DeWitt Clinton STAFFORD^[1]

1845 - 1920  (74 years)

• Name	DeWitt Clinton STAFFORD
  Born	19 Apr 1845	Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1860	House Carpenter
  Residence	1873	Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa
  Census	1880	Morrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois
  Occupation	Carpenter
  Residence	1880	Morrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois
  Residence	1915	506 S. 7th Ave. Maywood, IL.
  _UID	78B446FFC90AB24D890DDEE87C7854765D2B
  Died	9 Jan 1920	Forrest Park, Proviso Twp., Cook Co., Illinois   [3]
  Buried	Forrest Home Cemetery, Forrest Park, Illinois   [3]
  Person ID	I38275	Branch 005 Josiah Stafford (Stover) 1662 ME
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	Walter Slyter STAFFORD,   b. 20 Oct 1820, Franklin County, New York ,   d. 8 Jun 1910, Bangor, Van Buren Co., Michigan  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Julia Ann SKINNER,   b. Abt 1822, Pennsylvania ,   d. Aft 1880  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Married	11 Mar 1841	McKean Twp., Erie Co., Pennslyvania   [4]
  Family ID	F19999	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline Ann CRUTHERS,   b. 21 Jun 1849, Clinton Co., Iowa ,   d. 27 Jun 1939, Fox Lake, Lake Co., Illinois  (Age 90 years)
  Married	30 Nov 1871	Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa   [2]
  Census	1900	River Forest, Proviso Twp., Cook Co., Illinois
  Notes	Census: 9 Jun 1900. LIsted as D. C. Stafford, a carpenter, with wife Caroline, children Louis, Maud, Lyle, Earl, Dewitt, & Nellie and father Walter. Caroline had 7 of 9 children living.
  Children	1. Leslie R. STAFFORD,   b. 22 Apr 1873, Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa ,   d. Bef 1939, Elmhurst, Dupage Co., Illinois  (Age < 65 years)   2. Llewellyn Clarence STAFFORD,   b. 4 Dec 1874, Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa ,   d. 14 Sep 1969, Reading, Berks Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 94 years)   3. Maud Luella STAFFORD,   b. 15 Mar 1877, Clinton Co., Iowa ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Clara STAFFORD,   b. 3 Apr 1879, Morrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois ,   d. Bef 1900  (Age < 20 years)   5. Lyle Marion STAFFORD,   b. 4 Feb 1881, Morrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois ,   d. 20 Feb 1931, River Forest, Proviso Twp., Cook Co., Illinois  (Age 50 years)   6. Earl Russell STAFFORD,   b. 22 Mar 1883, Morrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois ,   d. May 1967, Ashburn Park, Cook Co., Illinois  (Age 84 years)   7. DeWitt Clinton STAFFORD, Jr.,   b. 10 May 1885, Illinois ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Nellie Amelia STAFFORD,   b. 10 Jan 1888,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Nettie STAFFORD,   b. 24 Apr 1891,   d. Bef 1900  (Age < 8 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F22549	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was listed as David Stafford on the birth certificate of his son, Lyle Marion Stafford - probably in error. DeWitt and Caroline had 6 children. Lyle was the 5th child. In addition to Lyle there were Earl and Leslie,a brother remembered only as Uncle "Teets", an Uncle who lived in Clinton, Iowa and an Aunt who married a man named Jennison and lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. Census: Listed as Clinton Stafford, a house carpenter with wife, 2 sons and 2 daughters. Parents born in OH.

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] Imported GEDCOM file. [S4947] DeWitt C. Stafford's Civil War Service Records and. [S4944] Civil War Service records. [S4942] Walter Stafford's Civil War service records.