Union Cemetery

Stafford, John (d.1893)


BORN IN: Canada
DIED: 9/1/1893
AGED: 57
CAUSE OF DEATH: Pneumonia
DEATH LOCATION: Redwood City

OCCUPATION: Liveryman

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  • 1836 Revolver (Samuel Colt)
  • 1845 Texas annexed into U.S.
  • 1846 Mexican-American War
  • 1849 California Gold Rush
  • 1850 California became the 31st State
  • 1860 The Pony Express
  • 1861 Abraham Lincoln elected President
  • 1861 American Civil War
  • 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated
  • 1866 Ku Klux Klan
  • 1869 National Woman Suffrage Assoc.
  • 1871 The Great Chicago Fire
  • 1876 Telephones (Alexander Graham Bell)
  • 1876 Baseball's National League
  • 1877 Phonograph (Thomas Edison)
  • 1879 Light Bulb (Thomas Edison)
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JOHN STAFFORD

Redwood City Democrat

September 7, 1893

John Stafford died at his residence on Stambaugh Street last Friday morning about 3:30 am. His health had not been robust for a year past, although he was walking about town two days before he expired. The immediate cause was general debility complicated by pneumonia. He had been prominent in business and political circles of San Mateo County for a number of years. He served several terms as a Supervisor and was Under- sheriff with Edgar. He was buried Sunday afternoon under the auspices of the AOUW, of which he was a member in good standing. His funeral was very large, having a number in line from a distance. A widow and several children survive him. Mr. Stafford had many loyal friends in his life time and they were present in large numbers to attest their sympathy at death. The pallbearers were ex Senator James R. Turner, P.P. Chamberlain, County Treasurer, J.C. Edgar, Deputy Warden of State Prison, Supervisors W.B. Lawrence and H. B. Adair, Geo W. Fox.

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