When Lee Roy Staton was born on 7 May 1893, in Henderson, North Carolina, United States, his father, Baylus Walker Staton, was 28 and his mother, Mary Jane Corn, was 33. He married Maude Conley on 24 March 1915, in Henderson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Blue Ridge, Henderson, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Blue Ridge Township, Henderson, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 August 1975, in Contra Costa, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States.
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English:
habitational name from Stathern (Leicestershire), from Old English staca ‘stake’ + thyrne ‘thorn bush’.
variant of Staden, a habitational name from Staden in King Sterndale (Derbyshire), from Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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