Augustus Canfield
- Given Name
- Augustus
- Surname
- Canfield
- Birth Date
- April 9, 1801
- Death Date
- April 18, 1854
- Mother
- Mary Canfield
- Biographical Information
- A son of David Sealy and Mary Dickerson Canfield and a brother of Mahlon Dickerson Canfield (MDC). He graduated from West Point Military Academy in the class of 1822. He was a Captain of the Topographical Engineers at the time of his death. He was also in the Florida war with General Scott, and afterwards was in charge of the construction of light houses on Lake Superior. He married Mary Sophia Cass on October 22, 1841 in London, and together they had five children. He lived and was buried in Detroit, Michigan.
- Citation(s) for Biographical Information:
- Frederick Alexander Canfield. The History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield. Tuttle, 1897.
Additional notes: https://books.google.com/books?id=EoY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=mahlon+dickerson+canfield&source=bl&ots=jCFfTOM5W2&sig=syw2x77KwODpzS0CrhDA3PaW1fQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1mEsU-OxBqeBygHA14CACQ&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=frederick%20canfield&f=false - Citation(s) for Birth Information:
- Ancestry Library. Last modified July 27, 2015. Accessed on July 27, 2015.
- Citation(s) for Death Information:
- Ancestry Library. Last modified July 27, 2015. Accessed on July 27, 2015.