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Lafayette “Fayette” Darling

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Lafayette “Fayette” Darling

Birth
Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio, USA
Death
9 May 1916 (aged 67)
East Claridon, Geauga County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.5769117, Longitude: -81.2051467
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father: George Darling; mother Lucia Lydia Bassett

Corporal, 125th Regt., Co. H, OH Volunteer Infantry. Enlisted 12 Jan 1864 in Cleveland, OH; mustered out 25 Sep 1865 at Camp Irwin, TX. The youngest soldier to enlist for service in the War Between the States from OH [stated he was 18 - actually enlisted at age 14 - he was 5'3"].

Participated in actions in 1864 at Rocky Face, GA [May 5 & 9], Resaca, GA [May 13-16], Dallas, GA [May 25-June 4], Franklin, TN [Nov 30], Nashville, TN [Dec 15-16].

Camp Irwin, also called Camp Placedo, was a Mexican War encampment established in October 1846 on Placedo Creek near the Port Lavaca-Victoria road, twelve miles west of Port Lavaca in Victoria County.

1. 1850 census - Geauga Co., OH: Chardon Twp., p. 247A, 199/216 [age 1; b. OH].
2. 1860 census - Geauga Co., OH: Chardon, p. 5 [591], 34/36 [age 11; b. OH].
3. 1860 census - Trumbull Co., OH: Warren, p. 28 [212B], 182/185 [age 12; b. OH] [double enumeration].
4. 1870 census - [not enumerated].
5. 1880 census - Portage Co., OH: Hiram, E.D. 121, p. 11 [281A], 123/141 [keeping house {sic}] [age 31; b. OH]
[parents b. VT].
6. 1900 census - Geauga Co., OH: Parkman Twp., 54, p. 5A [139A], 105/105 [grocery merchant] [b. Feb 1849 OH][parents b. NY].
7. 1910 census - Geauga Co., OH: Burton, E.D. 54, p. 4A [3A], 5/5 [age 61; b. OH] [parents b. NY].
8. Military File.
9. Mother's Will FHL film # 1,530,483.
10. Death certificate index: Geauga Co., Vol. 1946, cert. # 31514.
11. Obituary, "Telegraph-Republican," 17 May 1916, pg. 1.
father: George Darling; mother Lucia Lydia Bassett

Corporal, 125th Regt., Co. H, OH Volunteer Infantry. Enlisted 12 Jan 1864 in Cleveland, OH; mustered out 25 Sep 1865 at Camp Irwin, TX. The youngest soldier to enlist for service in the War Between the States from OH [stated he was 18 - actually enlisted at age 14 - he was 5'3"].

Participated in actions in 1864 at Rocky Face, GA [May 5 & 9], Resaca, GA [May 13-16], Dallas, GA [May 25-June 4], Franklin, TN [Nov 30], Nashville, TN [Dec 15-16].

Camp Irwin, also called Camp Placedo, was a Mexican War encampment established in October 1846 on Placedo Creek near the Port Lavaca-Victoria road, twelve miles west of Port Lavaca in Victoria County.

1. 1850 census - Geauga Co., OH: Chardon Twp., p. 247A, 199/216 [age 1; b. OH].
2. 1860 census - Geauga Co., OH: Chardon, p. 5 [591], 34/36 [age 11; b. OH].
3. 1860 census - Trumbull Co., OH: Warren, p. 28 [212B], 182/185 [age 12; b. OH] [double enumeration].
4. 1870 census - [not enumerated].
5. 1880 census - Portage Co., OH: Hiram, E.D. 121, p. 11 [281A], 123/141 [keeping house {sic}] [age 31; b. OH]
[parents b. VT].
6. 1900 census - Geauga Co., OH: Parkman Twp., 54, p. 5A [139A], 105/105 [grocery merchant] [b. Feb 1849 OH][parents b. NY].
7. 1910 census - Geauga Co., OH: Burton, E.D. 54, p. 4A [3A], 5/5 [age 61; b. OH] [parents b. NY].
8. Military File.
9. Mother's Will FHL film # 1,530,483.
10. Death certificate index: Geauga Co., Vol. 1946, cert. # 31514.
11. Obituary, "Telegraph-Republican," 17 May 1916, pg. 1.


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