BIO: William I. 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, page 368.
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  WILLIAM I. STRATFORD, Mount Union, Pa., was born July 21, 1870, at 
Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa. He is a son of Charles and Elizabeth 
(Gray) Stratford. Mr. Stratford's school education was obtained in the 
public schools of Huntingdon county, which he attended until he was 
eighteen. He then learned marble cutting with his father, and worked at 
that industry for eight years. In May, 1896, Mr. Stratford began 
farming, to which calling he expects to devote all his attention in 
future. He is an active member of the P.O.S. of A., Mount Union Lodge, 
No. 346. He is a Prohibitionist.
  William I. Stratford was married, July 28, 1892, to Annie E., 
daughter of William L. and Mary C. (Edwards) States, of McConnellstown, 
Pa. They have two children: Charles I; and Mary Elizabeth. Mrs. 
Stratford's father and grandfather were both blacksmiths. Her 
grandparents were natives of Trough Creek valley; their children are: 
George; William L.; and Eliza, who died in February, 1896, aged sixty-
three; she was the wife of Benjamin Heffner, also deceased. The 
grandfather died at the age of seventy years; the grandmother died 
March 18, 1888. Their son, William L. States, Mrs. Stratford's father, 
was born in Huntingdon county; his wife, Mary C., daughter of Allen and 
Diadema Edwards, is of the same county. They have nine children: 
Abraham; Annie E. (Mrs. Stratford), born October 30, 1869; Mary; 
Lottie; Allen; Rebecca; Gertrude; Elmer; and Ellen, who died at the age 
of two years and a half. Mr. and Mrs. States reside at McConnellstown, 
Huntingdon county, and are members of the Reformed church.