Ananias STAFFORD

• BIRTH: Abt. 1831, Pennsylvania, USA
• DEATH: 26 Jun 1864, Emory Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
• BURIAL: Section 27-463, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Co., Virginia, USA

Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

Family 1: Mary E. DICKERSON

• MARRIAGE: 11 Mar 1854, Dryden, Lapeer Co., Michigan, USA

Source: Civil War widow and minors pensions: Widow application 76302, certificate 60817, December 19, 1864; minor application 184367, certificate 140938, February 18, 1870. Legal documents in the files attest that Ananias STAFFORD and Mary E. DICKERSON were married March 11, 1854 at the home of John and Cordelia FERGUSON in Dryden Twp., Lapeer Co., MI, by John M. Day, Justice of the Peace.

• CHILDREN:

1. Josephine E. STAFFORD
2. William O. STAFFORD
3. Clarie E. STAFFORD
4. Ellen STAFFORD

Notes

(1) History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of their prominent men and pioneers. D. W. Ensign & Co., Philadelphia, 1880, page 267.

Ananias STAFFORD served as a constable in Shiawasee County's Perry Township in 1859 - 1863.

(2) 1860 United States Census for Michigan, Shiawassee Co., Perry Twp., Perry Post Office: Page 216; July 21, 1860.

Ananias (listed as "Ananims") STAFFORD is head of household, married to Mary E. [DICKERSON] STAFFORD. He is 28 years old, born in Pennsylvania, and is a farmer with real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $200. Children in the household are Josephine, William, Clairie E., and Ellen Stafford. Charles (age 24) and Elizabeth STAFFORD (age 19) are also residents, but their relationship to Ananias STAFFORD is unknown at this point.

(3) National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailor System Search by Soldier Name (database).

Ananias STAFFORD is listed as "Anenias Stefford," Co. D, Michigan Cavalry (Union). Rank In = Private, Rank Out = Private. Film Number M545 roll 40. During his enlistment the unit served at the Battle of the Wilderness, Yellow Tavern and Haw's Shop, where Mr. STAFFORD was killed on May 28, 1864 (note: actually he was shot through the lung and died a month later from his wounds in a hospital in Washington, DC).

(4) American Civil War Soldiers via Ancestry.com

Name: Ananias Stafford
Enlistment Date: 08 February 1864
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Michigan
Unit Numbers: 1075 1075
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 08 February 1864 at the age of 33; Enlisted in Company D, 6th Cavalry Regiment Michigan on 11 February 1864; Killed Company D, 6th Cavalry Regiment Michigan on 28 May 1864 in Hawes' Shop, VA.

(5) Civil War widow and minors pensions: Widow application 76302, certificate 60817, December 19, 1864; minor application 184367, certificate 140938, February 18, 1870.

Name: Ananias STAFFORD
State Filed: Michigan
Service: Co. D, 6th Michigan Cav.
Widow: STAFFORD, Mary E.; SPALDING, M. E.
Minor Children: Josephine E. and William O. Stafford.

Ananias STAFFORD mustered into service on February 23, 1864. He participated in the battle of Hawes' Shop on May 28, 1864 where "was wounded through the lungs while engaged with the enemy and died from the effects of said wound June 26th /.64 at Emory Hospital Washington D. C."

(6) Sketches of Old Hillsdale, Historical and Genealogical, Volume IV. Vivian Lyon Moore, for the Daughters of the American Revolution library, 1956., pages 85-90.

(7) Aronson family records, May 26, 2008.

- Provided the information needed to locate Ananias STAFFORD's gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery; Section 27, Plot 463. I measured this with a handheld GPS on July 5, 2008: latitude 38.887017 and longitude -77.068233 with an accuracy of plus or minus 20 feet.
- Also provided a series of scanned pages from the pension files that contained a wealth of detailed information about Ananias and his family.