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- This connection is not proven.
We, the undersigned, being personally acquainted with the family of Joseph Smith, sen. with whom the celebrated Gold Bible, so called, originated, state: that they were not only a lazy, indolent set of men, but also intemperate; and their word was not to be depended upon; and that we are truly glad to dispense with their society.
Pardon Butts,
Warden A. Reed,
Hiram Smith,
Alfred Stafford,
James Gee,
Abel Chase,
A. H. Wentworth,
Moses C. Smith, Joseph Fish,
Horace N. Barnes,
Silvester Worden.
Census:
- Listed as Alfora Stafford, a farmer, with wife Mary P. and daughters Abigail and C. A.
- Listed as Alfred Stafford with wife Pamela, daughters Abigail, Calista, Ella, Phebe and son Alfred.
- Listed as a farmer with wife Mary, daughters Abigail, Calistina & Ella Jane, Phebe Ann and sons Alfred M. & Elmer E.
- Listed as a farmer with wife, children Calestina, Alfred, Elmor and granddaughter Balinda E. Stafford age 2 born in OH.
- Listed with wife Mary, sons Alfred M. (Teamster) & Elmer E (day laborer) and granddaugher Belinda E Stafford b. Dec 1877 OH.
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