David Theophilus Stafford
| David Theophilus Stafford. | |
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| Sheriff of Rapides Parish, Louisiana | |
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In office 1888–1904 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 12, 1849 Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | January 18, 1926 (aged 76) Alexandria, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Rapides Cemetery in Pineville, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Amy Blanchard Graham (married 1874–1926, his death) |
| Relations |
Grove Stafford (nephew) |
| Children | Eleven children |
| Parents | Sarah Catherine Wright Stafford |
| Alma mater | Louisiana Seminary of Learning |
| Occupation |
Farmer |
Grove Stafford (nephew)
Confederate Brigadier General Leroy Augustus Stafford
Farmer
businessman
David Theophilus Stafford (September 12, 1849 – January 18, 1926) was a planter, businessman, and sheriff of Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana, a position which he held from 1888 to 1904.
Stafford was born at Edgefield Plantation near Cheneyville, Louisiana, south of Alexandria in southern Rapides Parish, to Leroy Augustus Stafford and the former Sarah Catherine Wright, the daughter of Dr. Jesse D. Wright and the former Sarah R. Grimball. He was educated locally and then at the Louisiana Seminary of Learning, the forerunner to what became Louisiana State University. His father, a brigadier general in the Confederate Army, was mortally wounded in May 1864 in the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia. Living in Alexandria, he established the firm Stafford and Cullen, a steamboat and warehouse concern. During Reconstruction, he emerged as a member of the white supremacist organization, the Knights of the White Camelia and as a Democrat opposed the Republican Party. He subsequently joined the Citizens League and was on Canal Street in New Orleans during unrest there on September 14, 1874.
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