Armed Forces Grave Registration
name: Claude Madison Stagner, 70y
d.22 March 1961
place: Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa
b.Harrison County, Missouri
father: John Stagner
mother: Sarah Duskin
"Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations, 1835-1998"
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He appears on the 1900 and 1910 Censuses with with his stepfather, Nathaniel Wardrip as well as his mother, Sarah.

Claud (sic) M Stagner (21y) and Lura Hamblin (18y) married 12 April 1910 in Ringgold County, Iowa.
additional information:
groom's father: Nathaniel Stagner
groom's mother: Sarah Duskins
bride's father: Alfred Hamblin
bride's mother: Dora Spencer
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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Physical description in 1917:
Tall, stout build, blue eyes, black hair.
b.14 March 1891 Blythedale, Missouri

He appears on the 1920 Census with his stepfather, Nathaniel Wardrip as well as his mother, Sarah.

Claude M Stagner (29y) and Fern Canfield (27y) married 22 December 1920 in Ringgold County, Iowa.
additional information:
groom's 2nd marriage
groom born Harrison Co, Missouri
groom's father: W Stagner
groom's mother: Sarah Deskens
bride born Ringgold Co, Iowa
bride's father: C N Canfield
bride's mother: Mary Grey
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1930/ Iowa/ Ringgold
h/ Claude M Stagner, 44y b.MO, occ: Farmer/Grain & Stock, * Veteran-Yes-WW*
w/ Fern Stagner, 37y b.IA
d/ Dorthea Stagner, 6y b.MO
bil/ George Canfield, 51y b.WI, occ: none

1940/ Iowa/ Ringgold
h/ Claude Stagner, 49y b.MO, G6, occ: Farmer
w/ Fern, 47y b.IA, H-4
residence in 1935: same house

1942 Draft Registration ~ 27 April 1942
name: Claude Madison Stagner, 51y
born: March 1891
birthplace: Harrison County, Missouri
height: 5' 10"
weight: 140 lbs
eyes: blue
hair: black
complexion: light brown
nearest relative: Fern Stagner
"US WWII Draft Registration, 1942"
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