Bio: Stafford, H. C. (1881)

Contact: crystal@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Stafford, Sauchez

----Source: History of Northern Wisconsin (Eau Claire County, Wis.) 1881, page 344

H. C. STAFFORD, Porterville, assistant superintendent of the N. W. Lumber Co, was born in Illinois in 1844, parents being formerly New York State people. They moved to Walworth County in 1846, and from there to Black River Falls, in 1855. Mr. S. enlisted May, 1861, at Sparta, Monroe Co., in Co. I, 4th Wis., as private, and was mustered out in July, 1865, as lieutenant of special scouts, serving a total time of over four years. Was taken prisoner at Baton Rouge, Jan. 11, 1863, and sent to Cahoba, Ala., from whence he made his escape, getting into the Union lines at Pensacola, Fla. Married at Baton Rouge, La., June 5, 1865, to Miss Mary Sauchez. Is a member of Eau Claire Lodge, No. 162; Temple of Honor, No. 140.