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