Asa Porter STAFFORD

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Hattie Alice SYLVESTER

(1) Source: Minnesota, Marriages Index via Ancestry.com.

  1. Allen Phelps STAFFORD
  2. Clara Matilda STAFFORD
  3. Frances May STAFFORD

Family 2: Hulda E. HORN

(1) Source: Minnesota, U.S., Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System via Ancestry.com.

  1. Ada I. STAFFORD
  2. Asa Lloyd STAFFORD
  3. John F. STAFFORD
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Notes

Updated January 2, 2026. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Minnesota, Marriages Index via Ancestry.com

- Name: Asa P STAFFORD
- Gender: Male
- Age: 31
- Birth Date: 1854
- Birth Place: Wabasha, Minnesota
- Spouse's Name: Hattie A SYLVESTER
- Spouse Gender: Female
- Spouse Age: 24
- Spouse Birth Date: 1861
- Spouse Birth Place: Wabasha, Minnesota
- Marriage Date: 15 Jan 1885
- Marriage Place: Plainview, Wabasha, Minnesota
- Event Type: Marriage
- FHL Film Number: 1320198

(2) 1885 Minnesota State Census for Wabasha Co., Plainview: Schedule 1; Page 6; May 29, 1885.

P. A. STAFFORD and Hattie [SYLVESTER] STAFFORD reside in the Chancey CROMWELL household. He is 31 years old, born in New York, and his parents were born in the United States.

(3) Minnesota, U.S., Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System via Ancestry.com

- Name: Asa P STAFFORD
- Marriage Date: 31 Aug 1893
- Marriage Place: Wabasha, Minnesota, USA
- Spouse: Hulda E HORN
- Certificate Number: Mi 376

(4) 1895 Minnesota State Census for Wabasha Co., Village of Plainview: Page 423; June 22, 1895.

Asa P. STAFFORD is head of household, married to Hulda [HORN] STAFFORD. Children in the household are Allan, Clara, Frances, and Ada STAFFORD. Asa is 44 years old, born in Vermont, and his occupation is Hardware. He has lived in the state for 14 years and in this enumeration district 8 years and 10 months.

(5) 1900 United States Census for Kansas, Osage Co., Melvern Twp.: Supervisor's District 4; Enumeration District 121; Sheet 8A; June 15, 1900.

Asa P. STAFFORD is head of household, married to Hulda E. [HORN] STAFFORD. Children from his first marriage residing with him include Allen P., Clara M. and Frances M. STAFFORD. A child from his current marriage to Hulda also resides with them, Ada I. STAFFORD.

- Birth month: January 1854; age 46
- Marital Status: Married for 7 years
- Birthplace: Vermont, as were his parents
- Occupation: Tinner, in a tin shop
- Home: Owns his home with a mortgage

(6) 1905 Kansas State Census Schedule 1, Coffey Co., Town of Waverly; March 1, 1905.

A. STAFFORD is head of household, married to H.E. [Hulda E. HORN] STAFFORD. Children in the household are A.P, C.M, F.M, A.I, and A.L. STAFFORD. He is 51 years old and born in New York.

(7) 1910 United States Census for Kansas, Saline Co., Greeley Twp.: Supervisor's District 5; Enumeration District 120; Sheet 3A; May 2, 1910.

Asa P. STAFFORD is head of household, married to Huldah E. [HORN] STAFFORD. Children in the household are Clara M. and Frances M. STAFFORD (from Asa's first marriage) and Ada, Asa L. and John STAFFORD (children of Asa and Huldah).

- Age: 56; married for 17 years
- Birthplace: Vermont, as were his parents
- Occupation: Farmer on a general farm, working on his own account
- Home: Owns his farm free of mortgage

(8) 1915 Kansas State Census Schedule 1, Saline Co., Town of Greeley.

A. P. STAFFORD is head of household, married to H.E. [Hulda E. HORN] STAFFORD. Children in the household are Clara, Frances, Ida, Lloyd and Franklin STAFFORD. He is 61 years old and born in New York.

(9) 1920 United States Census for Kansas, Saline Co., Salina City, Ward 4: Supervisor's District 5; Enumeration District 148; Sheet 11A, January 17, 1920.

Asa P. STAFFORD is head of household, married to Huldah E. [HORN] STAFFORD. Children in the household include Asa Lloyd and John F. STAFFORD.

- Address: 1320 Gypsum Avenue
- Age: 65
- Home: Owns a house, free of mortgage
- Birthplace: New York, as were his parents
- Occupation: Janitor at the YMCA

(10) 1925 Kansas State Census Schedule 1, Saline Co., Town of Greeley.

A. P. STAFFORD is head of household, married to Huldah [HORN] STAFFORD. Children in the household are Loyd and Franklin.

- Age: 71
- Home: Owns his home free of mortgage
- Birthplace: New York, as were his parents
- Occupation: Metal; tinner

(11) 1930 United States Census for Colorado, Denver Co., Denver City: Ward 6; Block 500; Enumeration District 16-223; Sheet 6B; April 7, 1930.

Asa Porter STAFFORD is head of household, married to Hulda [HORN] STAFFORD. Their child is listed as Lloyd. The family is co-located with and renting from Asa's daughter and son-in-law (Frances and Benjamin BULLEN).

- Address: 3246 Stuart Street
- Home ownership: no; monthly rent not listed
- Radio ownership: no
- Age: 76 years old at time of census; 31 when first married
- Birthplace: Vermont, as were his parents

(12) U.S., City Directories via Ancestry.com

Salina, Kansas

- 1909: STAFFORD Asa P (Hulda E), tinner, r 121 S 3d.
- 1911: STAFFORD Asa P (Hulda E), tinner Salina Plumbing Co, r 1320 Gypsum av.
- 1913: STAFFORD Asa P (Hulda E), tinner Salina Plbg Co, r 1320 E Gypsum av.
- 1915: STAFFORD Asa P (Hulda E), tinner, r 1320 E Gypsum av.
- 1917: STAFFORD Asa P (Hulda E), tinner M M Plumbing & H Co, r 1320 E Gypsum.
- 1919: STAFFORD Asa P (Hulda E), metal wkr, r 1320 E Gypsum av.
- 1921: STAFFORD Asa P (Hulda E), janitor Y M C A, r 1320 E Gypsum av.
- 1923: STAFFORD Asa P (Hulda E), harness clnr U S. Farm Sales Co, r 1320 Gypsum av
- 1925: STAFFORD Asa P (Hulda) clk Barkalow Bros Co, r 1320 Gypsum av
- 1927: STAFFORD Asa P (Hulda E) h1320 Gypsum av
- 1929: STAFFORD Asa P (Hulda) clk Barkalow Bros Co h1320 Gypsum av
- 1931: STAFFORD Asa P (Hulda) clk h1320 Gypsum av

Denver, Colorado

- 1930: STAFFORD Asa Porter (Hulda E) r 3246 Stuart
- 1931: STAFFORD Asa Porter (Hulda E) r 3246 Stuart
- 1932: STAFFORD Asa Porter (Hulda E) h 3246 Stuart
- 1933: STAFFORD Asa Porter (Hulda E) h 3246 Stuart

(13) Kansas, U.S., Fraternal Order Death Index via Ancestry.com

- Name: A. P. Stafford
- Residence Place: Salina, Saline Co.
- Death Date: 16 Oct 1933
- Notes: IOOF Lodge No. 28 [International Order of Odd Fellows]

(14) Find a Grave

- Name: Asa Porter STAFFORD
- Birth: 15 Jan 1854
- Death: 16 Oct 1933 (aged 79)
- Burial: Greenwood Cemetery; Plainview, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA
- Plot: Section First Addition-5-1-1
- Memorial ID: 55403598

(15) Manzow, Ron, ed., "The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota -- a collection of information taken from the Plainview News, other newspapers, letters, and diaries beginning in 1884" (Plainview, Minnesota: Plainview History Center, 2001).

- Middle name provided in Sylvester family descendant chart
- 1885 (January 15): Marriage of A. P. STAFFORD to Hattie M. Sylvester. (page 2)
- 1893 (January 26): His wife Hattie passed away. (page 9)
- 1893 (August 30): Married Hulda HORN on August 30, 1893. (page 9)
- 1899: Relocated to Homes, IA (page 17)
- 1933: Passed away. (Sylvester family descendant chart)

(16) George W. Sylvester family reunion. Plainview, MN (August 16-18, 2002).

- A. Porter STAFFORD operated a hardware store on Broadway, in Plainview, MN.
- The A. Porter STAFFORD headstone at Greenwood cemetery (latitude/longitude: 44.169167, -92.173056) reads "Father / A. Porter / 1854 - 1933."

(17) Jewell Family Records. August 8, 2002.

- Notes that his first name is "Asa" where other sources lists only his first initial
- Provides exact birth date and location
- The son of Benjamin F. and Misa Irene (WILLIAMS) STAFFORD
- He was a hardware merchant and ran a store in Plainview, Minnesota