Joseph Charles GAFFORD

                   1880 Census Place:	Concordia, Cloud, Kansas,  Lincoln Twp., Eleventh S.
	Source:	FHL Film 1254376  National Archives Film T9-0376     Page 208B
	Relation	Sex	Marr	Race	Age	Birthplace
Joseph C. GAFFORD	Self	M	M	W	25	IA
	Occ:	Furniture Dealer	Fa: NY	Mo: OH
Lizzie E. GAFFORD	Wife	F	M	W	24	CANADA
	Occ:	Keeping House	Fa: CANADA	Mo: CANADA
Roy GAFFORD	Son	M	S	W	3	KS
	Occ:	At Home	Fa: IA	Mo: CANADA
James A. GAFFORD	Father	M	M	W	50	NY
	Occ:	Furniture Dealer	Fa: IA	Mo: CANADA
Mary MURRAY	Other	F	S	W	24	NY
	Occ:	Servant	Fa: PA	Mo: PA
Simon KNUDSON	Other	M	S	W	26	DENMARK
	Occ:	Cabinet Maker	Fa: DENMARK	Mo: DENMARK

1885 Florida Census: Marion, District 8, June 1, 1885
1841,
J.C. Gafford, male, 31, head, farmer, Ind, Ind, Ind???
L. " , female, 27, wife, Ind, Ind, Ind
Roy " , male, 8, son, Kan, Ind, Ind
?John " , male, 1, son, Iowa, Ind, Ind,

1900 census 8th street,  Minneapolis, Ottawa, KS, Eighth Street, E.D.82, sheet 15
Gafford, Joseph C., June 1854, 45, married 24 years, Iowa, Maryland, Ohio
Elizabeth, Nov 1856, 43, married 24 years, 4 children, 3 living, Canada (Eng), Canada (Eng), Canada(Eng)
Roy, Feb 1877, 23, single, Kansas, Iowa, Canada
Earl, Mar 1886, 14, Florada(sic), Iowa, Canada
Edna, Nov 1887, 12, Kansas, Iowa, Canada

1910 census:  Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, E.D. #164, family no. 15, 418? Tenth Street
Gafford, Joseph C., head, 55,wd, Canada, Unk, Unk, 18?7, Na, accountant/ state
              Edna, daughter, 22, Single, Kansas, Canada, Unk,
on the next page from Lizzie T. Norton



1930 Census:
Gafford, Joseph C
	Age:	75	Year:	1930
	Birthplace:	Iowa	Roll: 	T626_722
	Race:	White	Page: 	3B
	State:	Kansas	ED: 	23
	County:	Shawnee	Image: 	0412
	Township:	Topeka
	Relationship:	Head
908 Topeka Avenue,
Gafford, Joseph C., head, 75, married, age 21at first marriage, Iowa, Maryland, Iowa, retired banker, real estate
              Lizzie T., wife, 68, married, age 32 at first marriage, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts


A Biographical History of Central Kansas -------- Illustrated -------- Embellished with Portraits of Many Well-Known People of this Section of the Great West, who have been or are Prominent in its History and Development. -------- Vol. II. -------- New York and Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company 1902 INDEX
Gafford, Joseph C., 1146, Vol II;


Gafford, J. C. Source Title: Kansas Biographical Scrapbooks (Topeka : Kansas State Historical Society, 1875-ca. 1910)  Call Number: K/BB/v. 60 /p. 2

Topeka Sectionof thePOLK'SKANSAS STATE GAZETTEERANDBUSINESS DIRECTORYVolume XII, 1912 (pages 906-956)
(Chicago, Ill. : R.L. Polk & Co., 1911)
Gofford Joseph C, State accountant, Capitol bldg. [Note: The entry appears to either be out of sequence alphabetically or a typo for Gafford Joseph C.]


Highlands Cemetery, Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas
Gafford , Mary __ 03/29/1878 to 10/17/1926 __ 29 / 10Gafford , Roy __ 1877/ to 03/14/1955 __ 29 / 10Gafford , Elizabeth __ 11/13/1855 to 12/02/1910 __ 29 / 10Gafford , Albert __ 06/13/1880 to 02/26/1883 __ 29 / 10Gafford , Mary __ 04/16/1832 to 10/27/1885 __ 29 / 10

#326 Minneapolis Sexton Records,  Endowed 2-28-38 (1938) by Mrs. E.A. Cole
J.C. Gafford - owner
Mary Austella Cole Gafford, wife of Roy C. Gafford, 3-29-1878 to 10-17-1926, Bur 10-20-1926
Roy C. Gafford, (son) b. (Feb 11) 1877, d. Mar 14, 1955, bur. 3-18-1955
Elizabeth (Elizabeth Eleanor Morden - wife) b. 11-13-1855, d. 12-9-1910 (should be 1-31-1911, bur. 2-2-1911
Lillie W. dau of Rev. O.E. Stark b. 7-18-1886, d. 4-15-1888, Bur 4-16-1888
Mary A. (Mary Ann Carpenter) mother, b. 4-16-1832, d. 10-27-1885 (moved from Concordia, KS 1915)
Albert, son, b. 6-13-1880, d. 2-26-1883, (removed from Concordia, KS 6-21-1910)

Transcribed from E.F. Hollibaugh'sBiographical history of Cloud County, Kansas biographies of representative citizens. Illustrated with portraits of prominent people, cuts of homes, stock, etc. [n.p., 1903] 919p. illus., ports. 28 cm.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, OF CONCORDIA.
The history of the First National Bank demonstrates what an enterprise that has at its head men of business sagacity and enterprise can attain. Under these wise and conservative managers this bank is transacting an extensive and safe business and has gained a place among the most solid financial institutions of the state.
It was established October 26, 1883, under the national banking system, with a capital stock of $50,000. The officials were: H.M. Spalding, president; George W. Marshall, vice-president; F.J. Atwood, cashier; W.W. Bowman, assistant cashier. The directors were: H.M. Spalding, George W. Marshall, J.C. Gafford, James I. Wyer, D.L. Brown, John Tate. Theodore Laing, C.A. Betournay and William Conner.



Kansas and Kansans, Volume 3Mr. Steele was married in December, 1871, at Trenton, Missouri, to Miss Sarah J. Ford, who is a daughter of B. M. and Eleanor (Thorpy) Ford. The father of Mrs. Steele is a retired farmer and is now in his ninety-first year, surviving his daughter, Mrs. Steele, who died in 1910. To Mr. and Mrs. Steele the following children were born: Minnie, who died at the age of eleven months; Bertha A., who died in February, 1917, at the age of forty-one years, was the wife of Dr. B. W. Conrad, who is a veterinary surgeon at Sabetha, Kansas; Mary L., who died in her fourth year; Maxie L., who resides at Oak Hill, Kansas, is manager of the Gafford Lumber Company, in which he is a stockholder; and Effie E., who remains at home with her father. She is a thoroughly capable housekeeper and a well educated lady, being a graduate of the Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattail. She has a wide and pleasant social circle.