OUR TRIP TO STAFFORD AND A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY

My Mom has been wanting to go to Stafford to visit her great grandfather's grave so last Monday we made our visit to Stafford. I took some pictures of the headstones for dates so that I could share with my children some history of their great great great grandfather Nunn's family. My Mom's mother's maiden name was Nunn.


Eli and Nancy Nunn lived in Marysville, Tennessee. They had 4 sons and 1 daughter. Eli's wife, Nancy, died in 1872 and was buried in Tennessee.


Eli married Martha Thompson in 1884. She came from New York as a missionary to teach black children to read and write -- because of this, they were ostracized and so left Tennessee and came by covered wagon to Kansas (Stafford). The colored children took up a collection of dimes and had them melted into teaspoons for Martha L. when they left Marysville.(I now have those in my cedar chest)

His son, John(who was grandma Tucker's grandfather), went to Beloit, KS, where he met and married Mary Parker, a dressmaker and they settled in Downs, KS. He is buried in Downs so that is why there is not a grave marker for him.


Mom by her great grandfather Nunn's grave

Eli Duehring - this is your great great great great grandfather Eli Nunn - isn't that something!

Charles Richard never married and while grandma Tucker was still living at home, Charles(known as Uncle Dick) lived with my grandpa & grandma Burkholder and stayed there until he died. He always kept his valuables with him if he traveled anywhere. He had a watch that he received from his step mom when she died and he gave that to grandma Tucker for a graduation present. He was staying with them at that time.

I was only 5 years old when he died but I remember him very well and the room that was his in my grandmother's house.

Martha Jane stayed and lived with a couple of aunts of hers in Tennessee when her father & step mother left and later was able to go on to college and was an excellent pianist. She never married and they called her Aunt Matt. She came to Stafford after the step mother died to help take care of her Dad.

The J stands for James on the stone below.