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William Radford (September 9, 1809 - January 8, 1890) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War, in which he remained loyal to the Union, despite his Virginia birth. Radford commanded the Ironclad Division in the attacks on Fort Fisher (December 1864/January 1865) to assert Union control of Cape Fear, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. ==John Radford Family 1806–1821== On , John Radford () married Harriet Kennerly () in Fincastle, Virginia at Santillane, the estate of her uncle George Hancock. In attendance at the wedding was William Clark direct from the Corps of Discovery exploration. There is a discrepancy about William's birth-date, with some references giving it as but family records and the U.S. Federal Census forms support the 1809 date. After William was born in Fincastle, the Radfords moved to Lewis County, Kentucky near Maysville where William's two siblings were born: *Mary Preston () *John Desborough () In 1817, father John Radford was killed by the wild boar he was hunting. Widow Harriet moved her three children to Saint Louis, Missouri to join her brothers and first cousin Judith "Julia" Hancock Clark, wife of William Clark. The Radfords resided with her brother James Kennerly. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Radford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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