Van Dow STAFFORD

1907 - 1992  (85 years)

• Name	Van Dow STAFFORD
  Born	2 Feb 1907	Gainesboro, Jackson Co., Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	AB517380D3F7EE489B723693A4D2DEFF1868
  Died	28 Jul 1992	Opelika, Lee Co., Alabama   [1]
  Buried	Pharris Cem., Gainesboro, Jackson Co., Tennessee
  Person ID	I49626	Branch 006 Thomas Stafford 1695 ENG
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	William Dow STAFFORD,   b. 1881, Gainesboro, Jackson Co., Tennessee ,   d. 1954, Gainesboro, Jackson Co., Tennessee  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Celina Avo STAFFORD,   b. 28 Jan 1885, Gainesboro, Jackson Co., Tennessee ,   d. 23 Dec 1982, Gainesboro, Jackson Co., Tennessee  (Age 97 years)
  Married	27 Aug 1905	Jackson Co., Tennessee
  Family ID	F18147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dora Ethel BIGGS,   b. 21 Aug 1909, Gotletsville, Summer Co., Tennessee ,   d. 19 Sep 1983, Gainesboro, Jackson Co., Tennessee  (Age 74 years)
  Married	19 Mar 1927	Jackson Co., Tennessee
  Children	1. Rhoda May STAFFORD,   b. 14 Feb 1927, Putnam Co., Tennessee ,   d. 30 Jan 2013, Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee  (Age 85 years)   2. Ella Vergie STAFFORD,   b. 1929/30, Tennessee ,   d. 1931/2, Tennessee  (Age 2 years)   3. Jean STAFFORD,   b. 14 Feb 1931, Bloomington Springs, Putnam Co., Tennessee ,   d. 21 Apr 2005, Opelika, Lee Co., Alabama  (Age 74 years)   4. Peyton J. STAFFORD,   b. 16 Nov 1933, Jackson Co., Tennessee ,   d. 1 Dec 2012, Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee  (Age 79 years)   5. Laurence Freeman STAFFORD,   b. 4 Jan 1935, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Nov 2014, Gainesboro, Jackson Co., Tennessee  (Age 79 years)   6. Woody William STAFFORD,   b. 8 Apr 1940,   d. 14 May 2013  (Age 73 years)   7. Ronnie STAFFORD   8. Lucille STAFFORD,   b. 6 Jan 1944, Jackson Co., Tennessee ,   d. 24 Nov 2013, Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee  (Age 69 years)   9. D. L. STAFFORD,   b. 1941,   d. 1941  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F18148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Van Dow, age 3, is listed as son on the 1910 Jackson Co., TN census, entry 256/261, in the HH of Will Stafford. Van Dow, age 12, is listed as son on the 1920 Jackson Co., TN census, entry 252, in the HH of Celina Stafford. (Van Dow married his grandfather's second wife's daughter Ethel Biggs.) Jackson Co., Tenn. Marriage Record Van Stafford to Ethel Biggs, 19 March 1927 Security: Elijah Stafford 1930 Putnam Co., TN census, entry 56/56 Stafford, Van D. age 23, married when 20 Ethel, wife age 20, married when 17 Rhoda M., dau. 2 Elle V., dau. 9/12 Another researcher lists another child for Van & Ethel: D. L. Stafford born & died 1941, gender unknown Social Security Death Index Name: Van D. Stafford Last Residence: 36801 Opelika, Lee, Alabama Born: 2 Feb 1907 Died: 28 Jul 1992 State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (Before 1951) Burial: Pharris Cemetery, Gainesboro, Jackson Co., Tennessee http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=19131424&PIpi=36353317 Double STAFFORD Headstone Van D. Ethel Feb. 2, 1907 Aug 21, 1909 July 28, 1992 Sept. 19, 1983 PHOTO: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Stafford&GSfn=Van&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=45&GScnty=2468&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=19131424&df=all&

  
  

• Sources

  [S4545] Stafford Genforum Message, #2977 on 12 Jul 2002 by Jennifer Stafford.