Charles married Eleanor L. Thomson on 8 Feb 1881 in Jasper County, Missouri. To this union, at least five children were born, three living to adulthood:
Regina Blanche Stafford (1882 - 1891)
Wilfred Michael Harmar Stafford
Thelma Mamie Stafford Jessen McDonald (1886 - 1975)
William David (a.k.a., Benjamin Franklin) Stafford (1888 - 1943)
Infant Son Stafford (1902 - 1902)
After Eleanor passed in childbirth in 1902, Charles married Mrs. Victoria Martha (née Umphrey) Wolfinger on 21 Sep 1903 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. To this union, John David Stafford was born.
Positions held:
- U. S. Land Commissioner
- U. S. Postmaster of Culbertson, Montana
- stock inspector and detective in Culbertson, Montana
- proprietor of the Evans Hotel in Culbertson, Montana
- opened first drug store, The Valley Drug, in 1902 in Culbertson, Montana
- manager of Tanner Opera Hall
- manager of The Star Meat Market in Culbertson, Montana
- Repuclican state delegate for Valley County, Montana in 1910
- proprietor for the Georgian Hotel in Seattle, Washington, ca. 1912
Despite all of his many accomplishments, Charles S. Stafford disappeared from Seattle, Washington on 14 June 1915. His body was found 100 feet above the Alaska Juneau trail on 8 July 1915 with a self-inflicted gun-shot wound to the head (determined by coroner J. B. Marshall). Since the body was not initially identified and was in such a state of decomposition, he was classified as "unknown" on the death certificate. Because of papers and an initialized watch in his possession, investigators were able to put together the clues as to his identity.
Charles married Eleanor L. Thomson on 8 Feb 1881 in Jasper County, Missouri. To this union, at least five children were born, three living to adulthood:
Regina Blanche Stafford (1882 - 1891)
Wilfred Michael Harmar Stafford
Thelma Mamie Stafford Jessen McDonald (1886 - 1975)
William David (a.k.a., Benjamin Franklin) Stafford (1888 - 1943)
Infant Son Stafford (1902 - 1902)
After Eleanor passed in childbirth in 1902, Charles married Mrs. Victoria Martha (née Umphrey) Wolfinger on 21 Sep 1903 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. To this union, John David Stafford was born.
Positions held:
- U. S. Land Commissioner
- U. S. Postmaster of Culbertson, Montana
- stock inspector and detective in Culbertson, Montana
- proprietor of the Evans Hotel in Culbertson, Montana
- opened first drug store, The Valley Drug, in 1902 in Culbertson, Montana
- manager of Tanner Opera Hall
- manager of The Star Meat Market in Culbertson, Montana
- Repuclican state delegate for Valley County, Montana in 1910
- proprietor for the Georgian Hotel in Seattle, Washington, ca. 1912
Despite all of his many accomplishments, Charles S. Stafford disappeared from Seattle, Washington on 14 June 1915. His body was found 100 feet above the Alaska Juneau trail on 8 July 1915 with a self-inflicted gun-shot wound to the head (determined by coroner J. B. Marshall). Since the body was not initially identified and was in such a state of decomposition, he was classified as "unknown" on the death certificate. Because of papers and an initialized watch in his possession, investigators were able to put together the clues as to his identity.
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