HALSTEAD, Orange Billings^{[1, 2, 3]}

1846 - 1930  (84 years)

• Name	HALSTEAD, Orange Billings
  Birth	2 Nov 1846	Mecca, Trumball County, Ohio, USA   [1, 2, 4]
  	O.B.'s obituary states he was born 2 Nov 1846 at Mecca, Trumball Co, OH", a date which is also verified by the Tombstone inscription, and Schuyler Cemetery Records. ; apparently the data presented for "350 Years of Halsteads in America" was in error or suffered a transcription error.G.A.H. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Handwritten note from Dorothy Marie Halstead says born at Greene, Trumbull County, Ohio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Gender	Male
  Census	1 Jun 1860	Montgomery, Marion County, Ohio, USA
  Census	1 Jun 1860	Montgomery, Marion County, Ohio, USA   [5]
  Orange Holsted 13 M OH
  Military Service	25 Mar 1864	Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
  Military Service	25 Mar 1864	Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA   [1, 2, 6]
  	Civil War Veteran, Co D 64th Ohio Infantry, 25 Mar 1864 to 3 Dec 1865 - Discharged at Victoria, Texas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COLFAX COUNTY, NEBRASKA 1890 SPECIAL CENSUS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- NOTE: The following information was abstracted by Claire Mares, who kindly and generously gave her permission for its use on the Internet. "The original census was lost through fire and this is a reconstructed census of known Civil War survivors and/or their widows. The information contained within this census was taken from the microfilm covering the Nebraska census. Perhaps it will be helpful to those doing research on their families. All of the information contained on the census record was copied off and placed into book form for easier reading." HALSTED, Orange B - Schuyler (Page 2 2-111) Pvt Co D, 64 OH Inf 25 Mar 1865 - 3 Dec 1865 8m 8d ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Orange Halstead , Enlistment Date: 25 Mar 1865 Side Served: Union State Served: Ohio Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 25 March 1865 at the age of 18. Enlisted in Company D, 64th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 25 Mar 1865. Mustered Out Company D, 64th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 3 Dec 1865 at Victoria, TX. Sources: 17 ===================================== also have note from Dorothy alstead that says he enlisted Co. D, 64th Regiment, O.V.B. at Columbus, OH Feb 1865 and Honorably Discharged Dec 1866 at Columbus, Ohio.
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Colfax County, Nebraska, USA
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Colfax County, Nebraska, USA   [5]
  O. B. Halstead Colfax, Colfax, NE 34 <1846> Ohio Male Self Martha Halstead Colfax, Colfax, NE 32 <1848> Ohio Female Wife Floyd Halstead Colfax, Colfax, NE 10 <1870> Nebraska Male Son Assa Halstead Colfax, Colfax, NE 8 <1872> Nebraska Male Son Wilder Halstead Colfax, Colfax, NE 3 <1877> Nebraska Male Son Clyde Halstead Colfax, Colfax, NE 1 <1879> Nebraska Male Son ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  _UID	06357BD452A29640B818B277D95A1A6802D8
  _UID	06357BD452A29640B818B277D95A1A6802D8
  Death	5 Dec 1930	Oroville, Butte County, California, USA   [1]
  	@ 84 years, 1 mo, 3 da
  Burial	Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska, USA   [1]
  	SCHUYLER CEMETERY Colfax County, NE Pages 41-80 Orange B Halstead GAR Mattie J Halstead 2 Nov 1846 5 Dec 1930 29 May 1848 25 Jun 1941 Clyde G Halstead Mary C Halstead 1879 - 1938 1878 - 1954
  Person ID	I39172	HalstedMaster
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	HALSTEAD, Reverend David Demaree,   b. 24 Feb 1811, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, USA d. 3 Dec 1887, West Ft Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	HILLYER, Betsy Melissa,   b. 12 Jun 1813, Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA d. 2 Aug 1902 (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	22 Nov 1832	Johnson, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Notes	David Demaree Halstead, b. Old Paltz, NY moved w/parents by wagon train to Johnson Township, Trumball Co, OH in 1816; in this same wagon train Betsy Melissa Hillyer and her parents also moved west.David D. and Betsy m. 1832 and remained Johnson Township until they relocated to Marion Co in 1836, then Greensburg, OH in 1840, and to Ft. Dodge, IA in 1872, where they remained. [1, 7]
  Family ID	F13277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	CAMPBELL, Martha Jane,   b. 29 May 1848, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, USA d. 25 Jun 1941, Oroville, Butte County, California, USA (Age 93 years)  [3]
  Marriage	24 Sep 1867	La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Children	1. HALSTEAD, Lenora Maude,   b. 24 Jul 1868, Marion County, Ohio, USA d. 23 May 1870, Colfax County, Nebraska, USA (Age 1 year)   2. HALSTEAD, Floyd G,   b. 1 Jun 1870, Rogers, Colfax County, Nebraska, USA d. 22 Aug 1960, Oroville, Butte County, California, USA (Age 90 years)   3. HALSTEAD, Asa David,   b. 28 Nov 1871, Rogers, Colfax County, Nebraska, USA d. 26 Dec 1970, Scotts Bluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, USA (Age 99 years)   4. HALSTEAD, Orange Wileder Doctor of Optometry,   b. 2 Nov 1876, Rogers, Colfax County, Nebraska, USA d. 21 Feb 1953, Oroville, Butte County, California, USA (Age 76 years)   5. HALSTEAD, Clyde George,   b. 9 Jan 1879, Rogers, Colfax County, Nebraska, USA d. 24 Aug 1938, Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska, USA (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F13276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S17615] "350 Years of Halsteads In America". [S17616] Individual obituaries. [S17614] File (merged): J:\JH-Family-History\Family-Historian7-Projects\Isaac-Halstead-1763\Isaac-Halstead-1763.fh_data\Isaac-Halstead-1763.ged, (OF NO USE - simply identifies for us when two Gedcom FIles have been merged). Record originated in... [S17643] Tombstone inscription. [S17785] Census rolls. [S17673] Ancestry.com. [S17614] File (merged): J:\JH-Family-History\Family-Historian7-Projects\Isaac-Halstead-1763\Isaac-Halstead-1763.fh_data\Isaac-Halstead-1763.ged, (OF NO USE - simply identifies for us when two Gedcom FIles have been merged).