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1877 - 1959 (82 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Leonard Jesse Stafford was born on 23 Mar 1877 in Cass County, Texas (son of George Washington Stafford and Lucinda Jane Belcher); died on 30 Nov 1959 in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas. Notes:
Art Peck writes that as a young married man, he farmed and raised cattle. Later he worked for Humbolt Oil in Humbolt, Texas. During World War II, he was employed at Todd Ship Yards. He returned to the Oil industry after the War, retiring from Shell Oil Company.
Volume 12 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 5, 1949, reported that he, along with his wife and youngest daughter, Marybell, attended the Spanish American War Veterans Convention on Amarillo.
The "Lowery plus" tree on Rootsweb instead has his place of birth as Marshall, Texas.
Leonard married Belle Adeline Hills on 20 Sep 1905 in Texas. Belle (daughter of Henry Cleveland Hills and Mary Magdalena Krapf) was born on 20 Sep 1887 in Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas; died on 25 Sep 1969 in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Ina Inez Stafford was born on 26 Jul 1906 in Whitehall, Poinsett County, Arkansas; died on 10 Sep 1914 in Caruth, Dunklin County, Missouri.
- Ralph Leonard Stafford was born on 27 Aug 1908 in Whitehall, Poinsett County, Arkansas; died on 14 Feb 1993 in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas.
- Eulas Henry Howard Stafford, Sr. was born on 26 Nov 1914 in Caruth, Dunklin County, Missouri; died on 22 Aug 1996 in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas.
- Vivian Marybell Stafford was born on 29 Apr 1919 in Humble, Harris County, Texas; died on 3 Apr 1988 in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
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Generation: 2
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