Marriage 1 Anna J Collinsworth b) 23 August 1880 Texas Marriage ending status divorce.

1. Jo Ella May Stafford b) 7 September 1898 Texas

2. William Valentine Stafford b) 15 November 1900 Wharton County, Texas

3. Herbert Stafford b) before 1902 Texas

Notes on Valentine B. Stafford:

My Grandfather stated that his father was shot when he was just a baby. I wonder if it had anything to do with the Colorado County Feud that Valentine's father Robert F. was involved in (see home page for information on the feud). I have been searching on documentation to back this up, The feud did not end until 1906. If anyone has any information on this shooting please contact me here.

Val B. shows up on the 1930 United States Federal Census click for larger image.
Age: 65
Estimated birth year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Texas
Relation to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's Name: Laura Stafford
Race: White
Home in 1930: Precinct 5, *Matagorda, Texas

1900 Census, TX, Wharton Co., Justice Precinct 1, E.D. 54, sheet 19
Listed at boarder with other RR workers
Stafford, V. B. 8-1870, m. 8 yrs TX, GA, AR Railroad worker

Thanks to Cathey Jendeski for the census information!

*Matagorda County is in the Coastal Prairie region of Texas, bounded on the north by Wharton County it is cut in half by the Colorado River. Railroad construction in Matagorda County during the early twentieth century had helped to encourage development by tying the area to national markets and encouraging immigration. From 1900 to 1902 the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway extended its line from Wharton into northeastern Matagorda County