Milton Stewart Lankford

1873 - 1952  (78 years)

• Name	Milton Stewart Lankford
  Birth	4 Oct 1873	Princess Anne, Somerset Co., Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Mar 1952	Baltimore, Maryland   [1]
  	Milton S. Lankford, Princess Anne - A funeral service will be held here tomorrow for Milton Stewart Lankford, 78, of Baltimore who died yesterday at Maryland General Hospital there following a long illness. Mr. Lankford retired eight years ago as shipping manager for Punt Alegrd Sugar Company, Baragua, Cuba. He was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Amanda Porter Lankford of Princess Anne. He is survived by his wife; Mrs. Florence W. Lankford of Baltimore, two daughters, Mrs. J. E. Bradford of Manassa, Va., and Miss Marjorie Lankford of Baltimore, and a son, Milton Stewart Lankford, Jr. of Atlanta, Ga. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ella Lankford and Mrs. Sallie Deshiells, and a brother, Lt. Col. Louis Lankford, all of Princess Anne. The funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow from the Wilson Funeral Home with the Rev. Otho Brewer, pastor of Antioch Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Manokin Presbyterian Cemetery. (The Daily Times, Salisbury, MD, Fri. 24 Mar 1952)
  Burial	Manokin Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Princess Anne, Somerset County., Maryland, USA
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Benjamin (of Benj) Lankford,   b. Abt 1798, Somerset Co, Maryland d. 1886, Somerset Co, Maryland  (Age 88 years)  (Grandfather)  Jane (--?--),   b. Abt 1640   d. Yes, date unknown  (6 x Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	2 brothers and 2 sisters
  > 1. Susan Ella Lankford,   b. 1860, Somerset Co., Maryland d. 1952  (Age 92 years) ╚═ George W. Lankford > 2. William Franklin Lankford,   b. 1862   d. 1909  (Age 47 years) ╚═ Emma A. Hargis > 3. Benjamin Louis Lankford,   b. 1864   d. 1954  (Age 90 years) ╚═ Helen Sudler Maddox,  m. 7 Oct 1908 > 4. Sallie Virginia Lankford,   b. 1866   d. 1958  (Age 92 years) ╚═ John M. Shields + 5. Milton Stewart Lankford,   b. 4 Oct 1873, Princess Anne, Somerset Co., Maryland d. 20 Mar 1952, Baltimore, Maryland  (Age 78 years) ╚═ Florence Charles Whittington,  m. 2 Apr 1903
  Person ID	I124520	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Franklin Lankford,   b. 25 Dec 1827, Somerset Co, Maryland d. 24 Feb 1908, Somerset Co., Maryland (Age 80 years) Other Partners: ╚═Matilda Sudler  m. 16 Feb 1882
  Mother	Amanda E. Stewart Porter,   b. 1837   d. 14 Sep 1877 (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	21 Sep 1859
  Family ID	F44759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Charles Whittington,   b. 26 Feb 1880, West Virginia d. 11 May 1958 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	2 Apr 1903	Los Angeles, California
  Children	1. Milton Stewart Lankford, Jr.,   b. 17 Sep 1906   d. 3 Oct 1994, Daytona Beach, Volusia Co., Florida (Age 88 years) + 2. Dorothy Leavitt Lankford,   b. 21 Aug 1908, Princess Anne, Somerset Co, Maryland d. 11 Aug 2001, Fredericksburg, Virginia (Age 92 years) ╚═ James Edward Bradford, Jr.  (Age 80 years)  m. 8 Sep 1934   3. Marjorie Lankford,   b. 19 Jul 1910   d. 2 Feb 2001, Fredericksburg, Virginia (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F44756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Manokin Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Princess Anne, Somerset County., Maryland, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S69] Daily Times, Salisbury, MD, 69.