Stephen Moffitt

from The New York Times, January 4, 1904, p. 9:

       GEN. STEPHEN MOFFITT DEAD.
   Was Born in 1837 and Served Through-
      out the Civil War--Held Vari-
           ous Public Offices.
      PLATTSBURG, N.Y., Jan. 3.--Gen. Ste-
phen Moffitt died at his residence near this
city to-day.
  Gen. Moffitt was born in Clintonville,
Clinton County, N.Y., in 1837. When the
civil war broke out he was the first man
to enlist in the Ninety-sixth Volunteer Reg-
iment. He rose to be Lieutenant Colonel
in 1863 and Colonel of the regiment in 1865.
A little later he was brevetted Brigadier
General. He lost a leg at the battle of Fair
Oaks Oct. 27, 1864, while carrying a wound-
ed private from the field. At the battle of
Plymouth, April 16, 1864, he was captured
and sent to Libby Prison and later to pris-
ons at Macon and Danville, Ga.
  Gen. Moffitt was appointed Deputy Col-
lector of Internal Revenue for this district
in 1866. In 1867 he was elected County
Clerk of Clinton County and was re-elected
in 1870, resigning in 1878 to accept the
post of agent and Warden of Clinton Pris-
on, which he held until 1876, when Presi-
dent Grant appointed him Collector of Cus-
toms for the District of Champlain, to
which office he was reappointed in 1880 by
President Hayes. In 1888 he was elected
Assemblyman from Clinton County.
  In 1889 President Harrison appointed Gen.
Moffitt to be again Collector of Customs
for the District of Champlain, which office
he held until 1898. At the time of his death
he was President of the Plattsburg Na-
tional Bank. He was never married.
  He is survived by three sisters and one
brother, ex-Congressman John H. Moffitt,
now cashier of the Plattsburg National
Bank.
  Gen. Moffitt was one of the wealthiest
and most prominent men in this county,
and was a leader in charitable work. For
years past on Christmas Day he gave pres-
ents to all the school children and dinners
to all the needy poor of this city.
  The funeral will be on Wednesday.