Shelby  County  Indiana
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Stafford

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Thursday, October 6, 1932
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CRITICALLY  ILL
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          The condition of  Mrs. Bert Stafford, who has been seriously ill at her home in Howard street for the past several days, is reported today as critical.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelbyville  Democrat
Thursday, July 27, 1916
Twenty-Ninth Year  No. 70
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          Mrs. Bert Stafford  and daughter, Miss Frances, left today for Dayton, O., where they will spend two weeks as the guests of relatives and friends.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Indianapolis  Star
July 4, 1915
Page 29   Column 6
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SHELBYVILLE.
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          Cyrus Stafford  has returned from a six months' visit in California.
Contributed by Virginia Latta Curulla

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Monday, May 3, 1915,
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JAMES  STAFFORD  IN  CALIFORNIA
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Former Shelby County Man Wanted in Washington
Located In Soldiers' Home At Westgate
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          Saturday morning The Republican received a want ad, which was printed that evening, it being as follows:  WANTED - Address of  Lt. J. A. Stafford (or heirs), formerly resident of Shelbyville, and soldier in Seventieth Indiana Infantry.  Address, Edward J. Redmond, McGill Building, Washington, D.C.
          Some inquiry was made as to the J. A. Stafford referred to but the right person was not found who could give the information.  Shep Stafford had a recollection of  James Stafford but knew nothing as to his whereabouts.  This morning the mail brought a copy of "The Pacific Veteran," a small paper published in Westagte, California.  The wrapper bore a one cent postage stamp showing that the paper was not mailed from the office of publication.  The date of the paper was February 6, 1915.  On the front page was this article.
          "A peculiar fact and a pleasant one in Co. E. is that two brothers, James Stafford and  George Stafford, who came to the home, one from Oregon, the other from Indiana, and were assigned to the same company and in adjoining beds.  "James served in the 70th Indiana and George in the 50th Indiana, and the boys' come from a long line of brave men who were well known fighters.  "Mrs. Polly Stafford, of Shelby County, Indiana, their grandmother, gave to the country seventeen grandsons, three great-grandsons and one son."
          There is not a particle of doubt but what the J. A. Stafford wanted by Edward J. Redmond, of Washington is the same person made mention of in the item in the California paper.  It is rather an odd coincident in the identification unless it was so planned.  A National Soldiers' Home is located at Westgate.
          The Polly Stafford mentioned was a pioneer of Shelby County and was well known.  The distinction of having given one son, seventeen grandsons and three great grandsons to her country is a record seldom equaled.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The  Daily  Democrat
Friday June 23, 1905
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COURT  HOUSE  NEWS
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          William H. Stafford  VS  Sarah Stafford,  Divorce. Petition for allowance not granted.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The  Shelbyville  Democrat
June 15, 1904
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LOCAL  NEWS
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          J. S. Stafford,  the dairyman south of town, went to Indianapolis to-day on business.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelby  Democrat
Shelbyville, Ind., December 31, 1903
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NOTICE  OF  INSOLVENCY
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In the matter of the Estate   }        In Shelby
  of Oliver G. Stafford,    }    Circuit Court.
          deceased                 }         No. 3078.
          Notice is hereby given that upon petition filed in said court by Margaret Shadley, administratrix of said estate, setting up the insufficiency of the estate of said decedent to pay the debts and liabilities thereof, the Judge of said court did, on the 28th day of December, 1903, find said estate to be probably insolvent and order the same to be settled accordingly.  The creditors of said estate are therefore hereby notified of such insolvency and required to file their claims against said estate for allowance.
          Witness the clerk and seal of said court, at Shelbyville, Indiana, this 29th day of December, 1903.

(SEAL)     M. O. SULLIVAN, Clerk

Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Daily  Democrat
Tuesday, January 5, 1892
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LOCAL  NEWS.
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          Mr. Bert Stafford  will clerk for the  Porter Bros.,  who recently bought  Floyd & Treeces' stock.  Bert is popular and capable, and the new firm have done a wise thing in giving him employment.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelby  Democrat
Thursday, October 8, 1885
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GOLDEN WEDDING
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          On the first day of October, 1835, Greenup Stafford was married to his present wife*, at the residence of her father, Elijah Lympus, at Lewis Creek, Mr. Stafford being then twenty-four years of age, and his bride nineteen.  For fifty years they have travelled life's rugged path together, and to them the promises have been fulfilled in seeing their children's children.  Last Thursday was the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding day, and it was celebrated in a way that will long be remembered by the hundreds who attended and enjoyed the good things set before them by this hospitable couple.  Tables aggregating two hundred and fifty-five feet in length were set out under the trees and covered with eatables for those who came, and these numbered about four hundred.  Among them were noticed the following old settlers: Rev. E. Kent,  Nathaniel Thompson,  Thomas Foster,  John Young,  William Lympus,  Andrew Maple,  Isaac Wilson,  S. L. Vanpelt,  W. P. Angleton,  John Williams,  Warren Crigler,  W. Woodard,  Isaac Gray,  Squire Sexson,  Isaac Trees and many others.  Mr. and Mrs. Stafford have three sons and two daughters, all married; seventeen grandchildren and four great grandchildren.  At noon S. L. Vanpelt presented the aged couple with a number of presents on behalf of the donors, and after dinner the party was photographed by George Goodrich.  The occasion was an extremely pleasant one, and the Democrat unites with Mr. & Mrs. Stafford's many other friends in wishing them many more years of happy married life.
* Nancy Lympus
Contributed by Barb Huff

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