Labern Whitley STAFFORD^[1]

1829 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Labern Whitley STAFFORD
  Nickname	Whit
  Born	Mar 1829	Jackson Co., Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Lincoln Twp., Douglas Co., Missouri
  Name	Laburn W. STAFFORD
  _UID	93EFFB869E9FD84E83007BAD81F01D60FFED
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I771	Branch 094 Henry Leland Stafford b. IRE
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	James W. STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1796, Caswell Co., North Carolina ,   d. Bef 1870, Christian Co., Missouri  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Mother	Sarah "Sally" LEA,   b. Abt 1788, North Carolina ,   d. Aft 1870, Missouri  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	30 Dec 1817	Caswell Co., North Carolina
  Census	1850	Jackson Co., Tennessee
  Census	1860	Linden Twp., Christian Co., Missouri
  Notes	Census: 20 Aug 1850. Listed as James Stafford, in farming, with wife and son Elisha. 21 Jul 1860. Listed as James Stafford age 60, a miller, with wife Sarah age 68.
  Family ID	F289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mariah Ann ROBERTS,   b. Sep 1827, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1846
  Census	1860	Clay Twp., Greene Co., Missouri
  Census	1900	Lincoln Twp., Douglas Co., Missouri
  Notes	Census: 6 Jun 1860. Listed as L. W. Stafford, a farmer, with wife Ann and children Mary, Elijah, Nancy, Fanny, Sirena and James. 21 Jun 1900. Listed as Laborn W. Stafford, a farmer, with wife Mariah A., daughter Sidy and son Henderson Stafford. Mariah had 10 of 14 children living.
  Children	1. Mary STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1848, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elijah STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1850, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Oct 1903, Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri  (Age ~ 53 years)   3. Sarah Nancy STAFFORD,   b. Dec 1852, Tennessee ,   d. 1921, Douglas Co., Missouri  (Age ~ 68 years)   4. Frances F. STAFFORD,   b. 5 Feb 1854, Greene Co., Missouri ,   d. 3 Jun 1946, Christian Co., Missouri  (Age 92 years)   5. Serena STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1856, Missouri ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. James M. STAFFORD,   b. Nov 1857, Missouri ,   d. Aft 1920  (Age ~ 64 years)   7. William David STAFFORD,   b. Feb 1861, Missouri ,   d. 19 Dec 1922, Taney Co., Missouri  (Age ~ 61 years)   8. John J. STAFFORD,   b. 1864, Missouri ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Andrew Sherman STAFFORD,   b. Jan 1868, Missouri ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Dicy M. STAFFORD,   b. May 1870, Missouri ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Sidia STAFFORD,   b. May 1871, Missouri ,   d. 1 Mar 1930, Douglas Co., Missouri  (Age ~ 58 years)   12. William Henderson STAFFORD,   b. Nov 1873, Missouri ,   d. 25 Oct 1958, Versailles, Morgan Co., Missouri  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "History & Families Christian County, Missouir", p. 171: "Laborn W. "Whit" Stafford, born March 1829, TN, married Mariah A. Roberts, born Sep. 1827, TN. They were the parents of fourteen children with ten still living in 1900. Polly Stafford, born 1848, TN; Elijah Stafford, born 1849, TN; Sarah Ann Stafford, born 1853, MO, married first John Coltney, second ? Manis; Frances Stafford, born 1855, MO, married Rob Nelson of Sparta, MO; Serena Stafford, born 1856, married Ed Music; James M. Stafford, born Nov. 1857, MO, married Susan Butler 1876; William David "Joe" Stafford, born 1861, MO, married Mahala A. Silvey, daughter of William & Rebecca Ellison Silvey, Dec. 24, 1883, Douglas County, MO; John Stafford, born 1864, MO; Andrew Stafford, born 1868, MO; Dicy M. Stafford, born 1870, MO, married Fred Richardson; Sidy Stafford, born May 1871, MO, died March 1930; Henderson Buck Stafford, born Nov. 1873, MO, married Minnie Rachel Swearengin March 1901, Douglas County, MO." (If Dicy M. Stafford is other than Sidy, and she grew up and married, she should be on the 1880 census with her parents. She would be age 10 in 1880.) 1850 Jackson Co., TN census, page 168, entry 131/131 Laburn W. Stafford 21 Mariah 22 Polly 2 Elijah 1/12 1860 Greene Co., MO census, entry 66/67 L. W. Stafford 31 Ann 32 Mary 12 TN Elijah 10 Nancy 7 Fanny 5 MO Sirena 4 James 2 1870 Douglas Co., Mo census, entry 27/27 Stafford, Labern W. 41 Mariah A. 42 Sarah 17 Frances F. 15 Sirena 13 James M. 11 William D. 9 John J. 6 Andrew S. 2 Dicy M. 1/12 1880 Douglas Co., MO census, entry 31/31 Stafford, Labern W. 51 Mariah A. 52 wife William D. 19 son John J. 16 son Andrew S. 12 son Siddy 10 daughter Henderson 6 son 1900 Douglas Co., MO census: Stafford, Laborn W born Mar. 1829, age 71 Mariah A. Sep. 1827 72 Sidy, daughter May 1871 29 Henderson, son Nov. 1873 26 1910 Douglas Co., MO census: entry 66/67 Stafford, Labern age 81, married 61 yrs. " Mariah, wife 81, married 61 yrs. " Sidia, daughter 30, single " Violet M., Grand Daughter 10, single 1920 Douglas Co., MO census: entry 82/83 Pruitt, Alvah L. age 30 Violet May, wife 17 Johnny Levi, son 1,7/12 Clark, Sidy, mother-in-law 49 w'd Census: Listed as Labern W. Stafford with wife Mariah A., sons William D., John J., Andrew S. & Henderson and daughter Siddey. Parents born in NC.

  
  

• Sources

  [S37] Stafford Data Branch 106.