The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-31
THE Stafford MEMORIAL,
FROM FOURTH FACE.

OF nature, holding communion with her
visible forms, her various language gave
him assurance of the correctness of this be-
lief; and, even while darkness was about
him, he could say
| "See how the floor Of heaven
| ls thick lnlait with pstlGes OF bright gold.
There's not single star which thou beboldelh
But in it's motion ike an angel SIMS,
| Still choiring to the Young eyed cheruJim.
| Such harmony ia In immortal souls:
| But thiH muddy vesture OF decay
| Doth grossly close ~ In, we cannot hear it,"
| He could not hear the assurances Of i'm
mortality distinctly; but my faith, the evi.
denCe of things unseen, he believed in a
life hereafter. Peace to his names, and
| farewell,
| At the close Of the Grafton, which was
warmly appaudei, the members Of the
lodge again formed in procession and es
corted Mrs. Stafford to her h me, sslu,ng
the second time the marble likeness of Mr..
| SstiOrd decorated with beautiful flowers,
the gift of the Woman's Club and Library
association, and then returned to the lodge
room for dismissal. The Memorial Library
building, which is to be an elegant edfce
OF pressed brick, appropriately decorated
with terra Gotta, stained glass; and con,
tainlng all the modern Improvements for a
library room, reading room, public hall,
museum and club room, is to be free gift
| by Mrs. Stafford to the city of Cairo, to be
used for library and literary purposes, a
magnificent bequest, worthy Of the donor
and her lIustrious husband.
| The reception and bail in the evening
| given al The Halliday under TIE auspices
of the Odd Fellows was a most brilliant
and recherche affair The floral decorations
for the occasion were furnished by the Wo-
mans Club ami Library association, and
arranged by a comnttee, consisting of Mrs.
w. r. Smith, chairman; Mrs. c. r. Wood
ward, Mrs p. E, Powell, Mrs. L. l.. Men
sger and Mrs. W. p. and Mrs H. /.
Halliday.
10 the front parl0r was suspended mag
nlticent crayon portrait of Mr. Stafford,
wreathed with vines and flowers. Above it
was suspended an anchor, and on one side
star and on the other side the appropriate
emblem OF the Odd Feliows-three links,
all done in solid flowers, Beautiful bouquets
of flowers adorned the parlors and the grand
dining room, aud the windows of the latter
were also wreathed with vines. Mrs. SAT-
sord received her friends in parlor A,
standing below The crayon portrait and its
decorations and the large hall and parlors
were filled with distinguished company
of Cairo's best citizens.
The culogy, pronounced by Mr.. Oberly,
told OF the virtues OF the man whose memo
ry the citizens Of Caro- love to honor, but
gave little of his history and we deem it
appropriate to close this article 10 the fol-
loving manner;
Alfred B. Stafford was born at Morris
town, Vermont, on January %, 1892. His
parents were natives OF Vermont and came
| of Revolutionary stock IN both branches.
| the grandfatbers of each having served in
that war. His parents emigrated to Illi-
nois in 1887, and settled in VIII county and
engaged in farming Alfred was then Is
years of age, aud had before moving from
the state attended the schools of Vermont.
He continued at school in Illinois until he
was twenty.one years old. He then began
the study of law with William A. Board
man at Joliet, Illinois, and pursued his
studies tot three years, when he
abandoned the law, engaged in
merchandising and continued therein
until 1854. In that year he moved
to Shawneetown, where he started the State
Bank of Illinois, and was its cashier. In
1858 he moved to Cairo and started the
City Bank, afterwards changed to the City
National Bank, and was its cashier from its
organization to the day of his death. In
1870 he organized the Enterprise Saving
Bank. of which be was made president
He was married in 1854 to Julia Massey, of
WATERFOWL, New York, who died in 1862,
again in 1864, to Anna Candee, of Cairo.
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