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Caswell County Genealogy
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1910 - 1934 (23 years)
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Name |
Stanfield, Ira Dennis [1] |
Born |
6 Jun 1910 |
Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Reference Number |
646 |
Died |
31 Jan 1934 |
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina [1] |
Buried |
1 Feb 1934 |
Burchwood Cemetery, Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina [1] |
Person ID |
I641 |
Caswell County |
Last Modified |
28 Jul 2022 |
Father |
Stanfield, Ira Thomas, b. 26 Apr 1879, Person County, North Carolina , d. 8 Mar 1956, Person County, North Carolina (Age 76 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Mother |
Hamlin, Mary Ella, b. 29 Sep 1877, Person County, North Carolina , d. 16 Jul 1915 (Age 37 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Married |
27 Dec 1905 |
Reference Number |
6053 |
Notes |
- Source of marriage date (27 Dec 1905): family Bible of Minerva Catherine Fox
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Family ID |
F160 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Ira Dennis Stanfield (1910-1934)







(for larger image, click on photograph)
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First Photograph: Ira Thomas Stanfield holding Ira Dennis Stanfield, Helen Floyd Stanfield, Mary Hilmo Stanfield, Mary Ella Hamlin Stanfield, c. 1912.
Last Photograph (House): A note on the back of the above photograph written by Mona Frederick to her brother Richmond Stanfield Frederick identifies people in the photograph as: Uncle Ira's children on the left; Uncle Walter & family on the right, along with "granma Stanfield". Walter and Eula (Beulah) are shown with three small children. The youngest appears to be around two years old. The picture must have been taken before July 18, 1928, which was the date of Walter's death.
Apparently never married. He went by Dennis.
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Ira Dennis Stanfield was born in Roxboro, North Carolina, June 16, 1910, the son of Ira Thomas and Mary Ella Hamlin Stanfield. His mother had died on his fifth birthday; his father had sold his home on Court Street, and his family was living with his grandmother, Catherine Minerva Fox Stanfield. Helen [sister of Ira Dennis Stanfield] was already in Roxboro Grade School, and rode into town with her father whose mode of travel was a horse and buggy. He later bought a Cadillac touring car and drove it with the top back. Dennis's grandmother long remembered her first ride in that frightening horseless carriage.
Mrs. Mills, his first teacher at Warren's Grove School, rode in a pony-drawn buggy to school and back to her home on the corner of Main and Academy Streets in Roxboro, accompanied by her little daughter, Clara. Miss Pearl Carver (Mrs. Raney Crumpton) was his next teacher. She was little older than the children she taught. When Dennis, Mary [sister of Ira Dennis Stanfield], or Elbert [brother of Ira Dennis Stanfield] transferred to the city school, they were required to repeat the sixth grade, as was then the custom. Tall and slender Miss India Collins was principal, and was loved and held in high esteem, as were "Mis Mildred (Mrs. Mildred Satterfield Nichols), Mrs. Grace Clayton, Miss Cartwright (Mrs. Robah Baynes), Miss Coe (Mrs. R. B. Dawes), and others in their high school years.
When in their mid-teens, Dennis and Mary joined the Brooksdale Methodist Church at the end of a revival service. They gave little thought at the time that all other family members were Baptists. Dennis was active in the church and was popular with young people his age. Like most young men, he loved cars and was working toward owning one. He was creative and energetic, and loved by those who knew him.
The life of our beloved brother was brought to a tragic end as the result of an automobile accident. He died January 31, 1934, and was laid to rest with his father and mother in the Burchwood Cemetery Annex.
Source: The Heritage of Person County, Volume II, Madeline Hall Eaker, Editor (1983) at 320 (Article #529 "Ira Dennis Stanfield" by Mary Stanfield Shooter).
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He died as the result of a motor vehicle accident -- a two-car collision in Roxboro at the intersection of Reams Avenue and Lamar Street. Will Crumpton was driving the car in which Ira Dennis Stanfield was a passenger. In the other car was Mrs. J. R. Clayton who also died (apparently at the scene). Stanfield died at Watts Hospital in Durham a few days after the accident. Will Crumpton also was seriously injured, but I do not know his final outcome.
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1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Dennis Stanfield
Home in 1920: Roxboro, Person, North Carolina
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Grandson
Father's Name: Ira T Stanfield
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Minerva C Stanfield 70
Ira T Stanfield 40
Helen Stanfield 11
Mary Stanfield 8
Dennis Stanfield 9
Elbert G Stanfield 5
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Ira D Standfield
Home in 1930: Roxboro, Person, North Carolina
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Ira T Standfield
Mother's Name: S Katie Standfield
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Ira T Standfield 50
S Katie Standfield 80
Hellen F Standfield 21
Ira D Standfield 19
Mary H Standfield 18
Elbert G Standfield 15
North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
Name: Mr Ira Dennis Stanfield
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 23
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1910
Birth Place: Person
Death Date: 31 Jan 1934
Death Location: Durham, Durham
Cause of Death: Bilateral Pneumonia (resulting from serious physical injuries)
Spouse's Name: Unmarried
Father's Name: I T Stanfield
Mother's Name: Mary Ella Hamlin
Occupation: Mill Inspector
Informant: I. T. Stanfield [probably father, Ira Thomas Stanfield]
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- Details: North Carolina Death Certificate of Ira Dennis Stanfield (1910-1934).
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