Sarah Dorsey PARKS

1850 - 1933  (82 years)

• Name	Sarah Dorsey PARKS
  Born	18 Aug 1850	Thomas Twp., Saginaw Co., Michigan
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	Chesaning, Saginaw Co., Michigan
  _UID	A56CCB635A152741817495CB327255E44808
  Died	25 Apr 1933	Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan
  Buried	Owen Cem., Saginaw Co., Michigan
  Person ID	I89236	Branch 171 James Stafford b. 1730
  Last Modified	28 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Lyman PARKS,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Jane Knapp COLE,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F33541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles John STAFFORD,   b. 22 May 1831, Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 May 1913, Kalkaska, Kalkaska Co., Michigan  (Age 81 years)
  Married	Abt 1865	Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan
  Census	1880	Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan
  Census	1900	Thomastown Twp., Saginaw Co., Michigan
  Notes	Census: 17 Jan 1880. Family was listed under the alias surname Dorsey. John, a farm laborer, with wife Sarah and children Mary, Lyman, Hatty, Charles and Anna. John's parents born PA. 18 Jun 1900. Listed as John Dorsey, b. May 1840, with wife Sarah and grandson Leon G. Cotton age 5 b. MI. Sarah had 5 of 6 children living.
  Children	1. Mary STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1868, Michigan ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Lyman Franklin STAFFORD,   b. 29 Oct 1870, Swan Creek, Saginaw Co., Michigan ,   d. 1957  (Age 86 years)   3. Charles Emmett STAFFORD,   b. 9 Mar 1873, Michigan ,   d. 9 Aug 1940, Perrinton, Gratiot Co., Michigan  (Age 67 years)   4. Anna B. STAFFORD,   b. 1876, Thomas Twp., Saginaw Co., Michigan ,   d. 12 Aug 1963, Ferndale, Oakland Co., Michigan  (Age 87 years)   5. Hattie M. STAFFORD,   b. 2 Aug 1876, Ithica, Gratiot Co., Michigan ,   d. 10 Dec 1921, Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan  (Age 45 years)   6. Jay Dorsey STAFFORD,   b. 15 May 1884, Saginaw Co., Michigan ,   d. 7 Apr 1940, Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F29438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Saginaw Daily News article dated April 25, 1933: MRS. SARAH STAFFORD, LIFELONG HERE, DIES Mrs. Sarah Dorsey Stafford, widow of Charles Stafford and a lifelong resident of Saginaw County, died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Louis N. Duprey, 220 Schaffer Street. She was 82 years old. Mrs. Stafford, whose maiden name was Sarah Dorsey Parks, was born August 18, 1850 in Thomas township and was married in 1865 to Mr. Stafford. After marriage they lived in Thomas township the greater part of their lives. Mr. Stafford died in 1913 and since then Mrs. Stafford has made her home with her children. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Surviving are five children, Mrs. Louis N. Duprey, Jay and Charles Stafford of Saginaw, Lyman Stafford of Jackson and Mrs. Mary Brewer of Detroit; 10 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren....burial will be in Owen Cemetery, Thomas Township  Census: 24 Apr 1930. Listed as Sarah J. Stafford, widowed mother-in-law in the household of Louis N. and Anna B. Duprey. Also listed was her son Charles E. Stafford.