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1751	GEORGE A. STAFFORD. -- The Township of Delaware, in the county of the same name, has long been noted for its fine farms and excellent class of citizens, and a prominent representative the latter is found in the person of the subject of the following sketch. George A. Stafford was born in Delaware county, Indiana, November 23, 1835, a son of Ralph and Jane (Black) Stafford, the former a native of Giles county, Virginia, born in 1806. Ralph Stafford was a son of George and Catherine (Fair) Stafford, both natives of Ireland. Mrs. Jane Black Stafford was born in Clarke County, Ohio, May 30, 1815, and was the daughter of Andrew and Susan (Ross) Black, whose genealogy appears elsewhere in this volume. The paternal grandparents of the subject located in Clarke County, Ohio, in 1811, and there engaged in farming and in superintending a tannery, and remained in that locality until the times of their demise, the father dying in 1876 and the mother in 1888. Ralph Stafford was but a boy of five years when he accompanied his parents to Clarke County, and there he grew to manhood, attending the common school at intervals in the meantime. He early learned the trade of tanner and also that of shoemaking under the supervision of an uncle, John Black, with whom he remained for a term of two years, after which he went into partnership with Mr. Black, with whom he remained until 1835, when he came to Delaware County. He had visited this county in 1834, and entered 160 acres of land, returning again in September 1835. Here he built an old-fashioned log cabin, with puncheon floor, and this covered but half the area of the house. He remained on the place until 1854 and then removed to the farm now owned by his son, William, where he spent his declining years, departing this life August 12, 1876; his remains were laid to rest in the Black Cemetery. His wife survived him until December 21, 1888, at which time she was laid by his side in the same peaceful spot, where a beautiful monument marks their last resting place. For many years, they were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were well known and respected people. He had served as trustee and gave satisfaction as an honest official, and at the time of his death, he owned 484 acres of land in Delaware Township. They were the parents of five children, as follows: George A., James E., John H., William H. and Susan, deceased. The immediate subject of this mention was reared on the home farm and received the advantages of a good education in the excellent common schools. He learned the trade of tanner, which he followed until twenty-four years of age, and then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, renting land of his father. He was married April 16, 1867, at which date he located where he now resides, owning at this time 280 acres of very valuable land, and his crops annually go far to swell the yield of the great state. His residence is a modern one of beauty and utility, and his grounds display, in their neatness and completeness, the presence of an excellent manager. Mr. Stafford votes with the Republican Party, and rejoices in its successes. Since 1864, he has been a member of the Masonic order. In June 1892, he became a director in the Farmers' Bank, of Muncie, and is largely interested in the same. He married Miss Sarah A. Zehner, who was born in Wayne County, Indiana, June 14, 1844, daughter of Benjamin and Hester (Hoppas) Zehner, of German ancestry, who were pioneers of Wayne County in 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford have a family of four children, as follows: David R.; Cyrus J., Emma C. and Ray J. The family is connected with the Lutheran and the Methodist churches are good and worthy people, highly esteemed in Delaware Township. Mr. Stafford has been largely interested in and identified with the growth of the city of Muncie, having made a large purchase of real estate in 1887, which was laid out in city lots and known as the "Winton addition." He has since kept up his interests in Muncie by subsequent purchases, which have been profitable. He has just completed a large cracker factory, which will be one of the solid business industries of the city. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, George A. (I32444)
1752	GEORGE A. STAFFORD. -- The Township of Delaware, in the county of the same name, has long been noted for its fine farms and excellent class of citizens, and a prominent representative the latter is found in the person of the subject of the following sketch. George A. Stafford was born in Delaware county, Indiana, November 23, 1835, a son of Ralph and Jane (Black) Stafford, the former a native of Giles county, Virginia, born in 1806. Ralph Stafford was a son of George and Catherine (Fair) Stafford, both natives of Ireland. Mrs. Jane Black Stafford was born in Clarke County, Ohio, May 30, 1815, and was the daughter of Andrew and Susan (Ross) Black, whose genealogy appears elsewhere in this volume. The paternal grandparents of the subject located in Clarke County, Ohio, in 1811, and there engaged in farming and in superintending a tannery, and remained in that locality until the times of their demise, the father dying in 1876 and the mother in 1888. Ralph Stafford was but a boy of five years when he accompanied his parents to Clarke County, and there he grew to manhood, attending the common school at intervals in the meantime. He early learned the trade of tanner and also that of shoemaking under the supervision of an uncle, John Black, with whom he remained for a term of two years, after which he went into partnership with Mr. Black, with whom he remained until 1835, when he came to Delaware County. He had visited this county in 1834, and entered 160 acres of land, returning again in September 1835. Here he built an old-fashioned log cabin, with puncheon floor, and this covered but half the area of the house. He remained on the place until 1854 and then removed to the farm now owned by his son, William, where he spent his declining years, departing this life August 12, 1876; his remains were laid to rest in the Black Cemetery. His wife survived him until December 21, 1888, at which time she was laid by his side in the same peaceful spot, where a beautiful monument marks their last resting place. For many years, they were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were well known and respected people. He had served as trustee and gave satisfaction as an honest official, and at the time of his death, he owned 484 acres of land in Delaware Township. They were the parents of five children, as follows: George A., James E., John H., William H. and Susan, deceased. The immediate subject of this mention was reared on the home farm and received the advantages of a good education in the excellent common schools. He learned the trade of tanner, which he followed until twenty-four years of age, and then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, renting land of his father. He was married April 16, 1867, at which date he located where he now resides, owning at this time 280 acres of very valuable land, and his crops annually go far to swell the yield of the great state. His residence is a modern one of beauty and utility, and his grounds display, in their neatness and completeness, the presence of an excellent manager. Mr. Stafford votes with the Republican Party, and rejoices in its successes. Since 1864, he has been a member of the Masonic order. In June 1892, he became a director in the Farmers' Bank, of Muncie, and is largely interested in the same. He married Miss Sarah A. Zehner, who was born in Wayne County, Indiana, June 14, 1844, daughter of Benjamin and Hester (Hoppas) Zehner, of German ancestry, who were pioneers of Wayne County in 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford have a family of four children, as follows: David R.; Cyrus J., Emma C. and Ray J. The family is connected with the Lutheran and the Methodist churches are good and worthy people, highly esteemed in Delaware Township. Mr. Stafford has been largely interested in and identified with the growth of the city of Muncie, having made a large purchase of real estate in 1887, which was laid out in city lots and known as the "Winton addition." He has since kept up his interests in Muncie by subsequent purchases, which have been profitable. He has just completed a large cracker factory, which will be one of the solid business industries of the city. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, George A. (I32444)
1753	GEORGE A. STAFFORD. -- The Township of Delaware, in the county of the same name, has long been noted for its fine farms and excellent class of citizens, and a prominent representative the latter is found in the person of the subject of the following sketch. George A. Stafford was born in Delaware county, Indiana, November 23, 1835, a son of Ralph and Jane (Black) Stafford, the former a native of Giles county, Virginia, born in 1806. Ralph Stafford was a son of George and Catherine (Fair) Stafford, both natives of Ireland. Mrs. Jane Black Stafford was born in Clarke County, Ohio, May 30, 1815, and was the daughter of Andrew and Susan (Ross) Black, whose genealogy appears elsewhere in this volume. The paternal grandparents of the subject located in Clarke County, Ohio, in 1811, and there engaged in farming and in superintending a tannery, and remained in that locality until the times of their demise, the father dying in 1876 and the mother in 1888. Ralph Stafford was but a boy of five years when he accompanied his parents to Clarke County, and there he grew to manhood, attending the common school at intervals in the meantime. He early learned the trade of tanner and also that of shoemaking under the supervision of an uncle, John Black, with whom he remained for a term of two years, after which he went into partnership with Mr. Black, with whom he remained until 1835, when he came to Delaware County. He had visited this county in 1834, and entered 160 acres of land, returning again in September 1835. Here he built an old-fashioned log cabin, with puncheon floor, and this covered but half the area of the house. He remained on the place until 1854 and then removed to the farm now owned by his son, William, where he spent his declining years, departing this life August 12, 1876; his remains were laid to rest in the Black Cemetery. His wife survived him until December 21, 1888, at which time she was laid by his side in the same peaceful spot, where a beautiful monument marks their last resting place. For many years, they were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were well known and respected people. He had served as trustee and gave satisfaction as an honest official, and at the time of his death, he owned 484 acres of land in Delaware Township. They were the parents of five children, as follows: George A., James E., John H., William H. and Susan, deceased. The immediate subject of this mention was reared on the home farm and received the advantages of a good education in the excellent common schools. He learned the trade of tanner, which he followed until twenty-four years of age, and then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, renting land of his father. He was married April 16, 1867, at which date he located where he now resides, owning at this time 280 acres of very valuable land, and his crops annually go far to swell the yield of the great state. His residence is a modern one of beauty and utility, and his grounds display, in their neatness and completeness, the presence of an excellent manager. Mr. Stafford votes with the Republican Party, and rejoices in its successes. Since 1864, he has been a member of the Masonic order. In June 1892, he became a director in the Farmers' Bank, of Muncie, and is largely interested in the same. He married Miss Sarah A. Zehner, who was born in Wayne County, Indiana, June 14, 1844, daughter of Benjamin and Hester (Hoppas) Zehner, of German ancestry, who were pioneers of Wayne County in 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford have a family of four children, as follows: David R.; Cyrus J., Emma C. and Ray J. The family is connected with the Lutheran and the Methodist churches are good and worthy people, highly esteemed in Delaware Township. Mr. Stafford has been largely interested in and identified with the growth of the city of Muncie, having made a large purchase of real estate in 1887, which was laid out in city lots and known as the "Winton addition." He has since kept up his interests in Muncie by subsequent purchases, which have been profitable. He has just completed a large cracker factory, which will be one of the solid business industries of the city. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, George A. (I32444)
1754	GEORGE A. STAFFORD. -- The Township of Delaware, in the county of the same name, has long been noted for its fine farms and excellent class of citizens, and a prominent representative the latter is found in the person of the subject of the following sketch. George A. Stafford was born in Delaware county, Indiana, November 23, 1835, a son of Ralph and Jane (Black) Stafford, the former a native of Giles county, Virginia, born in 1806. Ralph Stafford was a son of George and Catherine (Fair) Stafford, both natives of Ireland. Mrs. Jane Black Stafford was born in Clarke County, Ohio, May 30, 1815, and was the daughter of Andrew and Susan (Ross) Black, whose genealogy appears elsewhere in this volume. The paternal grandparents of the subject located in Clarke County, Ohio, in 1811, and there engaged in farming and in superintending a tannery, and remained in that locality until the times of their demise, the father dying in 1876 and the mother in 1888. Ralph Stafford was but a boy of five years when he accompanied his parents to Clarke County, and there he grew to manhood, attending the common school at intervals in the meantime. He early learned the trade of tanner and also that of shoemaking under the supervision of an uncle, John Black, with whom he remained for a term of two years, after which he went into partnership with Mr. Black, with whom he remained until 1835, when he came to Delaware County. He had visited this county in 1834, and entered 160 acres of land, returning again in September 1835. Here he built an old-fashioned log cabin, with puncheon floor, and this covered but half the area of the house. He remained on the place until 1854 and then removed to the farm now owned by his son, William, where he spent his declining years, departing this life August 12, 1876; his remains were laid to rest in the Black Cemetery. His wife survived him until December 21, 1888, at which time she was laid by his side in the same peaceful spot, where a beautiful monument marks their last resting place. For many years, they were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were well known and respected people. He had served as trustee and gave satisfaction as an honest official, and at the time of his death, he owned 484 acres of land in Delaware Township. They were the parents of five children, as follows: George A., James E., John H., William H. and Susan, deceased. The immediate subject of this mention was reared on the home farm and received the advantages of a good education in the excellent common schools. He learned the trade of tanner, which he followed until twenty-four years of age, and then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, renting land of his father. He was married April 16, 1867, at which date he located where he now resides, owning at this time 280 acres of very valuable land, and his crops annually go far to swell the yield of the great state. His residence is a modern one of beauty and utility, and his grounds display, in their neatness and completeness, the presence of an excellent manager. Mr. Stafford votes with the Republican Party, and rejoices in its successes. Since 1864, he has been a member of the Masonic order. In June 1892, he became a director in the Farmers' Bank, of Muncie, and is largely interested in the same. He married Miss Sarah A. Zehner, who was born in Wayne County, Indiana, June 14, 1844, daughter of Benjamin and Hester (Hoppas) Zehner, of German ancestry, who were pioneers of Wayne County in 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford have a family of four children, as follows: David R.; Cyrus J., Emma C. and Ray J. The family is connected with the Lutheran and the Methodist churches are good and worthy people, highly esteemed in Delaware Township. Mr. Stafford has been largely interested in and identified with the growth of the city of Muncie, having made a large purchase of real estate in 1887, which was laid out in city lots and known as the "Winton addition." He has since kept up his interests in Muncie by subsequent purchases, which have been profitable. He has just completed a large cracker factory, which will be one of the solid business industries of the city. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, George A. (I32444)
1755	HOMAS STAFFORD, of Hamilton Township, is a native of Clarke County, Ohio, and dates his birth from the 1st day of January, 1819. His father Thomas Stafford, was born in Ireland, and his mother, whose maiden name was Catherine (Williams) Stafford, was a native of Virginia and a descendant of an old and highly respected German family of that state. Thomas Stafford, Sr., came to the United States at the age of ten years, with his parents, and passed the early years of his manhood in Virginia, subsequently moving to Ohio,, where he remained until his death, which occurred at the advanced age of eighty-two years. Mrs. Stafford departed this life at the and was the mother of twelve children, all of whom became heads of families and four of whom are living at this time, namely: George W., of Clarke count Thomas, of Delaware county, Indiana; He W., a resident of Clinton county, In, Lucinda, wife of Michael Snyder, who also resides in the county last named. Thom s Stafford, Sr., followed farming all of his life and was a very success man, having accumulated a valuable tract of land consisting of 320 acres in Clarke County, Ohio. Thomas Stafford, Jr., for whom this sketch is prepared, was reared in his native county and state and was there married on the 20th day of January; 1 846, to Matilda J. Black, daughter of Samuel and Malinda (Mitchell) Black, parents natives respectively of Virginia and Ohio. Having definitely decided upon adopting the pursuit of agriculture as his life work, he began the same in Clarke county, Ohio, and five years after his marriage, thinking to improve his fortune further west, he emigrated to Indiana and settled in Delaware county, where he purchased a tract of land consisting of 24o acres, upon which he at once erected a small cabin and began clearing a farm. From the days of his boyhood Mr. Stafford has practiced habits of industry which have borne rich fruit, and ever since locating in this county his financial condition has continually improved, having at one time been the possessor of 400 acres of as choice land as lies in the central part of Indiana. He has risen to his present independent position by his own exertions and the competence he enjoys is the reward of untiring labor and courage in the battle with the world. He has been liberal with his children, assisting each to a good farm, and is now passing his declining years practically retired from the active duties of life and in the enjoyment of well earned and highly appreciated quietude. To bless their wedded life there were five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stafford, namely: Sylvester, a prosperous farmer who has charge of the home place; Samuel, a well known resident of Hamilton township; Joseph, a farmer of Delaware county; Laura E , wife of Charles Spencer. As members of the Methodist Episcopal church, Mr. Stafford and his estimable wife have lead consistent Christian lives, and by the practice of the religion they profess, have been the means of accomplishing great good in the community.	STAFFORD, Thomas Jr. (I18351)
1756	HOMAS STAFFORD, of Hamilton Township, is a native of Clarke County, Ohio, and dates his birth from the 1st day of January, 1819. His father Thomas Stafford, was born in Ireland, and his mother, whose maiden name was Catherine (Williams) Stafford, was a native of Virginia and a descendant of an old and highly respected German family of that state. Thomas Stafford, Sr., came to the United States at the age of ten years, with his parents, and passed the early years of his manhood in Virginia, subsequently moving to Ohio,, where he remained until his death, which occurred at the advanced age of eighty-two years. Mrs. Stafford departed this life at the and was the mother of twelve children, all of whom became heads of families and four of whom are living at this time, namely: George W., of Clarke count Thomas, of Delaware county, Indiana; He W., a resident of Clinton county, In, Lucinda, wife of Michael Snyder, who also resides in the county last named. Thom s Stafford, Sr., followed farming all of his life and was a very success man, having accumulated a valuable tract of land consisting of 320 acres in Clarke County, Ohio. Thomas Stafford, Jr., for whom this sketch is prepared, was reared in his native county and state and was there married on the 20th day of January; 1 846, to Matilda J. Black, daughter of Samuel and Malinda (Mitchell) Black, parents natives respectively of Virginia and Ohio. Having definitely decided upon adopting the pursuit of agriculture as his life work, he began the same in Clarke county, Ohio, and five years after his marriage, thinking to improve his fortune further west, he emigrated to Indiana and settled in Delaware county, where he purchased a tract of land consisting of 24o acres, upon which he at once erected a small cabin and began clearing a farm. From the days of his boyhood Mr. Stafford has practiced habits of industry which have borne rich fruit, and ever since locating in this county his financial condition has continually improved, having at one time been the possessor of 400 acres of as choice land as lies in the central part of Indiana. He has risen to his present independent position by his own exertions and the competence he enjoys is the reward of untiring labor and courage in the battle with the world. He has been liberal with his children, assisting each to a good farm, and is now passing his declining years practically retired from the active duties of life and in the enjoyment of well earned and highly appreciated quietude. To bless their wedded life there were five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stafford, namely: Sylvester, a prosperous farmer who has charge of the home place; Samuel, a well known resident of Hamilton township; Joseph, a farmer of Delaware county; Laura E , wife of Charles Spencer. As members of the Methodist Episcopal church, Mr. Stafford and his estimable wife have lead consistent Christian lives, and by the practice of the religion they profess, have been the means of accomplishing great good in the community.	STAFFORD, Thomas Jr. (I18351)
1757	HOMAS STAFFORD, of Hamilton Township, is a native of Clarke County, Ohio, and dates his birth from the 1st day of January, 1819. His father Thomas Stafford, was born in Ireland, and his mother, whose maiden name was Catherine (Williams) Stafford, was a native of Virginia and a descendant of an old and highly respected German family of that state. Thomas Stafford, Sr., came to the United States at the age of ten years, with his parents, and passed the early years of his manhood in Virginia, subsequently moving to Ohio,, where he remained until his death, which occurred at the advanced age of eighty-two years. Mrs. Stafford departed this life at the and was the mother of twelve children, all of whom became heads of families and four of whom are living at this time, namely: George W., of Clarke count Thomas, of Delaware county, Indiana; He W., a resident of Clinton county, In, Lucinda, wife of Michael Snyder, who also resides in the county last named. Thom s Stafford, Sr., followed farming all of his life and was a very success man, having accumulated a valuable tract of land consisting of 320 acres in Clarke County, Ohio. Thomas Stafford, Jr., for whom this sketch is prepared, was reared in his native county and state and was there married on the 20th day of January; 1 846, to Matilda J. Black, daughter of Samuel and Malinda (Mitchell) Black, parents natives respectively of Virginia and Ohio. Having definitely decided upon adopting the pursuit of agriculture as his life work, he began the same in Clarke county, Ohio, and five years after his marriage, thinking to improve his fortune further west, he emigrated to Indiana and settled in Delaware county, where he purchased a tract of land consisting of 24o acres, upon which he at once erected a small cabin and began clearing a farm. From the days of his boyhood Mr. Stafford has practiced habits of industry which have borne rich fruit, and ever since locating in this county his financial condition has continually improved, having at one time been the possessor of 400 acres of as choice land as lies in the central part of Indiana. He has risen to his present independent position by his own exertions and the competence he enjoys is the reward of untiring labor and courage in the battle with the world. He has been liberal with his children, assisting each to a good farm, and is now passing his declining years practically retired from the active duties of life and in the enjoyment of well earned and highly appreciated quietude. To bless their wedded life there were five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stafford, namely: Sylvester, a prosperous farmer who has charge of the home place; Samuel, a well known resident of Hamilton township; Joseph, a farmer of Delaware county; Laura E , wife of Charles Spencer. As members of the Methodist Episcopal church, Mr. Stafford and his estimable wife have lead consistent Christian lives, and by the practice of the religion they profess, have been the means of accomplishing great good in the community.	STAFFORD, Thomas Jr. (I18351)
1758	HOMAS STAFFORD, of Hamilton Township, is a native of Clarke County, Ohio, and dates his birth from the 1st day of January, 1819. His father Thomas Stafford, was born in Ireland, and his mother, whose maiden name was Catherine (Williams) Stafford, was a native of Virginia and a descendant of an old and highly respected German family of that state. Thomas Stafford, Sr., came to the United States at the age of ten years, with his parents, and passed the early years of his manhood in Virginia, subsequently moving to Ohio,, where he remained until his death, which occurred at the advanced age of eighty-two years. Mrs. Stafford departed this life at the and was the mother of twelve children, all of whom became heads of families and four of whom are living at this time, namely: George W., of Clarke count Thomas, of Delaware county, Indiana; He W., a resident of Clinton county, In, Lucinda, wife of Michael Snyder, who also resides in the county last named. Thom s Stafford, Sr., followed farming all of his life and was a very success man, having accumulated a valuable tract of land consisting of 320 acres in Clarke County, Ohio. Thomas Stafford, Jr., for whom this sketch is prepared, was reared in his native county and state and was there married on the 20th day of January; 1 846, to Matilda J. Black, daughter of Samuel and Malinda (Mitchell) Black, parents natives respectively of Virginia and Ohio. Having definitely decided upon adopting the pursuit of agriculture as his life work, he began the same in Clarke county, Ohio, and five years after his marriage, thinking to improve his fortune further west, he emigrated to Indiana and settled in Delaware county, where he purchased a tract of land consisting of 24o acres, upon which he at once erected a small cabin and began clearing a farm. From the days of his boyhood Mr. Stafford has practiced habits of industry which have borne rich fruit, and ever since locating in this county his financial condition has continually improved, having at one time been the possessor of 400 acres of as choice land as lies in the central part of Indiana. He has risen to his present independent position by his own exertions and the competence he enjoys is the reward of untiring labor and courage in the battle with the world. He has been liberal with his children, assisting each to a good farm, and is now passing his declining years practically retired from the active duties of life and in the enjoyment of well earned and highly appreciated quietude. To bless their wedded life there were five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stafford, namely: Sylvester, a prosperous farmer who has charge of the home place; Samuel, a well known resident of Hamilton township; Joseph, a farmer of Delaware county; Laura E , wife of Charles Spencer. As members of the Methodist Episcopal church, Mr. Stafford and his estimable wife have lead consistent Christian lives, and by the practice of the religion they profess, have been the means of accomplishing great good in the community.	STAFFORD, Thomas Jr. (I18351)
1759	HOMAS STAFFORD, of Hamilton Township, is a native of Clarke County, Ohio, and dates his birth from the 1st day of January, 1819. His father Thomas Stafford, was born in Ireland, and his mother, whose maiden name was Catherine (Williams) Stafford, was a native of Virginia and a descendant of an old and highly respected German family of that state. Thomas Stafford, Sr., came to the United States at the age of ten years, with his parents, and passed the early years of his manhood in Virginia, subsequently moving to Ohio,, where he remained until his death, which occurred at the advanced age of eighty-two years. Mrs. Stafford departed this life at the and was the mother of twelve children, all of whom became heads of families and four of whom are living at this time, namely: George W., of Clarke count Thomas, of Delaware county, Indiana; He W., a resident of Clinton county, In, Lucinda, wife of Michael Snyder, who also resides in the county last named. Thom s Stafford, Sr., followed farming all of his life and was a very success man, having accumulated a valuable tract of land consisting of 320 acres in Clarke County, Ohio. Thomas Stafford, Jr., for whom this sketch is prepared, was reared in his native county and state and was there married on the 20th day of January; 1 846, to Matilda J. Black, daughter of Samuel and Malinda (Mitchell) Black, parents natives respectively of Virginia and Ohio. Having definitely decided upon adopting the pursuit of agriculture as his life work, he began the same in Clarke county, Ohio, and five years after his marriage, thinking to improve his fortune further west, he emigrated to Indiana and settled in Delaware county, where he purchased a tract of land consisting of 24o acres, upon which he at once erected a small cabin and began clearing a farm. From the days of his boyhood Mr. Stafford has practiced habits of industry which have borne rich fruit, and ever since locating in this county his financial condition has continually improved, having at one time been the possessor of 400 acres of as choice land as lies in the central part of Indiana. He has risen to his present independent position by his own exertions and the competence he enjoys is the reward of untiring labor and courage in the battle with the world. He has been liberal with his children, assisting each to a good farm, and is now passing his declining years practically retired from the active duties of life and in the enjoyment of well earned and highly appreciated quietude. To bless their wedded life there were five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stafford, namely: Sylvester, a prosperous farmer who has charge of the home place; Samuel, a well known resident of Hamilton township; Joseph, a farmer of Delaware county; Laura E , wife of Charles Spencer. As members of the Methodist Episcopal church, Mr. Stafford and his estimable wife have lead consistent Christian lives, and by the practice of the religion they profess, have been the means of accomplishing great good in the community.	STAFFORD, Thomas Jr. (I18351)
1760	ILLIAM HENRY STAFFORD. -- The subject of this sketch is a native of the county and township of Delaware, and is a man in the full vigor of life. His neighbors and friends esteem him because of his honest and manly qualities. Mr. Stafford was born February 4, 1848, being the youngest son of Ralph Stafford, previously mentioned in this volume. The boyhood of Mr. Stafford was spent on the home farm, and at the age of eight years, he removed with his parents to the place where he now resides. His educational advantages were reasonably good, and he profited by them. As a dutiful son, he remained with his father during the tatter's declining years, taking charge of the farm in 1879. Prior to this time, he had conducted it for a share of the proceeds. In, the year 1889, he purchased the remaining portion of the farm, which gave him 236 acres in all of valuable land, well and substantially improved, and all in one body. Mr. Stafford was married in this township (Delaware) May 18, 1879, to Miss Lucinda J. Knox, a native of the township and county; born February 20, 1860, and daughter of John and Madeline (Berry) Knox, residents of Hamilton township, this county. To this marriage, one child, Nora Edith, has been born, whose birth occurred March 18, 1884, a very bright and promising child. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford are members of the Methodist church. In politics, he is a republican, and always takes an active part in the campaigns as they occur. ' When Mr. Stafford was a lad of thirteen, he ran away from home, in 1863, to Indianapolis, to volunteer in the army, was examined and accepted, but as he was about to take the oath his father stepped in and vetoed the proceedings, and the patriotic lad was returned to his mother. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, William Henry (I34502)
1761	ILLIAM HENRY STAFFORD. -- The subject of this sketch is a native of the county and township of Delaware, and is a man in the full vigor of life. His neighbors and friends esteem him because of his honest and manly qualities. Mr. Stafford was born February 4, 1848, being the youngest son of Ralph Stafford, previously mentioned in this volume. The boyhood of Mr. Stafford was spent on the home farm, and at the age of eight years, he removed with his parents to the place where he now resides. His educational advantages were reasonably good, and he profited by them. As a dutiful son, he remained with his father during the tatter's declining years, taking charge of the farm in 1879. Prior to this time, he had conducted it for a share of the proceeds. In, the year 1889, he purchased the remaining portion of the farm, which gave him 236 acres in all of valuable land, well and substantially improved, and all in one body. Mr. Stafford was married in this township (Delaware) May 18, 1879, to Miss Lucinda J. Knox, a native of the township and county; born February 20, 1860, and daughter of John and Madeline (Berry) Knox, residents of Hamilton township, this county. To this marriage, one child, Nora Edith, has been born, whose birth occurred March 18, 1884, a very bright and promising child. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford are members of the Methodist church. In politics, he is a republican, and always takes an active part in the campaigns as they occur. ' When Mr. Stafford was a lad of thirteen, he ran away from home, in 1863, to Indianapolis, to volunteer in the army, was examined and accepted, but as he was about to take the oath his father stepped in and vetoed the proceedings, and the patriotic lad was returned to his mother. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, William Henry (I34502)
1762	ILLIAM HENRY STAFFORD. -- The subject of this sketch is a native of the county and township of Delaware, and is a man in the full vigor of life. His neighbors and friends esteem him because of his honest and manly qualities. Mr. Stafford was born February 4, 1848, being the youngest son of Ralph Stafford, previously mentioned in this volume. The boyhood of Mr. Stafford was spent on the home farm, and at the age of eight years, he removed with his parents to the place where he now resides. His educational advantages were reasonably good, and he profited by them. As a dutiful son, he remained with his father during the tatter's declining years, taking charge of the farm in 1879. Prior to this time, he had conducted it for a share of the proceeds. In, the year 1889, he purchased the remaining portion of the farm, which gave him 236 acres in all of valuable land, well and substantially improved, and all in one body. Mr. Stafford was married in this township (Delaware) May 18, 1879, to Miss Lucinda J. Knox, a native of the township and county; born February 20, 1860, and daughter of John and Madeline (Berry) Knox, residents of Hamilton township, this county. To this marriage, one child, Nora Edith, has been born, whose birth occurred March 18, 1884, a very bright and promising child. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford are members of the Methodist church. In politics, he is a republican, and always takes an active part in the campaigns as they occur. ' When Mr. Stafford was a lad of thirteen, he ran away from home, in 1863, to Indianapolis, to volunteer in the army, was examined and accepted, but as he was about to take the oath his father stepped in and vetoed the proceedings, and the patriotic lad was returned to his mother. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, William Henry (I34502)
1763	ILLIAM HENRY STAFFORD. -- The subject of this sketch is a native of the county and township of Delaware, and is a man in the full vigor of life. His neighbors and friends esteem him because of his honest and manly qualities. Mr. Stafford was born February 4, 1848, being the youngest son of Ralph Stafford, previously mentioned in this volume. The boyhood of Mr. Stafford was spent on the home farm, and at the age of eight years, he removed with his parents to the place where he now resides. His educational advantages were reasonably good, and he profited by them. As a dutiful son, he remained with his father during the tatter's declining years, taking charge of the farm in 1879. Prior to this time, he had conducted it for a share of the proceeds. In, the year 1889, he purchased the remaining portion of the farm, which gave him 236 acres in all of valuable land, well and substantially improved, and all in one body. Mr. Stafford was married in this township (Delaware) May 18, 1879, to Miss Lucinda J. Knox, a native of the township and county; born February 20, 1860, and daughter of John and Madeline (Berry) Knox, residents of Hamilton township, this county. To this marriage, one child, Nora Edith, has been born, whose birth occurred March 18, 1884, a very bright and promising child. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford are members of the Methodist church. In politics, he is a republican, and always takes an active part in the campaigns as they occur. ' When Mr. Stafford was a lad of thirteen, he ran away from home, in 1863, to Indianapolis, to volunteer in the army, was examined and accepted, but as he was about to take the oath his father stepped in and vetoed the proceedings, and the patriotic lad was returned to his mother. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, William Henry (I34502)
1764	ILLIAM HENRY STAFFORD. -- The subject of this sketch is a native of the county and township of Delaware, and is a man in the full vigor of life. His neighbors and friends esteem him because of his honest and manly qualities. Mr. Stafford was born February 4, 1848, being the youngest son of Ralph Stafford, previously mentioned in this volume. The boyhood of Mr. Stafford was spent on the home farm, and at the age of eight years, he removed with his parents to the place where he now resides. His educational advantages were reasonably good, and he profited by them. As a dutiful son, he remained with his father during the tatter's declining years, taking charge of the farm in 1879. Prior to this time, he had conducted it for a share of the proceeds. In, the year 1889, he purchased the remaining portion of the farm, which gave him 236 acres in all of valuable land, well and substantially improved, and all in one body. Mr. Stafford was married in this township (Delaware) May 18, 1879, to Miss Lucinda J. Knox, a native of the township and county; born February 20, 1860, and daughter of John and Madeline (Berry) Knox, residents of Hamilton township, this county. To this marriage, one child, Nora Edith, has been born, whose birth occurred March 18, 1884, a very bright and promising child. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford are members of the Methodist church. In politics, he is a republican, and always takes an active part in the campaigns as they occur. ' When Mr. Stafford was a lad of thirteen, he ran away from home, in 1863, to Indianapolis, to volunteer in the army, was examined and accepted, but as he was about to take the oath his father stepped in and vetoed the proceedings, and the patriotic lad was returned to his mother. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, William Henry (I34502)
1765	J. H. STAFFORD. -- The subject of this sketch is a native of Delaware Township, and a citizen of excellent reputation, whose success as a farmer has been very decided. He was born September 27, 1842, being the third son of Ralph Stafford, whose history may be found elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Stafford received a common school education, lived at home during his boyhood days and learned the trade of a tanner, which he followed in connection with farming for several years. In 1868, he took entire control of the tan yards, and continued in that position for three years; then managed the home farm for some time. In 1871, he bought the property, consisting of thirty-two acres, upon which he resides. Besides this, he owns the farm on which his father first located in 1834, having 234 acres, in all, of fine farmland substantially improved. Mr. Stafford was married November 25, 1875, in Muncie, Indiana, to Rachel Walburn who was born in Delaware Township on September 24, 1852, being the daughter of Jefferson and Rebecca Walburn. Her father and mother were natives of Ohio, and are the parents of, the following children, namely: Margaret, Martha, Catherine (deceased), William, Sarah Ann and Rachel. The parents of these children died in 1876, and now rest in Union Cemetery. Jefferson Walburn was a farmer, and a man of prominence in his community. In politics, he was a republican, and a very active and useful member of that party. He and his wife were members of the Methodist church, and devoted and upright Christian people. They were pioneers, coming to this country in 18 36. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford are members of the Methodist church, in which body they are recognized as consistent and upright people. The husband is a trustee and otherwise prominent in the church. In politics, he is a republican, and is. Always ready to lend a helping hand during any public crisis. Beside owning valuable landed property, Mr. Stafford is a stockholder and a director of the Granville turnpike, and is also interested in the Delaware Natural Gas company. He enlisted May 12, 1864, in company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana volunteer infantry, at Muncie. At Indianapolis, he was made a fifth sergeant of the company, which was recruited in Delaware, County by Capt. Cochran. The company was reorganized May 16, 1864, and they, with the remainder of the regiment, arrived at Bowling Green, Ky., June 1, 1864, reached Nashville June 6; left on the 11th, and reached Decatur, Alabama, July 6; retreated to Nashville, then on the 17th left for Louisville, arriving on the 18th; left Louisville August 4 and reached Nashville on, the 6th, and returned to Indianapolis August 28, 1864. He was mustered out of the service September 6, 1864. The number of deaths occurring in his company during the period of service was five, and of desertion one. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, John H. (I34559)
1766	J. H. STAFFORD. -- The subject of this sketch is a native of Delaware Township, and a citizen of excellent reputation, whose success as a farmer has been very decided. He was born September 27, 1842, being the third son of Ralph Stafford, whose history may be found elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Stafford received a common school education, lived at home during his boyhood days and learned the trade of a tanner, which he followed in connection with farming for several years. In 1868, he took entire control of the tan yards, and continued in that position for three years; then managed the home farm for some time. In 1871, he bought the property, consisting of thirty-two acres, upon which he resides. Besides this, he owns the farm on which his father first located in 1834, having 234 acres, in all, of fine farmland substantially improved. Mr. Stafford was married November 25, 1875, in Muncie, Indiana, to Rachel Walburn who was born in Delaware Township on September 24, 1852, being the daughter of Jefferson and Rebecca Walburn. Her father and mother were natives of Ohio, and are the parents of, the following children, namely: Margaret, Martha, Catherine (deceased), William, Sarah Ann and Rachel. The parents of these children died in 1876, and now rest in Union Cemetery. Jefferson Walburn was a farmer, and a man of prominence in his community. In politics, he was a republican, and a very active and useful member of that party. He and his wife were members of the Methodist church, and devoted and upright Christian people. They were pioneers, coming to this country in 18 36. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford are members of the Methodist church, in which body they are recognized as consistent and upright people. The husband is a trustee and otherwise prominent in the church. In politics, he is a republican, and is. Always ready to lend a helping hand during any public crisis. Beside owning valuable landed property, Mr. Stafford is a stockholder and a director of the Granville turnpike, and is also interested in the Delaware Natural Gas company. He enlisted May 12, 1864, in company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana volunteer infantry, at Muncie. At Indianapolis, he was made a fifth sergeant of the company, which was recruited in Delaware, County by Capt. Cochran. The company was reorganized May 16, 1864, and they, with the remainder of the regiment, arrived at Bowling Green, Ky., June 1, 1864, reached Nashville June 6; left on the 11th, and reached Decatur, Alabama, July 6; retreated to Nashville, then on the 17th left for Louisville, arriving on the 18th; left Louisville August 4 and reached Nashville on, the 6th, and returned to Indianapolis August 28, 1864. He was mustered out of the service September 6, 1864. The number of deaths occurring in his company during the period of service was five, and of desertion one. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, John H. (I34559)
1767	J. H. STAFFORD. -- The subject of this sketch is a native of Delaware Township, and a citizen of excellent reputation, whose success as a farmer has been very decided. He was born September 27, 1842, being the third son of Ralph Stafford, whose history may be found elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Stafford received a common school education, lived at home during his boyhood days and learned the trade of a tanner, which he followed in connection with farming for several years. In 1868, he took entire control of the tan yards, and continued in that position for three years; then managed the home farm for some time. In 1871, he bought the property, consisting of thirty-two acres, upon which he resides. Besides this, he owns the farm on which his father first located in 1834, having 234 acres, in all, of fine farmland substantially improved. Mr. Stafford was married November 25, 1875, in Muncie, Indiana, to Rachel Walburn who was born in Delaware Township on September 24, 1852, being the daughter of Jefferson and Rebecca Walburn. Her father and mother were natives of Ohio, and are the parents of, the following children, namely: Margaret, Martha, Catherine (deceased), William, Sarah Ann and Rachel. The parents of these children died in 1876, and now rest in Union Cemetery. Jefferson Walburn was a farmer, and a man of prominence in his community. In politics, he was a republican, and a very active and useful member of that party. He and his wife were members of the Methodist church, and devoted and upright Christian people. They were pioneers, coming to this country in 18 36. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford are members of the Methodist church, in which body they are recognized as consistent and upright people. The husband is a trustee and otherwise prominent in the church. In politics, he is a republican, and is. Always ready to lend a helping hand during any public crisis. Beside owning valuable landed property, Mr. Stafford is a stockholder and a director of the Granville turnpike, and is also interested in the Delaware Natural Gas company. He enlisted May 12, 1864, in company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana volunteer infantry, at Muncie. At Indianapolis, he was made a fifth sergeant of the company, which was recruited in Delaware, County by Capt. Cochran. The company was reorganized May 16, 1864, and they, with the remainder of the regiment, arrived at Bowling Green, Ky., June 1, 1864, reached Nashville June 6; left on the 11th, and reached Decatur, Alabama, July 6; retreated to Nashville, then on the 17th left for Louisville, arriving on the 18th; left Louisville August 4 and reached Nashville on, the 6th, and returned to Indianapolis August 28, 1864. He was mustered out of the service September 6, 1864. The number of deaths occurring in his company during the period of service was five, and of desertion one. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, John H. (I34559)
1768	J. H. STAFFORD. -- The subject of this sketch is a native of Delaware Township, and a citizen of excellent reputation, whose success as a farmer has been very decided. He was born September 27, 1842, being the third son of Ralph Stafford, whose history may be found elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Stafford received a common school education, lived at home during his boyhood days and learned the trade of a tanner, which he followed in connection with farming for several years. In 1868, he took entire control of the tan yards, and continued in that position for three years; then managed the home farm for some time. In 1871, he bought the property, consisting of thirty-two acres, upon which he resides. Besides this, he owns the farm on which his father first located in 1834, having 234 acres, in all, of fine farmland substantially improved. Mr. Stafford was married November 25, 1875, in Muncie, Indiana, to Rachel Walburn who was born in Delaware Township on September 24, 1852, being the daughter of Jefferson and Rebecca Walburn. Her father and mother were natives of Ohio, and are the parents of, the following children, namely: Margaret, Martha, Catherine (deceased), William, Sarah Ann and Rachel. The parents of these children died in 1876, and now rest in Union Cemetery. Jefferson Walburn was a farmer, and a man of prominence in his community. In politics, he was a republican, and a very active and useful member of that party. He and his wife were members of the Methodist church, and devoted and upright Christian people. They were pioneers, coming to this country in 18 36. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford are members of the Methodist church, in which body they are recognized as consistent and upright people. The husband is a trustee and otherwise prominent in the church. In politics, he is a republican, and is. Always ready to lend a helping hand during any public crisis. Beside owning valuable landed property, Mr. Stafford is a stockholder and a director of the Granville turnpike, and is also interested in the Delaware Natural Gas company. He enlisted May 12, 1864, in company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana volunteer infantry, at Muncie. At Indianapolis, he was made a fifth sergeant of the company, which was recruited in Delaware, County by Capt. Cochran. The company was reorganized May 16, 1864, and they, with the remainder of the regiment, arrived at Bowling Green, Ky., June 1, 1864, reached Nashville June 6; left on the 11th, and reached Decatur, Alabama, July 6; retreated to Nashville, then on the 17th left for Louisville, arriving on the 18th; left Louisville August 4 and reached Nashville on, the 6th, and returned to Indianapolis August 28, 1864. He was mustered out of the service September 6, 1864. The number of deaths occurring in his company during the period of service was five, and of desertion one. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, John H. (I34559)
1769	J. H. STAFFORD. -- The subject of this sketch is a native of Delaware Township, and a citizen of excellent reputation, whose success as a farmer has been very decided. He was born September 27, 1842, being the third son of Ralph Stafford, whose history may be found elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Stafford received a common school education, lived at home during his boyhood days and learned the trade of a tanner, which he followed in connection with farming for several years. In 1868, he took entire control of the tan yards, and continued in that position for three years; then managed the home farm for some time. In 1871, he bought the property, consisting of thirty-two acres, upon which he resides. Besides this, he owns the farm on which his father first located in 1834, having 234 acres, in all, of fine farmland substantially improved. Mr. Stafford was married November 25, 1875, in Muncie, Indiana, to Rachel Walburn who was born in Delaware Township on September 24, 1852, being the daughter of Jefferson and Rebecca Walburn. Her father and mother were natives of Ohio, and are the parents of, the following children, namely: Margaret, Martha, Catherine (deceased), William, Sarah Ann and Rachel. The parents of these children died in 1876, and now rest in Union Cemetery. Jefferson Walburn was a farmer, and a man of prominence in his community. In politics, he was a republican, and a very active and useful member of that party. He and his wife were members of the Methodist church, and devoted and upright Christian people. They were pioneers, coming to this country in 18 36. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford are members of the Methodist church, in which body they are recognized as consistent and upright people. The husband is a trustee and otherwise prominent in the church. In politics, he is a republican, and is. Always ready to lend a helping hand during any public crisis. Beside owning valuable landed property, Mr. Stafford is a stockholder and a director of the Granville turnpike, and is also interested in the Delaware Natural Gas company. He enlisted May 12, 1864, in company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana volunteer infantry, at Muncie. At Indianapolis, he was made a fifth sergeant of the company, which was recruited in Delaware, County by Capt. Cochran. The company was reorganized May 16, 1864, and they, with the remainder of the regiment, arrived at Bowling Green, Ky., June 1, 1864, reached Nashville June 6; left on the 11th, and reached Decatur, Alabama, July 6; retreated to Nashville, then on the 17th left for Louisville, arriving on the 18th; left Louisville August 4 and reached Nashville on, the 6th, and returned to Indianapolis August 28, 1864. He was mustered out of the service September 6, 1864. The number of deaths occurring in his company during the period of service was five, and of desertion one. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, John H. (I34559)
1770	JAMES E. STAFFORD. -- A successful businessman of Albany and large land holder of Delaware Township, is the second son of Ralph Stafford, whose biography appears elsewhere, and was born February 11, 1840, in Delaware County, Indiana. His early educational advantages, though limited, were diligently improved and, by a close application to his studies and wide range of reading, he became the possessor of a fund of valuable knowledge, which has enabled him to transact very successfully the business of an active life. He taught four terms of school in Delaware Township and such was his success, that had he seen fit to remain in the ? educational field, he doubtless would have risen high in the profession. He spent his boyhood days learning the trade of tanning with his father, and worked at that business until his twenty?fifth year, at which time, in partnership with his brother, George Stafford, he engaged in farming in sections 6 and 7 this township. From the beginning, his, success was most satisfactory, and in time he succeeded in accumulating valuable real estate and now owns a fine farm, consisting of 229 acres, the greater part of which is under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Stafford continued agricultural pursuits until .1883, in November of which year he engaged in the hardware business at Albany, which line of trade he conducted with success and financial profit until 1891. In that year, he engaged with the Albany Furniture Company, and has since been a leading member of the firm. Mr. Stafford was married October 5, 1870, in Hamilton Township to Miss Caroline Russell, daughter of John and Susannah Russell, of Columbiana County, Ohio. Mrs. Stafford was born March 9, 1841, and is the mother of one child; Laura Helen Stafford, whose birth occurred October 9, 1871. Miss Stafford is a young lady of culture and refinement, an accomplished musician, and made commendable progress as a student in the art department of the Greencastle University. Politically Mr. Stafford is a republican and has been an aggressive worker in his party for a number of years. He became identified with the Masonic fraternity twenty?six years ago, and at this time is one of the active workers in lodge No. 171 at Albany. In addition to his commercial and agricultural interests, Mr. Stafford is extensively engaged in real estate transactions in Delaware County. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, James E. (I34534)
1771	JAMES E. STAFFORD. -- A successful businessman of Albany and large land holder of Delaware Township, is the second son of Ralph Stafford, whose biography appears elsewhere, and was born February 11, 1840, in Delaware County, Indiana. His early educational advantages, though limited, were diligently improved and, by a close application to his studies and wide range of reading, he became the possessor of a fund of valuable knowledge, which has enabled him to transact very successfully the business of an active life. He taught four terms of school in Delaware Township and such was his success, that had he seen fit to remain in the ? educational field, he doubtless would have risen high in the profession. He spent his boyhood days learning the trade of tanning with his father, and worked at that business until his twenty?fifth year, at which time, in partnership with his brother, George Stafford, he engaged in farming in sections 6 and 7 this township. From the beginning, his, success was most satisfactory, and in time he succeeded in accumulating valuable real estate and now owns a fine farm, consisting of 229 acres, the greater part of which is under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Stafford continued agricultural pursuits until .1883, in November of which year he engaged in the hardware business at Albany, which line of trade he conducted with success and financial profit until 1891. In that year, he engaged with the Albany Furniture Company, and has since been a leading member of the firm. Mr. Stafford was married October 5, 1870, in Hamilton Township to Miss Caroline Russell, daughter of John and Susannah Russell, of Columbiana County, Ohio. Mrs. Stafford was born March 9, 1841, and is the mother of one child; Laura Helen Stafford, whose birth occurred October 9, 1871. Miss Stafford is a young lady of culture and refinement, an accomplished musician, and made commendable progress as a student in the art department of the Greencastle University. Politically Mr. Stafford is a republican and has been an aggressive worker in his party for a number of years. He became identified with the Masonic fraternity twenty?six years ago, and at this time is one of the active workers in lodge No. 171 at Albany. In addition to his commercial and agricultural interests, Mr. Stafford is extensively engaged in real estate transactions in Delaware County. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, James E. (I34534)
1772	JAMES E. STAFFORD. -- A successful businessman of Albany and large land holder of Delaware Township, is the second son of Ralph Stafford, whose biography appears elsewhere, and was born February 11, 1840, in Delaware County, Indiana. His early educational advantages, though limited, were diligently improved and, by a close application to his studies and wide range of reading, he became the possessor of a fund of valuable knowledge, which has enabled him to transact very successfully the business of an active life. He taught four terms of school in Delaware Township and such was his success, that had he seen fit to remain in the ? educational field, he doubtless would have risen high in the profession. He spent his boyhood days learning the trade of tanning with his father, and worked at that business until his twenty?fifth year, at which time, in partnership with his brother, George Stafford, he engaged in farming in sections 6 and 7 this township. From the beginning, his, success was most satisfactory, and in time he succeeded in accumulating valuable real estate and now owns a fine farm, consisting of 229 acres, the greater part of which is under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Stafford continued agricultural pursuits until .1883, in November of which year he engaged in the hardware business at Albany, which line of trade he conducted with success and financial profit until 1891. In that year, he engaged with the Albany Furniture Company, and has since been a leading member of the firm. Mr. Stafford was married October 5, 1870, in Hamilton Township to Miss Caroline Russell, daughter of John and Susannah Russell, of Columbiana County, Ohio. Mrs. Stafford was born March 9, 1841, and is the mother of one child; Laura Helen Stafford, whose birth occurred October 9, 1871. Miss Stafford is a young lady of culture and refinement, an accomplished musician, and made commendable progress as a student in the art department of the Greencastle University. Politically Mr. Stafford is a republican and has been an aggressive worker in his party for a number of years. He became identified with the Masonic fraternity twenty?six years ago, and at this time is one of the active workers in lodge No. 171 at Albany. In addition to his commercial and agricultural interests, Mr. Stafford is extensively engaged in real estate transactions in Delaware County. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, James E. (I34534)
1773	JAMES E. STAFFORD. -- A successful businessman of Albany and large land holder of Delaware Township, is the second son of Ralph Stafford, whose biography appears elsewhere, and was born February 11, 1840, in Delaware County, Indiana. His early educational advantages, though limited, were diligently improved and, by a close application to his studies and wide range of reading, he became the possessor of a fund of valuable knowledge, which has enabled him to transact very successfully the business of an active life. He taught four terms of school in Delaware Township and such was his success, that had he seen fit to remain in the ? educational field, he doubtless would have risen high in the profession. He spent his boyhood days learning the trade of tanning with his father, and worked at that business until his twenty?fifth year, at which time, in partnership with his brother, George Stafford, he engaged in farming in sections 6 and 7 this township. From the beginning, his, success was most satisfactory, and in time he succeeded in accumulating valuable real estate and now owns a fine farm, consisting of 229 acres, the greater part of which is under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Stafford continued agricultural pursuits until .1883, in November of which year he engaged in the hardware business at Albany, which line of trade he conducted with success and financial profit until 1891. In that year, he engaged with the Albany Furniture Company, and has since been a leading member of the firm. Mr. Stafford was married October 5, 1870, in Hamilton Township to Miss Caroline Russell, daughter of John and Susannah Russell, of Columbiana County, Ohio. Mrs. Stafford was born March 9, 1841, and is the mother of one child; Laura Helen Stafford, whose birth occurred October 9, 1871. Miss Stafford is a young lady of culture and refinement, an accomplished musician, and made commendable progress as a student in the art department of the Greencastle University. Politically Mr. Stafford is a republican and has been an aggressive worker in his party for a number of years. He became identified with the Masonic fraternity twenty?six years ago, and at this time is one of the active workers in lodge No. 171 at Albany. In addition to his commercial and agricultural interests, Mr. Stafford is extensively engaged in real estate transactions in Delaware County. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, James E. (I34534)
1774	JAMES E. STAFFORD. -- A successful businessman of Albany and large land holder of Delaware Township, is the second son of Ralph Stafford, whose biography appears elsewhere, and was born February 11, 1840, in Delaware County, Indiana. His early educational advantages, though limited, were diligently improved and, by a close application to his studies and wide range of reading, he became the possessor of a fund of valuable knowledge, which has enabled him to transact very successfully the business of an active life. He taught four terms of school in Delaware Township and such was his success, that had he seen fit to remain in the ? educational field, he doubtless would have risen high in the profession. He spent his boyhood days learning the trade of tanning with his father, and worked at that business until his twenty?fifth year, at which time, in partnership with his brother, George Stafford, he engaged in farming in sections 6 and 7 this township. From the beginning, his, success was most satisfactory, and in time he succeeded in accumulating valuable real estate and now owns a fine farm, consisting of 229 acres, the greater part of which is under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Stafford continued agricultural pursuits until .1883, in November of which year he engaged in the hardware business at Albany, which line of trade he conducted with success and financial profit until 1891. In that year, he engaged with the Albany Furniture Company, and has since been a leading member of the firm. Mr. Stafford was married October 5, 1870, in Hamilton Township to Miss Caroline Russell, daughter of John and Susannah Russell, of Columbiana County, Ohio. Mrs. Stafford was born March 9, 1841, and is the mother of one child; Laura Helen Stafford, whose birth occurred October 9, 1871. Miss Stafford is a young lady of culture and refinement, an accomplished musician, and made commendable progress as a student in the art department of the Greencastle University. Politically Mr. Stafford is a republican and has been an aggressive worker in his party for a number of years. He became identified with the Masonic fraternity twenty?six years ago, and at this time is one of the active workers in lodge No. 171 at Albany. In addition to his commercial and agricultural interests, Mr. Stafford is extensively engaged in real estate transactions in Delaware County. www.countyhistory.com or www.countyhistory.org.	STAFFORD, James E. (I34534)
1775	JAMES R. STAFFORD, a prominent businessman of Albany, was born in Niles Township, Delaware County, January 22, 1846, son of Joseph Stafford and wife Eve Stafford. Our subject's paternal grandfather was a native of Ireland, but early came to the United States, locating in Virginia, where he was employed for some time as a linen weaver. Late in life, he located in Clarke, Ohio, where his death occurred. Joseph Stafford was a native of Clarke County, Ohio. James R. Stafford, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the home farm in Niles Township, attended the common schools during the winters and at the age of twenty, attended school in Muncie, where he made substantial progress in the various branches of learning. He fitted himself for the teacher's profession, and was thus employed for twelve consecutive years, devoting his attention in the meantime, during the summer season, to farming on the home place. On attaining his legal majority, he engaged in the pursuit of agriculture on a forty, acre tract given him by his father, and on the latter's death, in 1877, he purchased a part of the homestead to which he added other land until he because the possessor of a fine farm of t35 acres, which is well improved and highly cultivated. On the 1 0th of October, 1867, when twenty-one years of age, Mr. Stafford was united in marriage with Miss Nancy E. Sharon, who was born in Niles township, this county, January 16, 1846, daughter of Henry Sharon, Esq. Two children resulted from this marriage, Minnie O., wife of James Syphers, and Joseph H., deceased. Mrs. Stafford, a highly respected lady and consistent member of the Methodist church, died in the full hope of a happy future, March 24, 1873, and her body was laid to rest beneath the shades of the beautiful Bethel cemetery of Albany. On 28 May 1876, Mr. Stafford again entered the marriage relation, choosing for his companion, Elizabeth McDaniels, whose death occurred August 16th of the same year. She was born in, Greene County, Ohio, in 1846, and at the time of her departure, had been an earnest member of the Methodist church for a period of sixteen years. Mr. Stafford's third marriage was celebrated December 15, 1881, in Greene County, Ohio, with Miss Sarah C. Anderson, a native of the same county and state, born near Xenia, April 8, 1857. Mrs. Stafford is the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Standfield) Anderson, of Ohio, whose respective parents came from South Carolina and Virginia. The following- are the names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stafford: Edna May, Ruthie Jane and Roxey Edith. Mr. Stafford is a republican in politics, and as such was elected trustee of Delaware Township, which position he filled for four and one half years from 1886 to 1890. He was also assessor of Niles Township. He is one of the directors of the Albany Land Company, and is the efficient superintendent of the Albany Natural Gas Company. For twenty years, he has been a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity, belonging to lodge No. 361, of which he is trustee and he is also an active worker in the encampment. He is chaplain of the G. A. R. post of Albany, and is a leader of the Methodist church of his town, to which denomination his family also belongs. In 1864, May xxx, Mr. Stafford enlisted in company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana volunteer infantry, for the hundred days' service, and his command formed part of the army of the Cumberland and was assigned to guard duty in Alabama. Owing to physical disability, he was furloughed but continued in the service until the expiration of his period of enlistment, leaving the army September 1864, at Indianapolis. Mr. Stafford is the leading businessman of the town of Albany and one of the representative citizens of Delaware County. He is a very extensive buyer and shipper of grain, handling a large elevator which has a capacity of over 2, 500 bushels per day; he also deals in baled hay, straw, etc., in which line he does a very large and lucrative business in Delaware and other counties. Mr. Stafford is public spirited, progressive, an earnest friend of education, and it was during his incumbency as trustee, that the beautiful graded school building of Albany was erected. He possesses, in an eminent degree, the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens, and his name in these pages is a deserving compliment to an intelligent, enterprising and most worthy man.	STAFFORD, James Rowland (I40330)
1776	JAMES R. STAFFORD, a prominent businessman of Albany, was born in Niles Township, Delaware County, January 22, 1846, son of Joseph Stafford and wife Eve Stafford. Our subject's paternal grandfather was a native of Ireland, but early came to the United States, locating in Virginia, where he was employed for some time as a linen weaver. Late in life, he located in Clarke, Ohio, where his death occurred. Joseph Stafford was a native of Clarke County, Ohio. James R. Stafford, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the home farm in Niles Township, attended the common schools during the winters and at the age of twenty, attended school in Muncie, where he made substantial progress in the various branches of learning. He fitted himself for the teacher's profession, and was thus employed for twelve consecutive years, devoting his attention in the meantime, during the summer season, to farming on the home place. On attaining his legal majority, he engaged in the pursuit of agriculture on a forty, acre tract given him by his father, and on the latter's death, in 1877, he purchased a part of the homestead to which he added other land until he because the possessor of a fine farm of t35 acres, which is well improved and highly cultivated. On the 1 0th of October, 1867, when twenty-one years of age, Mr. Stafford was united in marriage with Miss Nancy E. Sharon, who was born in Niles township, this county, January 16, 1846, daughter of Henry Sharon, Esq. Two children resulted from this marriage, Minnie O., wife of James Syphers, and Joseph H., deceased. Mrs. Stafford, a highly respected lady and consistent member of the Methodist church, died in the full hope of a happy future, March 24, 1873, and her body was laid to rest beneath the shades of the beautiful Bethel cemetery of Albany. On 28 May 1876, Mr. Stafford again entered the marriage relation, choosing for his companion, Elizabeth McDaniels, whose death occurred August 16th of the same year. She was born in, Greene County, Ohio, in 1846, and at the time of her departure, had been an earnest member of the Methodist church for a period of sixteen years. Mr. Stafford's third marriage was celebrated December 15, 1881, in Greene County, Ohio, with Miss Sarah C. Anderson, a native of the same county and state, born near Xenia, April 8, 1857. Mrs. Stafford is the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Standfield) Anderson, of Ohio, whose respective parents came from South Carolina and Virginia. The following- are the names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stafford: Edna May, Ruthie Jane and Roxey Edith. Mr. Stafford is a republican in politics, and as such was elected trustee of Delaware Township, which position he filled for four and one half years from 1886 to 1890. He was also assessor of Niles Township. He is one of the directors of the Albany Land Company, and is the efficient superintendent of the Albany Natural Gas Company. For twenty years, he has been a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity, belonging to lodge No. 361, of which he is trustee and he is also an active worker in the encampment. He is chaplain of the G. A. R. post of Albany, and is a leader of the Methodist church of his town, to which denomination his family also belongs. In 1864, May xxx, Mr. Stafford enlisted in company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana volunteer infantry, for the hundred days' service, and his command formed part of the army of the Cumberland and was assigned to guard duty in Alabama. Owing to physical disability, he was furloughed but continued in the service until the expiration of his period of enlistment, leaving the army September 1864, at Indianapolis. Mr. Stafford is the leading businessman of the town of Albany and one of the representative citizens of Delaware County. He is a very extensive buyer and shipper of grain, handling a large elevator which has a capacity of over 2, 500 bushels per day; he also deals in baled hay, straw, etc., in which line he does a very large and lucrative business in Delaware and other counties. Mr. Stafford is public spirited, progressive, an earnest friend of education, and it was during his incumbency as trustee, that the beautiful graded school building of Albany was erected. He possesses, in an eminent degree, the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens, and his name in these pages is a deserving compliment to an intelligent, enterprising and most worthy man.	STAFFORD, James Rowland (I40330)
1777	JAMES R. STAFFORD, a prominent businessman of Albany, was born in Niles Township, Delaware County, January 22, 1846, son of Joseph Stafford and wife Eve Stafford. Our subject's paternal grandfather was a native of Ireland, but early came to the United States, locating in Virginia, where he was employed for some time as a linen weaver. Late in life, he located in Clarke, Ohio, where his death occurred. Joseph Stafford was a native of Clarke County, Ohio. James R. Stafford, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the home farm in Niles Township, attended the common schools during the winters and at the age of twenty, attended school in Muncie, where he made substantial progress in the various branches of learning. He fitted himself for the teacher's profession, and was thus employed for twelve consecutive years, devoting his attention in the meantime, during the summer season, to farming on the home place. On attaining his legal majority, he engaged in the pursuit of agriculture on a forty, acre tract given him by his father, and on the latter's death, in 1877, he purchased a part of the homestead to which he added other land until he because the possessor of a fine farm of t35 acres, which is well improved and highly cultivated. On the 1 0th of October, 1867, when twenty-one years of age, Mr. Stafford was united in marriage with Miss Nancy E. Sharon, who was born in Niles township, this county, January 16, 1846, daughter of Henry Sharon, Esq. Two children resulted from this marriage, Minnie O., wife of James Syphers, and Joseph H., deceased. Mrs. Stafford, a highly respected lady and consistent member of the Methodist church, died in the full hope of a happy future, March 24, 1873, and her body was laid to rest beneath the shades of the beautiful Bethel cemetery of Albany. On 28 May 1876, Mr. Stafford again entered the marriage relation, choosing for his companion, Elizabeth McDaniels, whose death occurred August 16th of the same year. She was born in, Greene County, Ohio, in 1846, and at the time of her departure, had been an earnest member of the Methodist church for a period of sixteen years. Mr. Stafford's third marriage was celebrated December 15, 1881, in Greene County, Ohio, with Miss Sarah C. Anderson, a native of the same county and state, born near Xenia, April 8, 1857. Mrs. Stafford is the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Standfield) Anderson, of Ohio, whose respective parents came from South Carolina and Virginia. The following- are the names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stafford: Edna May, Ruthie Jane and Roxey Edith. Mr. Stafford is a republican in politics, and as such was elected trustee of Delaware Township, which position he filled for four and one half years from 1886 to 1890. He was also assessor of Niles Township. He is one of the directors of the Albany Land Company, and is the efficient superintendent of the Albany Natural Gas Company. For twenty years, he has been a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity, belonging to lodge No. 361, of which he is trustee and he is also an active worker in the encampment. He is chaplain of the G. A. R. post of Albany, and is a leader of the Methodist church of his town, to which denomination his family also belongs. In 1864, May xxx, Mr. Stafford enlisted in company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana volunteer infantry, for the hundred days' service, and his command formed part of the army of the Cumberland and was assigned to guard duty in Alabama. Owing to physical disability, he was furloughed but continued in the service until the expiration of his period of enlistment, leaving the army September 1864, at Indianapolis. Mr. Stafford is the leading businessman of the town of Albany and one of the representative citizens of Delaware County. He is a very extensive buyer and shipper of grain, handling a large elevator which has a capacity of over 2, 500 bushels per day; he also deals in baled hay, straw, etc., in which line he does a very large and lucrative business in Delaware and other counties. Mr. Stafford is public spirited, progressive, an earnest friend of education, and it was during his incumbency as trustee, that the beautiful graded school building of Albany was erected. He possesses, in an eminent degree, the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens, and his name in these pages is a deserving compliment to an intelligent, enterprising and most worthy man.	STAFFORD, James Rowland (I40330)
1778	JAMES R. STAFFORD, a prominent businessman of Albany, was born in Niles Township, Delaware County, January 22, 1846, son of Joseph Stafford and wife Eve Stafford. Our subject's paternal grandfather was a native of Ireland, but early came to the United States, locating in Virginia, where he was employed for some time as a linen weaver. Late in life, he located in Clarke, Ohio, where his death occurred. Joseph Stafford was a native of Clarke County, Ohio. James R. Stafford, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the home farm in Niles Township, attended the common schools during the winters and at the age of twenty, attended school in Muncie, where he made substantial progress in the various branches of learning. He fitted himself for the teacher's profession, and was thus employed for twelve consecutive years, devoting his attention in the meantime, during the summer season, to farming on the home place. On attaining his legal majority, he engaged in the pursuit of agriculture on a forty, acre tract given him by his father, and on the latter's death, in 1877, he purchased a part of the homestead to which he added other land until he because the possessor of a fine farm of t35 acres, which is well improved and highly cultivated. On the 1 0th of October, 1867, when twenty-one years of age, Mr. Stafford was united in marriage with Miss Nancy E. Sharon, who was born in Niles township, this county, January 16, 1846, daughter of Henry Sharon, Esq. Two children resulted from this marriage, Minnie O., wife of James Syphers, and Joseph H., deceased. Mrs. Stafford, a highly respected lady and consistent member of the Methodist church, died in the full hope of a happy future, March 24, 1873, and her body was laid to rest beneath the shades of the beautiful Bethel cemetery of Albany. On 28 May 1876, Mr. Stafford again entered the marriage relation, choosing for his companion, Elizabeth McDaniels, whose death occurred August 16th of the same year. She was born in, Greene County, Ohio, in 1846, and at the time of her departure, had been an earnest member of the Methodist church for a period of sixteen years. Mr. Stafford's third marriage was celebrated December 15, 1881, in Greene County, Ohio, with Miss Sarah C. Anderson, a native of the same county and state, born near Xenia, April 8, 1857. Mrs. Stafford is the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Standfield) Anderson, of Ohio, whose respective parents came from South Carolina and Virginia. The following- are the names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stafford: Edna May, Ruthie Jane and Roxey Edith. Mr. Stafford is a republican in politics, and as such was elected trustee of Delaware Township, which position he filled for four and one half years from 1886 to 1890. He was also assessor of Niles Township. He is one of the directors of the Albany Land Company, and is the efficient superintendent of the Albany Natural Gas Company. For twenty years, he has been a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity, belonging to lodge No. 361, of which he is trustee and he is also an active worker in the encampment. He is chaplain of the G. A. R. post of Albany, and is a leader of the Methodist church of his town, to which denomination his family also belongs. In 1864, May xxx, Mr. Stafford enlisted in company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana volunteer infantry, for the hundred days' service, and his command formed part of the army of the Cumberland and was assigned to guard duty in Alabama. Owing to physical disability, he was furloughed but continued in the service until the expiration of his period of enlistment, leaving the army September 1864, at Indianapolis. Mr. Stafford is the leading businessman of the town of Albany and one of the representative citizens of Delaware County. He is a very extensive buyer and shipper of grain, handling a large elevator which has a capacity of over 2, 500 bushels per day; he also deals in baled hay, straw, etc., in which line he does a very large and lucrative business in Delaware and other counties. Mr. Stafford is public spirited, progressive, an earnest friend of education, and it was during his incumbency as trustee, that the beautiful graded school building of Albany was erected. He possesses, in an eminent degree, the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens, and his name in these pages is a deserving compliment to an intelligent, enterprising and most worthy man.	STAFFORD, James Rowland (I40330)
1779	JAMES R. STAFFORD, a prominent businessman of Albany, was born in Niles Township, Delaware County, January 22, 1846, son of Joseph Stafford and wife Eve Stafford. Our subject's paternal grandfather was a native of Ireland, but early came to the United States, locating in Virginia, where he was employed for some time as a linen weaver. Late in life, he located in Clarke, Ohio, where his death occurred. Joseph Stafford was a native of Clarke County, Ohio. James R. Stafford, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the home farm in Niles Township, attended the common schools during the winters and at the age of twenty, attended school in Muncie, where he made substantial progress in the various branches of learning. He fitted himself for the teacher's profession, and was thus employed for twelve consecutive years, devoting his attention in the meantime, during the summer season, to farming on the home place. On attaining his legal majority, he engaged in the pursuit of agriculture on a forty, acre tract given him by his father, and on the latter's death, in 1877, he purchased a part of the homestead to which he added other land until he because the possessor of a fine farm of t35 acres, which is well improved and highly cultivated. On the 1 0th of October, 1867, when twenty-one years of age, Mr. Stafford was united in marriage with Miss Nancy E. Sharon, who was born in Niles township, this county, January 16, 1846, daughter of Henry Sharon, Esq. Two children resulted from this marriage, Minnie O., wife of James Syphers, and Joseph H., deceased. Mrs. Stafford, a highly respected lady and consistent member of the Methodist church, died in the full hope of a happy future, March 24, 1873, and her body was laid to rest beneath the shades of the beautiful Bethel cemetery of Albany. On 28 May 1876, Mr. Stafford again entered the marriage relation, choosing for his companion, Elizabeth McDaniels, whose death occurred August 16th of the same year. She was born in, Greene County, Ohio, in 1846, and at the time of her departure, had been an earnest member of the Methodist church for a period of sixteen years. Mr. Stafford's third marriage was celebrated December 15, 1881, in Greene County, Ohio, with Miss Sarah C. Anderson, a native of the same county and state, born near Xenia, April 8, 1857. Mrs. Stafford is the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Standfield) Anderson, of Ohio, whose respective parents came from South Carolina and Virginia. The following- are the names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stafford: Edna May, Ruthie Jane and Roxey Edith. Mr. Stafford is a republican in politics, and as such was elected trustee of Delaware Township, which position he filled for four and one half years from 1886 to 1890. He was also assessor of Niles Township. He is one of the directors of the Albany Land Company, and is the efficient superintendent of the Albany Natural Gas Company. For twenty years, he has been a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity, belonging to lodge No. 361, of which he is trustee and he is also an active worker in the encampment. He is chaplain of the G. A. R. post of Albany, and is a leader of the Methodist church of his town, to which denomination his family also belongs. In 1864, May xxx, Mr. Stafford enlisted in company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana volunteer infantry, for the hundred days' service, and his command formed part of the army of the Cumberland and was assigned to guard duty in Alabama. Owing to physical disability, he was furloughed but continued in the service until the expiration of his period of enlistment, leaving the army September 1864, at Indianapolis. Mr. Stafford is the leading businessman of the town of Albany and one of the representative citizens of Delaware County. He is a very extensive buyer and shipper of grain, handling a large elevator which has a capacity of over 2, 500 bushels per day; he also deals in baled hay, straw, etc., in which line he does a very large and lucrative business in Delaware and other counties. Mr. Stafford is public spirited, progressive, an earnest friend of education, and it was during his incumbency as trustee, that the beautiful graded school building of Albany was erected. He possesses, in an eminent degree, the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens, and his name in these pages is a deserving compliment to an intelligent, enterprising and most worthy man.	STAFFORD, James Rowland (I40330)
1780	OHN RILEY STAFFORD, a prominent farmer of Niles Township, of which he is a native, is a son of Joseph Stafford and wife Amrilla, and dates his birth from the 17th day of March 1861. Paternally he is descended from Irish ancestry, and on the mother's side is of German lineage. Joseph Stafford and wife moved from Ohio to Delaware county, Indiana, a number of years ago, settling in the township of Niles, where they reared a family, and where they resided until their respective deaths, the former departing this life April 3, 1877, and the latter August 30, 1882. The following are the names of the brothers and sisters of Joseph Stafford: Finley, George, Relph, Catherine (wife of Valentine Pence), Margaret (wife of John Black), Betsey, and Ruth (the latter married to William Black). Amrilla Stafford, whose maiden name was Dinsmore, was the daughter of John Dinsmore, whose birth occurred near Winchester, Va., on 28 June 1797. Mr. Dinsmore in an early day immigrated to Ohio, where ire resided until 1837, in October of which year he became a citizen of the Hoosier state. He was married on 25 June 1819, to Elizabeth Anderson, whose birth occurred May 9, 1798, in the state of Maryland. The following is a brief record of the family of John and Elizabeth Dinsmore, viz: Robert H. Dinsmore, the eldest son, was born December 1, 1855; William, born December 24, 1824 died December 28, 1862; Rachel A., born February 15, 1828; Amrilla J., born August 8, 1831 died August 30, 1883; Mary N., born August 18, 1833; Daniel M., born October 31, 1837 died October 12, 1843; Eli W., born February 25, 1841 died October 12, 1843. The mother of these children died March 23, 1848, and the father was called to his final reward on 29 October 1865. John R. Stafford grew to manhood in Delaware County, and has resided within its borders ever since his birth, making his home in Niles Township, upon the site of his father's original purchase. At the age of twenty, he was united in marriage to Nancy A. Boyd, daughter of Cornelius' and Martha (Jacobs) Boyd, to which union the following children have been born; William M., Bessie M., Susan Fair, Nellie E. and Charles R., the last named deceased. Mr. Stafford began life for himself as a farmer, and still de votes his attention to that useful calling, being, at this time, one of the successful agriculturists of the township of Niles. His first real I estate consisted of forty acres, to which additions have been made from time to time, until the area of his farm now contains ninety-five acres of fertile land, the greater part in a successful state of cultivation. Mr. Stafford is enterprising and progressive, a leading citizen of the community in which he resides, and his name is well worthy of mention among the representative men of Niles township. Politically, he is an ardent republican, and in religion, a Methodist. Mrs. Stafford is a member of the Christian or New Light church.	STAFFORD, Joseph Riley (I45966)
1781	OHN RILEY STAFFORD, a prominent farmer of Niles Township, of which he is a native, is a son of Joseph Stafford and wife Amrilla, and dates his birth from the 17th day of March 1861. Paternally he is descended from Irish ancestry, and on the mother's side is of German lineage. Joseph Stafford and wife moved from Ohio to Delaware county, Indiana, a number of years ago, settling in the township of Niles, where they reared a family, and where they resided until their respective deaths, the former departing this life April 3, 1877, and the latter August 30, 1882. The following are the names of the brothers and sisters of Joseph Stafford: Finley, George, Relph, Catherine (wife of Valentine Pence), Margaret (wife of John Black), Betsey, and Ruth (the latter married to William Black). Amrilla Stafford, whose maiden name was Dinsmore, was the daughter of John Dinsmore, whose birth occurred near Winchester, Va., on 28 June 1797. Mr. Dinsmore in an early day immigrated to Ohio, where ire resided until 1837, in October of which year he became a citizen of the Hoosier state. He was married on 25 June 1819, to Elizabeth Anderson, whose birth occurred May 9, 1798, in the state of Maryland. The following is a brief record of the family of John and Elizabeth Dinsmore, viz: Robert H. Dinsmore, the eldest son, was born December 1, 1855; William, born December 24, 1824 died December 28, 1862; Rachel A., born February 15, 1828; Amrilla J., born August 8, 1831 died August 30, 1883; Mary N., born August 18, 1833; Daniel M., born October 31, 1837 died October 12, 1843; Eli W., born February 25, 1841 died October 12, 1843. The mother of these children died March 23, 1848, and the father was called to his final reward on 29 October 1865. John R. Stafford grew to manhood in Delaware County, and has resided within its borders ever since his birth, making his home in Niles Township, upon the site of his father's original purchase. At the age of twenty, he was united in marriage to Nancy A. Boyd, daughter of Cornelius' and Martha (Jacobs) Boyd, to which union the following children have been born; William M., Bessie M., Susan Fair, Nellie E. and Charles R., the last named deceased. Mr. Stafford began life for himself as a farmer, and still de votes his attention to that useful calling, being, at this time, one of the successful agriculturists of the township of Niles. His first real I estate consisted of forty acres, to which additions have been made from time to time, until the area of his farm now contains ninety-five acres of fertile land, the greater part in a successful state of cultivation. Mr. Stafford is enterprising and progressive, a leading citizen of the community in which he resides, and his name is well worthy of mention among the representative men of Niles township. Politically, he is an ardent republican, and in religion, a Methodist. Mrs. Stafford is a member of the Christian or New Light church.	STAFFORD, Joseph Riley (I45966)
1782	OHN RILEY STAFFORD, a prominent farmer of Niles Township, of which he is a native, is a son of Joseph Stafford and wife Amrilla, and dates his birth from the 17th day of March 1861. Paternally he is descended from Irish ancestry, and on the mother's side is of German lineage. Joseph Stafford and wife moved from Ohio to Delaware county, Indiana, a number of years ago, settling in the township of Niles, where they reared a family, and where they resided until their respective deaths, the former departing this life April 3, 1877, and the latter August 30, 1882. The following are the names of the brothers and sisters of Joseph Stafford: Finley, George, Relph, Catherine (wife of Valentine Pence), Margaret (wife of John Black), Betsey, and Ruth (the latter married to William Black). Amrilla Stafford, whose maiden name was Dinsmore, was the daughter of John Dinsmore, whose birth occurred near Winchester, Va., on 28 June 1797. Mr. Dinsmore in an early day immigrated to Ohio, where ire resided until 1837, in October of which year he became a citizen of the Hoosier state. He was married on 25 June 1819, to Elizabeth Anderson, whose birth occurred May 9, 1798, in the state of Maryland. The following is a brief record of the family of John and Elizabeth Dinsmore, viz: Robert H. Dinsmore, the eldest son, was born December 1, 1855; William, born December 24, 1824 died December 28, 1862; Rachel A., born February 15, 1828; Amrilla J., born August 8, 1831 died August 30, 1883; Mary N., born August 18, 1833; Daniel M., born October 31, 1837 died October 12, 1843; Eli W., born February 25, 1841 died October 12, 1843. The mother of these children died March 23, 1848, and the father was called to his final reward on 29 October 1865. John R. Stafford grew to manhood in Delaware County, and has resided within its borders ever since his birth, making his home in Niles Township, upon the site of his father's original purchase. At the age of twenty, he was united in marriage to Nancy A. Boyd, daughter of Cornelius' and Martha (Jacobs) Boyd, to which union the following children have been born; William M., Bessie M., Susan Fair, Nellie E. and Charles R., the last named deceased. Mr. Stafford began life for himself as a farmer, and still de votes his attention to that useful calling, being, at this time, one of the successful agriculturists of the township of Niles. His first real I estate consisted of forty acres, to which additions have been made from time to time, until the area of his farm now contains ninety-five acres of fertile land, the greater part in a successful state of cultivation. Mr. Stafford is enterprising and progressive, a leading citizen of the community in which he resides, and his name is well worthy of mention among the representative men of Niles township. Politically, he is an ardent republican, and in religion, a Methodist. Mrs. Stafford is a member of the Christian or New Light church.	STAFFORD, Joseph Riley (I45966)
1783	OHN RILEY STAFFORD, a prominent farmer of Niles Township, of which he is a native, is a son of Joseph Stafford and wife Amrilla, and dates his birth from the 17th day of March 1861. Paternally he is descended from Irish ancestry, and on the mother's side is of German lineage. Joseph Stafford and wife moved from Ohio to Delaware county, Indiana, a number of years ago, settling in the township of Niles, where they reared a family, and where they resided until their respective deaths, the former departing this life April 3, 1877, and the latter August 30, 1882. The following are the names of the brothers and sisters of Joseph Stafford: Finley, George, Relph, Catherine (wife of Valentine Pence), Margaret (wife of John Black), Betsey, and Ruth (the latter married to William Black). Amrilla Stafford, whose maiden name was Dinsmore, was the daughter of John Dinsmore, whose birth occurred near Winchester, Va., on 28 June 1797. Mr. Dinsmore in an early day immigrated to Ohio, where ire resided until 1837, in October of which year he became a citizen of the Hoosier state. He was married on 25 June 1819, to Elizabeth Anderson, whose birth occurred May 9, 1798, in the state of Maryland. The following is a brief record of the family of John and Elizabeth Dinsmore, viz: Robert H. Dinsmore, the eldest son, was born December 1, 1855; William, born December 24, 1824 died December 28, 1862; Rachel A., born February 15, 1828; Amrilla J., born August 8, 1831 died August 30, 1883; Mary N., born August 18, 1833; Daniel M., born October 31, 1837 died October 12, 1843; Eli W., born February 25, 1841 died October 12, 1843. The mother of these children died March 23, 1848, and the father was called to his final reward on 29 October 1865. John R. Stafford grew to manhood in Delaware County, and has resided within its borders ever since his birth, making his home in Niles Township, upon the site of his father's original purchase. At the age of twenty, he was united in marriage to Nancy A. Boyd, daughter of Cornelius' and Martha (Jacobs) Boyd, to which union the following children have been born; William M., Bessie M., Susan Fair, Nellie E. and Charles R., the last named deceased. Mr. Stafford began life for himself as a farmer, and still de votes his attention to that useful calling, being, at this time, one of the successful agriculturists of the township of Niles. His first real I estate consisted of forty acres, to which additions have been made from time to time, until the area of his farm now contains ninety-five acres of fertile land, the greater part in a successful state of cultivation. Mr. Stafford is enterprising and progressive, a leading citizen of the community in which he resides, and his name is well worthy of mention among the representative men of Niles township. Politically, he is an ardent republican, and in religion, a Methodist. Mrs. Stafford is a member of the Christian or New Light church.	STAFFORD, Joseph Riley (I45966)
1784	OHN RILEY STAFFORD, a prominent farmer of Niles Township, of which he is a native, is a son of Joseph Stafford and wife Amrilla, and dates his birth from the 17th day of March 1861. Paternally he is descended from Irish ancestry, and on the mother's side is of German lineage. Joseph Stafford and wife moved from Ohio to Delaware county, Indiana, a number of years ago, settling in the township of Niles, where they reared a family, and where they resided until their respective deaths, the former departing this life April 3, 1877, and the latter August 30, 1882. The following are the names of the brothers and sisters of Joseph Stafford: Finley, George, Relph, Catherine (wife of Valentine Pence), Margaret (wife of John Black), Betsey, and Ruth (the latter married to William Black). Amrilla Stafford, whose maiden name was Dinsmore, was the daughter of John Dinsmore, whose birth occurred near Winchester, Va., on 28 June 1797. Mr. Dinsmore in an early day immigrated to Ohio, where ire resided until 1837, in October of which year he became a citizen of the Hoosier state. He was married on 25 June 1819, to Elizabeth Anderson, whose birth occurred May 9, 1798, in the state of Maryland. The following is a brief record of the family of John and Elizabeth Dinsmore, viz: Robert H. Dinsmore, the eldest son, was born December 1, 1855; William, born December 24, 1824 died December 28, 1862; Rachel A., born February 15, 1828; Amrilla J., born August 8, 1831 died August 30, 1883; Mary N., born August 18, 1833; Daniel M., born October 31, 1837 died October 12, 1843; Eli W., born February 25, 1841 died October 12, 1843. The mother of these children died March 23, 1848, and the father was called to his final reward on 29 October 1865. John R. Stafford grew to manhood in Delaware County, and has resided within its borders ever since his birth, making his home in Niles Township, upon the site of his father's original purchase. At the age of twenty, he was united in marriage to Nancy A. Boyd, daughter of Cornelius' and Martha (Jacobs) Boyd, to which union the following children have been born; William M., Bessie M., Susan Fair, Nellie E. and Charles R., the last named deceased. Mr. Stafford began life for himself as a farmer, and still de votes his attention to that useful calling, being, at this time, one of the successful agriculturists of the township of Niles. His first real I estate consisted of forty acres, to which additions have been made from time to time, until the area of his farm now contains ninety-five acres of fertile land, the greater part in a successful state of cultivation. Mr. Stafford is enterprising and progressive, a leading citizen of the community in which he resides, and his name is well worthy of mention among the representative men of Niles township. Politically, he is an ardent republican, and in religion, a Methodist. Mrs. Stafford is a member of the Christian or New Light church.	STAFFORD, Joseph Riley (I45966)
1785	Roy J. Stafford, a substantial farmer and landowner of Delaware County, now living in Hamilton Township, is a native son of this county and has lived here all his life. Mr. Stafford was born on a farm in Delaware Township on April 4, 1881, and is a son of George A. and Sarah A. (Zehner) Stafford, the latter of whom was born in Wayne County, this state, daughter of Benjamin and Hester (Hoppas) Zehner. late George A. Stafford was born in Delaware Township, this county, in 1835, and was a son of Ralph and Jane (Black) Stafford, the latter of whom was born in Clarke County, Ohio, a daughter of Andrew and Susan (Ross) Black, who became numbered among the pioneers of Delaware County, as is set out elsewhere. Ralph Stafford was born in Giles County, Virginia, and was a son of George and Catherine (Fair) Stafford, who had come to this country from Ireland, and who in 1811 became resident of Delaware Township, this county, in 1835. He died 1876 and his widow survived until 1888. They were the parents of fi9ve children, of whom George A. Stafford was the eldest. During the days of his young manhood George A. Stafford worked as a tanner. He also for thirteen years operated a threshing rig throughout his home neighborhood; meantime carrying on extensive farming operations and in time came to be the owner of more than 800 acres of land in this county. He was one of the organizers of the Delaware County National Bank and a director of the same and had business property in Muncie, among the buildings he erected there being the former post office building on Walnut Street, now occupied by the Liberty Theatre, and the building now occupied by the Studebaker Automobile sales concern on High Street. He died on September 1, 1912, and his widow died in 1917. They were the parents of four children, all of whom are living save one son, David R., the subject of this sketch having a sister, Emma C., and a brother, Cyrus J. Stafford, Reared on the home farm in Delaware Township, Roy J. Stafford supplemented the schooling received in the Stafford school by a course in the old Muncie Normal School and for two years thereafter was engaged in photography in the Neiswanger studio at Muncie. He then returned to the home farm and after his marriage farmed the place for a year, at the end of which time he moved to a farm of his own, a place of 240 acres n Union Township, two and a half miles west of Shideler, on which he made extensive improvements and on which he carried on extensively in the live stock way. There Mr. Stafford resided until 1922, when he moved to the place on which he is now living, a "forty" on the Studebaker pike in Hamilton Township, the operations of which he oversees as well as those of his Union Township farm, he now being the owner of 280 acres of well improved farm land. In 1904, Roy J. Stafford was united in marriage to Ethel Mae Smith, who also was born in Delaware Township, daughter of J. Dent and Mary (Williamson) Smith, and to this union were born six children, Edith L., Mary L., Sarah R., George D., Howard and Albert Earl, the latter of whom died in infancy. The mother of these children died on October 29, 1921. http://www.countyhistory.com/books/doc.dela2/index.html Children need to be assigned to right mother. Roy J. Stafford, 94, a former Muncie resident living in Florida, died Tuesday in Winterhaven, Fla. A native of Delaware County, Mr. Stafford lived in Union Township until 1969 when he retired from his farm and moved to Florida. He also worked for several years as a foreman at the Kuhner Packing Co., which is now Marhoefer's. Survivors include three sons, Howard and Robert, both of Muncie, and George, Eaton; three daughters, Mrs. Edith Strong, DeSoto, Mrs. Mary Robbins, Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. Sarah Arnold, Albany; 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Parson Mortuary with Rev. Russell G. Siferd officiating. Burial will follow in Black Cemetery near Albany. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Friday or prior to the service on Saturday at the mortuary.	STAFFORD, Roy Joseph (I32448)
1786	Roy J. Stafford, a substantial farmer and landowner of Delaware County, now living in Hamilton Township, is a native son of this county and has lived here all his life. Mr. Stafford was born on a farm in Delaware Township on April 4, 1881, and is a son of George A. and Sarah A. (Zehner) Stafford, the latter of whom was born in Wayne County, this state, daughter of Benjamin and Hester (Hoppas) Zehner. late George A. Stafford was born in Delaware Township, this county, in 1835, and was a son of Ralph and Jane (Black) Stafford, the latter of whom was born in Clarke County, Ohio, a daughter of Andrew and Susan (Ross) Black, who became numbered among the pioneers of Delaware County, as is set out elsewhere. Ralph Stafford was born in Giles County, Virginia, and was a son of George and Catherine (Fair) Stafford, who had come to this country from Ireland, and who in 1811 became resident of Delaware Township, this county, in 1835. He died 1876 and his widow survived until 1888. They were the parents of fi9ve children, of whom George A. Stafford was the eldest. During the days of his young manhood George A. Stafford worked as a tanner. He also for thirteen years operated a threshing rig throughout his home neighborhood; meantime carrying on extensive farming operations and in time came to be the owner of more than 800 acres of land in this county. He was one of the organizers of the Delaware County National Bank and a director of the same and had business property in Muncie, among the buildings he erected there being the former post office building on Walnut Street, now occupied by the Liberty Theatre, and the building now occupied by the Studebaker Automobile sales concern on High Street. He died on September 1, 1912, and his widow died in 1917. They were the parents of four children, all of whom are living save one son, David R., the subject of this sketch having a sister, Emma C., and a brother, Cyrus J. Stafford, Reared on the home farm in Delaware Township, Roy J. Stafford supplemented the schooling received in the Stafford school by a course in the old Muncie Normal School and for two years thereafter was engaged in photography in the Neiswanger studio at Muncie. He then returned to the home farm and after his marriage farmed the place for a year, at the end of which time he moved to a farm of his own, a place of 240 acres n Union Township, two and a half miles west of Shideler, on which he made extensive improvements and on which he carried on extensively in the live stock way. There Mr. Stafford resided until 1922, when he moved to the place on which he is now living, a "forty" on the Studebaker pike in Hamilton Township, the operations of which he oversees as well as those of his Union Township farm, he now being the owner of 280 acres of well improved farm land. In 1904, Roy J. Stafford was united in marriage to Ethel Mae Smith, who also was born in Delaware Township, daughter of J. Dent and Mary (Williamson) Smith, and to this union were born six children, Edith L., Mary L., Sarah R., George D., Howard and Albert Earl, the latter of whom died in infancy. The mother of these children died on October 29, 1921. http://www.countyhistory.com/books/doc.dela2/index.html Children need to be assigned to right mother. Roy J. Stafford, 94, a former Muncie resident living in Florida, died Tuesday in Winterhaven, Fla. A native of Delaware County, Mr. Stafford lived in Union Township until 1969 when he retired from his farm and moved to Florida. He also worked for several years as a foreman at the Kuhner Packing Co., which is now Marhoefer's. Survivors include three sons, Howard and Robert, both of Muncie, and George, Eaton; three daughters, Mrs. Edith Strong, DeSoto, Mrs. Mary Robbins, Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. Sarah Arnold, Albany; 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Parson Mortuary with Rev. Russell G. Siferd officiating. Burial will follow in Black Cemetery near Albany. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Friday or prior to the service on Saturday at the mortuary.	STAFFORD, Roy Joseph (I32448)
1787	Roy J. Stafford, a substantial farmer and landowner of Delaware County, now living in Hamilton Township, is a native son of this county and has lived here all his life. Mr. Stafford was born on a farm in Delaware Township on April 4, 1881, and is a son of George A. and Sarah A. (Zehner) Stafford, the latter of whom was born in Wayne County, this state, daughter of Benjamin and Hester (Hoppas) Zehner. late George A. Stafford was born in Delaware Township, this county, in 1835, and was a son of Ralph and Jane (Black) Stafford, the latter of whom was born in Clarke County, Ohio, a daughter of Andrew and Susan (Ross) Black, who became numbered among the pioneers of Delaware County, as is set out elsewhere. Ralph Stafford was born in Giles County, Virginia, and was a son of George and Catherine (Fair) Stafford, who had come to this country from Ireland, and who in 1811 became resident of Delaware Township, this county, in 1835. He died 1876 and his widow survived until 1888. They were the parents of fi9ve children, of whom George A. Stafford was the eldest. During the days of his young manhood George A. Stafford worked as a tanner. He also for thirteen years operated a threshing rig throughout his home neighborhood; meantime carrying on extensive farming operations and in time came to be the owner of more than 800 acres of land in this county. He was one of the organizers of the Delaware County National Bank and a director of the same and had business property in Muncie, among the buildings he erected there being the former post office building on Walnut Street, now occupied by the Liberty Theatre, and the building now occupied by the Studebaker Automobile sales concern on High Street. He died on September 1, 1912, and his widow died in 1917. They were the parents of four children, all of whom are living save one son, David R., the subject of this sketch having a sister, Emma C., and a brother, Cyrus J. Stafford, Reared on the home farm in Delaware Township, Roy J. Stafford supplemented the schooling received in the Stafford school by a course in the old Muncie Normal School and for two years thereafter was engaged in photography in the Neiswanger studio at Muncie. He then returned to the home farm and after his marriage farmed the place for a year, at the end of which time he moved to a farm of his own, a place of 240 acres n Union Township, two and a half miles west of Shideler, on which he made extensive improvements and on which he carried on extensively in the live stock way. There Mr. Stafford resided until 1922, when he moved to the place on which he is now living, a "forty" on the Studebaker pike in Hamilton Township, the operations of which he oversees as well as those of his Union Township farm, he now being the owner of 280 acres of well improved farm land. In 1904, Roy J. Stafford was united in marriage to Ethel Mae Smith, who also was born in Delaware Township, daughter of J. Dent and Mary (Williamson) Smith, and to this union were born six children, Edith L., Mary L., Sarah R., George D., Howard and Albert Earl, the latter of whom died in infancy. The mother of these children died on October 29, 1921. http://www.countyhistory.com/books/doc.dela2/index.html Children need to be assigned to right mother. Roy J. Stafford, 94, a former Muncie resident living in Florida, died Tuesday in Winterhaven, Fla. A native of Delaware County, Mr. Stafford lived in Union Township until 1969 when he retired from his farm and moved to Florida. He also worked for several years as a foreman at the Kuhner Packing Co., which is now Marhoefer's. Survivors include three sons, Howard and Robert, both of Muncie, and George, Eaton; three daughters, Mrs. Edith Strong, DeSoto, Mrs. Mary Robbins, Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. Sarah Arnold, Albany; 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Parson Mortuary with Rev. Russell G. Siferd officiating. Burial will follow in Black Cemetery near Albany. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Friday or prior to the service on Saturday at the mortuary.	STAFFORD, Roy Joseph (I32448)
1788	Roy J. Stafford, a substantial farmer and landowner of Delaware County, now living in Hamilton Township, is a native son of this county and has lived here all his life. Mr. Stafford was born on a farm in Delaware Township on April 4, 1881, and is a son of George A. and Sarah A. (Zehner) Stafford, the latter of whom was born in Wayne County, this state, daughter of Benjamin and Hester (Hoppas) Zehner. late George A. Stafford was born in Delaware Township, this county, in 1835, and was a son of Ralph and Jane (Black) Stafford, the latter of whom was born in Clarke County, Ohio, a daughter of Andrew and Susan (Ross) Black, who became numbered among the pioneers of Delaware County, as is set out elsewhere. Ralph Stafford was born in Giles County, Virginia, and was a son of George and Catherine (Fair) Stafford, who had come to this country from Ireland, and who in 1811 became resident of Delaware Township, this county, in 1835. He died 1876 and his widow survived until 1888. They were the parents of fi9ve children, of whom George A. Stafford was the eldest. During the days of his young manhood George A. Stafford worked as a tanner. He also for thirteen years operated a threshing rig throughout his home neighborhood; meantime carrying on extensive farming operations and in time came to be the owner of more than 800 acres of land in this county. He was one of the organizers of the Delaware County National Bank and a director of the same and had business property in Muncie, among the buildings he erected there being the former post office building on Walnut Street, now occupied by the Liberty Theatre, and the building now occupied by the Studebaker Automobile sales concern on High Street. He died on September 1, 1912, and his widow died in 1917. They were the parents of four children, all of whom are living save one son, David R., the subject of this sketch having a sister, Emma C., and a brother, Cyrus J. Stafford, Reared on the home farm in Delaware Township, Roy J. Stafford supplemented the schooling received in the Stafford school by a course in the old Muncie Normal School and for two years thereafter was engaged in photography in the Neiswanger studio at Muncie. He then returned to the home farm and after his marriage farmed the place for a year, at the end of which time he moved to a farm of his own, a place of 240 acres n Union Township, two and a half miles west of Shideler, on which he made extensive improvements and on which he carried on extensively in the live stock way. There Mr. Stafford resided until 1922, when he moved to the place on which he is now living, a "forty" on the Studebaker pike in Hamilton Township, the operations of which he oversees as well as those of his Union Township farm, he now being the owner of 280 acres of well improved farm land. In 1904, Roy J. Stafford was united in marriage to Ethel Mae Smith, who also was born in Delaware Township, daughter of J. Dent and Mary (Williamson) Smith, and to this union were born six children, Edith L., Mary L., Sarah R., George D., Howard and Albert Earl, the latter of whom died in infancy. The mother of these children died on October 29, 1921. http://www.countyhistory.com/books/doc.dela2/index.html Children need to be assigned to right mother. Roy J. Stafford, 94, a former Muncie resident living in Florida, died Tuesday in Winterhaven, Fla. A native of Delaware County, Mr. Stafford lived in Union Township until 1969 when he retired from his farm and moved to Florida. He also worked for several years as a foreman at the Kuhner Packing Co., which is now Marhoefer's. Survivors include three sons, Howard and Robert, both of Muncie, and George, Eaton; three daughters, Mrs. Edith Strong, DeSoto, Mrs. Mary Robbins, Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. Sarah Arnold, Albany; 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Parson Mortuary with Rev. Russell G. Siferd officiating. Burial will follow in Black Cemetery near Albany. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Friday or prior to the service on Saturday at the mortuary.	STAFFORD, Roy Joseph (I32448)
1789	Roy J. Stafford, a substantial farmer and landowner of Delaware County, now living in Hamilton Township, is a native son of this county and has lived here all his life. Mr. Stafford was born on a farm in Delaware Township on April 4, 1881, and is a son of George A. and Sarah A. (Zehner) Stafford, the latter of whom was born in Wayne County, this state, daughter of Benjamin and Hester (Hoppas) Zehner. late George A. Stafford was born in Delaware Township, this county, in 1835, and was a son of Ralph and Jane (Black) Stafford, the latter of whom was born in Clarke County, Ohio, a daughter of Andrew and Susan (Ross) Black, who became numbered among the pioneers of Delaware County, as is set out elsewhere. Ralph Stafford was born in Giles County, Virginia, and was a son of George and Catherine (Fair) Stafford, who had come to this country from Ireland, and who in 1811 became resident of Delaware Township, this county, in 1835. He died 1876 and his widow survived until 1888. They were the parents of fi9ve children, of whom George A. Stafford was the eldest. During the days of his young manhood George A. Stafford worked as a tanner. He also for thirteen years operated a threshing rig throughout his home neighborhood; meantime carrying on extensive farming operations and in time came to be the owner of more than 800 acres of land in this county. He was one of the organizers of the Delaware County National Bank and a director of the same and had business property in Muncie, among the buildings he erected there being the former post office building on Walnut Street, now occupied by the Liberty Theatre, and the building now occupied by the Studebaker Automobile sales concern on High Street. He died on September 1, 1912, and his widow died in 1917. They were the parents of four children, all of whom are living save one son, David R., the subject of this sketch having a sister, Emma C., and a brother, Cyrus J. Stafford, Reared on the home farm in Delaware Township, Roy J. Stafford supplemented the schooling received in the Stafford school by a course in the old Muncie Normal School and for two years thereafter was engaged in photography in the Neiswanger studio at Muncie. He then returned to the home farm and after his marriage farmed the place for a year, at the end of which time he moved to a farm of his own, a place of 240 acres n Union Township, two and a half miles west of Shideler, on which he made extensive improvements and on which he carried on extensively in the live stock way. There Mr. Stafford resided until 1922, when he moved to the place on which he is now living, a "forty" on the Studebaker pike in Hamilton Township, the operations of which he oversees as well as those of his Union Township farm, he now being the owner of 280 acres of well improved farm land. In 1904, Roy J. Stafford was united in marriage to Ethel Mae Smith, who also was born in Delaware Township, daughter of J. Dent and Mary (Williamson) Smith, and to this union were born six children, Edith L., Mary L., Sarah R., George D., Howard and Albert Earl, the latter of whom died in infancy. The mother of these children died on October 29, 1921. http://www.countyhistory.com/books/doc.dela2/index.html Children need to be assigned to right mother. Roy J. Stafford, 94, a former Muncie resident living in Florida, died Tuesday in Winterhaven, Fla. A native of Delaware County, Mr. Stafford lived in Union Township until 1969 when he retired from his farm and moved to Florida. He also worked for several years as a foreman at the Kuhner Packing Co., which is now Marhoefer's. Survivors include three sons, Howard and Robert, both of Muncie, and George, Eaton; three daughters, Mrs. Edith Strong, DeSoto, Mrs. Mary Robbins, Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. Sarah Arnold, Albany; 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Parson Mortuary with Rev. Russell G. Siferd officiating. Burial will follow in Black Cemetery near Albany. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Friday or prior to the service on Saturday at the mortuary.	STAFFORD, Roy Joseph (I32448)
1790	STAFFORD-Julia McLean Stafford, passed away on August 8, 2004 in Coeur d' Alene, Ihaho. Julia was born on July 6, 1913 in Joplin, Missouri. She worked many years in the Azusa Unified School District. She was a member of the Yucaipa Christian Church. Julia and her husband Alva were married on December 21, 1940. She is preceded in death by her husband Alva G. Stafford, two brothers and grandson Eric S. Stafford. She leaves behind son Michael J. Stafford of Glasgow, KY. daughter Patricia House and husband Gerry of Hayden Lake, ID, grandchildren Mark Baden and wife Tracey, Katherine Dallas and husband Dan, Chris Stafford and wife Brandee, four great-grandchildren, sister Jane Flynn, sister-in-law, Edna Sternad and several nieces and nephews. Viewing and visitation will be at the Rainbow Chapel, Rose Hills Memorial Park on Friday, August 13, 2004 at 9:00 A.M. Graveside service will follow at 10:00 A.M. Expressions of sympathy may be made in her name to Hospice. Published in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune on 8/11/2004.	STAFFORD, Alva Graves (I96927)
1791	STAFFORD-Julia McLean Stafford, passed away on August 8, 2004 in Coeur d' Alene, Ihaho. Julia was born on July 6, 1913 in Joplin, Missouri. She worked many years in the Azusa Unified School District. She was a member of the Yucaipa Christian Church. Julia and her husband Alva were married on December 21, 1940. She is preceded in death by her husband Alva G. Stafford, two brothers and grandson Eric S. Stafford. She leaves behind son Michael J. Stafford of Glasgow, KY. daughter Patricia House and husband Gerry of Hayden Lake, ID, grandchildren Mark Baden and wife Tracey, Katherine Dallas and husband Dan, Chris Stafford and wife Brandee, four great-grandchildren, sister Jane Flynn, sister-in-law, Edna Sternad and several nieces and nephews. Viewing and visitation will be at the Rainbow Chapel, Rose Hills Memorial Park on Friday, August 13, 2004 at 9:00 A.M. Graveside service will follow at 10:00 A.M. Expressions of sympathy may be made in her name to Hospice. Published in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune on 8/11/2004.	STAFFORD, Alva Graves (I96927)
1792	STAFFORD-Julia McLean Stafford, passed away on August 8, 2004 in Coeur d' Alene, Ihaho. Julia was born on July 6, 1913 in Joplin, Missouri. She worked many years in the Azusa Unified School District. She was a member of the Yucaipa Christian Church. Julia and her husband Alva were married on December 21, 1940. She is preceded in death by her husband Alva G. Stafford, two brothers and grandson Eric S. Stafford. She leaves behind son Michael J. Stafford of Glasgow, KY. daughter Patricia House and husband Gerry of Hayden Lake, ID, grandchildren Mark Baden and wife Tracey, Katherine Dallas and husband Dan, Chris Stafford and wife Brandee, four great-grandchildren, sister Jane Flynn, sister-in-law, Edna Sternad and several nieces and nephews. Viewing and visitation will be at the Rainbow Chapel, Rose Hills Memorial Park on Friday, August 13, 2004 at 9:00 A.M. Graveside service will follow at 10:00 A.M. Expressions of sympathy may be made in her name to Hospice. Published in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune on 8/11/2004.	STAFFORD, Alva Graves (I96927)
1793	STAFFORD-Julia McLean Stafford, passed away on August 8, 2004 in Coeur d' Alene, Ihaho. Julia was born on July 6, 1913 in Joplin, Missouri. She worked many years in the Azusa Unified School District. She was a member of the Yucaipa Christian Church. Julia and her husband Alva were married on December 21, 1940. She is preceded in death by her husband Alva G. Stafford, two brothers and grandson Eric S. Stafford. She leaves behind son Michael J. Stafford of Glasgow, KY. daughter Patricia House and husband Gerry of Hayden Lake, ID, grandchildren Mark Baden and wife Tracey, Katherine Dallas and husband Dan, Chris Stafford and wife Brandee, four great-grandchildren, sister Jane Flynn, sister-in-law, Edna Sternad and several nieces and nephews. Viewing and visitation will be at the Rainbow Chapel, Rose Hills Memorial Park on Friday, August 13, 2004 at 9:00 A.M. Graveside service will follow at 10:00 A.M. Expressions of sympathy may be made in her name to Hospice. Published in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune on 8/11/2004.	STAFFORD, Alva Graves (I96927)
1794	STAFFORD-Julia McLean Stafford, passed away on August 8, 2004 in Coeur d' Alene, Ihaho. Julia was born on July 6, 1913 in Joplin, Missouri. She worked many years in the Azusa Unified School District. She was a member of the Yucaipa Christian Church. Julia and her husband Alva were married on December 21, 1940. She is preceded in death by her husband Alva G. Stafford, two brothers and grandson Eric S. Stafford. She leaves behind son Michael J. Stafford of Glasgow, KY. daughter Patricia House and husband Gerry of Hayden Lake, ID, grandchildren Mark Baden and wife Tracey, Katherine Dallas and husband Dan, Chris Stafford and wife Brandee, four great-grandchildren, sister Jane Flynn, sister-in-law, Edna Sternad and several nieces and nephews. Viewing and visitation will be at the Rainbow Chapel, Rose Hills Memorial Park on Friday, August 13, 2004 at 9:00 A.M. Graveside service will follow at 10:00 A.M. Expressions of sympathy may be made in her name to Hospice. Published in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune on 8/11/2004.	STAFFORD, Alva Graves (I96927)
1795	STAFFORD-Julia McLean Stafford, passed away on August 8, 2004 in Coeur d' Alene, Ihaho. Julia was born on July 6, 1913 in Joplin, Missouri. She worked many years in the Azusa Unified School District. She was a member of the Yucaipa Christian Church. Julia and her husband Alva were married on December 21, 1940. She is preceded in death by her husband Alva G. Stafford, two brothers and grandson Eric S. Stafford. She leaves behind son Michael J. Stafford of Glasgow, KY. daughter Patricia House and husband Gerry of Hayden Lake, ID, grandchildren Mark Baden and wife Tracey, Katherine Dallas and husband Dan, Chris Stafford and wife Brandee, four great-grandchildren, sister Jane Flynn, sister-in-law, Edna Sternad and several nieces and nephews. Viewing and visitation will be at the Rainbow Chapel, Rose Hills Memorial Park on Friday, August 13, 2004 at 9:00 A.M. Graveside service will follow at 10:00 A.M. Expressions of sympathy may be made in her name to Hospice. Published in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune on 8/11/2004.	STAFFORD, Alva Graves (I96927)
1796	A noted Friends Minister, she never married. She died just a few days before her 99th birthday.	COOK, Esther (I27227)
1797	Advertisement *CarolynÂ StaffordÂ Jabaut* BIRTH 8 Oct 1896Peru, Clinton County, New York, USA DEATH 1 Dec 1981 (aged 85)Warren County, New York, USA BURIAL Greenwich CemeteryGreenwich,Â Washington County,Â New York,Â USAÂ Add to Map PLOT AA 59 MEMORIAL ID 171938386Â Â·Â View Source SHAREÂ SAVE TOSUGGEST EDITS MEMORIAL PHOTOSÂ 1 FLOWERSÂ 0Family Members Children NanÂ JabautÂ Snell 1922â€“2009 Barbara Stafford Jabaut 1928â€“1945	STAFFORD, Carolyn M. (I148017)
1798	Advertisement *CarolynÂ StaffordÂ Jabaut* BIRTH 8 Oct 1896Peru, Clinton County, New York, USA DEATH 1 Dec 1981 (aged 85)Warren County, New York, USA BURIAL Greenwich CemeteryGreenwich,Â Washington County,Â New York,Â USAÂ Add to Map PLOT AA 59 MEMORIAL ID 171938386Â Â·Â View Source SHAREÂ SAVE TOSUGGEST EDITS MEMORIAL PHOTOSÂ 1 FLOWERSÂ 0Family Members Children NanÂ JabautÂ Snell 1922â€“2009 Barbara Stafford Jabaut 1928â€“1945	STAFFORD, Carolyn M. (I148017)
1799	Advertisement *CarolynÂ StaffordÂ Jabaut* BIRTH 8 Oct 1896Peru, Clinton County, New York, USA DEATH 1 Dec 1981 (aged 85)Warren County, New York, USA BURIAL Greenwich CemeteryGreenwich,Â Washington County,Â New York,Â USAÂ Add to Map PLOT AA 59 MEMORIAL ID 171938386Â Â·Â View Source SHAREÂ SAVE TOSUGGEST EDITS MEMORIAL PHOTOSÂ 1 FLOWERSÂ 0Family Members Children NanÂ JabautÂ Snell 1922â€“2009 Barbara Stafford Jabaut 1928â€“1945	STAFFORD, Carolyn M. (I148017)
1800	Advertisement *CarolynÂ StaffordÂ Jabaut* BIRTH 8 Oct 1896Peru, Clinton County, New York, USA DEATH 1 Dec 1981 (aged 85)Warren County, New York, USA BURIAL Greenwich CemeteryGreenwich,Â Washington County,Â New York,Â USAÂ Add to Map PLOT AA 59 MEMORIAL ID 171938386Â Â·Â View Source SHAREÂ SAVE TOSUGGEST EDITS MEMORIAL PHOTOSÂ 1 FLOWERSÂ 0Family Members Children NanÂ JabautÂ Snell 1922â€“2009 Barbara Stafford Jabaut 1928â€“1945	STAFFORD, Carolyn M. (I148017)

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