Charles Paxton STAFFORD, Sr.

1899 - 1927  (28 years)

• Name	Charles Paxton STAFFORD
  Suffix	Sr.
  Nickname	Pack
  Born	18 Jan 1899	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  _UID	D895F8B615E94D3C9A7E5D73B40D50902BFC
  Died	16 Mar 1927	Letcher Co., Kentucky
  Buried	Jeff Ison Cem., Blackey, Letcher Co., Kentucky
  Person ID	I135818	Branch 004 William Stafford 1660 MD
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Alvis STAFFORD,   b. 1 Jul 1856, Smyth Co., Virginia ,   d. 30 Jan 1899, New Tazewell, Claiborne Co., Tennessee  (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Mary Martha HARMON
  Married	14 Feb 1895	Claiborne Co., Tennessee
  Family ID	F396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laura JONES,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	22 Aug 1921	Letcher Co., Kentucky
  Children	1. Opal Marie STAFFORD,   b. 14 Aug 1922,   d. 14 Nov 1922  (Age 0 years)   2. Alvin STAFFORD,   b. 1 Sep 1923, Letcher Co., Kentucky ,   d. 30 May 1997, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio  (Age 73 years)   3. Mavis STAFFORD,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Charles Paxton STAFFORD, Jr.,   b. 26 Sep 1927,   d. 13 Oct 1978, Multnomah Co., Oregon  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F44308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Charles Paxton "C. P." Stafford married Laura Jones on August 22, 1921, in Letcher County, KY. They had four children: Ople Stafford (died in infancy), Alvin Stafford, Mavis Stafford and Charles Praxton Stafford, Jr. After C. P. died, Laura married Bob Bush on May 21, 1928, in Blackey, Letcher County, KY. The children may have taken on the Bush surname as indicated by the 1930 Letcher County, KY and 1940 Letcher County, KY, censuses. The following article was published in the March 24, 1927, issue of The Mountain Eagle: TWO MEN KILLED IN MINE ACCIDENT C. P. Stafford and a man by name of Mullins were killed last Tuesday afternoon in a slate fall at the Blackey mine of the Consolidated Fuel company. Stafford was a motorman and Mullins was his helper. Mullins was deeply cut through the body and Stafford was badly crushed. Stafford lived till 3 o'clock the next day, but Mullins died shortly after the accident. Stafford's body was buried at Blackey Thursday. He leaves a wife and three small children. Mullins' body was taken to Jackson Tuesday afternoon. He was unmarried.