Civil War: Company C, 9th Minnesota Infantry;
Company B, 67th U. S. Colored Infantry
Marcius Whitford was born at New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York, June 1, 1829. He was the son of Ezekiel Whitford (1786, NY-1833, OH) and Aurelia Ruggles (1791, CT-1880, OH). About 1857 he married Martha Jones(maiden name unknown; 1835, NY-Before 1880) and they were living in Minnesota by 1858. During the Civil War he enlisted as a sergeant at Austin, Mower County, Minnesota, July 7, 1862, and was mustered into Company C, 9th Minnesota Infantry, as the company's First Sergeant at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, August 19, 1862. Marcius was 5' 11" tall with a fair complexion. First Sergeant Whitford was discharged at Benton Rocks, Missouri, on February 15, 1864, to accept a commission as captain to command Company B, 67th U.S. Colored Infantry. Captain Whitford was mustered out at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 15, 1865. During the war he had relocated his family to Taycheedah, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. After the war he returned to Wisconsin to work as a school teacher (1870 US Census). He moved to Yolo County, California, about 1873. He was a school teacher at Santa Barbara by 1875 and at Carpinteria by 1879 (1875, 1879 Santa Barbara Great Registers). His brother, Daniel M. Whitford was a long time resident of Carpinteria and is buried there. By 1880 he had a farm at Los Alamos and was a member of Santa Maria's Foote Post, No. 89, Grand Army of the Republic ("widower" 1880 US Census; 1890 Santa Barbara Great Register). Due to blindness, Marcius filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension at Santa Maria August 13, 1890, and received application No. 908,670 and certificate No. 702,248. He was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Sawtelle, California, on February 3, 1892. He indicated his next-of-kin as his daughter, "Queenie". Marcius died of arterial sclerosus at the Sawtelle soldiers' home on June 11, 1908, and was buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery. His personal effects were turned over to his son, Hernon E. Whitford, on September 17, 1908. Marcius Whitford's name appears on plaque C-77 of the African-American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC.
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Children:
- Nina (1859, MN-Before 1880)
- Clara Belle "Queenie" (1860, MN-After 1892)
- Hernon E. (1864, WI-Aug. 23, 1933, CA)
- Abbie M. (1867, WI-Before 1880)
Biography by Steve
Company B, 67th U. S. Colored Infantry
Marcius Whitford was born at New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York, June 1, 1829. He was the son of Ezekiel Whitford (1786, NY-1833, OH) and Aurelia Ruggles (1791, CT-1880, OH). About 1857 he married Martha Jones(maiden name unknown; 1835, NY-Before 1880) and they were living in Minnesota by 1858. During the Civil War he enlisted as a sergeant at Austin, Mower County, Minnesota, July 7, 1862, and was mustered into Company C, 9th Minnesota Infantry, as the company's First Sergeant at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, August 19, 1862. Marcius was 5' 11" tall with a fair complexion. First Sergeant Whitford was discharged at Benton Rocks, Missouri, on February 15, 1864, to accept a commission as captain to command Company B, 67th U.S. Colored Infantry. Captain Whitford was mustered out at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 15, 1865. During the war he had relocated his family to Taycheedah, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. After the war he returned to Wisconsin to work as a school teacher (1870 US Census). He moved to Yolo County, California, about 1873. He was a school teacher at Santa Barbara by 1875 and at Carpinteria by 1879 (1875, 1879 Santa Barbara Great Registers). His brother, Daniel M. Whitford was a long time resident of Carpinteria and is buried there. By 1880 he had a farm at Los Alamos and was a member of Santa Maria's Foote Post, No. 89, Grand Army of the Republic ("widower" 1880 US Census; 1890 Santa Barbara Great Register). Due to blindness, Marcius filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension at Santa Maria August 13, 1890, and received application No. 908,670 and certificate No. 702,248. He was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Sawtelle, California, on February 3, 1892. He indicated his next-of-kin as his daughter, "Queenie". Marcius died of arterial sclerosus at the Sawtelle soldiers' home on June 11, 1908, and was buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery. His personal effects were turned over to his son, Hernon E. Whitford, on September 17, 1908. Marcius Whitford's name appears on plaque C-77 of the African-American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC.
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Children:
- Nina (1859, MN-Before 1880)
- Clara Belle "Queenie" (1860, MN-After 1892)
- Hernon E. (1864, WI-Aug. 23, 1933, CA)
- Abbie M. (1867, WI-Before 1880)
Biography by Steve
Civil War: Company C, 9th Minnesota Infantry;
Company B, 67th U. S. Colored Infantry
Marcius Whitford was born at New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York, June 1, 1829. He was the son of Ezekiel Whitford (1786, NY-1833, OH) and Aurelia Ruggles (1791, CT-1880, OH). About 1857 he married Martha Jones(maiden name unknown; 1835, NY-Before 1880) and they were living in Minnesota by 1858. During the Civil War he enlisted as a sergeant at Austin, Mower County, Minnesota, July 7, 1862, and was mustered into Company C, 9th Minnesota Infantry, as the company's First Sergeant at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, August 19, 1862. Marcius was 5' 11" tall with a fair complexion. First Sergeant Whitford was discharged at Benton Rocks, Missouri, on February 15, 1864, to accept a commission as captain to command Company B, 67th U.S. Colored Infantry. Captain Whitford was mustered out at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 15, 1865. During the war he had relocated his family to Taycheedah, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. After the war he returned to Wisconsin to work as a school teacher (1870 US Census). He moved to Yolo County, California, about 1873. He was a school teacher at Santa Barbara by 1875 and at Carpinteria by 1879 (1875, 1879 Santa Barbara Great Registers). His brother, Daniel M. Whitford was a long time resident of Carpinteria and is buried there. By 1880 he had a farm at Los Alamos and was a member of Santa Maria's Foote Post, No. 89, Grand Army of the Republic ("widower" 1880 US Census; 1890 Santa Barbara Great Register). Due to blindness, Marcius filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension at Santa Maria August 13, 1890, and received application No. 908,670 and certificate No. 702,248. He was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Sawtelle, California, on February 3, 1892. He indicated his next-of-kin as his daughter, "Queenie". Marcius died of arterial sclerosus at the Sawtelle soldiers' home on June 11, 1908, and was buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery. His personal effects were turned over to his son, Hernon E. Whitford, on September 17, 1908. Marcius Whitford's name appears on plaque C-77 of the African-American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC.
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Children:
- Nina (1859, MN-Before 1880)
- Clara Belle "Queenie" (1860, MN-After 1892)
- Hernon E. (1864, WI-Aug. 23, 1933, CA)
- Abbie M. (1867, WI-Before 1880)
Biography by Steve
Company B, 67th U. S. Colored Infantry
Marcius Whitford was born at New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York, June 1, 1829. He was the son of Ezekiel Whitford (1786, NY-1833, OH) and Aurelia Ruggles (1791, CT-1880, OH). About 1857 he married Martha Jones(maiden name unknown; 1835, NY-Before 1880) and they were living in Minnesota by 1858. During the Civil War he enlisted as a sergeant at Austin, Mower County, Minnesota, July 7, 1862, and was mustered into Company C, 9th Minnesota Infantry, as the company's First Sergeant at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, August 19, 1862. Marcius was 5' 11" tall with a fair complexion. First Sergeant Whitford was discharged at Benton Rocks, Missouri, on February 15, 1864, to accept a commission as captain to command Company B, 67th U.S. Colored Infantry. Captain Whitford was mustered out at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 15, 1865. During the war he had relocated his family to Taycheedah, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. After the war he returned to Wisconsin to work as a school teacher (1870 US Census). He moved to Yolo County, California, about 1873. He was a school teacher at Santa Barbara by 1875 and at Carpinteria by 1879 (1875, 1879 Santa Barbara Great Registers). His brother, Daniel M. Whitford was a long time resident of Carpinteria and is buried there. By 1880 he had a farm at Los Alamos and was a member of Santa Maria's Foote Post, No. 89, Grand Army of the Republic ("widower" 1880 US Census; 1890 Santa Barbara Great Register). Due to blindness, Marcius filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension at Santa Maria August 13, 1890, and received application No. 908,670 and certificate No. 702,248. He was admitted to the Pacific Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Sawtelle, California, on February 3, 1892. He indicated his next-of-kin as his daughter, "Queenie". Marcius died of arterial sclerosus at the Sawtelle soldiers' home on June 11, 1908, and was buried in the Los Angeles National Cemetery. His personal effects were turned over to his son, Hernon E. Whitford, on September 17, 1908. Marcius Whitford's name appears on plaque C-77 of the African-American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC.
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Children:
- Nina (1859, MN-Before 1880)
- Clara Belle "Queenie" (1860, MN-After 1892)
- Hernon E. (1864, WI-Aug. 23, 1933, CA)
- Abbie M. (1867, WI-Before 1880)
Biography by Steve
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