Lieutenant
Stephen
Niles
Chilton
Born in Alburg, Grand Isle, Vermont, USA
Ancestors 
Son of [father unknown] and Deziah (Niles) Chilton
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 66
in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jan 2018
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Biography
1st Lt Stephen Chilton served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: August 8, 1862
Mustered out: Jul 27, 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company E 106th New York Infantry
Enlisted: August 8, 1862
Mustered out: Jul 27, 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company E 106th New York Infantry
Stephen was born in 1839. He passed away in 1906.
Stephen N. Chilton was born at Alburg, VT, son of George Chilton and Desire (Deziah) Niles. He was a farmer, living at Ellenburg Corners, NY. His gravestone lists his year of birth as 1839, but he was likely born 1835-1836 (per census data). He has often been mistaken for his first cousin, Stephen Niles Chilton (son of James Chilton and Diana Niles), who was born at Alburg, VT, July 20, 1839 and died at Detroit, MI, May 9, 1906 (his DOB/DOD and parents have been proven through pension documents.
Stephen married Eleanor.
Military
U.S. Civil War
CHILTON, STEPHEN N.—Age, 23 years. Enrolled, August 8, 1862, at Potsdam, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. E, August 27, 1862; promoted first sergeant, January 9, 1861; mustered in as first lieutenant, January 16, 1865; mustered out, July 27, 1865, near Washington, D. C. Commissioned first lieutenant, February 18, 1865, with rank from January 16, 1865, vice T. Shaw, promoted.[1]
Sources
- 1890 Veterans Schedules; Lansing, MI
- U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
- His Find A Grave: Memorial #204577979
- His first cousin's Find A Grave: Memorial #54033228
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4KJQ-WLPZ : 11 December 2019), Stephen Niles Chilton, ; Burial, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States of America, Woodmere Cemetery; citing record ID 204577979, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDBY-78X : 13 March 2018), Eleanor Chilton in entry for Stephen A Chilton, 1890.
- Rosters Of The New York Infantry Regiments During The Civil War
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S Stevenson
Chilton-841 and Chilton-840 appear to represent the same person because: same name and same bio.
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Andrew Simpier
Looks like he has Babcock lineage! So he is my cousin after all. Amazing! My grandpa served in company H
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Andrew Simpier
I did add the civil war pension record which shows the company but I can’t read the letter of the company he served; can you read it?
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