Joseph W. STAFFORD^{[1, 2, 3]}

1814 - 1877  (62 years)

• Name	Joseph W. STAFFORD
  Born	23 Dec 1814	Ohio   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Niles Twp., Delaware Co., Indiana
  Census	1860	Niles Twp., Delaware Co., Indiana
  Census	1870	Niles Twp., Delaware Co., Indiana
  _UID	6EE972903EABF74AA898DA076CA3EE7F202F
  Died	3 Apr 1877	Delaware Co., Indiana
  Buried	Black Cem., Albany, Delaware Co., Indiana
  Person ID	I18339	Branch 019 John Miles Stafford 1782 VA
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2013

  
  

  Father	George STAFFORD,   b. 2 Jun 1769, Co. Fermanagh, Ulster, Ireland ,   d. 19 Dec 1840, Clark Co., Ohio  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Catherine FAIR,   b. 4 Mar 1780, Co. Fermanagh, Ulster, Ireland ,   d. 15 Mar 1871, Clark Co., Ohio  (Age 91 years)
  Married	6 Oct 1797	Montgomery Co., Virginia   [4]
  Family ID	F5308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eve STAFFORD,   b. 10 Sep 1812, Miami Co., Ohio ,   d. 13 Jul 1851, Delaware Co., Indiana  (Age 38 years)
  Married	20 Feb 1842	Clark Co., Ohio
  Children	1. Catherine Elizabeth STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1842, Niles Twp., Delaware Co., Indiana ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. George Findley STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1844,   d. Abt 1850  (Age ~ 6 years)   3. James Rowland STAFFORD,   b. 20 Nov 1846, Niles Twp., Delaware Co., Indiana ,   d. Aft 1930  (Age > 85 years)
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F6970	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Armarilla J. DINSMORE,   b. 30 Apr 1835, Ohio ,   d. 15 Jan 1865, Delaware Co., Indiana  (Age 29 years)
  Married	6 Jun 1852	Delaware Co., Indiana   [5]
  Children	1. Eva Ann STAFFORD,   b. 25 Apr 1853, Niles Twp., Delaware Co., Indiana ,   d. 8 Sep 1927, Albany, Delaware Co., Indiana  (Age 74 years)   2. Bertha Ellen STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1855,   d. Abt 1869, Delaware Co., Indiana  (Age ~ 14 years)   3. Martha Elmira STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1857,   d. Abt 1865, Delaware Co., Indiana  (Age ~ 8 years)   4. Joseph Riley STAFFORD,   b. 17 Mar 1861, Niles Twp., Delaware Co., Indiana ,   d. 3 Jul 1925, Delaware Co., Indiana  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F12796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  JOSEPH STAFFORD, son of George Stafford, Sr., and Catherine Fair Stafford, was born 3 Dec 1814 in Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio, on the farm settled by his father. His opportunities to obtain an education were quite meager, and his chief occupation was farming. He married Eve Black, the widow of Rowland Black. Eve Stafford's maiden name was also Stafford, she being a sister of George J. Stafford, a son of Ralph Stafford. He settled in Niles Twp, IN, on 236 acres of land in the year 1838. In the year 1839, he built a log house on this tract of land, and later, in 1840, after his marriage, moved on same. Practically his entire tract of land was forest, and the woods at that time were alive with squirrels which were so numerous that most all the crops of the early farmer were devoured by them. About the year 1841 various other settlements had been made throughout the township and the early settlers made an effort to exterminate the squirrels, so they met at a place called 'Sharon' where the settlers, appointing a captain for each company, when they were assigned to different parts of the township for a general squirrel hunt on that day and ordered to report at Sharon at four o'clock. ***JOSEPH STAFFORD received the second prize on that occasion, having killed the second highest number. On that day the various companies killed 2,100 squirrels. ***JOSEPH and Eve STAFFORD resided on this farm until the death of each." Census: Listed as Joseph Stafford, a carpenter, with wife Eve and children Charlotte, Amanda, Elizabeth, James R. and Finley. Listed as Joseph Stafford, a farmer, with wife Anarda age 25 b. OH and children, Eva Ann, James, Birth Ellen and Martha Elmira. Listed as Joseph Stafford, a farmer, with wife Amarrilla J. and son Joseph R.

  
  

• Sources

  [S335] Stafford, Larry A. (7 Nov. 1998). [S202] John Stafford by Woodward. [S201] Stafford Data Branch 60. [S247] Stafford, Clay (1996). [S4561] Indiana Marriages, 1845 - 1920 (Reliability: 3).