Cora STAFFORD

1872 - 1923  (50 years)

• Name	Cora STAFFORD
  Born	4 Apr 1872	Savannah, Wayne Co., New York   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	70DEDFD243518A47942E76BFF17E819FEAA0
  Died	25 Mar 1923	Mentz, Cayuga Co., New York   [1]
  Buried	Spring Lake Cem., Conquest, Cayuga Co., New York
  Person ID	I53886	Branch 171 James Stafford b. 1730
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	George Seward STAFFORD,   b. 15 Jun 1852, Galen, Wayne Co., New York ,   d. 29 Jun 1916, Rollin Twp., Lenawee Co., Michigan  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Dorcas BENNETT
  Family ID	F24832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Frank OLMSTEAD,   b. Mar 1867, Michigan ,   d. Abt 1900  (Age ~ 32 years)
  Married	17 Dec 1891	Savannah, Wayne Co., New York   [2]
  Notes	Married: No children.
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F24853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Samuel TAYLOR,   b. Nov 1864, Savannah, Wayne Co., New York ,   d. 16 Jul 1929, Mentz, Cayuga Co., New York  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Married	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Lula TAYLOR,   b. 1 Dec 1892, Clyde, New York ,   d. 25 Oct 1918, Montezuma, New York  (Age 25 years)   2. Oren TAYLOR,   b. 19 Mar 1897, Savannah, Wayne Co., New York ,   d. 8 Jan 1956, Port Byron, Cayyuga Co., New York  (Age 58 years)   3. Ernest TAYLOR,   b. 1 Dec 1900, Savannah, Wayne Co., New York ,   d. 27 Nov 1927, Auburn, Cayuga Co., New York  (Age 26 years)   4. Spencer Eugene TAYLOR,   b. 3 Sep 1905, Savannah, Wayne Co., New York ,   d. 19 Jul 1960, Auburn, Cayuga Co., New York  (Age 54 years)   5. Ida Mae TAYLOR,   b. 27 Jun 1908, Savannah, Wayne Co., New York ,   d. 12 May 1989  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F24831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Daughter of George and Dorkes Bennett Stafford who are buried in Lockpit Cemetery in Wayne County. Married first to a Mr. Olmstead, then to Samuel Taylor. Had five children; Lula, Oren, Ernest, Spencer and Ida. Cora and family were one of many sharecropper families that lived on Howland's Island. Cora died of Bright's Disease in 1923 on the Fred Tanner farm. Buried next to her daughter Lula and has no headstone. Sam is in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Port Byron with the rest of the children.  Died: Died of Bright's disease.

  
  

• Sources

  [S386] Death Record, Register of Deaths, Mentz, Cayuga Co., NY. (Reliability: 2). [S4374] Marriage Registration., Certified transcript. (Reliability: 2).