Flemming
Stafford and
Elizabeth "Lizzie"
Evans
Flemming Stafford b about 1814 KY d 27 Mar 1901
Catlettsburg, Boyd Co KY; s/o John Stafford and Nancy Runyon. Flemming Stafford
m. 22 Aug 1841 Pike Co KY to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Evans b about 1822 KY. Fleming
enlisted with the 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry and was mustered into the
service on 15 Jan., 1863, at Piketon. He was nearly 50 years of age. He was in
The Battle of Turman's Ferry and was one of the men mentioned who suffered
frostbite from exposure. Fleming was admitted to the Regimental Hospital on 25
November, 1863, with Chronic Rheumatism according to the Surgeon General’s
report and was discharged on 15 Feb., 1864, at Catlettsburg in Boyd Co., KY, due
to disability. His pension papers describe him as 6’ tall, fair complexion,
light or gray hair, and blue eyes. Children of Flemming Stafford and Elizabeth
"Lizzie" Evans;
1. Elexius Stafford b about 1842 VA
2. John Ferrell Stafford b 24 Aug 1844 Pike Co KY
d 11 Dec 1926 Catlettsburg, Boyd Co KY; buried 13 Dec 1926 Catlettsburg
Cemetery, Catlettsburg, Boyd Co KY; had a brief romance about 1864 with
Katherine Wallace; d/o Solomon Wallace and Lucy Daniels. John Ferrell STAFFORD
enlisted with the 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry on 28 Jan 1863 at Peach Orchard
and served under Capt. William KING. In November 1864 at Marion, Virginia, John
took ill and in the Winter of 1864 when the troops were marching through Bean
Station, Tennessee, he contracted Rheumatism brought on by exposure to the cold
weather. He was Honorably Discharged at Louisville, KY on 15 September 1865. His
pension papers describe him as being 5ft 4in. tall, fair complexion, light hair
and blue eyes. Sometime during 1864, John met Katherine WALLACE (daughter of
Pvt. Solomon WALLACE of Co. G 39th KY Mounted Infantry, and Lucinda DANIELS).
They had a brief romance which resulted in the birth of one child, my
Great-Grandfather: Child of John Ferrell Stafford and Katherine Wallace;
I. Issac Stafford Wallace
b about 1865 d 26 Apr 1947 Majestic, Pike Co KY; m. 7 Mar 1889 Huddy, Pike Co KY
(at the home of Katherine Wallace) to Matilda Ellen Mounts b 4 Oct 1871 Huddy,
Pike Co KY d 3 Oct 1955 Majestic, Pike Co KY.
John Ferrell Stafford m. 19 Mar 1868 at age 23 to
Paulina "Perlina" McCOY d/o Benjamin "Ben" McCOY and Phoebe McCOY. Children of
JOHN STAFFORD and PAULINA MCCOY:
ii. OCTAVIA STAFFORD, b.
May 19, 1869, Lawrence Co, KY; d. Aft. 1947; m. SAMUEL P "SAM" THOMPSON+, Mingo
Co WV; b. Abt. 1873; d. November 28, 1953, Martin Co KY.
iii. LEWIS STAFFORD, b.
March 12, 1872, Wayne Co WV (Ceredo); d. April 15, 1941, Lawrence Co KY
(Richardson); m. ROSIE BUTCHER+; d. Bef. 1941.
iv. LOUISA "LEWIE"
STAFFORD, b. February 25, 1873, Lawrence Co KY.
v. JOSEPH "JOE" STAFFORD,
b. October 16, 1875, Lawrence Co KY; d. Abt. July 1941.
vi. MARY ELLEN STAFFORD,
b. November 19, 1877, Lawrence Co KY; d. Bef. 1915.
vii. JAMES HARRISON "JIM"
STAFFORD, b. February 10, 1880, Lawrence Co KY; d. Abt. 1964; m. BERTHA F (UMN)
STAFFORD
viii. FLEMING "FLEM" (II)
STAFFORD, b. August 29, 1883; d. Bef. 1915.
ix. LILLIE ELIZABETH "LIBBIE"
STAFFORD, b. March 09, 1885; m. (1) UNKNOWN MCCOY; m. (2) FRANK STEWART; m. (3)
UNKNOWN WELLMAN and several others.
x. J FRED STAFFORD, b.
October 10, 1887.
xi. MILTON BURNS (I)
STAFFORD, b. June 23, 1890, Lawrence Co KY; m. IDA HALE+, September 05, 1913,
Boyd Co KY (Catlettsburg).
xii. EDWARD STAFFORD, b.
April 25, 1893; m. UNKNOWN (UMN) STAFFORD
xiii. LEO STAFFORD, b.
February 26, 1896; d. Abt. 1913.
John Ferrell Stafford m. 19 Nov 1925 Boyd Co KY
(at age 81) to Malissa Unknown STAMPER, (Malissa Unknown Stamper had been
divorced from her first husband about 1903 in Grayson Carter Co KY).
John Ferrell Stafford was a farmer, but at some point during his life, he worked
as a US Mail Carrier in Ceredo, Wayne Co WV. After John died, his widow, Malissa
Unknown Stamper - Stafford, applied for John’s accrued pension on 25 Jan 1927.
3. Phoebe Stafford b about 1845 KY
4. Hammond "Harmon" Stafford b about 1847 KY
5. Compton Stafford b 1848 KY
6. Lewis Stafford b about 1850
7. Anderson "Anse" Stafford b about 1851
8. Rebecca Stafford b about 1852
9. Vina Sophia "Trona" Stafford b about 1854
10. Pauline Stafford b 8 OCT 1858 Pike Co KY
11. Mary Pauline Stafford b 1862
12. Martha Adelia "Addie" Stafford b about 1866
Flemming Stafford and
Elizabeth "Peggy" Hardy-Artrip
Flemming Stafford b about 1814 KY d 27 Mar 1901
Catlettsburg, Boyd Co KY age 87 years; s/o John Stafford and Nancy Runyon.
Flemming Stafford m. 22 Dec 1885 Lawrence Co KY at age 62 to Elizabeth "Peggy"
Hardy-Artrip (widow of Jackson Artrip) b Aug 1827 NC. They had no children.
Elizabeth HARDY-ARTRIP applied for Fleming’s
pension. The pension file is approximately 41 pages long and includes a “Special
Investigation” into the circumstances of Fleming’s death. One of Fleming’s
daughters, Sophie STAFFORD-WELLMAN, accused their step-mother of having poisoned
their father to death. It was never determined from the pension papers whether
or not the daughter’s claim was proven to be true.
1850 Pike Co KY Census
22 551 551 Stafford Flemming 36 M Farmer 500 KY X
23 551 551 Stafford Elizabeth 28 F KY X
24 551 551 Stafford Elexius 8 M VA
25 551 551 Stafford John F 6 M KY
26 551 551 Stafford Rhebe 5 F KY
27 551 551 Stafford Hammond 3 M KY
28 551 551 Stafford Compton 2 M KY
29 551 551 Stafford Lewis 3/12 M KY
Sources: Tara Wallace-Maggard -
(maggard01@earthlink.net ), Ira
Runyon - (runyon@bellsouth.net) and
Betty Howard
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