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JAMES E. STAFFORD. -- A successful businessman of Albany and large land holder of Delaware Township, is the second son of Ralph Stafford, whose biography appears elsewhere, and was born February 11, 1840, in Delaware County, Indiana. His early educational advantages, though limited, were diligently improved and, by a close application to his studies and wide range of reading, he became the possessor of a fund of valuable knowledge, which has enabled him to transact very successfully the business of an active life. He taught four terms of school in Delaware Township and such was his success, that had he seen fit to remain in the ? educational field, he doubtless would have risen high in the profession. He spent his boyhood days learning the trade of tanning with his father, and worked at that business until his twenty?fifth year, at which time, in partnership with his brother, George Stafford, he engaged in farming in sections 6 and 7 this township. From the beginning, his, success was most satisfactory, and in time he succeeded in accumulating valuable real estate and now owns a fine farm, consisting of 229 acres, the greater part of which is under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Stafford continued agricultural pursuits until .1883, in November of which year he engaged in the hardware business at Albany, which line of trade he conducted with success and financial profit until 1891. In that year, he engaged with the Albany Furniture Company, and has since been a leading member of the firm.
Mr. Stafford was married October 5, 1870, in Hamilton Township to Miss Caroline Russell, daughter of John and Susannah Russell, of Columbiana County, Ohio. Mrs. Stafford was born March 9, 1841, and is the mother of one child; Laura Helen Stafford, whose birth occurred October 9, 1871. Miss Stafford is a young lady of culture and refinement, an accomplished musician, and made commendable progress as a student in the art department of the Greencastle University. Politically Mr. Stafford is a republican and has been an aggressive worker in his party for a number of years. He became identified with the Masonic fraternity twenty?six years ago, and at this time is one of the active workers in lodge No. 171 at Albany. In addition to his commercial and agricultural interests, Mr. Stafford is extensively engaged in real estate transactions in Delaware County.
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Census:
- Listed as a farmer with wife and daughter. Father born in VA and mother born in OH.
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1840 - 1910 (70 years)
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