Biography
Winn Stafford was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, reduced to 2 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. on Jan. 5, ___ at Leavenworth; charge = disloyalty?; sentenced to 10 years in prison, reduced to 2 years; reason for stance = ordained minister
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth