Ballard Preston STAFFORD

1835 - 1910  (75 years)

• Name	Ballard Preston STAFFORD
  Born	11 May 1835	Staffordsville, Giles Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia
  _UID	38B4E9A264B66246879A78ADF6EC47DF8778
  Died	7 Nov 1910	Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia   [1]
  Buried	Old Bogle Cem., Bland, Bland Co., Virginia
  Person ID	I33038	Branch 019 John Miles Stafford 1782 VA
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Ralph A. STAFFORD,   b. 1795, Walker's Creek, Bland Co., Virginia ,   d. 24 Jan 1879, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Margaret ORR,   b. Abt 1797, Virginia ,   d. 28 Sep 1880, Bland Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	13 Oct 1815	Giles Co.,Virginia   [2]
  Notes	Married: Kimberling Church.
  Family ID	F4892	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Jane HENDERSON,   b. 9 Apr 1836, Bland Co., Virginia ,   d. 6 Feb 1890, Bland Co., Virginia  (Age 53 years)
  Married	20 Dec 1855	Giles Co.,Virginia   [1]
  Children	1. Lousea W. STAFFORD,   b. 12 Oct 1856, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia ,   d. 2 Nov 1862, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia  (Age 6 years)   2. James H. STAFFORD,   b. 23 Mar 1858, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia ,   d. 16 Sep 1859, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia  (Age 1 years)   3. Erastus STAFFORD,   b. 29 Aug 1859, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia ,   d. 11 Nov 1859, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia  (Age 0 years)   4. John Winton STAFFORD,   b. 11 Aug 1861, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia ,   d. 25 Jul 1925, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia  (Age 63 years)   5. Nancy Emily "Nannie" STAFFORD,   b. 6 Jan 1864, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia ,   d. 30 Jul 1909  (Age 45 years)   6. Oscar Brown STAFFORD,   b. 6 Dec 1866, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia ,   d. 20 Mar 1955, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia  (Age 88 years)   7. Samuel E. STAFFORD,   b. 19 Nov 1868, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia ,   d. 22 Feb 1910, Elkhorn, West Virginia  (Age 41 years)   8. Ernest L. STAFFORD,   b. 22 Oct 1870, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia ,   d. 22 May 1923  (Age 52 years)   9. George Estil STAFFORD,   b. 20 Nov 1872, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia ,   d. 12 Jan 1945, Richmond City, Virginia  (Age 72 years)   10. Charles M. STAFFORD,   b. 3 Apr 1875, Mechanicsburg, Bland Co., Virginia ,   d. 19 Sep 1937, Richmond City, Virginia  (Age 62 years)
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F12232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth S. THORNE,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F12233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  s/o Ralph & Margaret Orr Stafford h1/o Mary J. Henderson, m. 1855, Giles Co., Va. Children: Louisa 1857, Erastus 1860, John 1861, Nancy 1864, Oscar B 1867, Samuel 1869, Earnest 1871, Estella 1873, Charley M 1875 h2/o Lizzie S. Stafford (1900, 1910 census) No children Military: CSA/Co.F,8th Va.Cav.Regt./Enlisted 8/8/1861  Military: Pvt. in Co F. Enlisted 8 Aug 1861 in Bland Co. for Gen Echols. Captured on 9 May 1864 at Cloyd's Mountain Battle and imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio until the end of the Civil War. Census: Listed as a carpenter with wife Jane, sons John, Oscar, Samuel, Earnest, Estella & Charlie and daughter Nannie. Parents born in VA.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4757] Dean C. Stafford, Letter dated 27 Nov 2001 with attached genealogy.1525 21st AveLongview, WA 98632. [S4539] Genforum.com, #1655 dated 22 Aug 2000Floris [email protected] (Reliability: 2).