BIO: Edgar R. STRATFORD, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 363-364.
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  E. R. STRATFORD, editor of the Mount Union Times, was born December 
1, 1872, at Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa. He was a son of Charles and 
Elizabeth (Gray) Stratford. Charles Stratford removed with his family 
to Mount Union when his son, E. R., was nine years of age. The boy 
received his early education in the common schools of that borough, 
which he attended until he reached the age of seventeen. In 1889 he 
began his collegiate course in Dickinson Seminary, Carlisle, Pa., where 
he remained until June, 1891; he then entered Dickinson College, where 
he remained until 1893. Returning to his home at Mount Union, Mr. 
Stratford became associated with Harry A. Thompson in editing and 
publishing the Times, of which paper he became the sole proprietor at 
the retirement of Mr. Thompson, in 1895. The Mount Union Times has a 
circulation of over 1,200, being more widely distributed than any other 
paper in the county. Mr. Stratford, as its publisher, carefully 
considers the needs of the public, and makes untiring efforts to 
satisfy all reasonable demands, and to maintain the high reputation 
which this journal has won. He is well known as a reliable citizen, 
faithful to the duties of his position.
  E. R. Stratford was married in New York City, February 14, 1894, to 
Blanche L., daughter of Rev. W. W. Hicks, D.D., and his wife, Clara 
(Hart) Hicks. Mr. and Mrs. Stratford have two children, Mildred Dow, 
and Gladys Hicks. Mrs. Stratford was born May 27, 1873. Her father was 
a native of Wales, and her mother of Connecticut. Rev. Dr. Hicks, while 
yet in his teens, became a missionary in India. He was afterwards 
engaged in the active work of the Christian ministry in this country 
until a few years ago, when he was compelled to retire on account of 
ill-health. He was twice married. His first wife was Clara A. Hart. She 
was the mother of three children, two of whom are living: T. B. M., a 
prominent lawyer of Williamsport, Pa., and Blanche L., Mrs. Stratford. 
The second marriage of Rev. Dr. Hicks was to Mrs. Margaret Massey, nee 
Hunter; they have no children, and reside near Jersey City, N.J.

Note: Edgar R., according to biography of his father, Charles 
Stratford, pp. 362-363.