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Julia Margaret STAFFORD
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Name Julia Margaret STAFFORD [1, 2, 3] Birth 16 Aug 1913 Marshall, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
[2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Gender Female Also Known As Julia Marguerite STAFFORD [4, 7, 8] Also Known As Margaret STAFFORD [9] Also Known As Marguerite STAFFORD [5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20] Census 19 Jan 1920 Marshall, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
[1] Census 8 Apr 1930 Marshall, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
[9] Census 27 Apr 1940 Marshall, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
[11] Census 10 Apr 1950 Marshall, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
[12] Death 5 Sep 1997 Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
[4, 5] Burial 8 Sep 1997 Judah Church of Christ Cemetery/Marshall, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
[4] Person ID I4545 Rivera Family Tree Last Modified 2 Sep 2025
Father Luther Berlin STAFFORD, b. 18 Aug 1890, Logan, Dearborn, Indiana, USA
d. 13 Oct 1965, Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
(Age 75 years) Relationship natural Mother Clarissa Goldia HARRELL, b. 15 May 1892, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
d. 17 Jul 1982, Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
(Age 90 years) Relationship natural Marriage 13 Aug 1912 Indiana, USA
[21] Family ID F1496 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family David Cemer DAVIS, b. 5 Jul 1913, Marshall, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
d. 26 Apr 1997, Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
(Age 83 years) Marriage 5 May 1933 Jackson, Indiana, USA
[3, 6] Children + 1. Dr. David Cemer DAVIS, Jr., b. 29 Sep 1933, Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
d. 5 Feb 2003, Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, USA
(Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. Keith Stafford DAVIS, b. 16 Jun 1938, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, USA
d. 25 Sep 2003, Methodist Hospital/Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, USA
(Age 65 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 3. Reba Marguerite DAVIS, b. 22 Dec 1947, Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
d. 21 Nov 2023, King's Daughters' Medical Center/Ashland, Boyd, Kentucky, USA
(Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1669 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Sep 2025
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Sources - [S1480] 1920 U.S. Census, Indiana, Lawrence, Marshall, Fourteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 3, Enumeration District No. 121, Sheet No. 10B.
Lines 95 thru 100 - [S991] Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944.
Name: Julia Margaret Stafford
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1913
Birth Place: Marshall, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
Father: Berlin Stafford
Mother: Goldie Harrell
Certificate Number: 29997
Roll number: 40474_357400
Volume Range: 655 - 661 - [S989] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012.
Name: Julia Margurite Stafford
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marriage Age: 19
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1913
Birth Place: Bedford, Indiana
Marriage License Date: 5 May 1933
Marriage Date: 8 May 1933
Marriage Place: Jackson, Indiana, USA
Residence Place: Bedford, Indiana
Spouse: David C Davis
Birth Date: 5 Jun 1911
Birth Place: Bedford, Indiana - [S987] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.
Name: Julia Marguerite Davis
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 84
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1913
Birth Place: Lawrence County, Indiana
Death Date: 5 Sep 1997
Death Place: Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date: 1997
Father: Berlin Stafford
Mother: Goldie Harrell - [S1506] Judah Church of Christ Cemetery (Marshall, Lawrence, Indiana, USA), Grave Markers.
DAVIS
DAVID C.
JUNE 5, 1913
APRIL 26, 1997
MARGUERITE J.
AUG. 16, 1913
SEPT. 5, 1997 - [S1283] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
Name: Julia Margurite Stafford
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 20
Event Type: Marriage Registration (Marriage)
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1913
Birth Place: Bedford, Indiana
Marriage Date: 5 May 1933
Marriage Place: Indiana, United States
Residence Place: Bedford, Indiana
Father: E B Stafford
Mother: Goldie Harrell
Spouse: David C Davis
Page: 434 - [S1283] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
Name: Julia Marguerite Stafford
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 20
Event Type: Marriage Registration (Marriage)
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1913
Birth Place: Bedford, Indiana
Marriage Date: 5 May 1933
Marriage Place: Indiana, United States
Residence Place: Bedford, Indiana
Father: E B Stafford
Mother: Goldie Harrell
Spouse: David C Davis
Birth Dat: 5 Jun 1911
Birth Place: Bedford, Indiana
Page: 434 - [S929] U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947.
Name: David Cemer Davis
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 27
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 5 Jun 1913
Birth Place: Lawrence, Indiana
Residence Place: Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Indiana, USA
Employer: Marshall Twp
Height: 5 11
Weight: 150
Complexion: Blue
Hair Color: Light
Eye Color: Brown
Next of Kin: Julia Marguerite Davis - [S1486] 1930 U.S. Census, Indiana, Lawrence, Marshall, Ffiteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Enumeration District No. 47-9, Supervisor's District No. 13, Sheet No. 3A.
Lines 15 thru 23 - [S987] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.
Name: David C. Davis
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Age: 83
Birth Date: 5 Jun 1913
Birth Place: Lawrence County, Indiana
Death Date: 26 Apr 1997
Death Place: Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date: 1997
Father: Luther Davis
Mother: Rose Chambers
Spouse: Marguerite Davis - [S1507] 1940 U.S. Census, Indiana, Lawrence, Marshall Township, Sixteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 9, Enumeration District No. 47-12, Sheet No. 8B.
Lines 67 thru 70 - [S1508] 1950 U.S. Census, Indiana, Lawrence, Marshall, Seventeenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Enumeration District No. 47-17, Sheet No. 13.
Lines 27 thru 30 - [S920] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
Name: Keith Stafford Davis
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1938
Birth Place: Muncie Delew, Indiana
Death Date: 25 Sep 2003
Father: David C Davis
Mother: Margurite J Stafford
SSN: 312389748
Notes: Feb 1955: Name Listed As Keith Stafford Davis; 14 Jun 1996: Name Listed As Keith S Davis - [S1509] Obituary of Keith S. DAVIS, (Name: Courier & Press; Location: Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA; Date: 28 Sep 2003;).
Keith S. Davis
June 16, 1938 - Sept. 26, 2003
HENDERSON, Ky. - Keith S. Davis, 65, formerly of Avoca, died Thursday, September 26, at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, Ky., following a lengthy illness.
He as born June 16, 1938, the son of David and Garguerite (Stafford) Davis.
He graduated from Needmore High School with the class of 1956.
Survivors include two sons: Michael D. Davis and William Davis, both of Henderson, Ky.; one sister, Reba Coats of Grayson, Ky.; and four grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Martin Luther Davis; and one brother, David "Davey" Davis.
Burial was in the Fairmont Cemeter in Henderson, Ky. - [S989] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012.
Name: Keith Stafford Davis
Marriage Age: 18
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1937
Marriage Date: 3 Jun 1956
Marriage Place: Orange, Indiana, USA
Father: David C Davis
Mother: Marguerite Stafford
Spouse: Janet Kay Ashcraft
Birth Date: 27 May 1937
Other Person: William R Boyd
Certifier: William R Boyd
Officiator: R C Curtis - [S989] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012.
Name: David C Davis Jr
Marriage Age: 19
Birth Date: 29 Sep 1933
Marriage Date: 1 May 1953
Marriage Place: Gibson, Indiana, USA
Father: David C Davis
Mother: Margueirete Stofford
Spouse: Phyllis J Beasley
Marriage Age: 18
Birth Date: 18 Nov 1934
Other Person: Joe Bammer
Certifier: Joe Bammer
Officiator: Glen R Bond - [S920] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
Name: David Cemer Davis Jr
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 29 Sep 1933
Birth Place: Bedford Lawr, Indiana
Death Date: 5 Feb 2003
Father: David C Davis
Mother: Margerite Stafford
SSN: 303360370
Notes: Mar 1952: Name Listed As David Cemer Davis Jr; 11 Feb 2003: Name Listed As David C Davis Jr - [S1479] Lawrence County, Indiana, U.S., Marriage Records, 1952-2023.
Name: Reba Marguerite Davis
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 22 Dec 1947
Birth Place: Bedford, Indiana
Marriage License Date: 26 Nov 1966
Marriage Date: 2 Dec 1966
Marriage Place: Avoca
Father: David C. Davis
Mother: Marguerite Davis
Spouse: James Darrell Coates
Birth Date: 30 Mar 1946
Birth Place: Louisville, Kentucky
Certificate Number: 78 - [S1515] Obituary of Reba DAVIS COATES, (Name: Malone Funeral Home; Location: Grayson, Carter, Kentucky, USA; Date: Abt. 23 Nov 2023;).
Reba Marguerite Davis Coates, 75, of Grayson went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at the Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. Reba was born December 22, 1947 in Bedford, IN a daughter of the late, David and Marguerite Stafford Davis. In addition to her parents, Reba was preceded in death by a daughter, Dr. Jamie Rachelle Coates; and two brothers, David Davis and Keith Davis. Reba graduated from Needmore High School, and attended Oakland City College, where she met the love of her life, Darrell. After college, Reba worked as a Civilian Employee with the US Navy working as a System Analyst. Reba was a member of Oak Grove Church of Christ for over 35 years. Reba enjoyed cross-stitch, and loved to collect angels and bells. Reba is survived by her loving husband of 56 years, James Darrell Coates; a daughter, Julia Marie (Brendon) Marting of Dayton, OH; a sister-in-law, Phyllis Davis of Clearwater, FL; special friends, Tonda and Amon Yates of Grayson; and several friends and extended family who all mourn her passing.
Funeral services will be 1 pm Monday, November 27, 2023 at the Oak Grove Church of Christ on Damron Branch in Grayson with Bro. Donald M. Damron and Bro. Bradley Cotten officiating. Burial will follow in the Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be 11 am Monday until the service hour at the church. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.malonefuneralhome.com
In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to: Oak Grove Church of Christ, 1525 Damron Branch, Grayson, KY 41143 - [S1519] Obituary of Clara Ellen PARHAM.
Clara Ellen Parham of Bedford, IN, died Friday, August 29, 2003, at Dunn Memorial Hospital. Born on October 1, 1915, in Lawrence County, IN, she was the daughter of Berlin and Goldia (Harrell) Stafford. She married J. Edward Parham on December 24, 1936, and he preceded her in death.
Surviving are one son, James E. Parham of Maitland, FL; one daughter, Jane Smith of Bedford, IN; two sisters, Helen Grubb of Bedford, IN, and Rose Hardwick of Florida; and one brother, J. Eugene Stafford of New Mexico. She was preceded in death by one brother, Gordon Stafford; and two sisters, Marguerite Davis and Roberta Boruff.
For many years she was property manager for Presidential Estates in Madison, IN. She was a member of the First Christian Church and of the Eastern Star.
Services for Clara Ellen Parham will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, September 3rd, at the Day & Carter Mortuary. Burial will follow in Cresthaven Memory Gardens. - [S1283] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
Name: Luther Berlin Stafford
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 21
Event Type: Marriage Registration (Marriage)
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1890
Birth Place: Logan, Indiana
Marriage Date: 13 Aug 1912
Marriage Place: Indiana, United States
Residence Place: Logan, Indiana
Father: John B Stafford
Mother: Ellen Fisher
Spouse: Clarissa Goldie Harrell
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 20
Birth Date: 15 May 1892
Birth Place: Lawrence, Indiana
Page: 40
- [S1480] 1920 U.S. Census, Indiana, Lawrence, Marshall, Fourteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 3, Enumeration District No. 121, Sheet No. 10B.
