Russell Bigelow Mulford

  General Notes:

Farmer. Russell B. Mulford served in the Union Forces during the Civil War in Company "E" 45th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He took ill with a cold and was confined to a medical camp which was overrun by rebels. Taken captive, he was forced to march in his underwear, by his captors, to a containment camp. Subsequently, he went almost totally deaf from this experience.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Cemetery, 1830, Hamilton, Warren, Ohio. ¹ Joseph Mulford, males 1,3,1,1, _ , _ , 1. Females _ , _, 1, _ , _ , _ , 1

• Census, 1850, Salem, Shelby, Ohio. ²
Russell B. Mulford, 34, farmer, real estate $600, born in Ohio. Melisa Mulford, 26, born in Ohio. Sarah Jane Mulford, 3, born in Mulford. Jonathan Mulford, 7 mos, born in Ohio.

• Census, 1860, Quincy, Logan, Ohio. ³
Russel B. Muffad, 35, carpenter, real estate $300, property $100, born in Ohio. Melissa B. Muffad, 36, born in Ohio. Sarah Muffad, 11, born in Ohio. Jonathan Muffad, 9, born in Ohio. Joseph Muffad, 6, born in Ohio. Albert H. Muffad, 5, born in Ohio. Wm R. Muffad, 1, born in Ohio.

• Census, 1870, Union, Hardin, Iowa. ⁴
R. R. Mulford, 44, carpenter, property $1600, born in Ohio. M. B. Mulford, 45, born in Ohio. J. Mulford, 20, working on farm, born in Ohio. Joseph Mulford, 16, born in Ohio. A. Mulford, 14, born in Ohio. Wm Mulford, 12, born in Ohio.

• Census, 1880, Sheridan, Cowley, Kansas. ⁵
Russell B. Mulford, 56, farmer, born in Ohio. Father born in Pennsylvania and mother born in Ireland. Malissa Mulford, 57, keeping house, born in Ohio. Parents both born in New York. Charles Bloom, 13, grandson, born in Illinois.

Russell married Melissa B. Valentine on 19 Sep 1844 in , Logan, Ohio. (Melissa B. Valentine was born on 21 Nov 1823 in , Logan, Ohio, died on 11 Nov 1906 in Glencoe, Payne, Oklahoma and was buried in Burden, Cowley, Kansas.)