1873 - 1945 (72 years)
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| Name |
Stanford, Elias |
| Birth |
8 Feb 1873 |
Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
STAN.E011 |
| _FGRAVE |
20436203 |
| Death |
29 Sep 1945 |
Olney Sanitarium, Olney, Richland County, Illinois [1] |
| Burial |
Kneff Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois [1] |
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Headstone, Stanford, Minnie and Elias
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| Person ID |
I32299 |
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 |
12 Jan 2024 |
| Father |
Stanford, Lewis, b. 20 Dec 1842, Layfayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana d. 28 Aug 1934, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois (Age 91 years) |
| Mother |
Fromery, Rosanna, b. 1843, Germany d. Nov 1926 (Age 83 years) |
| Marriage |
2 Apr 1863 |
Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois |
| Family ID |
F8690 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Boon, Minnie May, b. 18 Mar 1878, Illinois d. 6 Jun 1959 (Age 81 years) |
| Marriage |
14 Apr 1897 |
Clay County, Illinois |
| Children |
| + | 1. Stanford, Opal Grace, b. 1 Mar 1912, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 17 Aug 2002, Oregon (Age 90 years) |
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| Family ID |
F12560 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Jan 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Elias Stanford, age 72 years, prominent farmer and life long resident of Stanford township, died at the Olney Sanitarium Saturday morning after an illness of several weeks.
The body was brought to the Branson Funeral Home where it remained until Monday afternoon when it was taken to the family home on Route 45 south of Flora.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at Harmony church with Rev. Clyde Leslie officiating, burial will be at the nearby Kneff cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Minnie Stanford, two sons Delbert in the Seabees, and Meryle at home, one daughter Mrs. Opal Brissenden and one granddaughter, Carolyn Brissenden of Maryland, two brothers Andrew of Tonica and Eugene of Stanford township, and one sister, Mrs. Mae Ehler, also of Stanford township.
Mr. Stanford who had spend his entire life in the south Stanford neighborhood was one of the most industrious farmers and stock raisers of that community and always one to work for the betterment of his community and township.
From the private collection of Frances Stanford Bones.
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| Sources |
- [S9936] (Reliability: 2).
- [S864] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 14, page 7a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).
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