Thomas Clifford Brooks STAFFORD^[1]

1895 - 1990  (95 years)

• Name	Thomas Clifford Brooks STAFFORD
  Born	18 May 1895	Paintsville, Johnson Co., Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	Russell, Greenup Co., Kentucky
  Name	Clifford T. Stafford
  _UID	6C191D57632C704FA1F2719DA5B93328A191
  Died	23 Dec 1990	Ironton City, Lawrence Co., Ohio
  Buried	Stafford Cem., Wurtland, Greenup Co.,Kentucky
  Person ID	I13334	Branch 167 Sampson Stafford b. 1824 TN
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Sanford STAFFORD,   b. 1 Mar 1875, Paintsville, Johnson Co., Kentucky ,   d. 25 Dec 1895, Paintsville, Johnson Co., Kentucky  (Age 20 years)
  Mother	Sarah Lucinda Jane RAMEY,   b. 7 May 1875, Floyd Co., Kentucky ,   d. 5 Aug 1925, Wurtland, Greenup Co., Kentucky  (Age 50 years)
  Married	11 Jul 1894	Johnson Co., Kentucky
  Family ID	F5347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Mother	Sallie,   b. May 1875, Kentucky ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F41228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nellie FRANZ,   b. 3 Jun 1897, Kentucky ,   d. 10 Jan 1982, Greenup, Greenup Co., Kentucky  (Age 84 years)
  Married	10 Nov 1912
  Children	1. Ella Louise STAFFORD,   b. 28 Aug 1913, Wurtland, Greenup Co., Kentucky ,   d. 26 Jan 1989, Ashland, Boyd Co., Kentucky  (Age 75 years)   2. Dewitt Clifford STAFFORD,   b. 17 Jul 1915, Russell City, Kentucky ,   d. 21 Jun 1959  (Age 43 years)   3. Glenn Theodore STAFFORD,   b. 14 Jul 1917, Russell City, Kentucky ,   d. 6 May 2005, Kentucky  (Age 87 years)   4. Nora Marie STAFFORD,   b. 26 Jan 1919, Kentucky ,   d. 26 Dec 1934, Ashland, Boyd Co., Kentucky  (Age 15 years)   5. Margaret Ethel STAFFORD,   b. 12 May 1921, Worthington, Greenup Co., Kentucky ,   d. 5 Jul 2019, Flatwoods, Greenup Co., Kentucky  (Age 98 years)   6. Phillip Thomas STAFFORD,   b. 4 Sep 1924, Wurtland, Greenup Co., Kentucky ,   d. 19 Sep 1996, Kentucky  (Age 72 years)   7. Gwendolyn STAFFORD,   b. 27 Jun 1926, Wurtland, Greenup Co., Kentucky ,   d. 9 Aug 2012, Wurtland, Greenup Co., Kentucky  (Age 86 years)   8. Daniel Wesley STAFFORD
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2023
  Family ID	F5345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Education: Greenup Co., Ky Schools, Self-educated Thomas Clifford Brooks Stafford was renamed "Clifford Thomas Stafford. According to his bio notes by Hardiman, he "was educated the Greenup County (KY) schools, and self-educated in law, accounting, theology, personnel administration, music, and journalism. He worked as a clerk for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company for many years, and later was employed y the federal and state governments for twenty years. Clifford has long been active in religious endeavors. Prior to 1949 he operated a mission, performed evangelistic work, and for four years was supply minister for the Methodist Church. He is still active as guest minister in several churches. He is a member of the Kentucky Historical Society, the Wurtland Lions Club, the Mark Twain Society, and was the first president of the Greenup County Historical Society. Also, he is a Kentucky Colonel. Clifford is the author of two historical novels about early iro furnaces in Greenup County. Presently he lives in Wurtland, where he operates an antique shop. (From material written in 1980) Census: 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Clifford Stafford Age: 25 Birth Date: May 1895 Birthplace: Kentucky Home in 1900: Russell, Greenup, Kentucky Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Step Son [Stepson]  Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: Kentucky Mother's name: Sallie Cochran Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky Occupation: Household Members: Name Age Andrew J Cochran 30 Sallie Cochran 25 Clifford Stafford 25 Sarah Mccallaster 76 John W Ramey 27

  
  

• Sources

  [S201] Stafford Data Branch 60.