Soldier: Sergeant Sylvanus W. Payne
Regiment: 85th. OVI
Company: C
Age: 30
Date Entering Service: 5/301862
Period of Service: 3 months 28 days
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
85th. OVI: appointed Sergeant 6/28/1862 mustered out with Company 9/23/1862
Battles in which he fought:
The 85th OVI organized at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio between May and June 1862 to guard a large number of Rebel prisoners. Soldiers mustered out between September 23 and September 27, 1862 at expiration of service.
Other interesting information discovered:
Sylvanus Winchester Payne was born in Westfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio in 1833. He married Emma A Maxwell in Morrow County on 9/24/1857, three children were born of this union. Sylvanus was a farmer while living in Morrow County. Sometime after the War he moved to Point Reyes, California and was employed as a dairyman. He continued farming when he moved to Seaside, California. The 1900 California census notes that Sylvanus owned a mine. He died in San Francisco, California.
Date of Death: 5/1/1905
Place of burial: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California
Adopted By: Researcher: Velda L Montgomery