Grady Franklin Stauffer (1901 – 1990)

Grady Stauffer with first wife, Nell Abernathy Stauffer

Grady Franklin Stauffer was born on May 9, 1901, in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, but spent his early childhood in Paperdale, a small lumber mill community near Stillwater, Pennsylvania. In the 1930s, he actively participated in motorboat racing, winning several events and even overcoming a significant accident during a race in 1934. His community spirit was evident when he assisted in flood relief efforts in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1937, as part of the American Legion from Asheville​​, North Carolina.

During World War II, Grady enlisted in the Army on July 23, 1943, serving as a Private in the Corps of Engineers. He was later promoted to Tech Sergeant and spent over a year overseas. Although he did not engage in any battles, he was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal. He was honorably discharged on June 30, 1945​.

Grady’s post-war life saw him returning to Asheville, where he resumed civilian life. His professional life involved skilled labor in woodworking, and he was associated with Stauffer Planing Mill, a business he co-owned with his family​​. Grady passed away in 1990, leaving behind a legacy of service, resilience, and community involvement.

Historic Paperdale near Stillwater, Pennsylvania

The child farthest to the right in the top photo is Grady Stauffer.

An article published December 17, 1967, in the Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) lamented the transformation of the small community of Paperdale, in Stillwater, Pennsylvania, into a ghost town.1 It detailed how Harry Harter of Berwick, Pennsylvania, acquired the 20-acre tract of land that was once Paperdale. From the article:

“In its heyday, around the turn of the century, Paperdale had a good size paper mill, complete with railroad siding to bring in some of the materials and haul out the finished product.

“About a dozen homes and a small store were included in the community. A short distance from the mill was a king-size shed for storage of straw. Much straw was used in the paper-making there. The main product of the mill was heavy brown paper of the type once standard in butcher shops.

“Reclaimed paper and ground up straw were the principal ingredients of butcher paper. Great bales of scrap cloth were also used by the mill for a quality, rag-content paper, was also a product there.

“Both Raven Creek and Fishing Creek are at Paperdale and the water rights to both were held by the owners of the paper mill. Water power was used, when the creeks were sufficiently high, but coal – brought in on the Bloomsburg and Sullivan Railroad – also was used.“

The article explained that the mill couldn’t compete with larger companies and eventually went out of business. Parts of the mill were disassembled and repurposed in other mills. Employee housing was rented out to townspeople, but as the conditions of the houses deteriorated, tenants withheld rent. The property was eventually sold in a tax sale to the Harters. The Harters allowed a man to dismantle a building for materials, uncovering a nest of copperhead snakes in the walls. They stated their intention to burn down the buildings, remarking, “If you can’t even give the buildings away, what else is there to do?”

A second article, published on April 10, 1969, in the Argus (Benton, Pennsylvania), revealed that two of the houses were still occupied, with one being used as a summer home.2 It also provided a more detailed description of the town:

The town itself, once obviously a beautiful little village, is in sad shape now, what with buildings either falling in or having already fallen. However, the stone in the foundations is hand cut and beautiful.

The straw first stored in the strawhouse that may be seen in the old photos reproduced here was then chopped up and soaked in vats about four feet high and 16 feet across. It was soaked and mixed up and then, after the proper treatment was run through rollers in forming sheets.

The fact that a railroad siding ran to the mill indicates it was quite an operation.

A picture of the same houses above, but in 1969.
Charles Stauffer with a young Grady

1910 United States Census

In 1910, four-year-old Grayden F Stauffer, 4 (spelled Staufer) lived with his parents, Charles O., 33, and Alma, 29, and his sister, Beatrice E., 11, in a rented house in Buchanan, Virginia. His parents had been married for 12 years. Charles worked as a laborer at a sawmill, and Beatrice and Grayden were in school. Everyone was native to Pennsylvania and could read, write, and speak English.3

Buchanan, Virginia

1920 United States Census

In 1920, Graydon F. Stauffer, 18, lived with his parents, Charles O., 42, and Alma, 39, his sister, Dorothy E., 2 and a half, and his widowed grandmother, Martha, 61, in a rented home in Asheville, North Carolina. Charles was a self-employed lumberman. Everyone was native to Pennsylvania except Dorothy, who was born in Virginia, and they all could read, write, and speak English.4

Asheville, North Carolina

1921-1931 Asheville, North Carolina City Directory

Grady lived at 116 Woodward Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina from 1921 until 1931, with the exception of 1925-1926, when he went to West Union, South Carolina to work with his uncle, Hurl Edgar, manufacturing caskets. He worked at Biltmore Casket Company in 1923 and 1924. In 1927, he was back in Asheville, working at Stauffer Planing Mill as a cabinet maker. In 1931, his job title became mechanic.5

116 Woodward Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina

116 Woodward Avenue was absorbed into a much larger estate on an adjoining street.

1927 Birth of Daughter, Given Up for Adoption

While Grady was working with his uncle, Hurl, in West Union, North Carolina, he conceived a child with Myrtle Lee McDonald.

From the Asheville Times, May 16, 1927

The advertisement above was printed in the Asheville Times and published about two months before Myrtle gave birth.3 It is unknown if Grady knew about the pregnancy, but the advertisement was placed in the “Personals” section of Grady’s home newspaper6, and this is likely where Myrtle had the baby, who was eventually adopted by Joseph Lazear and Jennie Spivack, and became Gloria Adele Lazear.

1928 An Arrest, a Trial, and a Not Guilty Verdict

On September 15, 1928, Grady was arrested and charged with abducting and kidnapping Mrs. Elsie Pritchard and her son, Walter Pritchard, Jr., earlier that day from a Biltmore Avenue boarding house and taking them across state lines to Newport, Tennessee. He and Lowe Cauble, who was also arrested, were described as “traveling men in the Western North Carolina Territory,” and Cauble was accused of aiding and abetting him. They were brought back to Asheville to stand trial.7 Both men paid bail and were released under bond.8

The trial began on October 16, 1928,9 and took place over two days. It took the jury 30 minutes to deliberate, and they found him not guilty. The case against Cauble was dropped.10 Mrs. Pritchard testified that Grady was helping her escape from her husband.11

1930 United States Census

In 1930, Grady F., 28, lived with his parents, Charles O., 53, and Alma Stauffer, 49, and his sister, Dorothy, 12 in a house they owned at 116 Woodward Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina, valued at $8,000. His parents had been married since Charles was 22 and Alma was 18. Charles was the proprietor of a planing mill, Grady worked as a laborer at the mill, and Dorothy attended school. Everyone could read, write, and speak English, and were native to Pennsylvania, except for Dorothy, who was born in Virginia. They owned a radio.12

1932-39 Asheville, North Carolina City Directory

Grady lived at 62 Woodward Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina, from 1932 to 1939, except for 1936 when his address was listed as 15 E Woodfin, Apt. 20, Asheville, North Carolina. His wife, Nell, appeared with him in the directory from 1935, as did his job at Stauffer Planing Mill.13

62 Woodward Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina

Built in 1915, the house at 62 Woodward Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina is now a multi-family house and sold most recently in 2017 for $725,000.14

15 East Woodfin Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina

15 East Woodfin Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina, where Grady lived in 1936, was built in 1930 and last sold in 1998 for $560,000.15

1932 Marriage to Nell Abernathy

Grady married Nell Abernathy around the New Year, 1933.16

Grady’s first wife, Nell Abernathy Stauffer

1932-34 Motorboat Racing

Grady entered a motorboat race at the Rhododendron Festival on Beaver Lake17 on June 17, 1932 in Asheville.18 The race included three of the fastest outboard crafts in three states, and there was a string band that played between races.

Beaver Lake, Asheville, North Carolina

Grady entered a motorboat race that took place on October 1, 1933, on the Saluda River.19 The race was to benefit a friend, Bill Barbour, who had been injured in a previous race and was still in the hospital.20

Saluda River, Lexington and Richland Counties, South Carolina

He entered another motorboat race on Lake Lanier21 in Tryon, South Carolina on June 30, 1934.22 It had two events, and a thousand people showed up to watch, and a dance at the Lanier Tea House took place afterward.23 Grady was thrown from his boat, but not until after he crossed the finish line and came in first place.24

Lake Lanier, Tryon, South Carolina

Grady entered another motorboat race on August 12, 1934, this time on Lake Tahoma25 near Marion, North Carolina. This race’s starting line was in front of the Casino.26

Lake Tahoma near Marion, North Carolina

1937 Flood Relief Work in Louisville, Kentucky

A full page was printed in the Asheville Citizen-Times on February 3, 1937, thanking all the relief workers from the American Legion from Asheville who went to provide flood relief in Louisville, Kentucky, including volunteer Grady Stauffer.27

1939-1940 Asheville City Directory

In 1939, Grady lived with his wife, Nell on Eastview Avenue in Biltmore, before moving to 2 South Fairview Road, Asheville, North Carolina in 1940. He worked at Stauffer Planing Mill.28

Eastview Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina

2 South Fairview Road, Asheville, North Carolina

1940 United States Census

In 1940, Grady (listed G.F., 39) lived at 62 Woodward Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina, wife, Alma (59), his daughter, Elizabeth (1), his parents, Alma (59) and C.O. (Charles) Stauffer, his sister, Dorothy McMillen (22) and his sister’s husband Robert (21). The family paid $32 per month in rent. Charles, Alma, and Grady were born in Pennsylvania; Nell, Elizabeth, and Robert were born in North Carolina; and Dorothy was born in Virginia.

Five years earlier, in 1935, Charles, Alma, Grady, and Nell had been living at the same address. Meanwhile, Robert was residing in Asheville, and Dorothy was living in Washington, DC. The census record from 1940 shows some transcription errors but noted that Charles, Alma, Grady, and Nell were employed as woodworkers in a wood shop, Robert worked as a clerk in a restaurant, and Dorothy was a secretary at an electric fixture store. However, Charles and Alma had been unemployed for 65 weeks, and Grady and Alma had missed four weeks of work. All adults in the household were self-employed except for Robert, who earned $780, and Dorothy, who earned $312.

Regarding their education, Charles completed the 6th grade, Alma the 8th grade, Grady had three years of college education, Nell and Robert finished the 12th grade, and Dorothy completed two years of college.29

WWII Draft Registration

On February 16, 1942, Grady registered for the draft in Wilmington, North Carolina. He provided his parents’ address at 37 Colonial Road, Asheville, North Carolina. At the time, Grady was 40 years old, with a birthdate of May 9, 1901. He was born in Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, and reported that he was unemployed. Grady stood 5’9 ½” tall and weighed 145 pounds. He had brown eyes, black hair, and a light complexion.30

WWII Enlistment Record

Grady enlisted in the Army on July 23, 1943, at Camp Croft31 near Spartanburg, South Carolina, according to his enlistment records. The records indicated that he was divorced, had no dependents, and had completed three years of high school. Grady worked as a skilled laborer in woodworking, and he held the rank of Private in the Corps of Engineers.32

WWII Military Discharge

Grady received an honorable discharge as a tech sergeant on June 30, 1945, after serving overseas for 1 year, 4 months, and 29 days. His home address was 37 Colonial Place, Asheville, North Carolina. Although he did not participate in any battles or campaigns, he was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal33 for his service in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre.34 According to an article in the Asheville Citizen-Times from August 12, 1945, Grady was officially discharged from the military.35

Credit: Military Medals

1950 United States Census

In 1950, 48-year-old Grady F. lived upstairs at 119 Dodge Street, Asheville, North Carolina, with his wife, Anice F. Stauffer, 42. Downstairs, his parents, Alma E. (68) and Charles O (73) Stauffer lived with their daughter, Dorothy S. McMillan, 32, now divorced, and grandson, Robert A. McMillan, 7. Another upstairs unit was rented to the family of James B. Lyda. Charles, Alma, and Grady were born in Pennsylvania, Dorothy in Virginia, Robert in Washington, DC, and Anice in Alabama. Charles and Grady worked at a woodworking plant with Charles directing workmen and Grady operating the machinery. Dorothy was a stenographer for the welfare office, and Anice was a saleslady at a department store.

1950-51 Asheville City Directory

In 1950 and 1951, Grady lived at 119 Dodge Street, Asheville, North Carolina with his second wife, Anice Walton Stauffer.36

119 Dodge Street, Asheville, North Carolina

Credit: Biltmore Village Inn.37

The house at 119 Dodge Street in Asheville is now a charming Bed and Breakfast called the Biltmore Village Inn, which shares this history of the property:

The Biltmore Village Inn was once the home of Samuel Reed, George Vanderbilt’s private attorney. Almost 150 years ago, Samuel Reed and his father Joseph Reed decided to build a beautiful Queen Anne Victorian atop a hill overlooking Asheville, the Blue Ridge Mountains, and Swannanoa River Valley. The home was built in 1892 for Mr. Reed, his wife, and their children. The Biltmore Village Inn is a charming architectural gem, an important piece of Asheville history, and now, a fully functioning bed & breakfast welcoming guests from around the world.38

1953-59 Asheville City Directory

In 1953, Grady lived at 924 West Chapel Road, Asheville, North Carolina, where he spent the rest of his life, and he became the owner of Stauffer Millwork. Beginning in 1957, he became the manager of Z B Robinson Mill. In 1960, the year after his father passed away, his address was listed as the estate in Biltmore, 119 Dodge Street, Asheville North Carolina.39

924 West Chapel Road, Asheville, North Carolina

Built in 1924, this house was most recently sold in 2018 for $350,000.40

1956 Disagreement

On April 6, 1956, Grady’s father filed a lawsuit alleging that Grady, as Stauffer Millwork, owed him $1,765.66 on a promissory note. Today that would be more than $17,000.41

1956 Engagement of Daughter

On April 29, 1956, Grady’s daughter, Miss Betty Lou Stauffer, announced that she was engaged to Smith Dennis Lingerfelt, and would marry on May 26, 1956.42

1959 When Life Resembles a Sitcom

On October 20, 1959, Grady and his wife, Anice, were were arrested. Anice got into an accident got into an accident while under the influence of alcohol, with Grady as a passenger. She was arrested, and while police were investigating the crash, she wandered away from the scene. Grady moved behind the wheel of the damaged car and started to drive away. The police arrested him half a block away for the same charge.43

Grady with an unknown woman

Death of Grady Franklin Stauffer – March 18, 1990

Transcription: Grady F. Stauffer-Grady Franklin Stauffer, 88, of 924 West Chapel Road, Asheville, died Sunday in a local hospital.

A native of Bloomsburg, Pa., he had lived most of his life in Asheville. He was a member of Mount Herman Lodge No. 18,44 Asheville Scottish Rite,45 Oasis Shrine Temple,46 Land of the Sky Shrine Club,47 life member of the VFW Post No. 891,48 DAV49 and Biltmore Full Gospel Tabernacle. He was the owner and operator of Stauffer Planing Mill and later Stauffer Mill Works. He was an army veteran.

Surviving are his wife, Anice Walton Stauffer; a daughter, Mary Stevens Malpass of Topsail Beach; three grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Williams Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Boyd McClaren will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park with rites by Mount Herman Lodge No. 18. The lodge will open at 2 p.m.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. 50

Credit: Find a Grave.51

The legacy of Grady Franklin Stauffer stands as a testament to his unwavering dedication and contributions to his community. Through his various roles, whether as a family man, a professional, or a community leader, Grady left an indelible mark on the lives of those he touched. His story serves as an inspiring reminder of the impact one individual can have through commitment, hard work, and a genuine concern for the well-being of others. As we reflect on his life and achievements, it is clear that Grady’s legacy will continue to influence and inspire future generations. His memory is cherished by his family.

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