Lowell, Kent County, Michigan
Bradford served in the Michigan 26th Regiment, Company I. After more than a year of skirmishes, the Regiment was sent to New York City to help quell the draft riots, and Bradford contracted Granular Ophthalmia and was hospitalized more than 6 months. This was "an acute and severe form of purulent conjunctivitis -- an inflammation of the membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the exposed surface of the eyeball." (Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 24th Ed.) This must have been a very painful affliction at that time, when there was really no effective treatment. He was mustered out near Alexandria, Virginia, on June 4, 1965, and claimed "Invalid" pension funds in February 1884.

Bradford is the son of
Ziba William Camfield,
and his wife Mary Beal.
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Bradford was married on
April 14, 1847, to Deborah Blakesley,
in Norwalk Ontario.
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They immigrated to the U.S.
with their children in 1856.
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The 1860 census of Lowell, Kent Co. MI
shows them living with the following
children:
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1. George Bradford Camfield.
Born Aug. 15, 1848, in Canada.
Married to Fannie E. Warren, on
Dec. 24, 1871, in Ionia County Michigan.
1900 census of Kingsbury County,
South Dakota, lists George and Fannie,
with children:
Ernest Lyman (born about 1874), and
Roy B. (born about 1876).
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2. Lucinda Camfield.
Born Oct. 7, 1849, in Canada.
Married to John M. Breithaupt.
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery,
Berrien County Michigan.
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3. Nancy Eliza Camfield.
Born Sept. 16, 1851, in Canada.
Married Arthur Berry, on April 22, 1869,
in Kent County Michigan.
Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery,
Van Buren County Michigan.
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4. Orpha Camfield.
Born Dec. 15, 1852, in Canada.
m. First married to Willis/Willie C. Shaw,
on April 2, 1871, in Lowell, Kent Co. MI.
Later divorced.
Orpha "Camfield" was again married to
Ambrose M. Helmick, on Jan. 19, 1881,
in Berrien County Michigan.
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery,
Berrien County Michigan.
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5. Leavitt Erastus Camfield.
Born Aug. 14, 1855, in Canada.
Married Florence L. Hoffman, on
Oct. 18, 1880, in Benton Harbor,
Berrien County Michigan. Died Jan. 9, 1944.
Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Gratiot Co. MI.
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6. William Henry Camfield.
Born May 31, 1857, in Michigan.
Married Rosa Prisilla Harner, on
June 21, 1885, in Royalton township,
Berrien County Michigan.
Buried: Roseland Memorial Gardens,
Jackson County Michigan.
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7. Alfred Bingham Camfield.
Born Aug. 17, 1859, in Michigan.
Married Stella May Hoffman, on Feb. 3, 1887,
in Pine River twp., Gratiot County Michigan.
Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery,
Van Buren County Michigan.
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Also listed in 1870 census:
8. Lotta (Lottie/Lolla) Irene Camfield.
Born March 26or28, 1867, in Lowell,
Kent County Michigan.
m. Richard J. Stahelin.
d. May 11, 1935, in St. Joseph, MI.
Buried: St. Joseph City Cemetery,
Berrien County Michigan.
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Bradford and his wife Deborah later lived
in Lake township, Berrien County Michigan
with their daughter Nancy and her husband
Arthur Berry.
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CIVIL WAR VETERAN; Enlisted COMPANY I, MICHIGAN 26th INFANTRY REGIMENT on 16 Sep 1862, mustered out on 10 Jul 1865 in New York, New York.
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