Laborn A. "Labe" (Laban) STAFFORD^{[1, 2]}

1838 - 1919  (~ 80 years)

• Name	Laborn A. "Labe" (Laban) STAFFORD
  Born	Dec 1838	Tennessee   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Itawamba Co., Mississippi
  Census	1860	Breckenridge Twp., Jackson Co., Arkansas
  Census	1870	Dardenelle, Yell Co., Arkansas
  Census	1880	Wileys Cove, Searcy Co., Arkansas
  Census	1900	Center Point Twp., Cleburne Co., Arkansas
  _UID	00E46289C530D442BFCEE938EE1E1320C713
  Died	16 Mar 1919	Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas   [4]
  Person ID	I31149	Branch 069 Thomas Stafford 1797 NC
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2007

  
  

  Father	Thomas STAFFORD, (Branch 069),   b. 1797, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Francis,   b. Abt 1797, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F22937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah W. HOLLINGSWORTH
  Married	1865	Monroe Co., Mississippi
  Family ID	F22936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" GRAY,   b. 14 Sep 1841, Mississippi ,   d. 1883, Arkansas  (Age 41 years)
  Married	12 Apr 1865	Monroe Co., Mississippi   [5]
  Children	1. George Washington STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1866, Mississippi ,   d. 3 Sep 1903, Morganton, Van Buren Co., Arkansas  (Age ~ 37 years)   2. John H. STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1868, Mississippi ,   d. Bef 1880  (Age ~ 11 years)   3. Martha Jane STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1870, Arkansas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Thomas STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1873, Arkansas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Rufus King STAFFORD,   b. Dec 1875, Arkansas ,   d. 23 Oct 1966, Hot Springs Co., Arkansas  (Age ~ 90 years)   6. William D. STAFFORD,   b. 8 Apr 1879, Arkansas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Lucious Andrew STAFFORD,   b. 12 Aug 1883, Searcy, Arkansas ,   d. 23 Apr 1968, Cordel, Washita Co., Oklahoma  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F11533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Casandra Minerva Jane Enterprise GOODMAN (FOWLER),   b. Sep 1854, Tennessee ,   d. 1928, Dardenelle, Yell Co., Arkansas  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Married	Jan 1884	Van Buren Co., Arkansas   [4]
  Notes	Married: The 1900 Census has them married 21 years
  Children	1. Eve STAFFORD   2. Noah M. STAFFORD,   b. 10 Jul 1886, Arkansas ,   d. Oct 1968, North Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas  (Age 82 years)   3. Rhoda I. STAFFORD,   b. Jul 1889, Arkansas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Charlotte "Sharlet" STAFFORD,   b. Apr 1891, Arkansas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Adam STAFFORD,   b. 17 Feb 1896, Dardenelle, Yell Co., Arkansas ,   d. 8 May 1978, Yell Co., Arkansas  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F15787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He enlisted in the Confederate Army at Jacksonport, Jackson Co., Arkansas. His wife was reputed to be a full-blood Cherokee. From the Arkansas Gazette, Sunday, March 16, 1919: "Laborn Stafford, aged 81, died at a local hospital at noon yesterday. The body is being held at the parlors of James Cook Laborn became senile in his later years and his son put him in hospital, where according to their records (Arkansas Hospital for the Insane at Little Rock), he died a week later. Census: District 7. Listed with parents Thomas and Francis Stafford and sibblings: Susan, Nancy and Elizabeth Stafford Listed as Layburn Stafford with parents T. & Francis Stafford. Listed with wife, Betsey A. age 28, George age 4, John H. age 2, and Martha J. 1/12. Listed with wife Annie age 40, George age 14, Jane age 10, Thomas age 7, Rufus age 4 and William age 2. Listed as Labe Stafford, a farmer, with wife Casander and children Noah M., Rhoda I., Charlotte and Adam.

  
  

• Sources

  [S121] Stafford Data - Issue 8, Stafford Branch 43Submitted by:Diane Counts DavisRt. 1 Box 115AWesley, AR 72773Oct 1984. [S128] Stafford Data Branch 43. [S383] 1880 Census, 1880 Soundex for Searcy Co., Arkansas. [S4545] Stafford Genforum Message, #2459 dated 19 Aug 2001Charlene [email protected]. [S4674] Stafford - Rootsweb Message Board, James French on 23 Jul [email protected] (Reliability: 2).