His death certificate records George Willie Staton, age 64 years 7 months 22 days, born 17 July 1883 in Frenchburg, Kentucky, died 10 March 1948 in Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio, address 3206 Illinois, length of residence in community 40 years, married, husband of Rena Staton, occupation paper mill worker, employer Gardner-Richardson Co., father John Staton, born in Frenchburg, Kentucky, mother’s maiden name Lucinda Pettet, born in Moorehead, Kentucky, cause of death coronary thrombosis due to arteriosclerosis, informant Rena Staton, Middletown, Ohio, burial in Woodside Cemetery.

Butler Co., Ohio marriage records list the marriage on 17 June 1916 of George Staton, age 32, born in Menifee Co., Ky, son of John Staton and Lucinda Petet, to Miss Rena Noble, age 34, born in Breathitt Co., Ky, daughter of Granville Noble and Isabel Nice.

1920 census of Butler Co., Ohio, Lemon township, enumerated 7 Jan, lists on p. 10B at 727 Clarenton St., Middletown, as family #175/201:
Staton, Eli, 34, b. Ky Ky Ky, laborer at paper mill; Delcina, wife, 28, b. Ky Ky Ky; Marcella, dau, 4 10/12, b. Ohio Ky Ky; Elisha D., son, 2 1/12, b. Ohio Ky Ky; George, brother, 36, paper worker at paper mill, b. Ky Ky Ky; Surena, sister-in-law, 38, b. Ky Ky Ky; Lorenzo, nephew, 7, b. Ohio Ky Ky; Gilbert, nephew, 1 8/12, b. Ohio Ky Ky.

1930 census of Butler Co., Ohio, Lemon township, Avalon subdivision, enumerated 21 May, lists on p. 51B at 2811 Wilbraham Rd, as family #2811:
Staton, George, 46, at at first marriage 19, laborer at paper mill; Rana, wife, 46, age at first marriage 35; Lorenzel, son, 18; Gilbert, son, 12; Thomas, Beatrice, niece, 13; Myrtle, niece, 8; Jewel, niece, 6, b. Ky Ky Ky. George and Rana also born Ky Ky Ky, the other four children born Ohio Ky Ky.

Lorenzo/Lorenzel is the son of George’s first wife, Annie Igo. The Thomas’s are children of George’s sister Martha, who died in 1927.