Phillip Standlick, born in England in 1846, was in Brighton and married to Hannah Hartman, by the 1870 census. (Hannah, b. Sept. 1, 1848, was a daughter of John and Maria Westphal Hartman of Genoa Township, settlers who came from Germany in 1836.)
By 1872, Phillip built a home in the Smith-McPherson Addition, lots 3 & 4, on Walnut Street. This addition included several blocks on both sides of W. Main from the mill pond west. In 1875-76 Phil served as Village Marshall. The 1880 census includes children Charles b. 1872, May b. October, 1872 and James b. 1876. At that time Phillip is in business as a grain buyer. The Brighton Argus reports that Memorial Day, 1881, was rainy and cool. Standlicks dray horse attempted to swim the millpond without the permission of Standlick. He was nearly killed. His cousins, John (b. 1831) and Edward (b. 1859) Truscott, came from England and were with Phillip and Hannah; they are recorded as laborers and may have been employed by Phillip in his business. The 1895 map of Genoa Township Sec. 32, E 1/2 SW ¼ and SW ¼ NW ¼, notes an extensive huckleberry marsh owned by Phillip Standlick.
Phillips daughter May married William Jarvis II and had two children, Beatrice and Harold Edward. Son James married Mrs. Isabell Bucklew. Son William, b. September 14, 1881, married Libby Becker and lived at 124 S. Third for a time.
Son Edward E., b. August 1, 1880 (whose twin died) married Grace Avis. Circa 1920 they lived near the Rialto Theater. Around 2:30 a.m., noises were heard. The next morning it was discovered the safe, with $200.00 was stolen wheeled out of town. This couple had 11 children, several of whom also married neighbors. About 1926 he owned the Western House, 500 W. Main, which he planned to use for residential purposes. There were very few train passengers since the advent of the auto and he sold in 1927. He was also in the ice business. His brothers, Charlie, Harry b. 1884 and Roy b. 1889, cut ice on Lime Lake. January 1, 1926, that business was sold to Don Leith, Sr.
Brighton High School graduation listing in From Settlement to City, Brighton, 1832-1945 puts Eds son Phil in the class of 1927. (Theres also a picture of him and his school mates ten years earlier.) Eds son, Joseph and daughter Lillian are in a 1925 photo of elementary school children in Brighton. Daughter Vivian graduated on 1939, and daughter Dorothy with the class of 1944.
Beginning with Phillip and Hannah, names of many early settlers can be found in this familys genealogical records: Baetcke, Bauer, Collett, Funsch, Herbst, Musch, Taylor, Truhn in addition to those already noted. A family reunion could include half the population of the area. All have descendants in the area. Calvary, St. George and Fairview Cemeteries are the final resting places for many.
Complied by Marieanna Bair from: Census records; cemetery transcriptions,; writings of Bill Pless; obituaries complied by Milton Charboneau and From Settlement to City- Brighton- 1832-1945 by Carol McMacken