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Charles Stafford, age 75, and one of the best known business men of Johnson county, died at his home at Dawkins Station,two miles south of Paintsville,last Friday from the effects of a heart attack,from which he had been a sufferer for several years past.For more than fifty years he had been prominent in business circles in this county and the Big Sandy Valley.Throughout his business career he conducted his affairs at the same location.He engaged in business before the C. & O. penetrated the Big Sandy Valley and at a time when freight destined for points along the Big Sandy river was carried by steamboats during the winter months and by push boats during the summer months. He began the mercantile business and buying of produce at his present home which was known as Hellsgate Landing.During this time he amassed a small fortune and was also owner of considerable real estate at the time of his death. Because of failing health he retired from active business about ten years ago and has since been living in retirement. Mr. Stafford spent the winter months in the warmer climes of Florida and the summer months at his country home at Dawkins. He was a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of the Big Sandy Valley. His ancestors were pioneers in this section, and his passing is mourned by a large number of relatives and friends. He is survived by his wife and one adopted daughter, Mrs. Stewart Baals. Also one sister, Mrs. Jas. W. Auxier, two brothers, John Frew and Henry W. Stafford, all of Paintsville. Another brother,Robert Stafford,died last June. Funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday at 10:00 a.m., in charge of Rev. O. J. Polley, pastor of the Paintsville M. E. Church, of which the family were members.
Interment was made in the Stafford Cemetery near Hager Hill Gap,at the intersection of the Van Lear road and Mayo Trail.
A large number of people attended the funeral and burial,many of them from Paintsville.
The floral offerings were beautiful and in the greatest number ever before seen in that section.
Paintsville Herald Thursday September 21, 1934
Census:
- Listed as Charles Stafford, a merchant, with wife Lizzie E.
- Listed as Charles C. Stafford, a merchant, with wife Lizzie.
Obituary:
- Charles Stafford, age 75, and one of the best known business men of Johnson county, died at his home at Dawkins Station,two miles south of Paintsville, last Friday from the effects of a heart attack,from which he had been a sufferer for several years past.For more than fifty years he had been prominent in business circles in this county and the Big Sandy Valley.Throughout his business career he conducted his affairs at the same location.He engaged in business before the C. & O. penetrated the Big Sandy Valley and at a time when freight destined for points along the Big Sandy river was carried by steamboats during the winter months and by push boats during the summer months. He began the mercantile business and buying of produce at his present home which was known as Hellsgate Landing.During this time he amassed a small fortune and was also owner of considerable real estate at the time of his death. Because of failing health he retired from active business about ten years ago and has since been living in retirement. Mr. Stafford spent the winter months in the warmer climes of Florida and the summer months at his country home at Dawkins. He was a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of the Big Sandy Valley. His ancestors were pioneers in this section, and his passing is mourned by a large number of relatives and friends. He is survived by his wife and one adopted daughter, Mrs. Stewart Baals. Also one sister, Mrs. Jas. W. Auxier, two brothers, John Frew and Henry W. Stafford, all of Paintsville. Another brother,Robert Stafford,died last June. Funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday at 10:00 a.m., in charge of Rev. O. J. Polley, pastor of the Paintsville M. E. Church, of which the family were members.
Interment was made in the Stafford Cemetery near Hager Hill Gap,at the intersection of the Van Lear road and Mayo Trail.
A large number of people attended the funeral and burial,many of them from Paintsville.
The floral offerings were beautiful and in the greatest number ever before seen in that section.
Paintsville Herald Thursday September 21, 1934
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