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                                  COMPANY  B  OFFICERS  at  CRIPPLE  CREEK

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John S. McDowell  44  (1819 - 1887)  Born in VT;  Moved to Vinton Co, OH around 1850;  Married Mahala J. Waltz in Vinton Co, OH in 1855;  In 1860, McDowell was employed as a Shoemaker;  Mustered in as Capt on 7 Aug 62;  During the time he was Capt of Co B, several Sergeants and Corporals were captured and sent to Confederate prisons;  It was found that the captured officers were all reduced to the rank of private because the captain thought it unfair that they should still be earning an officer's pay during their captivity--given the fact that other men were fulfilling the officers' duties back in camp;  The officers had their pay and rank restored after they were released and returned home;  Was Capt McDowell the one who gave the order to bust the men down to ranks?;  Capt McDowell would be promoted to Maj on 11 Aug 64 (but never mustered--why?);  He resigned 1 May 65--was there some connection to the reduction in ranks incident?;  He returned to his family in Vinton Co where he was a Justice of the Peace in 1870;  Moved to CA during the 1870s;  Invalid's Pension filed 1880 from CA;  He died in 1887 in San Francisco--originally buried in Golden Gate Cemetery, eventually reinterred in San Francisco National Cemetery;  Mahala filed for a Widow's Pension in 1888;  She and some of her children were interred in Oakland, CA after the turn of the century

 

 

 

 

John S. Witherspoon  26  (1836 - 1910)  Born in PA, he lived most of his adult life in Vinton Co, OH;  He married Delila Albin in 1861;  Mustered in as 1 Lt on 11 Jul 62;  Would become Capt of Co I on 14 Apr 63;  Was one of the officers who went to rescue "Little Johnny" Moore when he was captured;  After the War, he was a Farmer and a School Teacher and worked as a Roofer in 1900;  He and his wife had 4 children;  He is buried in Vinton Co, OH

 

 

 

John L. Hatfield  24  (1838 - 1926)  Born in OH;  He graduated from Ohio University in 1862;  Mustered in as a Pvt on 7 Aug 62;  Appointed 1 Sgt on 7 Sep 62 (skipping the ranks of Cpl and Sgt!); Promoted to 2 Lt on 1 Jan 63;  Would be promoted to 1 Lt on 1 Jan 64;  Resigned on 5 Aug 64 due to ill heallth ("permanent gastrointestinal difficulties" due to bad food and water?);  He was a Teacher in OH and Arkansas and a Methodist-Episcopal Church Minister in Missouri and OH;  He married Helen Carpenter  in 1867 and had 5 children with her (4 of whom lived to adulthood);  He was a Professor of Latin and of Literature at his alma mater, Ohio University, for 12 years;  He lived for many years in Indianola, IA, beginning in 1882;  He contributed a delightful story to Harden's 1902 reunion book, concerning an encounter with Kim Jones in 1901 (see p. 233);  After his wife died in 1906, he moved to California to live with his son and it is here he died (San Bernardino Co) in 1926

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CORPORALS  and  SERGEANTS  of  Co.  B  at  CRIPPLE  CREEK

Ansel, Benjamin P.  19  (1844 - 1906)  Born in Hocking Co, but spent nearly all of his life in Vinton Co;  Mustered in as a Pvt with the company on 27 Aug 62;  Appointed Cpl on 1 Apr 63;  Reduced to Pvt again on 1 May 63 (I do not know why--he was not one of the men "reduced in ranks" due to being a POW);  Was again appointed Cpl on 1 Apr 64;  Mustered out with the company on 13 Jun 65;  When he returned to Vinton Co, he married Mary Ellen Walker in 1866;  For the next 40 years, he worked as a Journeyman Carpenter then as a Farmer, then as a House Carpenter; He died in Vinton Co and was buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery 

 

???Curry, Nathan H.*  30  (1833 - 1863)  Born in Vinton Co, OH to Andrew and Amy (Horton) Curry;  Mustered in as a Sgt;  I do not find a listing of what Pvt Curry's cause of death was, therefore I can't be sure if he died from a sudden event (an accidental GSW or a drowning, for example) or if he died from a wasting illness that kept him hospitalized for weeks or months;  Was he ever at Cripple Creek?  I don't know--what I DO know is that he died on 22 Aug 63 in Louisville, KY and was buried in the Cave Hill Cemetery

???Defigh, Samuel   26  (1837 - 1892)  Born in Vinton Co to Philip and Elizabeth Defigh;  The Defighs were Farmers;  Samuel mustered in as a Cpl on 5 Aug 62;  Discharged on a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability on 15 Mar 63;  I do not know the nature of Samuel's disability, but it is possible he spent at least a couple of weeks at Cripple Creek;  Back in Vinton Co, he continued the family tradition of farming; In 1868, Samuel married Mary Ann Crow;  In 1880, he filed for his Invalid Pension;  That same year, the family relocated to Audrain Co, MO and continued farming; In 1892, he died and was buried in Appleman's Chapel  

Derry, George Lewis  29  (1833 - 1899)  George Derry's parents were Benjamin and Emily Derry;  George's younger brother was John H., an enlisted man in Co B. whose bio appears below;  The family were living in Wilkesville in 1840, in Meigs Co in 1850, and back to Wilkesville in 1860; He mustered in as a Cpl on 9 Aug 62;  Appointed Sgt on 3 Dec 62;  Discharged on a Surgeon's Certificate due to Inflammatory Rheumatism on 19 Jun 63;  He immediately applied for an Invalid's pension, although he managed to perform a certain amount of physical labor, since he earned his living as a Cabinet Maker;  He married Mary Sabina Curtis in 1863 in Meigs Co;  He died and was buried in Wilkesville

 

Devault, Cyrus  34  (1829 - 1899)  Born in VA;  Possibly 3 marriages: Lydia ___ date before 1850, Mary Ott 1853, and Ellen R. McKinney in 1857; In 1860, Cyrus and three other Devaults were Miners in Gold Hill, NB Territory;  Before and after the War, he was engaged in the business of Carriage Maker;  Mustered in as a Cpl on 9 Aug 62;  Mustered out with the company on 13 Jun 65;  Filed for an Invalid's Pension in 1876; Died and is buried in Wilkesville, Vinton Co, OH

Hewitt, Robert  42  (1821 - 1873)  Born in Athens Co, OH to Aaron and Mary (Lowry)  Hewitt; He married Mary Dalton in 1842 in Hocking Co, OH;  Mustered into Co B as a Pvt;  Appointed Cpl on 1 May 63;  Appointed Sgt on 1 Jan 64;  Mustered out with the rest of the company;  His promotions mirror those of James Jones (see bio below);  Spent most of his life as a Farmer in OH;  He and Mary raised 10 children;  He died and is buried in Vinton Co, OH 

Jefferson, Thomas W.[*?]  21 (1841 - 1863? 1890?  1894?)  There is conflicting information on him, however, there are a few things agreed upon by all:   (1) He was mustered into the 90th OH as a Cpl on 11 Aug 62,  (2) There is a Pension Petition for Sarah Jefferson as the mother of Thomas Jefferson of the 90th OH Inf, Co B, that was filed from IL on Aug 9, 1890, and (3) Thomas W. Jefferson was born in OH and was 21 when he enlisted in 1862;  Here are the discrepancies:  (1) The AG's Report shows him Killed in Action at Chickamauga on 20 Sep 63, but there are no records for his death or burial;  (2) There is a family record on Ancestry for a Thomas W. Jefferson who was born in OH in 1841 to Jacob and Sarah Jefferson--they lived in Vinton Co in 1860 and the parents died in Coles Co, IL--and this Thomas W. Jefferson died in Vinton Co on 8 Jul 1894,  (3) The death date in 1894 conflicts with the Pension record being filed in 1890 

Jones, James T. "Jimmy"  30  (1833 - 1917)  Born in Ceredigion, Wales;  Came with his parents, Theophilus and Harriet, and his siblings to America in 1847;  In 1850, the Joneses lived in Gallia, OH;  Jimmy married Louisa Jane Boggs there in 1857;  In 1860, James and Louisa were living in Vinton Co, where he worked as a Day Laborer; Mustered in as a Pvt in Co B on 9 Aug 62;  Like Robert Hewitt, whose bio appears above, he was appointed Cpl on 1 May 63;  Appointed Sgt on 1 Jan 64;  Mustered out with the company;  After the War, he moved his family to Pike Co, OH, where he made a living as a Farmer and a Day Laborer;  In 1890, he filed a Petition for an Invalid's Pension; By 1900, they had established a farm in Wilson Co, KS, later moving to Neosho, KS--where James died in 1917;  He was buried in Green Co, MO 

Jones, James Kimble "Kim"  21 (1841 - 1909)  Born and raised in Vinton Co, OH;  Mustered in as a Pvt on 5 Aug 62;  He was appointed Sgt on 21 Apr 63 (skipping the rank of Cpl);  Would later be promoted to 2 Lt of Co G "to date from 10 Apr 63"--could this be a typo and it should be 10 Apr 64?);  I suspect he was known as Kim Jones to differentiate him from the other Pvt Jones (see the previous man's bio) in Co B, although he might have chosen to be called "Kim" becaue members of his family usually called him by his middle name (Kimble or Kimball--Kim, for short);  He married Mahala Jane Marshall in Worth Co, MO in 1868, and lived the rest of his life there as a Farmer;  J. L. Hatfield, whose bio appears a few paragraphs above this, describes meeting Kim Jones in 1901, being pleased to find that his old friend still had the "snap in the dark eyes, resonant voice, [and] emphatic gesture" that he had when he was a mere twenty-two years old;  He and Mahala had three daughters;  He died and is buried in Grant City, Worth Co, MO

???Kennard, Richard W.*  31  (1832 - 1863)  According to family sources on Ancestry.com, Richard was born in Fairfield Co, OH, the son of John and Sarah (Johnson) Kennard;  He married Margaret E. Sain in 1852; Mustered into the 90th OH as Cpl on 6 Aug 62;  I can't say for certain if he was at Cripple Creek, since Ohio's Civil War service records on Fold3 offer nothing more than a card giving the soldier's name, rank, regiment, and possibly his age. The Register of Deaths of Volunteers identifies his cause of death as a "Cold Abscess of Thigh";  While it is a potentially life-threatening growth, it is apparently something that might have taken weeks to manifest itself;  Consequently, I imagine he was at Cripple Creek for a few weeks before requiring hospitalization--whatever the case, he died 9 May 63 in Covington, KY at the Seminary General Hospital

Miller, Jacob Guy  29  (1834 - 1918)  Born in Beaver Co, PA, his parents were Thomas and Eliza Miller;  Early in his life, his family moved to Wilkesville, Vinton Co, OH and he lived much of his life there;  When he enlisted he was 5' 7.5" tall with auburn hair, blue eyes, and a fair complexion;  His occupation wa a Teacher, although he worked many jobs--clerk in a family dry goods store, partner in a mill, and Farmer;  Mustered in on 9 Aug 62 as a Sgt;  Would be appointed 1 Sgt on 1 Jul 63; Was captured at Chickamauga on 20 Sep 63;  Was one of the officers who was reduced to a Pvt while a POW;  (See the NOTE above);  In later years, he would recount his experiences in captivity, including the time he was so desperately hungry at Libby Prison that he ate the beans from a Confederate guard's plate that had fallen into the dirt;   Mustered out on 25 Jul 65 from York, PA;  He married Eliza Jane Welles in 1865 and had 4 children with her;  Eliza died in 1878, and he married Eliza's sister, Sarah, the following year;  Sarah died in1888;  He married Mary L. Morrison, his third and final wife in 1900, eventually moving from Wilkesville to her hometown in Gallia Co; After she died in 1912, he spent his final years dividing his time between his four children;  He died in Suffolk Co, NY at the home of one of his sons, and was buried there in the Pinelawn Cemetery

Parcels, Willis  23  (1840 - 1913)  Mustered in as Cpl on 6 Aug 62;  Mustered out with the company on 13 Jun 65;  At the time of the printing of the 40th Reunion Book in 1902, he lived in  Marquette, Mich; Filed Invalid's Pension in 1880 and again in 1909;  Widow filed for Pension in 1913;  However, no ther information exists on this man--is Willis Parcels a corruption of another name, such as William Purcell?

 

Towell, John P.  35  (1827? - 1905)  Born in Ireland--dates vary with each source (1827 from his enlistment paper--age 35 in 1862--but Census records vary--1823 - 1835--tombstone says 1819, 1900 Census says Mar 1823, Family source on Wikitree says 18 Feb 1819); Married Bridget E. O'Keefe in Ireland, 1848;  Came to America in 1851; Mustered in as a Cpl;  Appointed Sgt on 26 Dec 63;  Was reduced to Pvt once again on 1 Apr 64, and mustered out with the rest of the company;  Worked at various jobs--Farmer, Common Laborer, and Foreman (which was some sort of political post in town); Died in Vinton Co and was buried there in the St. Sylvester Catholic Church Cemetery

 

 

 

Zeigler, Henry  24  (1839 - 1916)  Born in Muskingum Co, OH, but lived most of his life in Vinton Co and Meigs Co; Mustered in on 6 Aug 62 as Cpl;  Appointed Sgt on 1 May 63;  Mustered out with the rest of the company;  Married Phebe B. Piles in 1867;  Worked mostly as a Farmer;  Filed for Pension as Invalid in 1879 and again in 1907;  Widow's Pension filed in 1916 after his death in Meigs Co

 

 

 

 

OTHER  PERSONNEL   from  Co.  B  at   CRIPPLE   CREEK

Fagan, Robert  35  (1828 - )  Mustered in on 27 Aug 62 as Wagoner;  Mustered out on 13 Jun 65; Unable to find any information beyond this

Redfearn, Harrison E.  19  (1844 - 1896)  Military records list him as Redfern, but tombstone and family records spell it Redfearn;  Born in (Vinton Co?), OH, the son of Austin and Mary Redfearn;  His older brother, James M Redfearn, was medically discharged the first week of Jan 63 (presumably due to injuries incurred in the Battle of Stones River);  I am not certain of the connection (if any) between Harrison Redfearn and Emery Redfern--both families spent time in Vinton Co, so they might be cousins of some degree; Mustered in as Musician on 27 Aug 62;  Would be transferred to VRC on 22 Oct 63; He and his siblings worked on the family farm;  Harrison moved with other family members to Schuyler Co, Missouri after the War;  He married Philena Woods in 1867;  Philena apparently died a few years later;  Harrison moved on to Monroe Co, Wisc, where he married Lillie Chambers in 1882;  Harrison moved his family once more, settling in Coffey Co, KS by 1885;  He made a living a a Farmer and a Carpenter;  He died in Coffey Co, KS and is buried in the Le Roy Cemetery 

 

Wyatt, Joseph*  20  (1843 - 1864)  He was born in OH, one of 9 children in the family of William and Elizabeth (Cozad) Wyatt;  Mustered in on 27 Aug 62 as Musician;  He was one of several members of Co B who was captured on 20 Sep 63 at Chickamauga;  (See NOTE above);  While at Andersonville Prison, he died of Diarrhoea on 31 Aug 64;  Buried in the Andersonville National Cemetery in Grave 7373

NOTE:  Several men in the 90 OH were taken prisoner on 20 Sept 63, during the Battle of Chickamauga.  The AG's Report contains the notation "reduced to ranks" for those in this group who were officers.  Ordinarily, a reduction in ranks (that is, being demoted back to the rank of Private) happened when some sort of disciplinary infraction had occurred.  This resulted in a financial penalty.  A Private made $13 per month; the same was true for a Corporal.  A Sergeant made $17 a month, and a 1 Sergeant $20 a month.  The extra dollars, while considered a paltry amount by modern standards, were significant--not to mention the prestige and the social perks afforded to officers.  I wondered why these men of the 90 OH were penalized in this way--surely it wasn't simply the fact they were captured.  Hundreds of officers in other regiments were taken prisoner during the War without being busted back down to privates.  Why these men?  I would find the answer in the 40th Reunion Book, published in 1902 by H. O. Harden, on pages 223 - 224.

     According to one of these men, Sgt. Jacob G. Miller, the "reduction in ranks" remark was entered into the roll book by order of "the captain of our company".  Miller does not name him, but a review of the records shows that John S. McDowell (whose bio appears above) was the captain of Co B until his promotion to Major in Aug 64.  But, regardless of who issued the order, it was given by someone who felt that an imprisoned officer should not receive an officer's pay while some other man in the company was actually performing the officer's duties during his absence. Miller and the others knew nothing of this until they returned home, after the War's end.  The timeline went something like this:

   20 Sept 63 - Captured by the enemy during the Battle of Chickamauga, followed by being marched through the streets of Atlanta and finally to Richmond, VA 

   1 Oct until late Nov 63 - Libby Prison in Richmond, VA

    Nov 63 until 20 May 64 - Prison Camp in Danville, VA

   20 May 64 until 9 Sep 64 - Prison Camp in Andersonville, GA

   9 Sept 64 until  2 Mar 65 - Movement from Andersonville to Charleston, SC, then to Florence, SC

   2 Mar 65 - Finally the Exchange Process begins with Arrival at Wilmington, NC

   10 Mar 65 - Arrival at Annapolis, MD (Camp Parole) Hospital, and finally to various hospitals in OH before finally being mustered out and returned home

     When the men were finally paid, learning they had been demoted was something of a final slap in the face after surviving the horrors of Libby Prison and Andersonville.  They petitioned the government and finally were restored to their rightful ranks, receiving backpay and official certificates showing their proper ranks.  The men (officers and enlisted) of Company B who were captured at Chickamauga included:

                    Pvt. Lee Ogan                          Cpl. Henry Dozer                             Sgt. James M. McCollem      

                    Pvt. Mark Tinley                       Cpl. W. C. Rose                               Sgt. Jacob G. Miller

                    Pvt. Craven Turner                   Pvt. (Musician) Joseph Wyatt 

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                         ENLISTED  MEN  of  COMPANY  B  at  CRIPPLE  CREEK

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Andrews, George  27  (1835 - 1925)  Son of Ebenezer and Martha Andrews, born in NH;  By 1850, they lived in Vinton Co, OH;  In 1855, George married Mary Electa Hanberry in Athens Co, OH;  When he enlisted in Aug 62, he was working as a Day Laborer in Vinton Co;  He was discharged on 8 Sep 64 on a Surgeon's Certificate--I don't know what the medical problem was;  After the War's end, George and his family moved West: Kansas by 1870, Iowa by 1880, Colorado by 1900, and California by 1910; He briefly entered the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Sawtelle, California for a few months in 1916, at which time he was 5' 5" with a dark complexion, brown eyes, and gray hair; He was a Protestant, married, and able to read and write, and his occupation was Carpenter;  He was suffering from Defective Hearing, Arteriosclerosis, and Cardiac Hypertrophy;  He died in Los Angeles and was buried there in 1925;  He was the older brother of Moses Andrews--see the next bio 

 

Andrews, Moses Benjamin  19  (1844 - 1929)   Son of Ebenzer and Martha Andrews, a younger brother of George Andrews in the previous bio;  Moses was born after the family had moved to Vinton Co;  He mustered in on 8 Aug 62 and mustered out 19 Jun 65 from Camp Chase, OH;  He married Mary Jane Redman in 1869 in Iowa;  In the 70s and 80s, he was living in Kansas, working as a Carpenter;  In 1881, he filed a Petition for an Invalid's Pension; In 1900, he was living with his daughter and son-in-law and working as a Teacher on the Creek Nation Reservation (what would later become the State of Oklahoma;  In 1910 and 1920, he was working as a Carpenter in the recently-created State of Oklahoma;  He died in 1929 and was buried in the Fairlawn Cemetery in Stillwater, OK      

Betts, Christian  21  (1842 - 1912)  Betts was the son of Henry and Catherine (Wilson) Betts of Vinton Co, OH;  Mustered into the 90th OH on 27 Aug 62 and out with the rest of the company on 13 Jun 65;  He worked as a Farmer for most of his life; He married Isabelle Torpley in 1898 in Knox Co, IL;  He was a patient in the IL Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Adams Co, IL in 1910;  He died and was buried in Peoria Co, IL in 1912

Boyles, John Henry  22  (1840 - 1873)  Born in Clarion Co, PA, but his family had moved to Vinton Co, OH by 1860, when he married Eva Ann Kriebel (the sister of one of his Company B comrades--David A. Kriebel, whose bio is below);  Mustered into Company B on 8 Aug 62 as a Pvt;  Was appointed Cpl on 1 Apr 64;  Mustered out with the company on 13 Jun 65;  The couple had three children in OH before moving on to Hancock Co, IL about 1870;  He was a Farmer his whole life;  He died in 1873 and was buried in Schuyler Co, IL

Burr, David  39  (1824 - 1893)  Different sources give different birth years--from 1824 - 1829--but they do agree that he was born in PA;  He mustered in with his Company, but he was discharged 22 Jan 64 on a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability--I do not know what sort of disability he was suffering from;  He married Evaline Gardner in 1866;  He was a Farmer in Vinton Co for many years;  He filed a Petition for an Invalid's Pension in 1878;  When he died in 1893, he was buried in Allensville, OH                                                                                 

 

 

Campbell, John  27  (1836 - 1917)  Born in OH;  Married Mary Ann Buckingham in 1859;  Mustered in 27 Aug 62;  Mustered out 13 Jun 65;  Worked as a Farmer in Hocking, Clark, and Ashland Counties, OH;  Entered the Soldier's Home in Dayton, OH in 1897;  At that time, he was 5' 5" with gray hair, blue eyes, and a dark complexion;  He was a Protestant, Married, and Unable to Read and Write;  He was suffering from Defective Hearing, Cardiac Hypertrophy, and Debility of Age;  He remained until 1899, returning home for a few years;  He was readmitted in 1908 and remained until 1913, when he left once again;  He was readmitted once more in 1914 and lived there until he died of Infectious Epithelioma of the Face.  He was reportedly buried in the Woodland Cemetery in Dayton;  There are a couple of curiosities reflected in some of the vital records:  In the 1890 Veteran' Census, Mary Ann is listed as his widow;  Likewise, in the Pension Application Record, it shows he filed for an Invalid's Pension in 1889 and his wife filed for a Widow's Pension in 1908;  Judging by the dates he was admitted to the Disabled Soldiers' Home, I suspect that his health took a turn for the worse and the paperwork was begun, in anticipation of his eminent demise--which did not actually happen until 1917;  (I doubt there was any deception intended by this, and I do not know when Mary Ann actually began receiving her Widow's Pension)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Champlin, Orrison  36  (1826 - 1908)  Born in Vinton Co, OH and lived many years of his life here;  He was married first to Sarah Jane Douglass in 1850 or 51;  Mustered in 27 Aug 62;  Mustered out 13 Jun 65;  He was  married second to Ellen Simons in 1865;  In 1880, he and his family were living in Carter Co KY;  He was married for the third and final time to Minerva Gates in 1890, back in Vinton, Co;  He was primarily a Farmer, although he worked as a Teamster in Vinton Co in 1870;  He lived in Hamden Junction, OH when he died and was buried in the Hamden Cemetery

Claypool, John Buckley  20  (1843 - 1908)  Born in either Hocking or Vinton Co, OH;  Mustered in 27 Aug 62;  Mustered out 13 Jun 65;  Married Eliza Jane Garrett in 1865;  He lived in and around Vinton Co, OH for most of his life;  Eliza Jane died in 1889;  In 1890, he reported being totally deaf in his right ear;  The 1900 Census show that he married a woman named Susanah in 1893, but I can find no further info on this marriage--I have a hunch she died in 1900-01;  He married in 1901 Lucy A. Jarvis, who would outlive him by 30 years;  At the time of the printing of the 40th Reunion Book in 1902, he lived in Hamden Junction, OH;  He died and was buried in the Hamden Cemetery in Vinton Co 

Dearth, Samuel  20  (1843 - 1922)  Born in OH to Valentine and Margaret Dearth;  Mustered in with the rest of the Company on 13 Jun 65;  Transferred to the Vet Vol Engineers on 7 Aug 64 and would muster out with them on 30 Jun 65;  Married Margaret Ann Allen in 1872;  Was a Farmer in Vinton Co, OH in 1880 and a Farmer in Ross Co, OH by 1900;  He would remain in Ross Co until his death in 1922 and was buried there in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Derry, John H.  21  (1842 - 1917)  John was the brother of George L Derry (see above);  He was the son of Benjamin and Emily Derry;  He mustered in with company, but was discharged 15 Apr 64 on a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability;  I have not learned which medical condition(s) necessitated his discharge--perhaps he suffered from Rheumatism, the way his brother George did;  He married Sarah Stevens in 1869 and they lived with Sarah's family in Meigs Co, OH;  Eventually, they were able to live on their own land and John was a Farmer;  John and Sarah had two children--a daughter and a son--although their son only lived for one day;  By 1917, John had outlived his wife and his daughter;  One day he was found in his barn--dead from an apparent heart attack;  He was buried in Wilkesville, OH

Devault, Joseph L.   22  (1837 - 1917)  Born in Harrison Co, OH, the son of Lewis and Mary (Lewis) Devault (sometimes spelled De Vault);  His family removed to Vinton Co, OH when he was twelve;  He began to learn the Carpenter trade when he was 14, but he was a Farmer for most of his life;   In 1860, he was one of four Devaults (cousins) working as Miners in Gold Hill, NB Territory (this part of the territory would eventually become the state of Colorado);  He mustered in with Company B;  Transferred to Vet Vol Engineers on 10 Aug 64 and would muster out with them on 30 Jun 65;  Married Evaline S. Hawk in 1867;  She died in 1882 and the following  year he married Anna S. Morrison;  I am not certain how, exactly, this man is related to Cpl Cyrus Devault listed above (Joseph and Cyrus were together working the gold mines in 1860, so I suspect they were cousins, or possibly half-brothers); Joseph died in Vinton Co and was buried there  

Dickerson, George Riley  32  (1831 - 1916)  He was born in Wabash Co, IN; He married Lucinda Winters in 1852 and earned a living as a Wagon Maker in Vinton Co, OH, in 1860; Mustered in as a Pvt on 5 Aug 62;  Would be appointed Sgt on 1 Apr 64 (Did he skip over the rank of Cpl?  Perhaps, the fact that 2 Cpls and 2 Sgts were held in POW camps--See Note, above--the Capt thought he would make a good choice as a Sgt);  Mustered out 3 Jun 65 at Camp Dennison, OH;  the 1870 Census found George and his family living in Mercer Co, where he was a House Carpenter;  He described himself as a Carpenter and Joiner in Adams Co in 1880; In later years, he opted for a less strenuous job as a Notary;  He died in 1916 in Adams Co and was buried there in the Riverside Cemetery 

 

???Doyle, Francis  36  (1827 - ?)  Born in Ireland, he was living in Columbus, OH by 1850, where he worked as a Brickmaker;  That same year, he married Mary Margaret Ream in Columbus;  He joined the 90th OH on 27 Aug 62 and served his adopted country until 11 May 63, when he was Discharged on a Surgeon's Certificate--I do not know the reason for his disability, nor do I know when he was stricken with it (if it was a wound from Stones River, he might have been hospitalized the whole time his company was at Cripple Creek)--He became a Naturalized American Citizen in 1864;  By 1870, he and his family had moved to Perry Co, IL where he worked as a Coal Miner for the next twenty years or so;  There is a record for a Francis Doyle who  died and was buried in Cleveland, OH on 14 Jan 1911, but a look at the newspaper obituary shows it was a Frances Doyle who died!

 

 

Dozer, Henry W.   20  (1843 - 1913)  Born in either Muskingum or Vinton Co OH to John and Margaret Dozer;  By 1850, the Dozers were living in Muskingum Co;  In 1860, they were living in Vinton Co;   Henry mustered in as a Pvt with the company;  Appointed Cpl on 30 Jun 63;  He was one of the men who would be captured at Chickamauga on 19 Sep 63 (See the lengthy NOTE above);  He mustered out with the company on 13 Jun 65;  He married Nellie M. Oyler in 1865;  Nellie apparently died and he married Martha Ellen Manley in 1872;  I cannot locate the Census records for 1870 and 1880, but I suspect he was living in or around Zanesville;  In 1990, he answers the Veterans' Census from Perry Co, but he is back in Zanesville (Muskingum Co) by 1900;  He recounts the harrowing details of his capture and imprisonment during the War in Harden's 40th Reunion Book in 1902;  Through the years, he usually finds work as a Farmer, Carpenter, or a Coal Miner;  He dies in 1913 in Zanesville and is buried there in the Woodlawn Cemetery 

 

Drake, David Dane  31  (1831 - 1904)  Born in Vinton Co, OH to Archibald and Rhoda Drake; Married Nancy Zigler in Vinton in 1852 and would have 4 children together;  Worked as a Day Laborer in 1860;  Mustered in with the 90th OH on 27 Aug 62 and mustered out 13 Jun 65;  Nancy and David divorced a few years after his return--she would marry Levi Goodrich in 1873 and David would marry Mary Ann Brewster in 1871;  In 1880, David and Mary were still in Vinton Co, but by 1900, they were living in Polk Co, MO and that is where he died in 1904 (and, apparently, Mary Ann was also dead by this time); Levi Goodrich also died in 1904 and Nancy took back the name of Drake and filed for David's pension;  The government denied her claim for 11 years, until the claim was reinvestigated and found to be valid;  It was expected that Nancy would receive somewhere around $1500 in back payments of David's pension, but Nancy, nearly destitute, died in Jan 1916, shortly before the money was allocated, and her death invalidated  her claim--she received only the standard widow's burial allowance  

Eagan, William  19  (1843 - 1925)  Born in Vinton Co to Barney and Eleanor Eagan;  He lived at home on the family farm until he mustered in with the company;  Transferred to VRC on 15 Mar 65 and mustered out with them;  He returned home and married Hannah Elizabeth Hartman in 1872;  He was a Farmer in Vinton Co until moving his family to Polk Co, Missouri sometime around 1900;  He continued to be a Farmer until he died in 1925;  He was buried in the Fouts Cemetery in Polk Co, MO

???Eichor, James Andrew  22  (1840 - 1929)  Born in OH to James and Mary Eichor;  Grew up on his family's farm before he mustered into the 90th OH with the rest of Company B;  He was discharged on a Surgeon's Certificate on 6 Apr 63, but was his disability something that kept him in hospital while Company B was at Cripple Creek?  He returned to Vinton Co and married Gertrude Jennie Witherspoon in 1866;  They set about Farming and rearing 9 children;  By 1880, they were living in Grayson Co, TX;  In 1900, they had relocated to Montgomery Co MO;  Finally, they resided in St. Louis, MO in 1910 and 1920 and James and Jennie were buried there in the Memorial Park Cemetery

Ewan, Joseph W.  20  (1842 - 1923)  He was born in OH and mustered in as a Pvt on 7 Aug 62; Would be appointed 1 Sgt (skipping Cpl and Sgt?) on 27 Aug 62, but was reduced to Pvt again (why?) on 7 Sep 62;  (As far as I can determine, he was not one of the men who was captured at Chickamauga);  Would be transferred to the VRC on 16 Mar 64;  Married Minerva McCann in 1867;  He lived his life as a Farmer in and around Muskingum, Co;  At the time of the printing of the 40th Reunion Book in 1902, he lived in Frazeysburg, OH;  He was buried there in 1923

Gardner, John Remy  20  (1844 - 1923)  Born in Vinton Co to Elisha and Emily (Remy) Gardner (which makes him a cousin of John W. Remy, whose bio appears below);  John was still living on his family's farm when he was mustered into Company B on 27 Aug 62;  He mustered out 13 Jun 65;  He returned home to Vinton Co and married Melissa C. Nixon in 1868;  I am guessing that Melissa died between the 1870 Census and John's marriage to Mariah S. Thorp in 1878;  John reported to the 1890 Veterans' Census-taker that he suffered from Rheumatism and Heart trouble;  John continued to be a Farmer in Vinton Co until his death in 1923  

???Gaston, Marquis DeLafayette "Lafe"  20  (1843 - 1934)  Born in Wood Co VA (now WV) to Samuel P and Susan (Hawk) Gaston;  The family moved to MO when Lafe was a young boy;  When Samuel died in 1856, Susan moved her family back east, to Vinton Co OH;  Lafayette was mustered in with Company B;  He reportedly suffered a musket through his chest during the Battle of Stones River, incurred while rescuing a wounded comrade from the battlefield;  His obituary says he was assigned to look after a cook house in a soldiers' hospital in Nashville after Stones River;  Was he ever at Cripple Creek?; He would be transferred to the VRC on 28 Oct 6 and mustered out with them on 30 Jun 65 in Nashville;  He  married Anna Loretta Heacock in 1870 and the two of them operated the Meigs Co Infirmary for many years;  They had one child, a daughter; In 1885, they began operating a home for orphaned children; They left there in 1898, which was the same year their daughter died--did their decision to leave have any connection to their daughter's death?; In 1890, Lafe told the Census-taker in 1890 that he suffered from Bronchial Pneumonia and Arteriosclerosis;  By 1900, they were living in Gallipolis, where Lafe was a Farmer; He and Anna continued to live in Gallipolis where, in 1930, they reportedly did not own a radio set;  He died in 1934 and Anna soon followed

Harkless, Aaron  24  (1839 - 1894) Born in OH, the son of James and Ann Harkless;  Lived in Morgan Co, OH in 1850;  The Harkless Family had moved to Vinton Co, OH by 1860 and Aaron would remain there the rest of his life;  Mustered in with Co B on 27 Aug 62, and mustered out with them on 13 Jun 65;  He returned to Vinton Co and married Mary Ann Shuster there in 1867; He continued to be a Farmer in Vinton Co for the rest of his life;  In 1890, he told the Veterans' Census-taker that he suffered from the (gradual?) loss of his sight, due to contracting the measles during the War--although he submitted his Petition for an Invalid's Pension in 1879;  He died in 1894 and was buried in Allensville, Vinton Co, OH

Howell, James A. 18  (1844 - 1922)  Born in Zanesville, OH to George and Martha Howell;  By 1860, they had moved to Vinton Co, OH;  James mustered into the 90th OH in August of 62 and mustered out with them in Jun of 65;  After the War, James moved to Abraham Co, MO where he married Mary Lanning in 1865;  James would be a lifelong Farmer;  The family had moved to Linn Co, KS by 1880, and remained there until James entered the  Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Rio Grande Co, CO;  James was a patient at the Home until he died in 1922;  He was buried in the Military Cemetery on the grounds 

Hoylands, Alexander  26  (1835 - 1921)  Many variations in the name--Hoyland, Highlands, Hayland, etc.  Born in OH;  Married Cynthia Ann Roach in Ross Co, OH in 1858;  Mustered in 27 Aug 62;  Mustered out 13 Jun 65; He worked a variety of jobs in his life: Plasterer, Farmer, Carpenter, Salesman; He married Emmaline Murphy in 1904;  He died in Vinton Co and was buried in the Locust Grove Cemetery  

Hubbard, Andrew H.*  30  (1831 - 1864)  Born in OH to James O'Kelly and Lamira Hubbard;  Lived in Belmont Co, OH on the family farm in 1850;  He married Susan Fury in 1854 in Vinton Co, OH;  By 1860, he had a family of his own and was a Farmer in Vinton Co; Mustered in with the 90th OH on 27 Aug 62;  Transferred to VRC on 2 Feb 64;  He died 12 Jul 64 in Louisville Gen Hosp (I cannot find the cause);  Buried in New Albany National Cemetery, Grave B-863

Irvin, John  36  (1827 - )  Mustered in 27 Aug 62;  Mustered out 13 Jun 65;  Another "mystery man" for whom I can find no other information

Jadwin, Benjamin  20  (1843 - 1918)  No info given in the AG's Report;  If he served the full 3 years with the 90th, he would have mustered in on 27 Aug 62 and mustered out with them on 13 Jun 65;  Invalid's Pension filed 1889 and again in 1908;  Widow's pension filed 5 Jun 1920;  Pension file notes he also served in the 22 OH LA  (He mustered in with this battery on 5 Feb 64 and mustered out with them on 13 Jul 65, so he must have left the 90th before Feb 64--but was it a transfer?  a resignation?  was he a deserter?);  It is possible he was at Cripple Creek, but would he have been there for his birthday?  And when, exactly, WAS his birthday?  The 1900 Census says he was born in Jan 46;  Family records suggest it was 22 Feb 45;  Army enlistment form places his birth year as 43);  He married Priscilla Jane Steele in 65;  He worked most of his life as a Plasterer;  He died in 1918 and is buried in the Old Logan Cemetery in Hocking Co, OH    

Johnson, George W.  39?  (1822 - 1890)  Born in Licking Co, OH in 1822, according to family sources--did he lie about his age when he enlisted, knocking off a couple of years, making himself 38 instead of 41?;  Married Elizabeth Evans in 1854 in Garfield Co, OH;  Lived most of his life in Fairfield Co;  Discharged on a Surgeon's Certificate on 16 May 65;  According to Census records, his occupations included Boat Captain, Farmer, and Laborer;  Died in Fairfield Co in 1890 and has grave markers in two different Fairfield County cemeteries (Grandview and the Baltimore Methodist-Episcopal Church/Geohagen Cemetery)

 

Jolly, Allen  23  (1841? - 1915?)  No other information given;  He may be the Allen Jolly, son of Daniel and Mary Maple Jolly who lived in Vinton Co, OH.  One family source puts his birthday as 14 Oct 1841 and his death as 14 Apr 1915.  If so, then he married Elizabeth Carnell in 1868; He may be the Allen Jolly married for 8 years in 1910 (second marriage) who was in the Union Army and living in Athens Co, OH with wife, Amy.  I don't know why there is no information given in the AG's Roster;  Invalid's Pension filed 1880

Karns, Andrew W.  19  (1844 - 1902?)  Born in OH in Apr 1844 to John and Eliza Karnes;  Mustered in as a Pvt on 27 Aug 62;  Appointed Cpl on 30 Jun 63;  Mustered out with the company on 13 Jun 65; He married Eliza J. Passmore in Apr 1866;  He lived almost all of his life in Vinton Co, OH where he was a Farmer--although, in 1880 his occupation was Teamster; The 1900 Census finds him living in Columbus, OH and working as a Store Keeper;  There is an Ohio Soldier Grave Registration record that shows that he was buried in Elk Twp (Vinton Co), but there is no date of death given;  There is a stone for "A. W. Karns and Family" in the Elk Cemetery, but there are no dates on the burial record--also, daughter, Fanny, was listed as the next-of-kin;  There is a Pension record for him, with Eliza J. Karnes as the Widow and the date given as 7 Nov 1902;  Eliza died in 1926, according to family records on Ancestry;  The name is given as Karnes and Karns

 

Krieble, David A.  19  (1843 - 1919)   Born to David and Mary A Krieble in PA;  The family is living in Butler Co, PA in 1850;  By 1860, they are living in Vinton Co, OH;  He mustered in with the 90 OH on 27 Aug 62; He will be severely wounded at Resaca, GA, in May 64, but will still be able to muster out with the rest of his company on 13 Jun 65;  He will be married 3 times;  Mary J. Perkins in 66, Sarah Price (or Pierce) in 1882, and finally Emma L._____;  He filed an Invalid's Pension Petition in 1884;  His usual occupation was Laborer, although in 1880, his job was listed as "Ore Bank"--something akin to being an Assayer?;  His sister Eva Ann, married John H. Boyles, one of his fellow soldiers from Company B;  He died in McDonough Co, IL, and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery;  Also spelled Kreibble, Kribble, Cribble, Kriebble, etc

Lavell, John A.  45  (1820 - 1884)  Born in Co Mayo, Ireland;  Married Mary O'Donnell in Ireland in 1841;  I don't know when they came to America, but they were in Vinton Co, OH by 1860, where John was a Day Laborer; Mustered in 27 Aug 62;  Mustered out 13 Jun 65;  By1880, they live in Sullivan Co, MO and John is a Farmer;  John died in 1884 and is buried in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Milan, MO

Ledlie, William A.***  21  (1842 - 1863)  Born in OH; In the 1850 and 1860 Census, he is listed with William and Nancy Ledlie of Meigs Co, OH (his parents, probably);  Mustered in with the company;  Died at Camp Cripple Creek on 20 Apr 63 "of disease";  He is now buried in the Stones River National Cemetery in Plot B-502

Lee, Samuel S.  22  (1841 - )  No further information is given in the AG's Roster;  Invalid's Pension filed for in 1890 from his home in NB;  Pension file notes he also served in the 18 OH  Inf, Co D (this was a 3-month enlistment at the beginning of the War);  Is he the Samuel Lee, a widower, living in Omaha, NB in 1910 in the home of his son, James A. Lee?   Is he the Samuel Lee, born on 9 May 42 who died in Columbus, OH, in Jun 1910?  This is a puzzlement.

Linn, Abner C.  33  (1830 - 1908)  Born in OH to Joseph and Martha Linn;  Lived and worked as a farmer in Central OH (Muskingum Co, Hocking Co); Married Ann Kitchen in 1854ustered into the Army on 27 Aug 62;  Mustered out 13 Jun 65;  Married Mary Jane Burgoon in 1871;  Filed an Invalid's Petition in 1889;  Died in Hocking Co and buried in Pine Grove Cemetery;  Name spelled variously as Linn, Leiny, Leiman

Livingston, Thomas J.  25  (1837 - 1867)  Born in Vinton Co and lived virtually all of his life there;  The son of John and Christina (Hawk) Livingston;  Married Cynthia Ann Wyckoff in 1858;  In 1860, Thomas worked as a Day Laborer; Mustered into the 90th OH on 27 Aug 62 and mustered out with the rest of his company on 13 Jun 65;  Thomas came home and went to work for the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad in nearby Hamden, OH;  Sadly, just two years and three days after being mustered out, he was dead--crushed between two cars he was uncoupling;  He left a young wife and three small children

McConnell, George  30  (1833 - )  No other information is given in the AG's Roster;  No Pension record;  He might be the George McConnell, Teamster, living in Lawrence Co 1870 with wife Elizabeth--if so, he was born in OH

McQuade, David  25  (1838 - 1900)  Born in Ireland and arrived in America in 1847;  Mustered in with the company;  Wounded at Resaca, GA on 14 May 64 and discharged on Surgeon's Certificate on 17 Mar 65, due to those wounds;  Returned home to Vinton Co, OH and married Isabella Smith in 1868;  He was a Farmer by trade; Isabella died between 1870 and 1874;  He married Ellen Towell in 1874 in Vinton Co;  He died of Enteritis in 1900 in Vinton Co and is buried in the St. Sylvester Catholic Church Cemetery;  Name also appears in military records as McQuaid

North, John  30  (1832 - 1903)  Born in Muskingum Co OH to Lloyd and Rachael North;  Married Melinda Brown in Vinton Co in 1855;  By 1860, the young family had moved to Hocking Co, OH; John mustered in with the company on 27 Aug 62;  He mustered out with the company on 14 Jun 65;  He returned to Farming in Hocking Co, but moved to Vinton Co  for the last 20+ years of his life; In 1890, he reported suffering from Heart Disease to the 1890 Veterans' Census;  Melinda died in 1892, yet he responded to the 1900 Census taker that he was "Married" rather than "Widowed" (Was this an indication of his devotion to Melinda, even after she died?);  He died in 1903 and is buried in Vinton Co's Ebenezer Cemetery  

Ogan, Leander "Lee"  21  (1842 - 1930)  Born in Muskingum Co, OH to Morris and Tacey Ogan; By 1860, the family had removed to Vinton Co, OH;  Mustered into the 90th OH with the Company B;  Was one of the men who was captured at Chickamauga on 20 Sep 63 (See Note above);  Exchanged and mustered out from Camp Chase on 23 Jun 65;  After the War, he had moved to Pleasantville, Iowa; Married Amanda Jane Karms in Iowa in 1870;  He died in Marion Co, Iowa and was buried in Pleasantville 

Parrish, Thomas  28  (1834 - 1907) Born in OH and lived almost all of his life in Vinton Co, OH;  His middle initial may have been "O";  He married Emily Reynolds about 1859 and they had 12 children, 10 of whom were still living in 1900;Mustered in 27 Aug 62;  Mustered out 13 Jun 65;  At the time of the printing of the 40th Reunion Book in 1902, he lived in Stella, OH;  For Harden's 40th Reunion Book in 1902, Parrish submitted this picture, saying it was taken while he was at Cripple Creek; He must have been known for his skills as a smithy, since he refers to himself as "The Old Blacksmith";  His occupation in the Census records after the War is given variously as Blacksmith or Farmer;  He filed for an Invalid's pension in 1890;  He died and is buried in Vinton Co

Pennell, Jasper Raymond  20  (1843 - 1920)  Born in Morgan Co, OH; He spent most of his life as a Farmer  in Vinton Co, OH; Mustered into the 90 OH on 27 Aug 62;  He mustered out on 13 Jun 65;  He married Lucynda Ann Fortner in 1866 in Vinton Co;  He did a little Coal Mining in 1880;  He died in Zaleski, Vinton Co in 1920

Perkey, Levi  25  (1838 - 1889)  In 1859, he was in the household of Daniel Purkey of Columbiana Co, OH;  He married Sarah J. Dillon in 1859;  Mustered in with the company;  Wounded on 14 May 64 at Resaca, GA, yet was able to be mustered out with the company on 13 Jun 65;  The Perkeys lived in Vinton Co, OH for the next 15 years, with Levi working as a Carpenter and as a Farmer;  By 1880, they lived in  Wilson Co, KS, where Levi again worked as a Carpenter;  Levi filed for an Invalid's Pension in 1880;  He died in Wilson Co, KS in 1889 

Remy,  John W.  19  (1844 - 1902)  Born in OH, he was living in Vinton Co, OH in 1850 and 1860;   He

mustered in with the company on 27 Aug 62;  He transferred to VRC on 29 Apr 64;  He married Roxey Ann Ellsworth in 1864 in Adams Co, IL;  He spent the rest of his life as a Carpenter in Adams Co, IL;  He died and was buried in Adams Co in 1902;  The AG's Report spells his name Reamy;  he was a cousin to John R Gardner, whose bio appears above

Redfern, Emery Fisk  21  (1842 - 1904)  Hailing from Vinton Co, OH, it is possible that the Redferns were related to their Vinton Co neighbors, the Redfearns;  Most sources show him to be the son of Uriah and Jane Redfern;  He mustered into Co B of the 90 OH as a Sgt on 31 Jul 62, but was reduced to a Pvt on 7 Sep 62;  He would be appointed Cpl on 1 Apr 64;  Mustered out with Company B in 65;  He married Martha Ann Nichols and set about being a Farmer;  In 1870, he began to practice medicine (shadowing a trained Physician?), eventually earning a medical degree from the American Eclectic College of Medicine in Cincinnati in 1879;  For the next 20 years, he was a Physician in Perry, Hocking County;  At the time of the printing of the 40th Reunion Book in 1902, he lived in South Perry, OH;  He died two years later and was buried in the Perry Cemetery

Rudolph, Christian  35  (1828 - 1893)  Born in PA;  Married Jemima Crow in PA before 1850;  Lived in Armstrong Co, PA in 1850;  Lived in Jackson Co, OH in 1860;  Jemima died in Jan 1862 in Vinton Co, OH; Christian mustered in as a Pvt on 9 Aug 62;  Would be made 1 Sgt on 1 Jan 64;  Promoted to 2 Lt on 30 May 65, but never mustered into that position;  Mustered out with the company on 13 Jun 65; Married Catherine Englund Before 1870; Lived in Montgomery Co, TN in 1870; Lived in Vinton Co, OH in 1880; Filed an Invalid's Pension Petition in 1990;  He worked as a Blacksmith all of his life; He died in 1893 and is buried in the Elk Cemetery in Vinton Co 

Shepherd, George W.   22  (<1840> - 1919?)   Here is what we know for certain:  George W. Shepherd was 22 when he enlisted into the Company B on 27 Aug 62, making his birthyear probably 1840;  He transferred to the VRC on 30 Nov 64 and mustered out on 14 Jul 65 in Cairo, IL;  Beyond this, I can speculate that he was the George Washington Shepherd who was listed in one of Ancestry's Public Family Trees who was born in OH in 1840, married in AK in 1894, and died in AK 1919;  But, for now, I don't know  

 

Shively, John  25  (1837 - 1909)  Born in Muskingum Co, OH; By 1850, he was living in Vinton Co, where he would spend most of the rest of his life as a Farmer; He married Hellen Ramey in Vinton Co, OH on 7 Aug 1862; Mustered in with the company twenty days later, on 27 Aug 62;  Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate on 6 Aug 63;  I don't know why he received a medical discharge, but I have a hunch it was not something that kept him hospitalized the whole time his company was at Cripple Creek; He did not petition for an Invalid's Pension until 1881;  He was buried in the Locust Grove Cemetery 

Shuster, William S.  19  (1844 - 1924)  Born in Morgan Co, OH;  Mustered in 27 Aug 62;  Mustered out 13 Jun 65;  He was described as being 5' 9" tall with a light complexion, blue eyes, and auburn hair;  His occupation was Farmer;  He married Sarah Elizabeth McGee in IL in 1867;  He and his wife were both active in the GAR;  They moved to NE around 1883;  At the time of the printing of the 40th Reunion Book in 1902, he lived in Shickley, NB;  He died and is buried in Nebraska

Smith, James  28  (1835 - 1918)  The information I have on James Smith is sparse:  He mustered in on 27 Aug 62;  He mustered out on 13 Jun 65;  He filed an Invalid's Pension Petition in 87 and he died in Chillicothe, Ross County, OH, in 1918;  One source shows him buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, but I find no record of him actually being there

Steele, Richard  21  (1842 - 1916)  His name also appears as Steel;  He was born in Muskingum Co to Benedict and Sarah Steele;  He mustered in with Company B on 27 Aug 62;  He was "severely wounded" at Chickamauga on 20 Sep 63;  He would eventually be discharged upon a Surgeon's Certificate on 10 Feb 64  (AG's Report erroneously says 63);  Unlike Samuel Steele in the following bio, Richard's injury did NOT leave him unfit for duty;  In fact, he re-enlisted, joining the 65 OH Co E on 24 Sep 64 and mustering out on 6 May 65;  He married Esther (or Hester) V Parrish in 1867 and settled into the life of a Farmer;  He reported suffering from Lung Disease in the 1890 Veterans' Census;  In 2010, he moved to Columbus, where he was a Night Watchman;  He died in 1916 in Columbus, and was buried in Vinton Co's Ebenezer Cemetery;  While Richard and Samuel Steele are both from Muskingum Co, I can find no obvious relation between them

Steele, Samuel Harvey  <30> (<1832> - 1871)  Near the end of his life, he told the Dayton Soldiers' Home that he was born in Muskingum Co, but the first record he appears in is the 1850 Census for Vinton Co, at which time he was living with Nathan and Ruth Steele--he is 16 and listed after much younger children, which makes me think Nathan and Ruth were an uncle and aunt;  Also, his being 16 would make his birthyear 1834;  In 1857, he married Julia Ann Jadwin--sister of Pvt Benjamin Jadwin, whose bio is above; (AND a woman named Priscilla Jane Steele marries Benjamin Jadwin--I don't think she is a sister of Samuel, but SOME sort of relative to him);  Samuel mustered in with Company B on 27 Aug 62;  Like Richard Steele, he was injured on 20 Sep 63 at Chickamauga--Samuel's injury was a GW to his right arm;  He received a discharge on 31 Aug 64, but was still judged able to serve in a limited way, so was transferred to the VRC on 9 Sep 64 and mustered out with them on 8 May 65; He returned home to his wife and two daughters, but was living apart from them in 1870, occupation listed as an "Invalid Soldier";  A few months later, on 8 Nov 70, he was admitted to the Dayton Soldiers' Home; He died there on 7 Feb 71 and was buried in the Dayton National Cemetery in Grave A, 8, 37

 

 

Tinsley, Mark*  41  (1822 - 1864)  The only information I can find  on a Mark Tinsley (or any other variation of the name) prior to his enlistment is a marriage record for Mark Tinsley and Sarah Dickason in Vinton Co in 1858;  The Ancestry.com Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles says he was 22 at enlistment, which places his birthyear around 1819;  He mustered in with the rest of the company on 27 Aug 62;  He was one of those captured at Chickamauga on 20 Sep 63 (See Note above);  He died 16 Aug 64 at Andersonville Prison of Scorbutus and was buried there in Grave 5552 (Although, there IS a grave for a Mark Tinsley--no dates on the stone--in Tinsley Graveyard #3 in Scottsville, Allen Co, KY.  There is a grave for a Sarah Tinsley, as well, but her date of birth is given as 1858--could it have been 1838?  The 1860 Census for Scottsville lists J. M. Tinsley (aged 40, born in TN), S.A. Tinsley (aged 25, also born in TN), and several young Tinsleys;  There is no Pension record for Mark Tinsley;  If the Scottsville Tinsley Family is our Mark, then the gravestone with no dates might be a cenotaph for the man buried at Andersonville

 

 

Turner, Craven S.  44  (1819 - 1909)  Born in Virginia; Marriage record for Craven and Mary Crow in Hocking Co, OH 1843;  (However, info on his Find-A-Grave page shows his wife's name was Mary Jo Oswald--was this a second wife?);  Living in Vinton Co, OH in 1850;  Mustered in with the company;  He was one of the men from Co B who was captured at Chickamauga on 20 Sep 63--See the Note above for more info;  Was later exchanged and mustered out 13 Jun 65 at Camp Harker, TN;  He returned to his family and moved west: in 1870 and 1880 in Neosho Co, KS, in 1900 in Kay Co, OK;  He was a lifelong Farmer;  He died in 1909 back in KS (Crawford Co) and was buried there in the Walnut Cemetery 

Vincent, Alonzo  24  (1839 - 1927)  He was born in Washington Co, OH to Henry and Elizabeth Vincent; By 1860, the family had moved to Lake Co, OH;  On 23 Apr 61, he enlisted in Co K 18 OVI--a 3-month enlistment;  He returned home after mustering out and was stricken with Typhoid Fever;  When he had recovered his health, he mustered into the 90 OH on 7 Aug 62;  He mustered out with the company on 13 Jun 65;  Returned to Vinton Co and worked as a House Carpenter and a Laborer;  He married Nancy Ellen Conn in 1876 and they had two children--a son and a daughter;  They moved to Morgan Co, OH where Alonzo was a Shoemaker; In 1882, they moved to Wapello, Iowa and lived the life of a Farmer until 1910, when he moved his family to Osceola Co, FL; He became paralyzed in 1919 and was an invalid for the last year of his life; He was buried in the Mt. Peace Cemetery in Osceola Co

Walters, George  25?  (1836? - 1909)  Born in England; The 1900 Census says he was born in April 37--the Ohio Soldier Grave Registrations File on Ancestry says he was born 21 Apr 36;  Immigrated in 1846;  Married Isabella Robison in 1860;  Mustered in 27 Aug 62;  Mustered out 13 Jun 65;  Worked as a Coal Miner for most of his life, in and around Hocking Co, OH;  He was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Fulton Co, OH;  Was he related to the man in the next bio? 

Walters, John  28  (1835 - )  Mustered in 27 Aug 62;  Mustered out 13 Jun 65;  Was he any relation to the man in the above bio?

Waugh, Francis Bartlett   20  (1843 - 1921)  Born in 1842 in OH, the son of James and Fidelia Waugh;  Mustered in 27 Aug 62;  Mustered out 13 Jun 65;  Married Sarah Evaline Caves in Vinton Co, OH in 1866; Lived most of his life as a Collier (Coal Miner, or one who works in a Furnace);  At the time of the printing of the 40th Reunion Book in 1902, he lived in McArthur, Vinton Co, OH;  He was buried in the Ridgewood Cemetery in Jackson Co, OH

Willis, Hamilton Jefferson  21  (1842 - 1935)  The son of Stephen and Hester Willis, he was born in OH and lived there, in Vinton Co, forthe first 30 years of his life; He mustered into the 90th OH on 27 Aug 62 and mustered out on 13 Jun 65;  He married Lydia Jane Hixon in 1866 and started a family;  In 1873, he moved to Hamilton Co, Nebraska where he enjoyed a successful life as a Farmer;  He and Lydia were buried in Aurora, NB

 

 

Wolford, John  31  (1832 - )  Mustered in with the company;  Transferred to the VRC on 17 Sep 64;  Unable to find any further information on him

 

 

Wyckoff, Sylvester  24  (1838 - 1906)  Born in OH and lived the first half of his life in Vinton Co;  Married Letitia Remy in 1857 in Vinton Co;  Mustered in as a Pvt on 27 Aug 62;  Appointed Cpl on 1 May 65;  Mustered out with the company on 13 Jun 65;  Worked as a Day Laborer in 1860 (1870 illegible);  By 1880, he and his growing family are living in Kansas, where he will spend the rest of his life as a Farmer;  He is buried in Wichita, KS

 

 

           MEN OF COMPANY B WHO WERE NOT AT CAMP CRIPPLE CREEK

     DIED                GONE  HOME         TRANSFERRED          IN HOSPITAL           NOT YET RECRUITED

Eidson, William (18 Jan 63)

Hawk, Harvey  (14 Jan 63)

Johnson, Henry (25 Jan 63)

Miller, Thomas S. (Stones

   River)

Roach, Thomas W.  (Stones River)

Shreckengaust, John (Sgt)

Snyder, David M.

?Groves, James C. -- Discharged on

   29 Jan 63 from Camp Dennison, OH

 

?Hesselden, William -- Discharged on

   9 Mar 63 from Camp Dennison, OH

 

?Stephenson, Samuel -- Discharged  

   on10 Feb 63 on Surgeon's Certificate

All to 4th US Cavalry

Clark, George W. 

Martin, Joshua R.  (Sgt)

Strong, Columbus

Gibson, Joshua G. (2 Lt)

Johnson, John

Redfern, James M. (6 Jan

   63)

Zeigler, Jacob

Note:  Edward A. Elliott would

   transfer from Co K to Co B

   on 30 May 65,

Augustus R. Keller of Co I

   would transfer to Co B on 

   18 Jul 63 and

Archibald M. Rodgers of Co C

   would transfer to Co B on 11

   Aug 64

Boyles, James R.

Claypool, Wilson H.

Gardner, Lewis

Mollihan, Lafayette

UNACCOUNTED  FOR

Burns, John -- Missing after

   Stones River  (Dead?); His

   mother filed for Pension 10

   Nov 65

 

 

 

 

 

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