Husband: Lewis Byrd STAFFORD
Birthdate: about 1855
Birthplace: Missouri
Death date: 1882
Place of death: Scott County, AR or Indian Territory
Father: unknown Stafford
Mother: unknown
Other spouses:

Marriage date: 4-26-1874
Marriage place: Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

Wife: Mary Jane Evaline VANCE
Birthdate: 1854
Birthplace: Washington County, AR
Death date: about 1900
Place of death: Indian Territory
Father: John Vance b. 1801 TN; d. before 1870
Mother: Mary Ann b. 1811 TN; d. about 1890
Other spouses: Russel M. Helms about 1885

CHILDREN

CHILD: 1. Charles Franklin (Frank) Stafford
Birthdate: 2-5-1875 Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Spouses' names: Isabelle Jane Slover (Jennie Belle) (1878-1965)
Marriage date: 11-21-1897 Indianola, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory
Death date: 2-3-1949 Holdenville, Hughes Co., Oklahoma

Child No. 2. William Newton (Newt) Stafford
Birthdate: 1877 Arkansas probably Washington or Scott Co.
Spouses' names: Victoria
Marriage date: unknown
Death date: unknown

Child No. 3. Joseph Columbus Stafford
Birthdate: 1879 Arkansas probably Washington or Scott Co.
Spouses' names: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Death date: unknown

Child No. 4. Jess Antwine Stafford
Birthdate: 10-12-1881 Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas
Spouses' names: [1] Clara Melvin Laws (1895-1935) [2] Mrs. Dora Hardin
Marriage date: [1] 6-26-1914 Peaceable, OK (McAlester) [2] about 1950, Holdenville, OK
Death date: unknown
 
 
Documentation:
* Stafford / Slover family Bible.
* Marriage records Fayetteville, Washington Co., AR.
* 1870 US Census Washington Co., AR.
* 1880 US Census Lafayette Twp. Scott Co. AR.
* 1900 US Census Severs Twp. Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
* Jess Antwine Stafford - oral interview by Jack Stafford.