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- JOHN STAFFORD is not only numbered among the successful farmers of Akan township but is also a popular and able member of the pedagogic profession in the county, devoting his time to teaching in the public schools during the winter terms. He claims the old Buckeye State as the place of his nativity, having been born in Monroe county, O., Oct. 10, 1866, and being a son of James and Rebecca J. (McMenimim) Stafford, the former of whom was born in County Wexford, Ireland, Apr. 4, 1834, and the latter in Monroe county, O., Sept. 17, 1845. James Stafford was a son of John and Margaret (Furlong) Stafford; both of whom passed their entire lives in the Emerald Isle, the former attaining an advanced age. The maternal grandparents of the subject of this review were Hugh and Susan (Harn) McMenimim, the former of whom was born in County Donegal, Ireland, and the latter in the state of West Virginia. Their marriage was solemnized in Monroe county, O., where his death occurred in 1852, his devoted wife having been summoned to the life eternal in 1846. John Harn, the great-grandfather of our subject, was a fifer in the Irish rebellion of 1798 being at the time twelve years of age. To escape the British, he was concealed by his father in an unused well until a friendly sailing vessel gave him passage to America. Here he married Rebecca Lyon, daughter of Colonel Lyon, of Revolutionary fame.
The subject of this review was afforded the advantages of the excellent public schools of his native state, and at the age of seventeen years he accompanied his parents on their removal to Wisconsin. He has been engaged in teaching school almost every year since 1885 and has gained marked prestige and popularity in the educational field here. His farm comprises 120 acres, is well improved and is devoted to diversified agriculture and stock-growing, all departments of the enterprise receiving his personal supervision. He clings to the faith of his father in political matters and is a stalwart advocate of the principles and policies of the Democratic party. He served as clerk of Akan township seven years and was chairman of the town board three years, having taken up his residence on his present farm, in Akan township, in 1901. he is a bachelor. Mr. Stafford is a communicant of the Catholic church and is affiliated with the Catholic Order of Foresters. He enjoys marked popularity in the county, his circle of friends being limited only by that of his acquaintances.
Born:
- The 1900 Census has his birth date as Sep 1855.
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1866 - 1917 (50 years)
