| Notes | Census:
1 Jun 1860.  Listed as Johnathan Stafford, a farmer, with wife Rachael, children Charlotte, Rhoda age 13 b. MI, & Phebe and Wm. Martin age 19 b. NY.
 
16 Jul 1870.  Listed as John Stafford, a farmer, with wife Rachael and children Charlotte, Josephie, Emma, George and Ida.
 
13 Jun 1900.  Listed as Johnathan Stafford, a farmer, with wife Rachel and widowed daughter Charlotte.  5 of 7 of Rachel's children living.
 
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| Children | 
|  | 1. Charlotte A. Stafford,   b. 17 Jul 1854, Allen Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan  ,   d. 19 Jun 1924, Elkhart, Indiana  (Age 69 years) |  |  | 2. Erastus Stafford,   b. 22 Nov 1855, Allen Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan  ,   d. 10 Mar 1860, Allen Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan  (Age 4 years) |  |  | 3. William Henry Stafford,   b. 23 May 1857, Allen Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan  ,   d. 25 Mar 1860, Allen Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan  (Age 2 years) |  |  | 4. Pheobe Josephine Stafford,   b. 23 Feb 1860, Allen Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan  ,   d. 1926, Elkhart, Indiana  (Age 65 years) |  |  | 5. Emma Jane Stafford,   b. 29 Jul 1861, Allen Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan  ,   d. 27 Sep 1929  (Age 68 years) |  |  | 6. George Monroe Stafford,   b. 26 Jan 1864, Old Home, Allen, Michigan  ,   d. 11 Jun 1955, Quincy, Michigan  (Age 91 years) |  |  | 7. Ida Mae Stafford,   b. 19 Oct 1864, Allen Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan  ,   d. 21 Feb 1946, Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan  (Age 81 years) |  |