Stanford, Lewis

1842 - 1934  (91 years)

• Name	Stanford, Lewis
  Birth	20 Dec 1842	Layfayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	STAN.L021
  _FGRAVE	20644101
  Death	28 Aug 1934	Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Burial	Kneff Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Stanford, Lewis and Rosanna
  Person ID	I32293	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Stanford - Emmott John Thomas Stanford and Bathsheba Austin 'Bessie' Emmott Descendants, Stanford - Kenley David Stanford and Amanda J. Kenley Descendants, Stanford - Wickersham David Stanford and Rebecca L. Wickersham Descendants
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Stanford, Abraham Newton 'Abram',   b. 20 Apr 1808, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania d. 20 Mar 1884 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Lewis, Eliza,   b. 20 Jan 1809   d. 13 Jan 1863 (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	1830
  Age at Marriage	He was ~ 21 years and 8 months - She was ~ 20 years and 11 months.
  Family ID	F13445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	FROMERY, Rosanna,   b. 1843, Germany d. Nov 1926 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	2 Apr 1863	Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois
  Age at Marriage	He was 20 years and 4 months - She was ~ 20 years and 4 months.
  Children	1. STANFORD, Ruth   d. Bef 28 Aug 1934   2. STANFORD, Abraham L.,   b. 1864   d. 3 Mar 1902 (Age 38 years)   3. STANFORD, Alvin,   b. 25 Jan 1866, Clay County, Illinois d. 1936 (Age 69 years)   4. STANFORD, Henry C.,   b. 22 Jul 1868, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois d. 20 Aug 1869, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois (Age 1 year)   5. STANFORD, Alexander,   b. 16 Aug 1870, Clay County, Illinois d. 29 Feb 1872, Clay County, Illinois (Age 1 year) + 6. STANFORD, Elias,   b. 8 Feb 1873, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois d. 29 Sep 1945, Olney Sanitarium, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 72 years)   7. STANFORD, Andrew Jackson,   b. 29 Nov 1876, Clay County, Illinois d. 20 Aug 1964 (Age 87 years) + 8. Stanford, Eugene Dickson,   b. 30 Nov 1879, Illinois d. 17 Sep 1964 (Age 84 years)   9. STANFORD, Anna May 'Annie',   b. 16 Jul 1882, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois d. 24 May 1976, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F8690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Dec 1842 - Layfayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Marriage - 2 Apr 1863 - Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois Death - 28 Aug 1934 - Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Kneff Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Lewis Stanford, son of Abraham and Eliza Stanford was born in Lafayette, Tippacanoe county, IN on December 20, 1842, and departed this life at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Ehlers in Stanford township on August 28, 1934 age 91years, 8 months and 8 days. He was one of a family of eight children all of whom have preceded him in death except one sister, Mrs. Eliza Monroe. He was untied in marriage to Rosanna Fromery, in Stanford township on April 2, 1863. To this union were born nine children, eight sons and one daughter. Three sons died in infancy and one son, Abraham died in 1901. Four sons, Alvin, Elias, Andrew and Eugene and one daughter, Mrs. May Ehlers, survive him. He was town clerk for a long period and served his township as supervisor for 12 years. During this time he was appointed on the Building Committee of the present Clay county court house. Long obituary: excerpts taken from the family collection of Frances Bones.

  
  

• Sources

  [S9930] (Reliability: 2). [S9931] (Reliability: 2).