According to the grave marker that he shares with his father, he was captured during the civil war and "starved as a prisoner of war." He was 22 years old.[1]
Sources
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108361700/john-vail-mulford : accessed 16 October 2021), memorial page for John Vail Mulford (10 Apr 1842–30 Oct 1864), Find A Grave: Memorial #108361700, citing Woodside Cemetery, Middletown, Butler County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by SMH (contributor 47592769).
See also:
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQH-RSS : 21 December 2020), John Malford in household of David Malford, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc. Title: World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1 Publication: Name: Release date: February 9, 1996; NOTESource Medium: Family Archive CD; Customer pedigree. Citing: Page: Tree #6122 Data: Text: Date of Import: Dec 16, 1998 (accessed before 22 August 2011)
Title: cordell 20020723.FTW. Citing: Page: Tree #6122 Data: Text: Date of Import: Dec 16, 1998 (accessed before 22 August 2011)
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