William Radford was a rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. There is a discrepancy with some references which report his birth date as March 1, 1808 but family records and the U.S. Federal Census forms support the 1809 date.
Read more about William Radford: John Radford Family 1806–1821, William Clark Family 1821–1825, Naval Career 1825–1843: Mediterranean and West Indies Squadrons, Naval Career 1843–1847: Pacific Squadron, Naval Career 1847–1862: New York and East India Squadron, Naval Career 1862–1865: Civil War, Naval Career 1865-1872: North Atlantic and European Squadrons, Marriage and Family 1848–1890, Legacy