James Freeborn STAFFORD, II^[1]

1880 - 1957  (77 years)

• Name	James Freeborn STAFFORD
  Suffix	II
  Born	20 May 1880	New Brunswick, Canada
  Gender	Male
  _UID	5995683F3C53FD42B42390B31E0F9F125B2C
  Died	24 Dec 1957	Grafton, Taylor Co., West Virginia
  Buried	Bluemont Cem., Grafton, Taylor Co., West Virginia
  Person ID	I48105	Branch 078 Laban Stafford b. 1738 NC
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	James Freeborn STAFFORD,   b. 1844, Ireland ,   d. 1909, Addyston, Ohio  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Katherine E. DRISCOLL,   b. 14 Feb 1845, Saint John Co., New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 22 Aug 1907, River View Cem., Aurora, Dearborn Co., Indiana  (Age 62 years)
  Married	1869	Saint John, Saint John Co., New Brunswick, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F17315	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edna Elizabeth SINSEL,   b. 26 Jan 1889, Oakland, Maryland ,   d. 21 Aug 1972, Grafton, Taylor Co., West Virginia  (Age 83 years)
  Married	12 Jan 1904	Oakland, Maryland
  Notes	NOTE: Eloped because she was so young
  Children	1. Katharine Elizabeth STAFFORD,   b. 30 Mar 1905, Grafton, Taylor Co., West Virginia ,   d. 29 Apr 2000, Wheeling, Ohio Co., West Virginia  (Age 95 years)   2. Mildred Claire STAFFORD,   b. 14 Dec 1906,   d. 24 Feb 1981  (Age 74 years)   3. James Sinsel STAFFORD,   b. 3 Aug 1910, Grafton, Taylor Co., West Virginia ,   d. 25 Mar 1986, Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland  (Age 75 years)   4. Robert Perry STAFFORD,   b. Jul 1912, Grafton, Taylor Co., West Virginia ,   d. 30 Mar 1913, Grafton, Taylor Co., West Virginia  (Age ~ 0 years)   5. Thomas Freeborn STAFFORD, III,   b. 11 Mar 1914, Grafton, Taylor Co., West Virginia ,   d. 26 Jun 1993, Elkins, Randolf Co., West Virginia  (Age 79 years)   6. Charles Lee STAFFORD,   b. 5 Oct 1923, Grafton, Taylor Co., West Virginia
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F17607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary for James F. Stafford. Cumberland Evening Times. Cumberland, Md. Thurs., Dec. 26, 1957. Excerpt--Grafton--James F. Stafford, 78, retired B & O Railroad employee and father of James S. Stafford sales manager of Queen City Brewing Company of Cumberland, died at the Grafton City Hospital on Tuesday. A native of St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada, he came to the Untied States with his parents, James F. and Katharine Driscoll Stafford, at the age of 4 and lived in Aurora, Ind. Mr. Stafford started working for the railroad in Indiana, and came her in 1903 as a telegraph operator. He retired in 1946 as train dispatcher for the Monongah Division. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Edna Elizabeth (Sinsel) Stafford, a native of Grafton; two daughters, Mrs. William B. Gibson of Staunton, Va., and Mrs. R. Virgil Rohrbaugh of Charleston; two other sons, Thomas S. Stafford, political writer for the Charleston, W.Va. Gazette, and Charles L. Stafford, an editor of the Baltimore Burea of the Associated Press. Interment will be in the Bluemont Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] Imported GEDCOM file. [S4522] E-Mail Message, James Stafford on 31 Jan [email protected].