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- Daniel was a Quaker, farmer, and physician.
Daniel H. Stafford, M. D., is a native of Wayne County, Ind., born Aug. 30, 1818, the eldest son of Samuel and Nancy (Hastings) Stafford, the former a son of Samuel and Abigail (Cosand) Stafford, who came from North Carolina and settled in Wayne County, Ind., in 1812, and the latter a daughter of William and Sarah (Evans) Hastings. His maternal grandfather, William Hastings, was a native of New Jersey, and went to Stokes County, N.C., where he was married, and in 1807 came to Wayne County, Ind., in the capacity of school teacher for the first colony that settled in Eastern Indiana. Their nearest trading point was Fort Washington, near Cincinnati, and he was chosen to take the furs, etc., to that point and exchange them for salt, carrying it on horseback. In 1817 Samuel Stafford and Nancy Hastings were married, and in the spring of 1819 the mother died leaving our subject, aged six months. The first of March, 1822, his father came to Henry County, and settled a mile south of west of Greensboro, where he lived thirteen years, when he went to Hamilton County and remained till his death. He was a minister of the Society of Friends. When sixteen years of age our subject went to Greensboro to learn the carpenter's trade, and served an apprenticeship of four years. In 1837 he began business for himself, in Franklin Township. He worked at his trade seven years, in the meantime studying medicine in his leisure hours, and in 1843 began to practice, at the same time working at his trade. In 1849 he bought the farm where he resides, and turned his attention to agriculture. Owing to his success as a physician, he was unable to avoid visiting his former patients, and in 1863-'64 took a course of lectures and graduated at the Physio-Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, and since then has give his exclusive attention to his profession. Aug. 2, 1838, he was married to Sarah G., daughter of James and Ann (Jeffreys) Stretch, natives of New Jersey, who settled in Wayne County, Ind., in 1823, when Mrs. Stafford was four years of age. Dr. and Mrs. Stafford have had nine children - James A., Samuel A. (deceased), William H., Lindley M. (deceased), Margaret Ann, Mary Emma, Charles H., Jessie, John E. They are members of the Society of Friends.
From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Franklin Township.
Page 633 and 634.
Submitted by: Jeanie
Census:
- Listed as Daniel H. Stafford, a carpenter, with wife Sarah G., children James A., Wm H., Lindley M. & Margaret A. and an Elizabeth Stretch age 40 b. NJ. Census indicates Daniel and children were born in Ia (?)
- Listed as Daniel Stafford, a farmer, with wife Sarah, children James, Wm., Lindley, Margaret, Mary, Charles, Josephine & John and Elizaberth Stretch.
- Listed as Danl H. Stafford, a physician, with wife Sarah G., childrend William, Lindley M., Charles H., John E. & Josephine and Washington Stretch age13 b. IN, Nathaniel Stretch age 10 b. IN and Mary Stretch age 7 b. IN.
- Listed as Daniel Stafford, a physician, with wife Sarah G., son John E., foster son Nathaniel Stretch, foster daughter Mary D. Stretch, son-in-law Conwell Paul & daughter Josephine & their children Claude & Maude and sister-in-law Elizaberth Stretch.
- Listed as a landlord with wife Hannah A.
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1818 - 1901 (82 years)
