Thomas S. Stanfield

Thomas Stilwell Stanfield (October 17, 1816 – September 12, 1885) was a politician and judge from Indiana. He served in the Indiana House of Representatives in 1844, 1851 and 1858.

Early life Thomas Stilwell Stanfield was born on October 17, 1816, in Logan County, Ohio, to William Stanfield. In 1830, Stanfield and his family moved. They lived in Young's Prairie, Michigan in the winter of 1830. They moved to Harris Prairie in St. Joseph County, Indiana, and then to South Bend, in the spring of 1831. He attended school in South Bend and his teacher was Elisha Egbert. Stanfield worked at a saw mill on the bank of Wenger's Creek and then worked with his father brick making in northern South Bend. He worked as a clerk in the general store of L. M. Taylor. He then studied law in the office of Samuel C. Sample. In 1839–1840, Stanfield attended law school in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Career Stanfield was a Whig and then later became a Republican.

Stanfield married Nancy H. Peebles of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1841. His wife died in 1896. He had two sons and two daughters, Edward P., Howard S., Mary C. and Mrs. Marion B. Staley.

Stanfield died on September 12, 1885, at his home at the corner of Washington and Lafayette Streets in South Bend.