Daughter of William Jr and Mary Polly Meenach Sparks. 2nd wife of Captain Samuel Blair Stafford. Mother of William Marion, Eugene Mahlon, Emma Jane Stafford George, Elsie May Stafford McIntyre, John Samuel and Baby Stafford.∼Cordelia was born in Kentucky. She married Samuel Blair Stafford (b: 3 MAY 1831) in Fentress County, Tennessee on 11 APR 1869.
The two had several children in Missouri: William Marion Stafford b: JAN 1870; Mahlon Stafford b: 1872; Emma Jane Stafford b: 1873; Elsie Stafford b: 1876; John S. Stafford b: 1877; and an unnamed baby Stafford b: MAY 1879.
The last childbirth killed Cordelia on May 30, 1879. I don't know if the baby surived, but Cordelia's cause of death is listed as "peritoneal inflammation or gangrene." She was only thirty-years-old.
The two had several children in Missouri: William Marion Stafford b: JAN 1870; Mahlon Stafford b: 1872; Emma Jane Stafford b: 1873; Elsie Stafford b: 1876; John S. Stafford b: 1877; and an unnamed baby Stafford b: MAY 1879.
The last childbirth killed Cordelia on May 30, 1879. I don't know if the baby surived, but Cordelia's cause of death is listed as "peritoneal inflammation or gangrene." She was only thirty-years-old.
Daughter of William Jr and Mary Polly Meenach Sparks. 2nd wife of Captain Samuel Blair Stafford. Mother of William Marion, Eugene Mahlon, Emma Jane Stafford George, Elsie May Stafford McIntyre, John Samuel and Baby Stafford.∼Cordelia was born in Kentucky. She married Samuel Blair Stafford (b: 3 MAY 1831) in Fentress County, Tennessee on 11 APR 1869.
The two had several children in Missouri: William Marion Stafford b: JAN 1870; Mahlon Stafford b: 1872; Emma Jane Stafford b: 1873; Elsie Stafford b: 1876; John S. Stafford b: 1877; and an unnamed baby Stafford b: MAY 1879.
The last childbirth killed Cordelia on May 30, 1879. I don't know if the baby surived, but Cordelia's cause of death is listed as "peritoneal inflammation or gangrene." She was only thirty-years-old.
The two had several children in Missouri: William Marion Stafford b: JAN 1870; Mahlon Stafford b: 1872; Emma Jane Stafford b: 1873; Elsie Stafford b: 1876; John S. Stafford b: 1877; and an unnamed baby Stafford b: MAY 1879.
The last childbirth killed Cordelia on May 30, 1879. I don't know if the baby surived, but Cordelia's cause of death is listed as "peritoneal inflammation or gangrene." She was only thirty-years-old.
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