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BIOGRAPHY: HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY, INDIANA; 1812-1886; Chicago, Inter-State Publishing Co., 1886; pp 732-3; Seattle Public Library [R977.2553, H629].
"September 16, 1855, he [Henry W. Stafford] was married to ***MARY C. ALLEN, daughter of John and Cynthia (Rush) Allen, who were born, reared and married in Butler County, Ohio; the father was born in 1805, and the mother 24 Nov 1812. Her parents came to this county in June, 1834, first settling near the old Heavlin saw and grist mill, where her father died in 1877, and is buried in Jefferson Cemetery. Her ancestry on the Allen side came from Germany. Her great-grandfather came to America and settled in New Jersey, where her grandfather was born. Her maternal grandfather, Moses Rush, was a native of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. Her grandmother, Rachel Kelley, was born in Butler County, Ohio. Her Great-grandfather Kelley reared fifteen children, lived to see them all married, and the youngest one grand- mother of two children before he died. He was one of the early settlers of Butler County, and a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford are the parents of four children--John T., born 4 Jul 1856; Medora E., born 7 Jan 1858; Samuel A., born 18 Jul 1860, and Isaac Grant, born 11 Sep 1867. The two eldest were born in Washington Twp, and the two youngest in Madison Twp. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he has served as supervisor of roads. In politics he is a Republican. He owns 28 acres of land on section 27, and 123 acres on section 34."
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1836 - 1917 (80 years)
