When Eli Stafford was born on 19 November 1797, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States, his father, Samuel Stafford, was 45 and his mother, Abigail Cosand, was 35. He married Elizabeth Pritchard on 13 June 1818, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Greensboro Township, Henry, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Greensboro MM, Henry, Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 22 November 1877, at the age of 80, and was buried in Clear Springs MM, Henry, Indiana, United States.
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English: habitational name principally from Stafford (Staffordshire), but occasionally from other places with similar names, such as Stafford House in Ifield (Sussex), possibly East and West Stowford in East Down (Devon), and three minor places in Devon called Stafford, in Dolton, Broadhembury, and Colyton parishes. The places are all named with Old English ford ‘ford’ as the final element, but have different initial elements. The Staffordshire placename has Old English stæth ‘river bank, shore’; Stafford in Colyton (Devon) has Old English stān ‘stone, rock’; the Sussex placename has Old English stēor ‘steer, bullock’; East and West Stowford (Devon) have Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’; Stafford in Dolton and Stafford in Broadhembury (Devon) may have Old English stæth, stān, or stæf.
Irish (Wexford): variant of Stocker .
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