When Lucy Ann Richardson was born on 16 January 1856, in Saint James, Stone, Arkansas, United States, her father, William R Richardson, was 30 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Seaton, was 31. She married James M Stafford on 29 July 1875, in Stone, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Sharp, Arkansas, United States in 1935 and Butler Township, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States in 1940. She died on 28 May 1955, in Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 99.