Individual Details

Clayton Carl Stanford

(21 Jun 1911 - 7 Aug 1961)



Clayton's family:

1920 Census. Jacobs, Hughes Co, OK, Hh 79
Carl Stanford, 37, b. TX
Mattie, wife 34, b. TX
Clayton, son, 8, b. OK
Harwell, dau, 11, b. OK

1930 Census. Holdenville, Hughes Co, OK, Hh 102
C. C. Stanford, 47, married once at age 26, Owner, Drug Store
Mattie, wife, 44
Harwell, dau, 21
Clayton, son, 18

16 Oct 1940 World War II Draft Registration
Clayton Carl Stanford of 505 East 9th St., Holdenville, Hughes Co, OK was age 29, born 21 Jun 1911 in Holdenville. Geraldine M. Stanford, wife, will always know his address. Employed Carl C. Stanford Drug Store, 103 W. Main St., Holdenville. 5'9", 135 lb. Brown eyes and hair, freckled.
Scar on neck, scar on abdomen, scars both sides of right knee.

World War II Army Enlistments
24 Jul 1945
Clayton C. Stanford Enlisted at Oklahoma City as a Private for the duration of the war.

Obit of his mother:
The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, 13 Nov 1948, Saturday, p.3
Mrs. Martha B. Stanford
Holdenville - Services will be Sunday at 2:30 pm in the Methodist Church for Mrs. Martha Harwell Stanford, 63, who died in St. Francis hospital here early Friday.
Mrs. Stanford was the wife of Carl C. Stanford, a pioneer druggist of Hughes County. Stanford operated a store in Wetumka before moving to Holdenville. The couple had been residents of Hughes County more than 40 years. She was born 13 Jul 1885 in Quin City, Texas.
Mrs. Stanford is survived by her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Harwell Daughtery, and a son, Clayton, all of Holdenville.

Carl Calvin Stanford is buried Holdenville Cemetery, Hughes Co, OK. Born 21 Aug 1882, died 24 Oct 1980. His stone is obviously new and states that he was the son of Willima C. & E. Barilla Stanford, born in McKinney, Texas.
Mattye Harwell, daughter of Sam K. & Fannie Smith, born in Queen City, TX, 13 Jul 1885, died 12 Nov 1948. Also buried Holdenville Cemetery.

Events

Birth21 Jun 1911Oklahoma
Marriage10 Jan 1935Benton County, Arkansas - Geraldine Musselman
Death7 Aug 1961
BurialHoldenville Cemetery, Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma

Families

SpouseGeraldine Musselman (1910 - 1987)
ChildLiving
ChildJohn Calvin Stanford (1944 - 2001)