Pleasant Stanley came to Genesee Grove in 1837 and lived in the family of William Wick for three years. He worked for Jonathan Haines 8 years. Married Sarah Jane Crum. Children: one son and five daughters. Mr Stanley lived in Whiteside county twenty-seven years, but in 1864 went to Tama county Iowa, where he now resides.
Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County Page 226