to the bar
         in Illinois he settled at Middleville, Barry county, removing
         to Newaygo in 1852, where he built the house in which he died.
         He was elected county clerk and register of deeds of Newaygo
         county, successively, and in 1860 became its prosecuting attorney.
            When the war broke out he organized a company in the Tenth
         Michigan cavalry, which was known as one of the best in the
         service. He came out of the war a lieutenant colonel. In 1867
         and '69 he served as state senator and was chairman of the
         committee appointed to investigate the legal status of the
         D. & M. road. His subsequent terms as United States attorney
         here were characterized by the same energy and ability as his
         other pursuits.
            After leaving here he practiced at Muskegon for five years,
         but his health beginning to fail he returned to Newaygo. COL.
         STANDISH was married a second time in 1857 to EMELINE DAY, at
         Glens Falls, New York. He leaves besides his wife one daughter,
         Mrs. W. D. FULLER of this city, ALBERT H. STANDISH, traveler
         for the great Kellogg clothing house; MILES STANDISH, with
         the Wilcox Lumber company of California; FRANK STANDISH of
         San Francisco and MATTIE STANDISH, teacher in the kinder-
         garten school at Muskegon
         
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