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- There was a David Stafford who married Ella L. Foley 29 Aug 1880 in Ringg
old County, Iowa. His relation, if any, to our Staffords is unknown.
FROM THE CENSUS
1870, IL, Livingston County, family 85/85
1880, IA, Ringgold County, Liberty Twp., page 6, family 42
1900, IA, Ringgold County, Tingley Twp, family 239/243
1910 IA, Ringgold County, Tingley Township, page 293
1920 IA, Ringgold County, Tingley Township, page 8a
OBITUARY--J.W. STAFFORD
John Wesley Stafford was born August 6, 1846, in Ohio, and departed this life December 18, 1927,at his home southwest of Tingley. He was the son of Washington and Elizabeth Stafford. He had four sisters and three brothers--two sisters and one brother having preceded him to the Great Beyond.
When a boy he moved with his parents to Livingston county, Ill., where he grew to manhood. He was married to Margaret Riddell. To this union were born three children--George of Ankeny, Iowa, Miss Mazie, who is at home, and one child dying in infancy. His wife preceded him in death fourteen years ago.
In 1877 he moved from Illinois with his family to Taylor County and settled on a farm near Lenox. In the fallof 1877 they moved to Ringgold count
y, settling on a farm four miles soutwest of Tingley. In 1881 they mov
ed to the Stafford farm, where he has resided ever since with the excepti
on of two years that they lived in Tingley.
Earlyin his life he united with the Evangelical church, and later changed his membership to the Methodist church of Tingley when the class was reorganized.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the ME church, conduct
ed by his pastor, Rev. C.L. Thomas. A large number of friends attended, showing the high esteem in which Mr. Stafford was held by the people. Interment was made in the Tingley cemetery by the side of his wife.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the friends and neighbors for acts of kindness and words of sympathy in the passing of our father. Also for hte floral tributes and to the singers forthe music. May the dear Lord comfort and sustain you when sorrow comes to your home--George Stafford and Miss Mazie Stafford.The obituary speaks of four sisters and three brothers. If George knew what he was talking about when he supplied the information, he was apparent
ly omitting Hanna Isabella and the baby that died. The brother who was de
ad would be Joseph (see notes on Joseph Milton Stafford); the sisters who were dead would be anyone except Mazie.
Census:
- Listed as a farmer with wife, son, daughter and nephew Francis Umpenour age 14 b. IL. Parents born in VA.
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1846 - 1927 (81 years)
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