Brief Life History of William Riley
When William Riley Stafford was born in 1822, in Gainesboro, Jackson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Joseph Stafford Sr., was 37 and his mother, Nancy Whitlow, was 35. He married Sarah "Sallie" Gentry about 1848, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Civil District 1, Jackson, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1861. He died in 1884, at the age of 62, and was buried in Jackson, Tennessee, United States.
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- William B Stafford, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Riley Stafford - Published information: birth-name: William Riley Stafford
- Rheley Stafford in entry for Nan Hlady, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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