title: Frank D. Stafford
text: # Frank D. Stafford
  
  Frank Dalmon Stafford (August 15, 1856 – January 21, 1928) was an American physician and politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives in the 1880s, and as mayor of North Adams, Massachusetts in the early 1900s.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Stafford was born to Joel C. and Jane A. (Stroud) Stafford in Stamford, Vermont on August 15, 1856. Stafford attended the local public schools. Stafford attended Williamstown High School in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and studied medicine at Burlington Medical College.
  
  He represented Windham County in the Vermont legislature in 1888 and 1889, while residing in Whitingham.
  
  ## Marriage
  
  Stafford married Flora A. Ballou, the daughter of Hosea B. and Adeline (Murdock) Ballou in Whitingham.
  
  