Background
Stafford, John Richard was born on December 6, 1874 in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. Son of Richard and Phoebe Ann (Wilson) Stafford.
Stafford, John Richard was born on December 6, 1874 in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. Son of Richard and Phoebe Ann (Wilson) Stafford.
State Normal School, Kirksville, Missouri, 1887. Bachelor of Arts, Amity College, College Springs, Iowa, 1896.
Engaged in cattle ranching with father in Gray and Donley counties, Texas, 1896-1898. Newspaper writer, 1898-1900. In telephone business in Missouri, 1900-1905.
Mining in Arizona, 1905.
Went to Pacific coast, 1906. Since engaged in writing fiction.
Author: When Cattle Kingdom Fell, 1910. Contributor to Century and other magazines
Home: Oswego Oregon‡.
Married Ethel M. McKillop, June 26, 1907. Children: Mary Lee (Mistress Harry J. Frichtel), Marjorie (Mistress Edwin A. Pinkham, John Richard, Jean (Mistress R.T.S. Lowell).