He is buried in Section 1, Arlington National Cemetery.

Major Stephen Carr Lyford (1838-1885)
 Cadet USMA 1857-61
Second Lieutenant June 24, 1861
First Lieutenant March 3, 1863
Captain September 15, 1863
Major June27, 1874
Lieutenant Colonel (Brevet) March 13, 1865
 Served with 1st Dragoons 1861
Served with 1st Cavalry Regiment 1861
Served with 3rd Artillery 1861
Transferred to Ordnance 1861

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, May 12, 1885 - The body of Colonel Stephen C. Lyford, of the Ordnance Corps, United States Army, commander of the Frankford Arsenal at Philadelphia, who died on Saturday night, was brought here this afternoon for incineration in the crematorium.  It was in charge of a guard of the Heavy Ordnance Departments - Sergeants Farrell and Gibson, Corporals McNally and Burke and Privates Wier and Campfield, accompanied by Lieuenant Ira McNutt.  Friends who accompanied the remains were Dr. Benjamin Pennybaker, Surgeon at the Arsenal; Major George McKee, stationed at Governors Island, New York; Colonel William Ludlow of the Water Department, Philadelphia; J. J. O'Reilly, Chief Clerk of the Arsenal; Captain J. E. Barr of Philadelphia; J. W. Smithey and Richard Graham of the Pullman Palace Car Company.  The body was placed in the hearse at the station, the coffin being covered by the American flag, and taken at once to the crematorium where it was placed in the retort.  Only friends who accompanied the body witnessed the ceremony.  The ashes will be removed tomorrow morning and shipped to Washington for interment in the Arlington Cemetery.

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LYFORD, STEPHEN D/O STEPHEN C
DATE OF DEATH: 07/22/1951
BURIED AT: SECTION 1  SITE 9-A CL
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
  DAUGHTER OF SC LYFORD,  COL USA

LYFORD, STEPHEN
MAJOR ORD OFFICER USA
BURIED AT:   SITE 9
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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