Mahala (Lester) Stafford (1827 - 1908)

Born 24 Feb 1827 in Ohio, United States

Wife of Reuben Robb — married 4 Nov 1848 in Brown, Ohio, United States

Wife of Henry Stafford — married 14 Mar 1876 in Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1908 at age 80 in Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Mahala was born in 1827. Miss Mahala Lester married Reuben Robb in Brown County, Ohio in 1848. They had a daughter, Josephine, born about 1849. Mahala Robb served as a nurse during the US Civil War. By 1870, her daughter Josephine was married to Henry Myers and Mahala was residing with her son-in-law in central Illinois. Mrs. Robb married her second husband, Henry Stafford, March 14, 1876, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Thereafter, she resided in Oskaloosa, where she died in 1908.

Sources

• Marriage: "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  citing FHL microfilm: 384274; Record number: 97;
  FamilySearch Record: XZ4V-64R (accessed 27 April 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 939K-BPS4-H8 Image number 00157
  Name: Mahala Lester; Spouse:Reuben Robb; Marriage Date: 04 Nov 1848; Marriage Place: Brown, Ohio, United States; Source County: Brown.
• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
  citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  FamilySearch Record: MX3J-98D (accessed 27 April 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6GK3-D4T Image number 00405
  Name: Mehalah Robb; Census Date: 1850; Census Place: Lewis, Brown, Ohio, United States; Ethnicity: American; Race: White; Birth Date: 1826; Birth Place: Ohio; Age: 24; Source House Nbr: 465.
• 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
  citing Page: 34; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 2; FHL microfilm: 000545758; Record number: 21388;
  FamilySearch Record: M6HF-HQC (accessed 27 April 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6W37-HPQ Image number 00542
  Name: Mahalia Robb; Census Date: 1870; Census Place: Mount Hope Township, McLean, Illinois, United States; Ethnicity: American; Race: White; Birth Date: 1827; Birth Place: Ohio; Age: 43.
• Newspaper: "Married" in The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald. Oskaloosa, Iowa, 16 March 1876. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. 5th Column, halfway down
• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
  citing enumeration district ED 174, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
  FamilySearch Record: MDL9-4VH (accessed 27 April 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YY2-965W Image number 00699
  Name: Mahalla Stafford; Census Date: 1880; Census Place: Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States; Ethnicity: American; Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Keeping House; Race: White; Birth Date: 1826; Birth Place: Ohio, United States; Age: 54; Relationship To Head: Wife; Source Person Nbr: 1.
• Pension: "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933"
  citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,636,179.
  FamilySearch Record: QJD3-P5QB (accessed 27 April 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 939K-FW93-9J
  Name: Mahala M R Stafford Or Robb; Pension Date: 1907-1933; Pension Place: United States; Death Date: 23 Jan 1908; Military Information: Army Invalid; Dasverify: 14-MAR-14.
• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
  citing enumeration district (ED) 66, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm .
  FamilySearch Record: M925-8J9 (accessed 27 April 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6QWW-42F
  Name: Mahala Stafford; Census Date: 1900; Census Place: Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States; Birth Date: Feb 1827; Birth Place: Ohio; Ethnicity: American; Marital Status: Married; Marriage Date: 1875; Race: White; Age: 73; Cnt Living Children: 1; Cnt Years Married: 25; Cnt Children: 1; Relationship To Head: Wife.
• 1905 Census: "Iowa State Census, 1905"
  citing card #386B, State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,430,520.
  FamilySearch Record: 23BN-KCV (accessed 27 April 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89ZK-PLWX Image number 02770
  Name: Mahala Stafford; Census Date: 1905; Census Place: Mahaska, Iowa, United States; Birth Date: about 1829; Birth Place: Ohio; Marital Status: Married; Age: 76; Ims Ctl File Id: 778954; Source Card Nbr: 386B.
• Newspaper: "Army Nurse Honored" in The Oskaloosa Herald. Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, 09 Nov. 1905. pp.2 Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
• Death: "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
  citing certificate #, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 102869866.
  FamilySearch Record: QPNC-SFBH (accessed 27 April 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS68-Z992-J Image number 01060
  Name: Mahala M Stafford; Death Date: 23 Jan 1908; Death Place: Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States; Birth Date: 1828; Age: 80; Id: 141652; Record Type: Death; Source Document Nbr: 6201114; Event Place Year Range: 1904-1920; Event Type Orig: Death.

See Also:

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #14092830 (accessed 30 April 2023)
  Memorial page for Mahala M. Stafford (24 Feb 1827-23 Jan 1908), citing Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA (plot: section 24 1 3); Maintained by Linda Cain (contributor 46847685).