Person ID: I8667771958

Alfred W. Stambaugh

2 Sep 1841 – 1912

Male

Married: 12 Oct 1865

Married: 1876

Notes

  • Nickname:<NICK> A.W. In the biographical sketch of A.W. Stambaugh in History of Stark County with an outline sketch of Ohio edited by William Henry Perrin, A.W. volunteered for service during the Civil War, joining up as a private September 7, 1861 with Company F, 19th Regiment O.V.I. "...he rose from Sergeant to Orderly, then to 2d Lieutenant, then to 1st Lieutenant, in which capacity he served until May 31, 1865, when he resigned and returned home. He served in all the engagements in which his regiment particiapted, and with the exception of a slight wound at Mission Ridge, he came through unscathed. Upon his release from the servie, he learned the stone-cutter's trade, which he followed for eight years. In 1866 he engaged in the culture and growth of small fruits, in which capacity he has been remarkably successful, raising in the year 1881, 375 bushels of strawberries alone, and is extending his businiess, and planting the best and leading variets of all fruits (967)." At the time this county history was published in , A.W. resided in Beach City. In the 1870 Stark County, Ohio Census, Alfred and his wife and children resided in Sugar Creek Twp. at Wilmont next door to his brother, Allen, and his family. Alfred was employed as a stone mason and had $2,000.00 in Real Estate and $200.00 in Personal Estate. Alfred W. is buried with each of his wives on either side of him and his grave is marked with "Co F 19th OVVI", indicating his military service during the Civil War.