William J. STAFFORD

Abt 1827 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	William J. STAFFORD
  Born	Abt 1827	Hampshire Co., Virginia (now West Virginia)
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Richland Co., Ohio
  Census	1870	Richland Co., Ohio
  Census	1880	Richland Co., Ohio
  _UID	31D9D38B46B1A447B73589922329FA039A63
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried	Zion Cem., Butler, Richland Co., Ohio
  Person ID	I61288	Branch 009 Richard Stafford 1750 VA
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Joseph Stone STAFFORD,   b. 1790, Hampshire Co., Virginia (now West Virginia) ,   d. 25 Apr 1855, Mercer Co., Virginia (now Mercer Co., West Virginia)  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth MYER,   b. 31 Jan 1790, Hampshire Co., Virginia ,   d. 1867, Mineral Co., West Virginia  (Age 76 years)
  Married	17 Dec 1818	Alleghany Co., Maryland   [1]
  Census	1850	Hampshire Co., Virginia (now West Virginia)
  Notes	Census: 17 Oct 1850. Listed as Joseph Stafford, in farming, with wife Elizabeth and children John, James, Mary and Francis E.
  Family ID	F12518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary M. LICKLIGHTER,   b. 18 Mar 1825, Hampshire Co., Virginia ,   d. 14 Feb 1898, Richland Co., Ohio  (Age 72 years)
  Married	22 Feb 1849	Coshocton Co., Ohio   [2]
  Children	1. Sarah Elizabeth STAFFORD,   b. 8 Dec 1849, Richland Co., Ohio ,   d. 20 Jul 1919, New Lexington, Perry Co., Ohio  (Age 69 years)   2. John T. STAFFORD,   b. 23 Oct 1851, Richland Co., Ohio ,   d. 4 Apr 1868, Richland Co., Ohio  (Age 16 years)   3. Martha Jane STAFFORD,   b. 29 Dec 1854, Little Washington, Richland Co., Ohio ,   d. 6 Jan 1937, Lexington, Richland Co., Ohio  (Age 82 years)   4. Arabella M. A. STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1857, Richland Co., Ohio ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. William J. STAFFORD,   b. 22 Jul 1860, Butler, Richland Co., Ohio ,   d. 26 Apr 1942, Butler, Richland Co., Ohio  (Age 81 years)   6. Mary Ellen STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1864, Richland Co., Ohio ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Charlotte STAFFORD,   b. 6 Jul 1867, Richland Co., Ohio ,   d. 29 Mar 1868, Richland Co., Ohio  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F21341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MARRIAGE IGI, Coshocton County, Ohio They were probably in Coshocton County because that's where Washington and Elizabeth Licklighter Stafford were living. It would be interesting to know the circumstances under which William and Mary came to be married there. Did they elope? Were they young sweet hearts from Virginia, and William followed them to Ohio? Did William leave Virginia with Washington in 1845? Did the Licklighters? CENSUS 1850 OH, Richland County, Monroe Township, page 321: William & Mary Staf ford; the census taker really messed up on this one. First of all, he clearly wrote down their last name as "Hafford"; secondly, he lists Sarah E. "Hafford", age 19, born in Ohio. The only way I was really sure this was still them was that Washington Licklider, age 23 is also in the household. Wasington was Mary's brother. The 1860 clears things up; William and Mary Stafford's oldest daughter was Sarah E., born in December 1849 . 1860 OH, Richland County, Jefferson Township, page 26: William & Mary Stafford (listed in the index as "Stofford") 1870 OH, Richland County, Jefferson Township, page 76: William & Mary Stafford 1880 OH, Richland County, Jefferson Township, page 62a: William J. & Mary Stafford (daughter Sarah E. Jones is just before them) 1900 OH, Richland County, Jefferson Township, page 59: William J. & Margaret Stafford Census: Listed with wife Mary, sister Sarah and Washington Licklighter. Listed with wife and children; Martha Arabella, William and Mary Ellen. Listed as William J. Stafford, farmer with wife Mary, daughters Arabella A and Mary E. and son William J. Father born in VA and mother born in MD. Buried: Four Corners/Zion Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4522] E-Mail Message, 17 Feb 2001A five generation Genealogy by Casey [email protected]. [S4545] Stafford Genforum Message, #3776 Casey Stafford on 9 Mar [email protected].