Biography jo stafford

Born Jo Elizabeth Stafford, November 12, 1917, in Coalinga, CA; daughter of Grover Cleveland (a Shell Oil Company employee) and Anna York (a homemaker) Stafford; married John Huddleston c. 1941, (divorced 1943); married Paul Weston, February 26, 1952, (Weston died September 1996); children: (with Weston) Tim and Amy.

Addresses: Record company--Hanover Music Corp., Corinthian Records, P. O. Box 6296, Beverly Hills, CA, 90212.

In the fall of 1917, Grover Cleveland Stafford, his wife Anna York and their two daughters left their farm community of Gainesboro, Tennessee for the oil fields of California, hoping to improve their station in life.

They settled in a small company owned house on a tract of land called "Lease 35" in Coalinga, California, near Fresno. Stafford had worked on a farm in Tennessee and Anna was noted for her prowess as a five string banjoist. Two months later on November 12, 1917, Anna gave birth to her third daughter, Jo Elizabeth.

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