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Cyrus J. Stafford, Trustee of Delaware Township, a former member of the advisory board of that township and a substantial farmer and landowner, residing on Rural Mail Rout No. 2 out of Albany, was born in Delaware Township and has lived there all his life. Mr. Stafford was born on July 3, 1869, and is a son of George A. and Sarah (Zehner) Stafford, the latter of whom was born in Wayne County, Indiana, and was a daughter of Benjamin Zehner, who came into Delaware County in 1856 and bought the old Godlove Mill along Campbells Creek in the Sharon (Desoto) settlement later and long known as Zehner's Mill. George A. Stafford was born on a pioneer farm in Delaware Township, this county, in 1835 and was a son of Ralph and Jane (Black) Stafford, the latter of whom was a daughter of Andrew Black, the pioneer miller along the Mississinewa in the northwestern part of Delaware Township, who had come in here with his family from Clark County, Ohio. Ralph Stafford was a Virginian, born in Giles County, in 1806, a son of George and Catherine (Fair) Stafford, who had come to this country from Ireland. George A. Stafford became a well-to-do farmer, the owner of a 240-acre farm in Delaware Township, where all his life was spent. To him and his wife were born four children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth. Reared on the home farm in Delaware Township, Cyrus J. Stafford supplemented the schooling received in the local schools by a course in the old Northwestern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso and was graduated from that institution in 1890. Following his marriage two years later he and his wife established their home on the place where they are now living in Delaware Township, a part of the James Marquell Estate, 120 acres of which is owned by Mrs. Stafford, and have since resided there, Mr. Stafford being engaged in general farming and stock raising. For years Mr. Stafford gave particular attention to the breeding of horses and did much to advance the standards of horseflesh hereabout. In 1903 he bought a "forty" in the neighborhood of his home, later added to this tract and adjoining tract of 120 acres, making 160 acres in that farm, and later secured a farm of 245 acres west of Albany, his present land holdings thus aggregating 405 acres. Mr. Stafford is a Republican and for four years served as a member of the advisory board for Delaware Township. In 1923 he was elected trustee of Delaware Township and is now serving in that responsible public capacity. On December 20, 1892, Cyrus J. Stafford was united in marriage to Cora E. Marquell, also a member of one of the pioneer families of this county, and to this union were born four children, Cloyd C., Ervin E., Ethel A. and Lottie M., all of whom are married and have children of their own, Mr. and Mrs. Stafford having eight grandchildren. Cloyd C. Stafford married Nellie Meeker and has tow children, Cloyd, Jr., and George A. Ervin E. Stafford married Bessie Selvey, who died leaving one child, a daughter, Lillie E. Selvey. Ethel A. Stafford married Wayne Campbell and has three children, Carl E., Carroll E., and Sarah Lou. Lottie M. Stafford married Fred Whitechair and has two children, Winona C. and Donleon. Mrs. Cora E. Stafford was born on the farm on which she still is living, and is a daughter of James and Louisa (Godlove) Marquell, the latter of whom was born in that same township, a daughter of Abram and Laura (Sellers) Godlove, pioneers of the Sharon settlement. James Marquell also was born in Delaware Township, in 1844, and was a son of Mason and Elizabeth (Selvey) Marquell, the latter of whom was a daughter of Samuel Selvey, a Virginian and one of the early settlers of this township. Mason Marquell also was a Virginian and for two or three years had made his home in Greene County, Ohio, whence in 1832 he came over here into Delaware County and settled in Delaware Township. Of the four children born to James and Marquell and wife, Mrs. Stafford alone survives.
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This family appeared in the 1900 & 1910 Indiana Censuses for Delaware Twp Del Co IN. Cyrus was trustee of Delaware Twp, a former member of the advisory board of that township and a substantial farmer and landowner, living his entire life in this township. He supplemented the schooling received in the local schools by attending the old Northwestern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso, graduating from there in 1890. He married two years later and he and his wife established their home on a part of the James Marquell estate, 120 acres of which was owned by Mrs. Stafford. For years Mr. Stafford gave particular attention to the breeding of horses, advancing the quality of horses used in his vicinity. He eventually owned 405 acres of land in and around Albany, IN. Mr. Stafford was a Republican, serving as a member of the advisory board for Delaware Twp
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1869 - Aft 1920 (> 52 years)
