Reuben STAFFORD^[1]

1812 - 1881  (69 years)

• Name	Reuben STAFFORD
  Born	14 Apr 1812	near Palmyra, New York
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Chardon twp., Geauga Co., Ohio
  Census	1860	Chardon twp., Geauga Co., Ohio
  Census	1870	Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio
  Census	1880	Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio
  _UID	AA38358C99E32240A89F898B798FEFB08310
  Died	12 Dec 1881	Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio
  Buried	Center Chardon Cem., Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio
  Person ID	I22771	Branch 171 James Stafford b. 1730
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	Gadius STAFFORD, Branch 028,   b. 10 Sep 1789, Rhode Island ,   d. 2 Jul 1860, Wheatland Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Lydia STAFFORD,   b. 16 Aug 1790, Tiverton, Newport Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 11 Jan 1879, Wheatland Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan  (Age 88 years)
  Married	Abt 1809	near Palmyra, New York
  Family ID	F9422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Almira ROBINSON,   b. 20 Sep 1819, Ohio ,   d. 14 Nov 1899, Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio  (Age 80 years)
  Married	20 Sep 1837	Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio
  Children	1. William STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1837, New York ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Abram Harrison STAFFORD,   b. 31 Mar 1841, Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio ,   d. 6 Jul 1928, Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio  (Age 87 years)   3. Alvena M. STAFFORD,   b. 20 Feb 1844, Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio ,   d. 3 Oct 1844, Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio  (Age 0 years)   4. Mary STAFFORD,   b. 13 Jun 1845, Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio ,   d. 14 Jun 1845, Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio  (Age 0 years)   5. Susan STAFFORD,   b. 3 Jun 1846,   d. 30 Jun 1846  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F8502	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Illiterate. Reuben apparently had money to loan. Legend is that he kept track of his accounts by the use of glass jars and corn kernels that he kept in the attic. No one else was allowed up there. Census: Listed as a farmer with wife Almira, possible son Wm. Stafford and son Abram Stafford. Listed with wife, Jane, son Abraham and Alvina Chase, age 4. Listed as Reuben Stafford, age 58, a farmer with wife Almira Stafford age 53 with son Abram age 29, his wife Mary age 27 and their daughter Vielda age 4 and Reuben, age 1. Listed as Rubin Stafford, a farmer with wife. Parents born in RI. Died: Another source has his death as 26 Jan 1882. Cause of death, rheumatism.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4663] Stafford Data Branch 14.