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- The family moved from Delaware to Franklin County, Ohio in 1838, residing there until 1841, when they emigrated to Peoria county, Illinois, where the father purchased a small farm. In that county the children received their education and grew to manhood & womanhood. - Our subject was the first of the family to come to Iowa, he settled in Louisa county in 1852, entering eighty acres of wild prairie land upon which not a stick of timber could be seen, with exception of the little log cabin, sixteen feet square. On the 13th of April, 1853, Mr. Stafford took up his residence on his claim, and began building fences and breaking the wild land with four to six yoke of oxen. He has never had one cent given him since 1853, and his success in life has certainly been most praiseworthy. In 1856 the loved ones whom he left in Peoria County, Illinois, came to his new home, and in Louisa County his father purchased a farm of eighty acres, upon which he resided until his death, which occurred in February, 1865, his wife surviving him many years, her death occurring in February, 1881. They were both active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were among the highly honored citizens of the county. On the 29th of August, 1850, in Peoria county, Illinois the marriage of John Stafford and Miss Delia Bevans was celebrated. Delia Bevans was born in Highland co., Ohio, July 19, 1832, a daughter of John and Margaret (Frost) Bevans, who were natives of Pennsylvania, though both are now deceased, the mother having died about the year 1848, the father being called to his final rest in 1865. They were members of the ME church, in which organization Mr. Bevans was a prominent worker...
Born:
- Another source has his birth date as 22 May 1805 in Kent Co., Deleware.
Census:
- Listed as Balim Stafford, a farmer with wife Mary, son John (22), daughters Matilda (19), and Rebecca (17). and a Delila Stafford (John's wife) age 17 born in Ohio.
- Listed as Bylem Stafford, a farmer with wife Mary.
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1805 - 1865 (59 years)
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