Selwyn Eugene Bickford
Selwyn Eugene Bickford was born around 1833 in Medway, Massachusetts, to James and Milly Bickford. His father was a manufacturer. Bickford grew up and attended school in Lowell, Massachusetts, and he married Harriet A. Kittredge on December 1, 1857. They lived in Lowell, and Bickford worked as a clerk. By 1860, he owned $1,500 of personal property.
 
On August 26, 1862, he received a commission as a 1st lieutenant in Company G of the 6th Massachusetts Militia Infantry. He mustered out on June 3, 1863.
 
He settled in Southfield, Virginia, after the war. He and Harriet got divorced sometime in the 1860s, and he married Caroline Van Allen on March 6, 1870. They had at least two children: Selwyn, born around 1871; and James, born around 1875. Bickford worked as a dry goods merchant, and by 1870, he owned $2,000 of real estate and $5,000 of personal property. They moved to Hampton, Virginia, in the 1870s, and he served as a county clerk. He supported the Republican Party. He died in Hampton on December 17, 1887.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(4019)Bickford, Selwyn Eugene18331887-12-17
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: 1st Lieutenant
  • Rank out: 1st Lieutenant
  • Rank highest: 1st Lieutenant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 32

  • (11355) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 28 September 1859
  • (11356) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 28 February 1860
  • (11357) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 4 March 1860
  • (11358) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 15 April 1860
  • (11359) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 1 July 1860
  • (11360) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 12 September 1860
  • (11361) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 25 September 1860
  • (11362) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 2 November 1860
  • (11363) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 24 September 1862
  • (11364) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 1 October 1862
  • (11365) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 26 October 1862
  • (11366) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, undated
  • (11367) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 18 November 1862
  • (11368) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 4 December 1862
  • (11369) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 18 February 1863
  • (11370) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 8 March 1863
  • (11371) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 11 April 1863
  • (11372) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 19 July 1863
  • (11373) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 19 September 1863
  • (11374) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 19 October 1863
  • (11375) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 1 November 1863
  • (11376) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 29 November 1863
  • (11377) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 28 January 1864
  • (11378) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 26 February 1864
  • (11379) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 17 June 1864
  • (11380) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 22 June 1864
  • (11381) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 11 September 1864
  • (11382) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 23 February 1865
  • (11383) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 5 April 1865
  • (11384) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 19 June 1865
  • (11385) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 19 December 1865
  • (11386) [writer] ~ Selwyn E. Bickford to William H. Anderson, 25 December 1865

People - Records: 1

  • (4020) Anderson, William Henry is the [friend of] (4019) Bickford, Selwyn Eugene

Places - Records: 2

  • (2590) [birth] ~ Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  • (2258) [death] ~ Hampton, Virginia

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (975) [officer] [G] ~ 6th Massachusetts Militia Infantry

Groups - Records: 1

  • (3) [member/supporter] ~ Republican Party
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Virginia Select Marriages, 1785-1940, available from Ancestry.com; Virginia Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917, available from Ancestry.com.