Alfred E. Stacey

Alfred Edwin Stacey (January 20, 1846 – March 10, 1940) was an American chair manufacturer, politician, and Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Life Stacey was born on January 20, 1846, in Elbridge, New York, the son of Richard Stacey and Agnes Pierce. His parents were English immigrants from Somersetshire.

Stacey attended the Munro Collegiate Institute until his father's death in 1863. He then briefly worked as a clerk for the merchant firm A. Wood & Sons. He resigned from the firm to enlist in the 9th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, Battery L, during the American Civil War. Three of his brothers also enlisted during the war, two of them in the same Battery as him. The brothers were with Sheridan in Cedar Creek, where he received two gunshot wounds, and then with General Grant in Petersburg and Appomattox. He served until the end of the war.

Stacey eventually became president of the Elbridge Chair Company. On his 94th birthday, he gave the site of his old factory to serve as the village park. He also worked as a farmer. From 1902 to 1905, he was the County Treasurer.

Stacey was a Methodist. He served as Past Noble Grand of the Odd Fellows. In 1871, he married Ellen Gorham. In 1883, he was married to his second wife, Jessie Rowe. His children were Mabel Cornelia, Maud Ellen, and Alfred E. Jr.

Stacey died at home of pneumonia on March 10, 1940. He was one of the last four Civil War veterans in Onondaga County. He was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Elbridge.