George M.G. Stafford, M.D., Rapides Parish, Louisiana 
Submitted by Mike Miller     

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Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, 
Institutions, and Persons, 
Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 414-415.  
Edited by Alc‚e Fortier, Lit.D.  
Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association. 

Stafford, George Mason Graham, M. D.. was born in Alexandria, La., 
Jan. 3, 1876, the son of David T. and Amy (Graham) Stafford. Both the 
father and grandfather were natives of Rapides parish. The grandfather 
was a brigadier general in the Confederate army and was killed at the 
battle of the Wilderness. The great-grand-father was Leroy, a pioneer 
of Rapides parish who came from South Carolina in the early days.  
The mother, Amy Graham, was born in Rapides parish, the daughter of 
George Mason Graham, one of the prominent planters of the state who 
came from Virginia. Dr. Stafford is the eldest of 12 children born 
to his parents, 3 of whom are deceased. He was reared in his native 
parish and received his first education in private schools after 
which he went to the Louisiana State university at Baton Rouge for 
2 years and then attended Spring Hill college near Mobile, from 
which he graduated in 1896. He received his degree in medicine 
at Tulane university in 1901 and located at Alexandria the same 
year where he has since been practicing, having acquired a large 
and ever increasing clientele until he is now recognized as one 
of the leading physicians and surgeons of the state. He is a 
member of the Rapides parish Medical society and of the Louisiana 
State Medical society; also belongs to the Knights of Columbus.  
In 1901 he was married to Virginia Curtis Cullen, daughter of Simon 
and Jeannette (Skillman) Cullen. Dr. and Mrs. Stafford have had 5 
daughters born to them, as follows: Amy Graham; Annie Jeannette;  
Catherine Graham; Virginia Curtis, and Ann Sterling Stafford. He is 
at present coroner of Rapides parish, a position he has filled with 
the utmost satisfaction to his constituents and with credit to himself.