Laura Elizabeth Williams

1853 - 1927  (74 years)

• Name	Laura Elizabeth Williams  [1, 2]
  Born	18 Mar 1853	Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Graduation	1878	Oberlin College, Ohio
  Residence	1910	Elbridge, Onondaga, New York   [1]
  Residence	1920	Elbridge, Onondaga, New York   [2]
  Died	31 Mar 1927	Utica, Oneida Co., New York
  	Cause: Kidney Disease
  Person ID	I007	Branch 122 Theodore Burnett Stafford b. 1814 NY
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2008

  
  

  Father	Charles Harmon Williams,   b. 29 Oct 1817,   d. 24 Oct 1862  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Lucinda Trimble,   b. 24 Mar 1820,   d. 1888  (Age 67 years)
  Married	15 Feb 1846	Warren County OH   [3]
  Family ID	F04	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. Burnett Theodore Stafford,   b. 30 Jun 1852, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio ,   d. 3 Nov 1930, Utica, Oneida Co., New York  (Age 78 years)
  Married	6 Jun 1880	Wakeman, Ohio (near Oberlin)(also maybe Piqua, Ohio)
  Married	6 Jun 1880	Maybe Huron City, Ohio
  Notes	1868- Winter of: "united with Christian Church" 1875- with the 2nd Congregational Church of Oberlin Laura prepared for college in the National Normal School of Lebanon, Ohio and entered Oberlin in 1875 as a second year student. After graduating from Oberlin in 1878, Laura taught for 2 years in Wakeman, Ohio. Laura writes that the influence of Oberlin on her life was: " being obliged to go to church every Sunday formed a habit never forgotten." Laura and Burnett were married on June 6, 1880, in Wakeman, Ohio, which is near Oberlin. (one notes says married in Piqua, Ohio) He was of the Theological graduating class of 1880. Their ministry begins in 1880 in Boulder, Co. and continues as follows: 1881 -83 Manchester, Iowa 1883 -85 Spencerport, NY 1885 -88 Norwalk, Fl Putnam County, First born Karl dies 1886 Nov 3, 1889- Dec. 1892 Mt. Dora, FL, Lake County, Fourth born child Raymond born March 29, 1895 was in Smyrna, NY (Congregat. or Presb.?) 1898 Whitesboro, NY (sub of Utica) 1899 Ordained Episcopal Priest 1903-08 Oriskany Falls 1908-25 Christ church Jordan, NY 13080
  Children	1. Karl Williams Stafford,   b. 29 Jul 1881, Ohio ,   d. 4 Apr 1886, Florida (Maybe Norwalk)  (Age 4 years)   2. Melissa Ethel Stafford,   b. 18 Mar 1883, New York ,   d. 31 Aug 1921  (Age 38 years)   3. Hugh Williams Stafford,   b. 16 Aug 1887, Mt. Dora, Lake Co., Florida ,   d. 17 Oct 1959  (Age 72 years)   4. Raymond Burnett Stafford,   b. 31 Aug 1890, Mt. Dora, Lake Co., Florida ,   d. 1 Dec 1962, Jordan, Onondaga Co., New York  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F02	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Laura prepared for college in the National Normal School of Lebanon, Ohio and entered Oberlin in 1875 as a second year student. After graduating from Oberlin in 1878, Laura taught for 2 years (1878-1880) in Wakeman, Ohio. Laura writes that the influence of Oberlin on her life was: " being obliged to go to church every Sunday formed a habit never forgotten." Laura and Burnett were married on June 6, 1880. He was of the Theological graduating class of 1880 at Oberlin. Their ministry begins in 1880 in Boulder, Co.(they were there for 8 Mos.)and continues as follows: 1881 -83 Manchester, Iowa 1883 -85 Spencerport, NY 1885 -88 Norwalk, Fl Putnam County, First born Karl dies April 4, 1886 Nov 3, 1889- Dec. 1892 Mt. Dora, FL, Lake County, Fourth born child Raymond born March 29, 1895 was in Smyrna, NY (Congregat. or Presb.?) 1898 Whitesboro, NY (sub of Utica) 1899 Cleveland NY 1903-08 Oriskany Falls 1908-1925 Christ church Utica, NY 13080 1927, Laura died of kidney failure One of Laura's sisters was married to a Rev. C. C. Greegan, D.D. and I believe she died quite young.

  
  

• Sources

  [S02292] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006). Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.T624, 1,178 rolls. Elbridge, Onondaga, New York, ED , roll T624_1054, part , page . [S03359] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005). Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920.T625, 2,076 rolls. Elbridge, Onondaga, New York, ED , roll , page , image 431. [S01773] Warren County Ohio Court House. Court record 7403-2-292