Walter Slyter STAFFORD^[1]

1820 - 1910  (89 years)

• Name	Walter Slyter STAFFORD
  Born	20 Oct 1820	Franklin County, New York   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Claridon Twp., Marion Co., Ohio
  Occupation	1860	Carpenter
  Census	1870	Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa
  Occupation	1870	Carpenter
  Census	1880	Morrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois
  Occupation	1880	House Carpenter
  Residence	1900	River Forest, Proviso Twp., Cook Co., Illinois
  _UID	0D3BC861DA125449B8F99D7904B23652FF77
  Died	8 Jun 1910	Bangor, Van Buren Co., Michigan   [2]
  Buried	Forrest Home Cemetery, Forrest Park, Illinois   [2]
  Person ID	I55972	Branch 201 Thomas Stafford b. 1801 NC
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	Washington Squire STAFFORD,   b. 1776, Danby, Rutland Co., Vermont ,   d. 15 Feb 1874, Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa  (Age 98 years)
  Mother	Ellen SLYTER (SLUYTER),   b. 10 Jan 1792, Columbia Co., New York ,   d. Bef 1860, Ohio  (Age < 67 years)
  Married	Abt 1820
  Family ID	F7587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Julia Ann SKINNER,   b. Abt 1822, Pennsylvania ,   d. Aft 1880  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Married	11 Mar 1841	McKean Twp., Erie Co., Pennslyvania   [3]
  Children	1. Mary Ellen STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1842, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1926  (Age ~ 84 years)   2. DeWitt Clinton STAFFORD,   b. 19 Apr 1845, Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio ,   d. 9 Jan 1920, Forrest Park, Proviso Twp., Cook Co., Illinois  (Age 74 years)   3. Harriet A. STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1847, Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Stephen STAFFORD,   b. Aug 1850, Caledonia, Clariden Twp., Marion Co., Ohio ,   d. 1940, Geneva Twp., Van Buren Co., Michigan  (Age ~ 89 years)   5. George Washington STAFFORD,   b. 15 Aug 1852, Ohio ,   d. 19 Aug 1937, Almira, Lincoln Co., Washington  (Age 85 years)   6. William C. STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1857, Ohio ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Emily STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1864, Ohio ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F19999	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Walter Slyter Stafford enlisted in Company B of the 64th Ohio Infantry Volunteers on October 29, 1861 and mustered with the Company December 10, 1864. His records show that he enrolled again on February 24, 1865 and mustered out with the company December 3, 1865. From October 29, 1861 February 28, 1862 he held the rank of Private. August 31, 1862 to October 31, 1862, November 1, 1862 to February 28, 1863 the rank of Corporal,same to December 31, 1863. August 31, 1865 to December 3, 1865 the rank of Private. On aprox. February 28, 1863, taken prisoner in action at Stone River Tn. and held till April or May of 1863 While a prisoner at Libby Prison in Richmond, Va. he contracted scurvy, diseases of the eyes, deafness,rheumatism and neuralgia. While at Louisville, KY he contracted chronic Diarrhea due to exposure. His records show him being treated at the General Hospital at Columbus, OH. and the Marine Hospital in New Orleans. Information on Libby Prison states it was a 3 story brick building located in Richmond, VA. used for Union soldiers. Conditions: Considered a runner-up to Andersonville with an infamous reputation. Prisoners were so crowded as to have to sleep on their sides to fit. Very short food supply, cold, lice. If a prisoner was seen in the windows looking out, he could be shot. By May 1864, 125,000 deaths recorded, Born: The 1900 Census has him born Jan 1820 in PA. Census: 7 Jun 1860. Listed as Wiler S. Stafford, a carpenter, with wife Julia A., children Mary E., Clintgon, Hariet A., Stephen, George, & Wiley and father Squire age 66 b. NY. 19 Jul 1870. Listed as Walter S. Stafford, a carpenter-joiner, with wife Julia, children Ellen, Clinton, Hattie, Wm, Emma & Stephen and father Squire age 75 b. NY. Listed as a house carpenter with wife, son Willie and daughter Emily. Father born in VT and mother born in NY.

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] Imported GEDCOM file. [S4944] Civil War Service records. [S4942] Walter Stafford's Civil War service records.