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Margaret M Bush, daughter of John Bush and Ann Clagett, married Reuben Stafford, son of Isaac Stafford and Susannah Laycock, on February 2, 1859, in Coshocton County, Ohio.
Reuben was a farmer. They had two children; John B Stafford, born October, 1859, and Regina "Jennie" Stafford, born July, 1861. Both children died without issue.
Coshocton Daily Age, Aug. 16, 1902
"Mrs. Margaret A Stafford, who was recentlly taken from the state hospital in Columbus to her old home in Keene by her daughter, Miss Stafford, died Friday. She was 69 years old. Funeral service will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and interment will be made in the Presbyterian cemetery."
1860 census, Bethlehem Twp., Coshocton Co., OH
Reuben Stafford, 34, farmer, born England
Margaret M, 26, born Ohio
John, 8 months
1870 census, Bethlehem Twp., Coshocton Co., OH
M M Stafford, 37
John B, 10
R, (dau), 8
1880 census Bethlehem Twp., Coshocton Co., OH
John B Stafford, 20, laborer
(listed under household of Thomas McConnell)
Margaret and R. Jennie cannot be located in the 1880 census
1900 census Franklin Co., Columbus, OH
Margaret Stafford, Columbus State Hospital
The Democratic Standard, July 20, 1894
Guardian Appointed
On Monday last, Probate Judge C.E. Hunt appointed Esquire Bechtol of Bethlehem Twp, guardian of the property of Mrs. Margaret Stafford, who resides in said township on her farm of 76 acres. Mrs. Stafford is a widow woman aged about sixty years, and has of late shown unmistakable signs of decaying intellect. The action to secure a guardian was brought by a daughter, and after examining into the merits of the case and weighing the evidence, Judge Hunt decided that her mind was diseased to such an extent as to render her unfit to look after her business affairs, and placed her property in the care of Mr. Bechtol, who gives bond for the proper discharge of his duties as guardian.
The Democratic Standard, June 7, 1895
Inquest of lunacy help upon Margaret M Stafford, and she was declared insane and ordered to Columbus Insane Asylum for treatment.
The Democratic Standard, Sept. 6, 1895
First and final account of W W Bechtol, guardian of Margaret M Stafford, a lunatic.
The Democratic and Standard, July 22, 1902
Some Serious Charges Made against Insane Hospital Management by a Columbus paper.
The Columbus Daily Press prints an artical last Friday charging that the management of the Columbus State Hospital for the Insane is involved in arrangement with outside doctors to extort irresponsible wards of the state there for treatment, and cites the case of Mrs. Stafford, an old lady committed to the Hospital several months ago from Coshocton County. The Press says that besides being mentally affected this woman was totally blind. The daughter, Jennie Stafford, of Keene, received word from the Columbus institution that the eyesight of her mother could be restored by an operation, the same letter saying that the work would be undertaken by a Columbus physician for $100. Investigation was made by Mr. Graham, the legal guardian of the Stafford woman, who had a reputable oculist in Columbus to call at the hospital and examine Mrs. Staffort with the view of ascertaining whether an operation would be of any benefit. He reported to Mr. Graham that Mrs. Stafford was hopelessly blind, and said that any kind of an operation with the hope of benefiting her eyesight would not only be entirely useless but extremely hazardous to a woman in her mental condition. The Columbus doctor who wanted the job and the $100 of Stafford money did not get either. The Press says there are other cases of similar nature for where outside doctors sought to perpetrate some treatment on inmates of this state institution for round sums of money for services to which the patients are entitled as wards of the state.
The Coshocton Daily Age, Aug. 7, 1902
Miss Stafford, of Keene, went to Columbus Monday and returned today with her mother who has been at the state hospital. Mrs. Stafford is critically ill and it was thought best to bring her home.
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