Biography of James K. Stafford, page 667.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

James K. Stafford, the third child of James and Ann Stafford, was born in 
Jackson Township, April 23, 1846.  He was reared to the life of a farmer, 
remaining with his parents till manhood.  He received a good education in 
the common schools.  Sept. 19, 1872, he was married to Margaret Ann Duncan, 
a native of Ohio, born March 6, 1848, a daughter of John and Elizabeth 
Duncan.  Her father having died in the fall of 1848, her mother moved to De 
Kalb County with her father, John Dancer, and settled in Jackson Township, 
and is now the widow of William Essig.  Mrs. Stafford is a very cultured 
woman and before her marriage was a prominent teacher in the De Kalb County 
schools.  Soon after heir marriage Mr. Stafford settled on  section 14, 
Jackson township, where they have since lived.  They are genial and 
hospitable, and have many friends, who always find a welcome at their 
fireside.  Their eldest child died in infancy.  Two children, Ida B. and 
Charles D., now make the home a happy and lively one.  In politics Mr. 
Stafford is a Democrat.

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