Joseph Coyrdon STAFFORD

1842 - 1925  (83 years)

• Name	Joseph Coyrdon STAFFORD
  Born	28 Oct 1842	Ellington, Chautauqua Co., New York
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Ellington, Chautauqua Co., New York
  Military	1 Feb 1864	Poland, Chautauqua Co., New York
  Name	Joseph C. STAFFORD
  _UID	820C865EC0BC664990E13F9DA023332C0C3C
  Died	31 Oct 1925	Midland, Midland Co., Michigan
  Buried	Midland City Cem., Midland, Midland Co., Michigan
  Person ID	I71883	Branch 031 Robert Stafford 1790 Wales, Great Britain
  Last Modified	16 May 2016

  
  

  Father	John Austin STAFFORD,   b. 1 Nov 1817, Ellington, Chautauqua Co., New York ,   d. 3 Aug 1844, Ellington, Chautauqua Co., New York  (Age 26 years)
  Mother	Polly RUBLEE,   b. 2 Apr 1818, Lanesborough, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts ,   d. 3 Jan 1891, Mayville, Chautauqua Co., New York  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F24340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amelia,   b. Abt 1846, New York ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Census	1870	Ellington, Chautauqua Co., New York
  Notes	Census: 21 Jun 1870. Listed as Joseph Stafford, a farmer, with wife Amelia.
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F27236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Fredonia NY Censor, November 18, 1925 CIVIL WAR VETERAN ANSWERS LAST CALL Joseph C. Stafford Was First Volunteer From This County.  Dies at home in Michigan The recent death of Joseph C. Stafford of Midland, Michigan, brings out the fact that he was the first man in Chautauqua County to volunteer in the Civil War. He was a brother of A. H. Stafford of Jamestown, and a comrade in the same company in which our late townsman, Joseph McNeight, served. Joseph C. Stafford was born in Ellington on December 28, 1841, and was the son of Austin J. Stafford and Polly Rublee Stafford. He had the distinction of being the first volunteer of the War of the Rebellion, from Chautauqua county; having enlisted in the Chamberlain Guards on May 1, 1861. Then on May 16, 1861, this company enlisted for two years in Company H, 37th New York Volunteer Infantry, from which regiment he was honorably discharged at the expiration of two years. Then on February 4, 1864, he re-enlisted for three years in Company K, Ninth New York Calvary, and was honorably discharged on July 17, 1865, at Clouds Mills, Virginia. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. F. J. McConnell of Mayville, and one brother, A. H. Stafford of Jamestown. He was a member of James M. Brown post, No 285, and Encampment No. 95, Union Veterans Legion of this city.   Census: 25 Jun 1860. Listed as Joseph Stafford, a farm laborer, in the household of Rolla and Betsy Rublee. Military: Accidently wounded 19 May 1864; appointed corporal 1 Jan 1865; mustered out 17 Jun 1865 at Cloud Mills. Company K.