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==Background==

==Background==

Stafford was descended from two prominent families, the fifth of eight children of Leroy Augustus Stafford, Jr. (1869-1923), an Alexandria native and a graduate of the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland]]. His grandfather, also named Leroy Augustus Stafford, was a [[general]] for the [[Confederate States of America]] in the [[American Civil War]] who was mortally wounded in Battle of the Wilderness. His uncle, [[David Theophilus Stafford]], was a four-term Rapides Parish [[sheriff]] from 1888 to 1904.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=142605621|title=Leroy Augustus Stafford, Jr. (the father of Grove Stafford)|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}</ref> Stafford's mother, the former Bertha Moore Hyams (1870-1959), was a granddaughter of Louisiana Civil War Governor Thomas Overton Moore. The youngest of Stafford's siblings, Thomas Overton Moore Stafford (1905-1973),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=142642342 |title=Bertha Moore Hyams Stafford (mother of Grove Stafford)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}</ref> was an uncle by marriage of the late [[U.S. Representative]] Harold Barnett McSween (1926-2002) of Louisiana's since disbanded 8th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143026141|title=Alice McSween Stafford (sister-in-law of Grove Stafford)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}</ref>

Stafford was descended from two prominent families, the fifth of eight children of Leroy Augustus Stafford, Jr. (1869-1923), an Alexandria native and a graduate of the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland]]. His grandfather, also named Leroy Augustus Stafford (1822-1864), was a brigadier [[general]] for the [[Confederate States of America]] in the [[American Civil War]] who was mortally wounded in Battle of the Wilderness. His uncle, [[David Theophilus Stafford]], was a four-term Rapides Parish [[sheriff]] from 1888 to 1904.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=142605621|title=Leroy Augustus Stafford, Jr. (the father of Grove Stafford)|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}</ref> Stafford's mother, the former Bertha Moore Hyams (1870-1959), was a granddaughter of Louisiana Civil War Governor Thomas Overton Moore (1804-1876). The youngest of Stafford's siblings, Thomas Overton Moore Stafford (1905-1973),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=142642342 |title=Bertha Moore Hyams Stafford (mother of Grove Stafford)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}</ref> was an uncle by marriage of the late [[U.S. Representative]] Harold Barnett McSween (1926-2002) of Louisiana's since disbanded 8th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143026141|title=Alice McSween Stafford (sister-in-law of Grove Stafford)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}</ref>

Grove Stafford and his wife, the former Emily Gaiennie (1903-1974), had four children. A son, David Grove "Red" Stafford, Jr. (1928-2017), was a graduate of the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]] and member of the Alexandria firm Stafford, Stewart & Potter, formerly Stafford & Pitts. He served on the Louisiana Board of Ethics and the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, of which he was the president in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=david-grove-stafford-jr&pid=187482107|title=David Grove Stafford, Jr.|publisher=''[[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|date=December 10, 2017|accessdate=February 6, 2018}}</ref> The three other children were Emily Stafford Brame McNeely (1926-1997); Margaret "Patti" Daniel, and George Mason Graham Stafford (1940-1987),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=142611245|title=David Grove Stafford, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}</ref> with the Alexandria firm Stafford, Stewart and Potter,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=David&qmi=G&qn=Stafford&qcs=Alexandria%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=David G. Stafford|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}</ref>   

Grove Stafford and his wife, the former Emily Gaiennie (1903-1974), had four children. A son, David Grove "Red" Stafford, Jr. (1928-2017), was a graduate of the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]] and member of the Alexandria firm Stafford, Stewart & Potter, formerly Stafford & Pitts. He served on the Louisiana Board of Ethics and the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, of which he was the president in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=david-grove-stafford-jr&pid=187482107|title=David Grove Stafford, Jr.|publisher=''[[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|date=December 10, 2017|accessdate=February 6, 2018}}</ref> The three other children were Emily Stafford Brame McNeely (1926-1997); Margaret "Patti" Daniel, and George Mason Graham Stafford (1940-1987),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=142611245|title=David Grove Stafford, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}</ref> with the Alexandria firm Stafford, Stewart and Potter,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=David&qmi=G&qn=Stafford&qcs=Alexandria%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=David G. Stafford|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}</ref>