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James K. Stafford, the third child of James and Ann Stafford, was born in Jackson Township, April 23, 1846. He was reared to the life of a farmer,remaining with his parents till manhood. He received a good education in the common schools.
Sept. 19,1872, he was married to Margaret Ann Duncan, a native of Ohio, born March 6,1848, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Duncan. Her father having died in the fall of 1848, her mother moved to De Kalb County with her father, John Dancer,and settled in Jackson Township, and is now the widow of William Essig. Mrs.Stafford is a very cultured woman and before her marriage was a prominent (teacher) in the De Kalb County schools.
Soon after their marriage Mr. Stafford settled on section 14, Jackson Township, where they have since lived. They are genial and hospitable, and have many friends, who always find a welcome at their fireside. Their eldest child died in infancy.Two children, Ida B. and Charles D., now make the home a happy and lively one.In politics Mr. Stafford is a Democrat.
*Source:History of De Kalb County, Indiana; Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago,1885 (Jackson Twp. Pg 667
Born:
1850 Census has him born in PA. Subsequent censuses have him born in IN.
Census:
1880, Listed as a farmer with wife, daughter and son. Father born in PA and mother born in OH.
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