Thursday, February 11, 2016

Army & Civilian Appointments in the U. S. Army.

Some times its hard to find a serviceman in the volunteer army let alone one in the regular army.
So I made this list of men who took appointments in the U. S. Army.  The years cover are the Rebellion years.  The names here have no information, but I do have all their military records.

If you  see or don't see a name on the list and you would like their record you can write me.
My address can be found in my profile.
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1. Lemuel A. Abbott.
2. Frank T. Adams.
3. Gerritt V. S. Aikin.
4. Bishop Aldrich.
5. Andrew J. Alexander.
6. Albert V. Amet.
7. Thomas M. Anderson.
8. William H. Andrew.
9. Wilbur F. Arnold.
10. Edwin B. Atwood.
11. John B. Babcock.
12. Francis M. Bache.
13. Thomas C. J. Bailey.
14. William P.  Bainbridge.
15. Edward B. Baker.
16. Thomas F. Quinn
17. Zacharian Ragan.
18. Frank R. Rice.
19. Richard K. Pond.
20. George S. Pierce.
21. Samuel Peeples.
22. Augustus C. Paul.
23. Ely S. Parker.
24. Philip A. Owen.





Tuesday, February 09, 2016

Benjamin Henry Grierson.

Benjamin Henry Grierson.

Birth: Jul. 8, 1826, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Aug. 31, 1911, Omena, Leelanau County, Michigan.

Parents: Robert Crittenden Grierson (1789 - 1867), Mary Sheppard Grierson (1788 - 1862).

Wife: Alice Kirk Grierson (1828 - 1888).

Children: Edith Clare Grierson (1865 - 1878), Benjamin Henry Grierson (1867 - 1934), Theodore MacGregor Grierson (1869 - 1950).

Sibling: Mary Grierson (1824 - 1860), Benjamin Henry Grierson (1826 - 1911).

Burial: Jacksonville East Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois.

BENJAMIN H. GRIERSON.

 [Born in Pennsylvania.-Appointed from Illinois.]

 MILITARY HISTORY.-Aide-de-Camp to General Prentiss, May to November, 1861. Engaged in an expedition in South-East Missouri, from Irontqn to Cape Girardeau. Major 6th Illinois Cavalry, August, 1861.  Commanding battalion, December, 1861, to March, 1862. Colonel 6th  Illinois Cavalry, March, 1862. Commanding regiment to December,  1862. Engaged at actions of Hernando, Cold Water Station, Olive  B3ranch. Cockram's Cross Roads, Germantown, Collierville, Covington,Wolf River, and Loosahatchie. Engaged in General Grant's Mississippi  campaign. Commanded expeditions from Oxford, Mississippi, to Helena,  Arkansas, and in pursuit of the rebel General Dorn. Commanding Cavalry Brigade, December, 1862, to June, 1863. Brigadier-General U. S. Volunteers, June, 1863, for gallant and distinguished services in raid from  La Grange, Tennessee, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Commanding Cavalry Forces, Department of the Gulf, May to July, 1863. Engaged at action of  Clinton and siege and investment of Port Hudson. Commanding Cavalry  Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1864. Engaged in expeditions into  Northern Mississippi, actions of West Point, Okolona, Ivy Farm, Pontotoc, Old Town Creek, Tupelo, and Guntown. Commanding Cavalry Corps,  District of West Tennessee, to January, 1865. Brevet Major-General  U. S. Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in raid through  Mississippi, from Memphis, Tennessee, against the Mobile, and Ohio, and Mississippi Central Railroads, and capture of Verona and Egypt Stations,  Mississippi.

Assigned to duty according to Brevet rank of Major-General U. S. Volunteers. Commanding Cavalry Corps, Military Division of West Mississippi, March to August, 1865, and during General Canby's campaign against Mobile, Alabama. Major-General U. S. Volunteers, May, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, and raid from Mobile Bay to Eufala, Alabama; Georgetown, Georgia; Montgomery, Alabama, and Columbus, Mississippi. Commanding District of Huntsville, Alabama, September, 1865, to January, 1866. Mustered out of the Volunteer service, April, 1866.

Colonel 10th U. S. Cavalry, July, 1866. Organizing regiment at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, September, 1866, to  August, 1867. Commanding regiment and Post of Fort Riley, Kansas,  September, 1867, to April, 1868. District of the Indian Territory, May, 1868, to May, 1869. Brevet Brigadier-General U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services in raid through Mississippi and Louisiana, 1863. Brevet Major-General U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services in raid through Mississippi in 1864. Commanding Camp Wichita and Fort Sill, Indian Territory, from March, 1869, to -.
 

Monday, February 08, 2016

William Cameron Green.

William Cameron Green.

Birth: 1845, Union County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Sep. 18, 1867, Union County, Pennsylvania,

aged 22y; Capt. 1st Inf. US Army; buried at Cape San Lucas.

Burial: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania.

WILLIAM C. GREEN.
[Born in Penn. Sylvania.Appointed from Pennsylvania.] MILITARY History.

Second Lieutenant 1st U. S. Infantry, September, 1861. First Lieutenant 1st U. S. Infantry. Captain 1st U. S. Infantry, January, 1867. Brevet Captain U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services' during the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Died on board steamship "Moses Taylor," en route from San Francisco, Cal., to New York City, September 18, 1867.

Saturday, February 06, 2016

John Jennings Dunlap.

John Jennings Dunlap.

Birth: Nov. 26, 1839.
Death: Jan. 31, 1902,

Parents: Benjamin I. Dunlap (1810 - 1880), Elizabeth A. Crump Dunlap (1814 - 1912).

Wife; Charlotte Virginia Little Dunlap (1850 - 1909).,

Children: Louise Dunlap (1885 - 1895).

Siblings: Hannah P. Dunlap (____ - 1854), John Jennings Dunlap (1839 - 1902), George Thomas Dunlap (1841 - 1920), Agnes Craighead Dunlap Bennett (1844 - 1903), David Richard Dunlap (1847 - 1917), James Alexander Dunlap (1849 - 1909).

Burial: Eastview Cemetery, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina..

North Carolina Fourteenth, Infantry, Co C., C. S. A., (Anson Guards ).


JOHN J. DUNLAP

came a teamster, driving a wagon. Has no war record as he was not with the bullet department on the firing line. Was faithful to his job to the last and numbered wlth those who surrendered at Appomattox. He married Mlss Virginia Little, daughter of Geo. W Little, Esq.

Friday, February 05, 2016

Capt. Charles Robert Skinker.

Capt. Charles Robert Skinker.

Birth: Jul. 11, 1838.
Death: Dec. 17, 1903.

Wife: Rose Lesslie Allen Skinker (1845 - 1924).

Children: Mary Lyle Skinker Valentine (1868 - 1940), Charles Robert Skinker (1871 - 1920).

Burial: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia.

Roster of 21st., Virginia Co. F.

Skinker, Charles R., enlisted April 21, 1861 ; wounded at Kernstown March 23, 1862; transferred to second company of Howitzers in 1862; wounded at Fredericksburg, 1862; promoted first lieutenant
Company K, 48th Va. Regt. of infantry 1863; captain 1863; wounded at Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863; captured at Spottsylvania C. H. May 12, 1864; sent to Fort Delaware and rejoined his command in about seven months ; wounded at Hatcher's Run Feb. 12, 1865 and permanently disabled.

Wednesday, February 03, 2016

Joseph N Dunton.

Joseph N Dunton.

Birth: Dec. 28, 1837, Vermont.
Death: Oct. 27, 1915.

Wife: Ann M. Fisher Dunton (1837 - 1920 or 1924.

Burial: Oakside Cemetery, Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida.

Vermont Eighth Infantry, Regimental History .
Joseph N. Dunton. Private Company H, Nov. 23, 1861 ; corporal, Feb. 18, 1862 ; sergeant ; 1st sergeant, Nov. 26, 1863 ; re-enlisted Jan. 5, 1864; 2d lieutenant Company H, Feb. 20, 1864; 1st lieutenant Company H, Nov. 24, 1864 ; captain Company C, March 3, 1865 ; mustered out June 28, 1865.

Tuesday, February 02, 2016

Winfield Scott Leach..

Winfield Scott Leach.

Birth: unknown, New York.
Death: Sep. 8, 1898, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Winfield Scott Leach was the son of James & Minerva (Benton) Leach. He was born abt 1816 & died 8 Sep 1898. He married to a woman I have seen in family trees as Mathilda Merchant b. abt 1821 CT but shows up on the 1850, 1860 & 1870 censuses as Marietta b. abt 1821 NY. They had (at least) two children, Martin b. 1835 & Ann Augusta b. abt 1847. They moved from PA to NY to IA to WI to MN back to PA.

Parents: James Leach (1795 - 1877).

Wife: Nancy Herrick Leach (1828 - 1912).

Children: Martin Leach (1835 - 1923).

Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Spartansburg, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Wisconsin Thirty - Sixth Infantry Co. G. Regimental History.


 
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Isaac Higgins.

Isaac Higgins.

Birth: Feb. 10, 1846, Switzerland County, Indiana.
Death: Apr. 24, 1918.

Parents:Elijah Higgins (1813 - 1880),

Wife: Susan Brindley Park (1856 - 1934).

Children: James Higgins (1883 - 1950).

Burial: Ebenezer Cemetery, Moorefield, Switzerland County. Indiana.

Indiana Third Cavalry ( Forty-Fifth ) Regiment, Co, F & B., Reorganized, Regimental History.

Page 69,  Isaac Higgins, of Company F, was captured by having his bridle rein seized by a rebel cavalryman near the river bank some distance below the ford. While being led away captive, his pistol, cocked, was held by him under his coat cape, and in an unguarded moment he shot his captor, whirled his horse  and leaped into the river and escaped.  

Friday, January 29, 2016

William P Hiserodt

William P Hiserodt.

Birth: Mar. 20, 1840.
Death: Sep. 25, 1894.

Wife: Charity Smith Hiserodt (1841 - 1903).

Children: Samuel Smith Hiserodt (1867 - 1938), William Albert Hiserodt (1869 - 1958).

Burial: Jackson Township Cemetery, Owasa, Hardin County, Iowa.

Iowa Thirty-Second Infantry, Co. A., Regimental History.

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William. P. Hiserodt, promoted Sergeant, thrice wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, escaped and ached our army at Vicksburg; furloughed himself, and came to Iowa with Captain Ackerman; returned and served through the entire Missouri. Nashville and Gulf campaigns; was discharged for disability at Montgomery. July 17. 1865.


Comrade Hiserodt was a man of rare bravery and resources; of great endurance; and would put down the rebellion if it took the last ham. chicken, or horse in the Confederacy. Illustrative of this it is told of him that in Montgomery after Bragg's force was disbanded there, "Bill" was in a saloon, and heard a rebel Major raving about the results of the surrender and his embarrassment at being compelled to go home without ever being whipped, etc., etc.

"Bill" finally told him to square himself and he should have something that he could talk about to his folks at home; and proceeded at once to administer to the boastful and hitherto unwhipped rebel a most thorough and severe beating in the most approved knock down style. After he returned to his home near Robertson he engaged in farming and raising live stock; was elected Justice of the Peace; was a member of the Board of Supervisors; took an active part in the prosecution of outlaws in chat region: and died there in 1894.

Thursday, January 28, 2016

David H. Lee

David H. Lee

David H. Lee. Enrolled June 12, 1861. Transferred from Co. A June 10, 1864 ; detailed August 8, 1864, as Aid-de-camp on General Gill's staff ; killed Oct. 27, 1864, by guerrillas on the Coosa river.
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Ohio Thirty-Second Infantry, New Co. F., Regimental History.

On the 27th day of October, Lieut. D. H. Lee, of F. Company, then on staff duty, went in command of a detail, among which was two or more of our regiment. He had with him probably a dozen men. His duty was to find and bring into camp some citizens whose testimony was wanted by a Confederate who was being held as a spy.

When Lee, with his command, had gone some miles outside our lines, and while bearing a flag of truce, was surrounded by a band of guerillas, under command of one Jenkins, and although they displayed the white flag, they were denied its protection and a fight began, in which every man but Lee and one private, a Thirty-second Ohio man, was killed.

Lee was yet unhurt when the guerilla captain called to him to surrender and his life would be spared. On this Lee threw down his arms and the guerilla force gathered around him, and while the captain was talking with him, one of his men came up and shot Lee with a revolver through the back of the head. They took from his finger a diamond ring that had been given Lieut. Lee by his young wife, whom he had married when home on veteran furlough.

His body, with that of others, was thrown into a ravine and covered with brush, where it lay until the summer of 1865 after the surrender when the father of the young lieutenant went south, and with the aid of some of the citizens of a hamlet near by, recovered the remains of his son, which he was able to identify by the clothing. He was also fortunate enough to recover the diamond ring, which was in possession of an old citizen who claimed to have bought it from one of the guerillas.

Note His Burial is unknown.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

James T Guppy.

James T. Guppy.

Birth: Mar. 8, 1841, England.
Death: Feb. 18, 1917, Mankato, Jewell County, Kansas.

Wife: Mary U Brinkworth Guppy (1844 - 1898).

Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Mankato, Jewell County, Kansas.

Illinois Ninety-Sixth Infantry, Co. D., Regimental History

James T. Guppy. Age 21 ; born in England ; farmer ; enlisted from Atioch ; at the battle of Chickamauga two bullets passed through his hat, one giving him a scalp wound ; remained on the battle-field that night, and next morning was aroused by a Rebel surgeon, who gave him the first definite knowledge that the Federal forces had retreated ; he then made his way back to Rossville ; was with the Regiment until near the close of May, 1864, when he was sent to Jeffersonville hospital, sick, re mining about a year ; is charged at Louisville, Ky., May 29, 1865; is farming at Mankato, Jewell County, Kansas.

Monday, January 25, 2016

William H, Darrow.

William H. Darrow.

Birth: 1838.
Death: Jul.15, 1894.

Wife: Emily F. Darrow.

Children: John D. Darrow.

Burial: Indian Creek Cemetery, Columbus Junction, Louisa County. Iowa.

Iowa State Records.

William Darrow. Age 25. Residence Columbus City, nativity Ohio. Appointed Additional Assistant Surgeon April 30, 1862, from Hospital  Steward. Promoted Assitant Surgeon Sept. 16, 1862.

Iowa Fifth Regimental History.
 
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Benjamin F Skinner.

Benjamin F Skinner.

Birth: Dec. 3, 1842.
Death: 1895.

Wife: Luella Skinner.

Children: Joseph D. Skinner, Mary C. Skinner.

Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa.

Iowa First Cavalry, Co. G, Regimental History.

 BENJAMIN F. SKINNER Company G.

Ben. F. Skinner was born in Middleburg, Indiana, December 3d. 1842. and lived there until he was eleven years old. The family then removed to Delaware county. Iowa. His father was a shoemaker by
trade. After arriving in Iowa his father entered a large tract of land and went to farming. This did not suit the taste of the boy Ben. so he was apprenticed to the tinner's trade, at which he was at work when he enlisted as a private in Company G, First Iowa Cavalry, at Burlington, Iowa, August 15th, 1861.

During his term of service was on duty at General Herron's headquarters for nine months Returned to his company when the expedition to capture Little Rock was organized. Was sunstruck at Clarendon, Arkansas, and nearly lost his life. The Camden expedition nearly used him up, as he was sick nigh unto death until discharged at Davenport, Iowa, September 9th. 1864, as high private, and then he thanked God his soldier days were over. He is now a robust G. A. R. man. a tinner by trade, and lives at Manchester. Iowa ; and if any of old Company G pass his way, he invites them to be sure and call.

Friday, January 22, 2016

Robert William Mays.

Robert William Mays.

Birth: Sep. 30, 1842.
Death: Dec. 7, 1918.

Parents: Henry S. Mays (1815 - 1864), Matilda Rosannah Stroud Mays (1821 - 1905).

Wife: Laura Jane Gray Mays (1856 - 1905).

Children: Emma Sam Mays (1889 - 1889), William Addison Mays (1891 - 1891).

Siblings: Robert William Mays (1842 - 1918), Samuel Hardy Mays (1847 - 1923), John M. Mays (1850 - 1871).

Burial: Jackson City Cemetery, Jackson, Butts County, Georgia.

Georgia Thirtieth Infantry Co. F, Regimental History.

Robert W. Mays

Robert W Mays was a private who enlisted when quite a boy. He was born and raised in Butts County, where he has always lived. At the battle of Chickamauga he was se- verely wounded, the ball entering the lower part of the chest and passing out near the spine, which so disabled him a board of physicians retired him from the service. After regaining his strength he reentered the service, notwith standing his exemption, and was surrendered with Johnston's army in North Carolina in 1865.

He returned home after the war to his widowed mother, his father, Henry S. Mays, having been killed in service. His home being in the path of Sherman's army, he found nothing hut debt and poverty With but a limited education, he commenced the battle of life with a spirit of pride, endurance and ambition and has accumulated property which makes him one of the wealthiest men of his county. While he has a diploma of both law and medicine, he does not practice either, farming being his favorite occupation.

He is kind and sympathetic to the weak and oppressed. He was married after the war to Miss Laura Gray, who has since died, leaving him two children, Robert Lee and John Billy. In 1880- 1881, rerepresented Butts County in the Legislature. He now lives at Jackson, Ga., where he has a host of warm friends.

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Benjamin Franklin Ward.

Benjamin Franklin Ward.

Birth: Apr. 1, 1845.
Death: May 18, 1873.

Burial: Smith Cemetery #2, Calloway County, Kentucky.

Kentucky Eighth Infantry, Co. F., Regimental History.

Benjamin F. Ward, Private, Enlisted October 24,, 1861, Mustered January  15, 1862, a t Lebanon, for 3 years.

Page 212,  As usual, every man in the regiment and brigade did his whole duty. B. F. Ward, Company F, an excellent shot, succeeded in silencing a  particularly annoying rebel sharpshooter, who had secreted himself in a niche of the irregular crown of the precipice. The rapidity of his shots were only accounted for by his comrades behind loading for him. Ben maneuvered until he obtained a position commanding a view of the annoying rebel's head. As the fog lifted above the mountain, Ben's unerring rifle cracked. The rapid shooter sprang forward, and fell on a ledge of rock twenty feet below. His hat, with a bullet hole in it, came to the base of the cliff. Ben lay there a long while, but no other daring rebel showed his head*at'that point.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Pvt Benjamin W Petway.

Pvt Benjamin W Petway

Birth: 1839.
Death: 1904.

Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

Tennessee Twentieth Infantry Co. K. Regimental History.

B. W. Petway was the only survivor of this Company present at the re-union in 1903. He was severely wounded in the knee in front of Atlanta, July 22, 1864; was left on the field and taken to the Federal Hospital. Three months later, and after recovering from his wound, he was brought to Nashville, and confined in the penitentiary ; in November, 1864, he was taken to Camp Douglas, and in March, 1865, he was sent to Point Lookout, Md., to be exchanged, reaching there April 1, 1865, where he was held until he was paroled, June 20, 1865.

Monday, January 18, 2016

Seth C Hill.

Seth C Hill.

Birth: May 1, 1840.
Death: Dec. 1, 1927.

Parents; Warren & Sophia Hulburt Hill.

Wife: Lizzie M. Kendall Hill.

Married 1889.

Children: Bell M., Delmer J. Hill.

Burial: Lamoille View Cemetery, Johnson, Lamoille County, Vermont.

Vermont Eight Infantry Co. A., Regimental History.

Page 216, Hill then turned to assist a wounded companion who had fallen at his side, when an excited enemy made a lunge at him, his bayonet gliding between the body and arm. He sprang quickly away, and by an adroit movement knocked the rebel down with clubbed musket, and continued fighting until surrounded and forced into the enemy's ranks, but refused to surrender, when a side shot tore away his belt, cartridge box, and the flesh to his backbone, which crippled him to the ground ; but when Gordon's divisions swept the spot, some of the rebels wearing blue coats supposed to be taken from Crook's men, Hill rose and joined them in the charge, shouting with the rebels, and actually firing harmless shots at his own regiment. Hill was once challenged by a rebel officer, to whom he answered that he belonged to the Fourth Georgia.

the next stand made by the brigade on the pike, Hill rushed into the Union line, although exposed to the fire of his friends as well as his foes, and continued fighting till he sank to the ground from loss of blood, fell into the enemy's hands, and was again rescued at night.

Seth C. Hill, Private, Promoted Sergeant December 14, 1863:Promoted First Sergeant  February, 25, 1865.

Friday, January 15, 2016

Erasmus Darwin Steen.

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Erasmus Darwin Steen.

Birth: Oct. 1, 1835, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 22, 1913, Illinois.

He was the son of Matthew Steen and Elizabeth Galbraith. He married Martha Fair on November 15, 1855 in Warren, Illinois.

Parents: Elizabeth Galbraith Steen (1797 - 1883).

Wife: Martha F. Fair Steen (1836 - 1921).

Children: Ernest Steen (1856 - 1922), Mary Steen Thompson (1861 - 1934).

Burial: Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

Illinois 115th. Infantry, Co. B. Regimental History.

ERASMUS D. STEEN,  First Lieutenant, Brevet Captain,U S. Volunteers. Captain Steen actively assisted in the formtion of Company B and was an efficient officer in the compny until the battle of Chickamauga. While gallantly leading his men in the action on that eventful Sunday afternoon Lieutenant Steen was very severely wounded by a musket ball through the abdomen. Supposed to be mortally wounded he was carried from the field by his comrades to save him from dying among the enemy.

However, to the surprise of all who saw him after receiving his wound, he endured the jolting of the transfer from McFarland's to Chattanooga and the weary months in hospital and so far recovered that he is now able to do some business. After returning to the regimnt his wound still so far disabled him that he was unable for duty and resigned his commission on April 20, 1865, and returned home.

He was some time in business in Shelbyville and later several years in business at Danville, ILL He then spent several years as excursion agent for various railroads,residing in Chicago. He was married before entering the amy and has several grown children, a son being in partnrship with him, a daughter, the wife of Judge Thompson of Dnville. ILL., and two daughters at home. He is now in the real estate business at Room 38 Merchants' Building, and resdes at No. 240 Hampden Court, Chicago.

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

James M McBeth.

James M McBeth.

Birth: Jul. 31, 1842, Ohio.
Death: Nov. 28, 1921.

Parents: William McBeth (1795 - 1854), Anna Steele McBeth (1804 - 1883).

Wife: Sarah Cornelia Turner McBeth (1852 - 1939).

Children: William E McBeth (1873 - 1874), Bertha McBeth Moorhous (1878 - 1902), Louis McBeth (1884 - 1884), J Edgar McBeth (1885 - 1886).

  Sibling: John S. McBeth (1829 - 1864), James M McBeth (1842 - 1921).

Burial: Old Monticello Cemetery, Monticello, White County, Indiana.

Indiana Forty-Sixth Infantry Co. E., Regimental History. 

Page 57, James M. McBeth, of Company E, fired upon and wounded the color-bearer of the Fifteenth Arkansas. McBeth took the colors, but inadvertantly let them pass into the hands of some
Thirty-fourth men, who had come up.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Abraham Vanderpoel

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Wisconsin Twelfth Infantry, Co. E. Regimental History.

Capt. Abraham Vanderpoel.

Abraham Vanderpoel was born in Columbia County, New York, on the 1st day of April, 1806. He was married, in 1825, to Christina Gifford.

In 1828 he removed to Oswego County, and, settling in the heavy timber land, cleared up a large farm. In 1838, with his wife and seven children  two boys and five girls he moved to the Territory of Wisconsin, and settled at Jefferson, in the county by the same name.

Two years later he removed to Waterloo, in the same county, where he lived until 1858, when he changed his residence to Newport, in Sauk County.

Mr. Vanderpoel was a member of the Second Constitutional  Convention of Wisconsin the convention that framed our present constitution from Jefferson County. This convention was in session from December 15, 1847 to February 1, 1848.

In the year 1850 he was a member of the Assembly for Jefferson County.

In September and October, 1861, he raised a company for service in the Civil War, his commission as Captain dating from Oct. 3. This company was recruited at Delton, near Newport, and was known locally as The Wisconsin River Rifles." It afterwards became Company E of the Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry. He commanded the company until May 3, 1862, when he resigned on account of ill health, his disease being sciofula. The same disease was the cause of his death, in a hospital at Fond du Lac, Wis., Sept. 28, 1874. His business through life had been that of a farmer.

Abraham Vanderpoel.

Birth: Apr. 1, 1807, Columbia County, New York.
Death: Sep. 28, 1874, Fond du Lac Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.

Wife: Christina G Vanderpoel (1808 - 1889)

Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Mitchell, Mitchell County, Iowa.