James Lafayette Stafford (1840-1926)

Parents

Father: Eli Stafford (1797-1848)

Mother: Eliza McComb (1811-1842)

Children

Son: Edward McKee Stafford (1865-1865)

Son: William Lafayette Stafford (1866-1870)

Son: John Franklin Stafford (1868-1931)

Son: Eli McKinley Stafford (1870-1871)

Daughter: Cora Eliza Stafford (1872-1959)

Son: Zeb Mack Stafford (1873-1948)

Son: James Morrison Stafford (1875-1959)

Daughter: Rosa May Stafford (1877-1966)

Son: Arthur Moore Stafford (1879-1961)

Son: Harold Lucius Stafford (1881-1925)

Daughter: Agnes Elizabeth Stafford (1883-1967)

Siblings

Brother: Samuel McKee Stafford (1832-1913)

Brother: William M. Stafford (1837-1842)

Sister: Elizabeth Caroline Stafford (1839-1919)

Spouse

Wife: Cenie Elizabeth McKinley (1841-1911) married on February 25, 1863

Born

March 12, 1840, in Harrisburg, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Died

February 1, 1926, in Harrisburg, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Civil War

• Volunteered on July 20, 1861
• Mustered in on August 21, 1861, at Camp Mason
• Fourth Sergeant, Company H, Seventh North Carolina Infantry Regiment (Lt. Colonel William Lee Davidson commanding), Brig. General James H. Lane's Brigade, Major General Cadmus M. Wilcox's Division, Lt. General Ambrose P. Hill's Third Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
• Mustered into Confederate service on October 31, 1861
• Promoted to Junior Second Lieutenant on December 31, 1862
• At home on furlough during January and February 1863
• On 18-day leave of indulgence during November and December 1863
• Wounded on May 12, 1864, during Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, requiring resection of the left humerus
• Recommended for leave of absence on May 30, 1864
• Retired to invalid corps on January 12, 1865

Photograph

• As a young man
• Gravestone

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