This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bedford Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JGB.2ACI/682 Message Board Post: CIVIL WAR VETERAN DEAD AT MANISTEE Manistee, Jan. 3, 1930 (By AP) Stephen Bedford, 86, city assessor of Manistee for the last 14 years, died here Thursday after several months illness. Mr. Bedford served under Grant and Sherman in the Civil War and came to Manistee from Muskegon in 1872 as agent for the Goodrich Transportation Co. (Note: this obitutary came from "The Flint Daily Journal" which serves the Flint, Genesee County, Michigan area. This article was found on microfilm at the Flint Public Library, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan). I am not related to this family, I came across this article and thought as a civil war veteran, Stephen Bedford should be recognized.