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Twelfth Census of the United States
State of Illinois
County of Christian
Stonington Township
Stonington Villiage
02 June, 1900
Sheet 2
Line 12-14


1900 census Springfield, Sangamon Co. IL
Danford HarryHead W M May 1874 26 M 1 MOOHOHEditor Renting House
Myrtle E Wife W F Aug 187920M 1 1/1ILIL
Mildred L Dau W F Aug 1899 8/12 S ILMO IL

The Decatur Review
Monday Evening, August 19, 1901
TAYLORVILLE
Miss Pear Gardner, Mr and Mrs Larry Doyle, H A Danford, Editor of the Stonington Star and Colonel Judd McGowan of Stonington were visitors in town Saturday.

The Decatur Simi-Weekly Herald
Friday, June 22,1902

Mr H A Danford of Stonington was in our midst lask Week.

The Decatur Review
Saturday Evening, April 25, 1908

OWANECO

S T Danford was called to Springfield last Monday on account of the serious illness of the nine year-old daughter of his brother, Harry Danford

1920 > Illinois > SANGAMON > SPRINGFIELD, CAPITAL TWP Series: T625 Roll: 407 Page: 38
Danford, Harry A.HeadMW45MMOOHOHPrinterPrint Shop
Myrtle EWifeFW40MILILMO
Mildred LDauFW20 SILMOIL
Alden H. SonMW16 SILMOILWaiterLunch Room
Paul T SonMW10SILMOIL
Ruth M. DauFfW 6SILMOIL

Tuesday Nov. 8, 1927
The Decatur Review

Mrs. W. L Finson of Monticello and Mr. and Mrs Harry Danford of Bevere, MO., visited Stonington friends Thursday, Mr. Danford was formerly editor of the Stonington Star.

1930 Census of Macon Co., Missouri, Bevier city ED 61-1, Family 141, page 5A (9/25):
324 East Gentry
Danford, H. A., head, $6/mo, 55, M@51, MO, IL, IL, editor-newspaper
, Ida Alice, wife, 59, M@55, MO, MO, MO



Uncle Harry was a printer and published several newspapers, moving from town to town. In the middle 1930's he published a paper in Bevier, a small town on Central Missouri. Later, he had a paper in Macon, the county seat and a somewhat larger town.

Past and Present of Christian Co., Ill.
By Hon. J. C. McBride.
S J Clark Pub. Co., Chicago, IL, 1904

Page 393

H. A. DANFORD

H. A. Danford is a representative of the journalistic interest of Christian County. Since 1896 he has been the owner and editor of the Stonington Star, a weekly paper which has quite a large circulation. Mr. Danford was born in Denver, Missouri, in 1874., a son of Peter and Nancy Danford, both of whom are natives of Ohio. Removing to Grant city, Missouri, Peter Danford was there engaged in teaching school for nine years and in 1878 he came with his family to Owaneco, Christian County, where he again engaged in teaching for several years. In 1888, however, he abandoned educational work and entered the journalistic field, purchasing the Farmers' Journal of Taylorville. He published it for a year and then sold out, turning his attention to the grocery business in Owaneco., Where he remained until 1896. He then bought a paper published in that town and removed the plant to Stonington. He also established another paper at Mount Auburn, Illinois, but sold it after one year - in 1901. In 1898 he disposed of his paper in Stonington and was again engaged in the grocery business for a time. He is now serving as police magistrate and notary public of Stonington and is well known in public affairs there, being a progressive and enterprising citizen. At the time of the Civil war he proved his loyalty to the government by enlisting in the Union Army, in July, 1861, as a member of Company F Eighteenth Ohio Infantry. He continued in the service until the fall of 1864 and participated in a number of important battles which contributed to the splendid success which ultimately crowned the Union arms.

To the public schools system of Christian county H. A. Danford is indebted for the educational privileges which he enjoyed. He continued his studies until fifteen years of age and then started to earn his own living by working as a farm hand, which pursuit he followed until he attained his majority. In that year he removed to Stonington and joined his father in the newspaper enterprise as the publisher of the Stonington Star. In 1896 he purchased his father's interest and has wince been owner and publisher of this journal. In his printing office he employs four men and is doing a paying business. The Star has a circulation of eight hundred. This paper is published weekly and Mr. Danford is to--day doing a prosperous business, having a larger patronage than is usually obtained in a town of the size of Stonington.
On the 25th of September, 1898, Mr. Danford was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle Horton, a daughter of Samuel Horton, a native of Flora, Illinois. Two children grace this union: Mildred, who is four years of age: and Alden, three months old. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and they are widely and favorably known in the county, having a large circle of warm friends. Mr. Danford is a progressive citizen and through the columns of his paper as well as in other ways he advocates all measures for the general good and champions every movement to advance general improvement.

• Married: 25 SEP 1898 in Shelby Co., IL ⁴

1. MILDRED LEOTA DANFORD b: 11 AUG 1899 in Stonington, Christian Co., IL
2. HORTON ALDEN DANFORD b: 28 JUN 1903 in STONINGTON, CHRISTIAN Co., IL
3. PAUL TIBBLES DANFORD b: 10 OCT 1906 in Springfield, Sagamon Co., IL
4. Living DANFORD
5. RICHARD JAMES DANFORD b: 7 MAR 1911 in Springfield, Sagamon Co., IL

• Married: 3 JUL 1926

1. Title: 1880 Illinois Census
2. Title: Funeral Card
3. Title: History of Owaneco and Vicinity Christmas 1890
   Author: Lindsey Reese and Joan Danford
   Repository:
   Media: Book
4. Title: Illinois Marriage Index
   Page: vol 2, page 217