| SURNAME: Staley | NAME: Arlonzo Edwin | No.: 8 on Chart: 1 |
| BIRTHDATE: September 9, 1858 | BIRTHPLACE: near Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana | |
| FATHER: Abraham E. Staley | MOTHER: Eliza R. Tice |
| MARRIED TO: May Belle Lamb (No.: 9 on Chart: 1) | Wedding Date: March 2, 1887 | Wedding Place: Franklin County, Kansas | |
| Ceremony in Matthew Lamb's home by Rev. Scherer, a Presbyterian minister and family friend. | |||
| Spouse's Birthdate: May 2, 1869 | Spouse's Birthplace: Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois | ||
| Spouse's Father: Matthew Benjamin Lamb | Spouse's Mother: Martha Elizabeth Trenary | ||
| Spouse Died: April 19, 1935 | Place: Wellsville, Franklin Co., Kansas | Cemetery: Wellsville Town Cemetery | Death Certificate No.: 30-3447 |
| DIED: August 15, 1950 | Place: Wichita, Kansas | Cemetery: Wellsville Town Cemetery | Death Certificate No.: 50-012441 |
| RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Member of New Hope Baptist Church, Wellsville, Kansas. He was a deacon there, a Sunday School superintendent and class teacher. |
| RESIDENCES: Hancock County, Indiana (Birth to 1866) Daviess County, Missouri (1866 to 1869?) Livingston County, Missouri (1869? to 1876) Norwood, Franklin County, Kansas (1876 to 1879) "Hickory Creek Farm" near Ottawa, Kansas (1879 to 1887) Grenola, Elk County, Kansas (1887 to 1888) Near Wellsville, Franklin County, Kansas (1888 to 1923) Wellsville, Franklin County, Kansas (1923 to 1935) Brief visits with his various sons (1935 to 1950) |
| EDUCATION: Through the eighth grade. He was an avid reader and even taught school during his early years of marriage. |
| OCCUPATION: A farmer most of his life. |
| INTERESTS: He was a Granger, Township Assessor, Justice of the Peace, and a school board member. An avid Democrat, he ran for State Representative circa 1910, but lost badly. |
| OTHER: For a further discussion of Arlonzo's and May Belle's life, cf. Lloyd M. Staley's "short biographies." |
| CHILDREN: | ||||||
| GIVEN NAME | BIRTHDATE | BIRTHPLACE | SPOUSE | WEDDING DATE | WEDDING PLACE | DIED |
| Vern Edwin | May 12, 1890 | near Wellsville, Kansas | Fay Sligh | June 24, 1914 | Waco, Texas | June 13, 1960, Fort Worth, TX |
| Glenn Lamb | September 26, 1891 | near Wellsville, Kansas | Ethel Graves | May 29, 1917 | Kansas City, Missouri | December 8, 1971, St. Louis, MO |
| Lloyd Maywood | September 10, 1895 | near Wellsville, Kansas | Mary Beatrice Gray | September 15, 1920 | Kansas City, Missouri | December 15, 1983, Atascadero, CA |
| Clarence Benjamin | February 20, 1900 | near Wellsville, KS | Colette Sprow | March 15, 1925 | At the Sprow home near Wellsville | June 5, 1963, Wichita, Kansas |
| Ellis Wayne | May 23, 1909 | near Wellsville, KS | Mabel Whitaker | September 13, 1928 | Harrisonville, Missouri | April 11, 1974, Santa Maria, CA |
| SOURCES: Lloyd M. Staley (son of Arlonzo E. Staley), John Staley (son of Vern E. Staley), Colette Staley (wife of Clarence Staley), Mabel Staley (wife of Ellis Staley) Death Certificates for May Belle and Arlonzo E. Staley Family Bible of Arlonzo E. Staley (in the possession of Gregory J. Staley, grandson of Lloyd M. Staley) Biographical notes by Lloyd M. Staley Miscellaneous memorabilia collected by Jeff Staley (grandson of Lloyd M. Staley) from various relatives. Compiled by Jeffrey L. Staley, November 30, 1982 |