Mary PRESTON

1862 - 1921  (58 years)

• Name	Mary PRESTON
  Born	31 May 1862	Trenton, Dodge Co., Wisconsin   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1900	Cornell, Cass Co., North Dakota
  Census	1920	Sheridan. Yamhill Co., Oregon   [2]
  _UID	14F5508BC17E467A9BEC663E4819F944AC0D
  Died	1921	North Dakota
  Person ID	I114104	Branch 201 Thomas Stafford b. 1801 NC
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2012

  
  

  Family	Edward Emero STAFFORD,   b. 28 Oct 1851, Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York ,   d. 1932, Yamhill, Yamhill Co., Oregon  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1889
  Children	1. Donna Belle STAFFORD,   b. Aug 1895, North Dakota ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Edward Lee Clair STAFFORD,   b. Jan 1898, North Dakota ,   d. 23 Dec 1959, Olympia, Thurston Co., Washington  (Age ~ 61 years)   3. Phillip Kenneth STAFFORD,   b. May 1900, North Dakota ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Dorothy A. STAFFORD,   b. 1903, North Dakota ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F37052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Preston Added by dresslerus on 31 Jan 2009 Mary Preston of Fox Lake Wisconsin marries Edward in 1889. We find her in 1880 about 9 year’s earlier in Wisconsin. She is working as a house servant, maid, for the Shepherds who own a boarding house and a lumber yard in Albion Wisconsin. The census says she is 18 but I think she is actually 16 or 17. She is separated from the boarders on the list by Grandma so she is part of the household. With many young men living there and a constant turn over of men this is probably where she meets her future husband Edward and how she will wind up in North Dakota. The 1900 census shows Edward L and Mary P in North Dakota with 15 year old Seymour and 4 year old Donnibel, 2 year old Edward L, and one month old Phillip. They have been married for eleven years and Mary has born 4 children and 3 are still alive. On November 2, 1889, President Benjamin Harrison approved the admission of North Dakota into the Union as a State. We lose them in 1910 but find them again in Oregon in 1920. Seymour is absent so he has stayed behind with the farm. We know he is still in N Dakota in 1917 and living alone and now crippled. They probably would have brought him with them when they went to Oregon had he been crippled before they left. They are living in Sheridan Oregon. Edward E at the age of 69 is a farm laborer and Edward L is away at College. Mary is the census taker. Mary will die in 4 years at the age of 59. We don’t know why however and Edward E will live on moving in with Dorothy’s new family at the age of 79. Additional information about this story Description Date Location Attached to Edward E Stafford (1851 - 1934)

  
  

• Sources

  [S11358] 1900 United States Federal Census. Listed in 1900 United States Federal Census as Mary P. Stafford, age 36, born May 1864 in Wisconsin, with husband Edward E. Stafford age 49 born Oct 1850 in New York with son Seymore E. age 15 born Apr 1855 in North Dakota, dau Donna Belle age 4, born Aug 1895 in North Dakota, son Edward L. age 2 born Jan 1898 in North Dakota, son Phillip age 1/12 born May 1900 in North Dakota all living in Cornell, Cass County, North Dakota. [S11357] 1920 United States Federal Census.