Hi
Donna Mills has the 5's census and I have the 10's, so maybe now you can progress;
there is nothing on a Bertha married to a Charles PHELPS for a 3 co area;

Abel is the son of John Stafford and Sophia RANDALL
his siblings were;according to an online file
John Austin Stafford
Abel Stafford
Sophia Cornelia Stafford
Electra Stafford
Russel Stafford
Orinda Stafford
Martin Van Buren Stafford


Abel Spelled STAFORD in Poland, 1850 census index is
age 30 born NY a farmer
Wife Minerva is 25 b NY
Children are ELLEN age 4 B Wisconsin
ISABELLE 2 and William, 8 Months;

in 1860 Poland, is
Abel STAFFORD he is now 40
Minerva is 35
Ellen is 14 b WI
Isabelle is 11
ORSELL is 10 male is OLEAN ???
AUSTIN is 6
Jane is 5
Bertha is 3
Boy looks like is buried as RAY age 8 months in 1860 Tucker Cemetery

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STAFFORD TUCKER Cemetery
Abel, lot owner, no. 27 name on large monument
FAY STAFFORD , Owner lot 35 Obit; Mrs. Fay Augusta STAFFORD, died April 1948 dau of
Augusta TASTOR and Frederick MILLER born E. Randolph, June 13, 1881 married
Olean STAFFORD, 24 years ago, Buried E. Randolph. NY
in 1930 CENSUS Cattaraugus Co NY is

figure THIS one RANDOLPH CATT CO NY

FAY STAFFORD is a man, age 45 married at age 42
to Florence MITHER b NY parents b Germany sh eis 45 also
they live with a child AUSTIN STAFFORD son, 13
and live with Florences BROTHER
E Randolph Cemetery
STAFFORD, Florence . 1881 April 12, 1948 66y 9m 15d . Old Section 26

in 1920 FAY is in POLAND Ny
he lives a few doors from brother Austin, Fay is 34 MARRIED but no wife here, probably divorced, no child either, his son Austin, should be about 3 not found

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tucker
Grant, died 7/24/1886 age 23-7-2 lot 27

Ina Bell, burial permit, died Poland, 10/28/1881 age 3 yrs, burial at
Drybrook, removed to Levant, August 16, 1934
Jennie, died 12/11/1852, age 1-3-0
June, died 10/10/1865, age 9 yrs. both lot 27
Minerva, wife of Abel STAFFORD, name on large monument lot 27 no data

Ray, died 9/26/1860 age 8 mos. lot 27


Skipping to 1880 , don't have an index for 1870
Poland Twp;
Abel STAFFORD Self M M W 61 NY
Occ: Farmer Fa: NY Mo: NY
Minerva STAFFORD Wife F M W 56 NY
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NY Mo: NY
Bertha STAFFORD Dau F S W 21 NY
Occ: At Home Fa: NY Mo: NY
Grant STAFFORD Son M S W 17 NYdied 7/24/1886
Occ: Farm Laborer Fa: NY Mo: NY
Mc Lellan STAFFORD Son M S W 15 NY
Occ: Farm Laborer Fa: NY Mo: NY
Lynn STAFFORD Son M S W 10 NY
Occ: At Home Fa: NY Mo: NY

1880
Ellen STAFFORD is now 34
Sumner SMITH Self M M W 38 NY
Occ: House Painter Fa: NY Mo: NY
Ellen SMITH Wife F M W 34 WI note that ELLEN is b WI?
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NY Mo: NY
Willie SMITH Son M S W 10 NY
Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: WI
Grace SMITH Dau F S W 4 NY
Fa: NY Mo: WI

Ellington, Chautauqua, New York 1880
Austin STAFFORD Self M M W 26 NY
Occ: Works On Farm Fa: NY Mo: NY
Viola STAFFORD Wife F M W 22 NY
Occ: Keeps House Fa: NY Mo: NY
Inez STAFFORD Dau F S W 2 NY
Fa: NY Mo: NY
STAFFORD Son M S W 8M NY
Fa: NY Mo: NY
Austin and Viola are still in Poland in 1930
he is 76 she is 70
Also here in 1930 is one Elizabeth STAFFORD age 80 Widow b NY
lives alone was married at age 35

I don't know where you foudn a Bertha STAFFORD and Charles PHELPS there is no trace in ANY census in the area, nor in cemetery records
3 counties

Poland, Chautauqua, New York
1880
Sumner SMITH Self M M W 38 NY
Occ: House Painter Fa: NY Mo: NY
Ellen SMITH Wife F M W 34 WI
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NY Mo: NY
Willie SMITH Son M S W 10 NY
Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: WI
Grace SMITH Dau F S W 4 NY
Fa: NY Mo: WI
Sumner SMITH served in the Civil War,
Sumner A Smith
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 06 September 1861 at the age of 20
Enlisted in Company G, 49th Infantry Regiment New York on 09 September 1861.
Promoted to Full Corporal on 12 November 1862
Promoted to Full Sergeant on 01 January 1863
Wounded on 18 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA
Mustered out Company G, 49th Infantry Regiment New York on 10 October 1864 in Buffalo, NY
filed for pension in 1891

in 1920 SUMNER SMITH is now 78 still in Poland Twp is a widower lives alone b NY
gone by 1930