Otis William Alonzo STAFFORD

1870 - 1943  (73 years)

• Name	Otis William Alonzo STAFFORD
  Nickname	Lon
  Born	18 Mar 1870	Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana
  Gender	Male
  _UID	2EA5C6A93B5DFE47BC67FB2E8F166D73F066
  Died	18 May 1943	Westminster, Orange Co., California
  Buried	21 May 1943	San Marcos Cemetery, San Diego Co., CA, Sec. 10, Lot 5, #6
  Person ID	I81709	Branch 002 Thomas Stafford 1605 Eng
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Otis Socrates STAFFORD,   b. 31 Jan 1838, Washington Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 4 Jan 1908, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary HORNSBY,   b. 28 Mar 1846, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England ,   d. 21 Sep 1920, Escondido, San Diego Co., California  (Age 74 years)
  Married	11 Apr 1864	Massillon, Stark Co., Ohio
  Census	1870	Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana
  Census	1900	Fairfield Twp., Tippecanoe Co., Indiana
  Notes	Census: 26 Jul 1870. Listed as Otis T. or P.Stafford, a huckster, with wife Mary and children Mary, Margaret and Otis W. S. 12 Jun 1900. Listed as Otis Stafford b. PA, a day laborer, with wife Mary and children Frank, Benjamin J., Earnest G. and Clifford E.. Father born in PA and mother born in England. 7 of 9 children living.
  Family ID	F592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Magdalena Mary KERN,   b. 11 Nov 1868, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana ,   d. 14 Oct 1945, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana  (Age 76 years)
  Married	14 Jun 1893	Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana
  Divorced	Bef 1900
  Children	1. John William STAFFORD,   b. Oct 1894, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana ,   d. Jan 1974, Oak Park, Cook Co., Illinoi  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F27293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Maude ALEXANDER,   b. 1880, Indiana ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	2 Nov 1898	Marion, Grant Co., Indiana
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F49959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	May Gladys COLLAR,   b. Apr 1888, Santa Ana, Orange Co., California ,   d. Aug 1933, San Marcos, San Diego Co., California  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Married	Abt 1913	California
  Census	1920	Tustin Twp., Orange Co., California
  Notes	Census: 7 Jan 1920. Listed as William A. Stafford, a lettuce packing laborer, with wife May G. and children Em Evelyn age 5, Glen M. age 4 5/12 & Guy E. age 4 5/12.
  Children	1. Mary Evelyn STAFFORD,   b. 1 Jan 1914, Tustin, Orange Co., California ,   d. 12 Aug 1999, Riverside, Riverside Co., California  (Age 85 years)   2. Glen Miles STAFFORD, (twin),   b. 24 Jul 1915, Tustin, Orange Co., California ,   d. 1 Jan 1988, Biggs, Butte Co., California  (Age 72 years)   3. Guy E. STAFFORD, (twin),   b. 24 Jul 1915, Tustin, Orange Co., California ,   d. 27 Apr 1922  (Age 6 years)   4. Harold STAFFORD,   b. 1915   5. Gordon W. STAFFORD,   b. 19 Sep 1922, Tustin, Orange Co., California ,   d. 7 Dec 1941, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii  (Age 19 years)   6. Virginia STAFFORD
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F27296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Otis William Alonzo (Lon) Stafford  has been known by several variations of his name in census records and other documents. This has been a source of confusion in the past, but is now resolved.  Otis W. Stafford and William Alonzo Stafford is the same person.   This has been substantiated by James Massura,his great grandson.  Richard T. Stafford,a nephew, recorded a trip account in which described a visit to Uncle Lon in Tustin. He was a rancher and realtor. Sometime in the early to mid-1930’s, he had a stroke that left him paralyzed on one side and wheelchair bound according to his granddaughter, Patricia (Anderson) Brannan. Lon was 73 years old when he died in Westminster, Orange Co., CA. The Brown Funeral Home handled his funeral. He is the one who purchased a number of plots at the San Marcos Cemetery which he and many other Stafford's and relatives occupy. At the time of his death, his address was 1347 Cherry St., Westminster, Orange Co., CA. The death certificate informant was Frank W. Stafford, his younger brother.