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Census:
- 11 Mar 1920. Listed as Frances H. Stafford, a widow, with son Thomas R. Stafford.
Obituary:
- OBITUARY OF FRANCIS DYKES STAFFORD
Mrs. Frances H. Stafford. Funeral services for Mrs. Frances H. Stafford, 89, who died Thursday night a the home of her daughter, Mrs. H.W. Martin, 5110 Tangerine Avenue, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Palm Memorial chapel with the Rev. W.A. Hobson officiating. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Tampa
Mrs. Stafford was bom in Winchester Ky., Nov. 20, 1853. She was married to Thomas M. Stafford of Louisville, Sept 28,1869. They moved to Florida in 1884 and homesteaded in the vicinity of Inverness. They moved to Lee County in 1901. Mr. Stafford died in 1910. Since 1930, Mrs. Stafford has made her home with her daughter here. Survivors besides Mrs. Martin are two sons, J.L. Stafford and T.R. Stafford, of Dayton, Tennessee. There are 10 grandchildren including Mrs. C. Samuel Johnson, Orlando; John D. Martin, Fort Myers; Mrs. Roscoe Ewing, Las Cruces, N.M.; Mrs. Les Trafton, and Mrs. C.R. Freeman, Jr. St. Petersburg, and Mrs. Ralph Reed, Clearwater. William Stafford, Tampa, Mrs. Hubert Hill, Chattanooga, Mrs. Zora Lee Buxton, Tampa, and Mrs. Ralph Hamlin, Tallahassee. There are 10 great grandchildren.
Source: [Probably} St. Petersburg Times , September 25,1943
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