Amos S. STAFFORD^[1]

1811 - 1895  (84 years)

• Name	Amos S. STAFFORD
  Born	6 Jun 1811	Peru, Clinton Co., New York   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1840	Waterford, McKean Twp, Erie Co, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Census	1850	Waterford, McKean Twp, Erie Co, Pennsylvania
  Census	1860	Waterford, McKean Twp, Erie Co, Pennsylvania
  Census	1870	Waterford, McKean Twp, Erie Co, Pennsylvania
  Census	1880	Waterford, McKean Twp, Erie Co, Pennsylvania
  _UID	7F791C059B68794A8DA8573AC701BA0D34AC
  Died	22 Jul 1895	Waterford Cem., Waterford, McKean Twp., Erie Co., Pennsylvania   [2]
  Person ID	I49423	Branch 002 Thomas Stafford 1605 Eng
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	Edward STAFFORD,   b. 1786, Danby, Rutland Co., Vermont ,   d. Abt 3 Mar 1861, Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Matilda WILLIAMS,   b. Abt 1794, Vermont ,   d. 1871  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Family ID	F7568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha M. SEDGWICK,   b. 31 Jan 1818, Sand Lake, Rensselaer Co., New York ,   d. 3 Apr 1894, Waterford, McKean Twp, Erie Co, Pennsylvania  (Age 76 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1835	Waterford Cem., Waterford, McKean Twp., Erie Co., Pennsylvania   [3]
  Children	1. Andrew W. STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1837, Waterford, McKean Twp, Erie Co, Pennsylvania ,   d. Aft 1910  (Age ~ 74 years)   2. Clarissa STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1839, Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Clara B. STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1839, Waterford, McKean Twp, Erie Co, Pennsylvania ,   d. Aft 1905  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F18066	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  AMOS S. STAFFORD, farmer, and cooper, P. O. Waterford, was born in Peru, Clinton Co., N. Y., June 6, 1811, son of Edward Stafford, a cooper by trade, and a soldier in the war of 1812, who came with his family to Erie Co. in 1835. Four of his eleven children are living. He belonged to the M. E. Church, in which he took special interest; he died March 3, 1851. Our subject married, in the fall of 1833, Miss Martha M., daughter of Aaron Sedgwick, a pioneer of this county, and a sister of Lewis Sedgwick, whose biography appears in this volume. This union has been blessed by the birth of Andrew W. and Clara, wife of O. D. Rider. Andrew W. enlisted in the 111th P. V. I. and served three years and three months in the Army of the Potomac, participating in the battles of Cedar Mountain, South Mountain, second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and several minor engagements. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war, and returned home. Mr. Stafford is politically a Republican. Census: Listed as a farmer with wife Martha and children Andrew and Clarissa. Listed as Amos Stafford, a carpenter, with wife Martha, daughter Clarah, son Andrew and a Mary Stafford age 23 b. VA - housekeeper. Listed as Amos Stafford, a farmer, with wife Martha M., and sister-in-law Catharine Sedgwick age 58, b. NY.

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] Imported GEDCOM file. [S4545] Stafford Genforum Message, #2922 dated 9 Jun 2002 by Michael Paul [email protected]. [S4545] Stafford Genforum Message, #3656 by Michael Paul Stafford on 17 Oct 2004.