Born in Yellow Springs, OH - son of Benjamin Grindle and Catherine K. Miller - see link below:
A review of his Civil War Pension Files reveals that he enlisted in the service in 1862 at Vigo County, Indiana, Company B, 71st Regt. Indiana Infantry; however was discharged when it was discovered that he was a minor. In 1863 he enlisted again at Cincinnati, Ohio into Company 8, Independent Sharp Shooters Ohio Volunteers and was honorably discharged in 1865. In the publication, A Complete Roster by Township of Greene County Ohio Soldiers in the Civil War; compiled by George F. Robinson, Xenia, Ohio 1895, a listing shows: Miami Township - Grinnell, James M. Private, Company (left blank), 8th Regiment Sharp Shooters.
NOTE: the first company he tried to enlist to is the same company his brother George was enlisted in. Also among his pension papers is the Prisoner of War Memorandum that reveals James had been a prisoner of war and had to serve time for desertion.
According to his Civil War Pension Application, after the war he was a railroad employee and moved about. He is found in White County, Indiana, where he marries his second wife. He is mentioned in the 1875 diary of his brother Noah as visiting frequently from Logansport, Indiana. By 1880 census, they are living in Lafayette, Indiana.
Married Twice:
Mary M. McConnell on December 16, 1866 in Vigo County, IN
(an infant was born to this union that did not survive; listed on the Woodlawn Cemetery records - burial on 9/8/1867, Infant of J.B. Grinnell, stillborn)
Blanche Vititro Heaton on June 2, 1874 in Monticello, White County, Indiana
(Four children born to this union)
Children not linked below:
MABLE MARIE GRANNELL - according to her father's pension records; she was born February 3, 1876 and died August 8, 1878 - where she is laid to rest is a mystery as the family moved around.
A review of his Civil War Pension Files reveals that he enlisted in the service in 1862 at Vigo County, Indiana, Company B, 71st Regt. Indiana Infantry; however was discharged when it was discovered that he was a minor. In 1863 he enlisted again at Cincinnati, Ohio into Company 8, Independent Sharp Shooters Ohio Volunteers and was honorably discharged in 1865. In the publication, A Complete Roster by Township of Greene County Ohio Soldiers in the Civil War; compiled by George F. Robinson, Xenia, Ohio 1895, a listing shows: Miami Township - Grinnell, James M. Private, Company (left blank), 8th Regiment Sharp Shooters.
NOTE: the first company he tried to enlist to is the same company his brother George was enlisted in. Also among his pension papers is the Prisoner of War Memorandum that reveals James had been a prisoner of war and had to serve time for desertion.
According to his Civil War Pension Application, after the war he was a railroad employee and moved about. He is found in White County, Indiana, where he marries his second wife. He is mentioned in the 1875 diary of his brother Noah as visiting frequently from Logansport, Indiana. By 1880 census, they are living in Lafayette, Indiana.
Married Twice:
Mary M. McConnell on December 16, 1866 in Vigo County, IN
(an infant was born to this union that did not survive; listed on the Woodlawn Cemetery records - burial on 9/8/1867, Infant of J.B. Grinnell, stillborn)
Blanche Vititro Heaton on June 2, 1874 in Monticello, White County, Indiana
(Four children born to this union)
Children not linked below:
MABLE MARIE GRANNELL - according to her father's pension records; she was born February 3, 1876 and died August 8, 1878 - where she is laid to rest is a mystery as the family moved around.
Born in Yellow Springs, OH - son of Benjamin Grindle and Catherine K. Miller - see link below:
A review of his Civil War Pension Files reveals that he enlisted in the service in 1862 at Vigo County, Indiana, Company B, 71st Regt. Indiana Infantry; however was discharged when it was discovered that he was a minor. In 1863 he enlisted again at Cincinnati, Ohio into Company 8, Independent Sharp Shooters Ohio Volunteers and was honorably discharged in 1865. In the publication, A Complete Roster by Township of Greene County Ohio Soldiers in the Civil War; compiled by George F. Robinson, Xenia, Ohio 1895, a listing shows: Miami Township - Grinnell, James M. Private, Company (left blank), 8th Regiment Sharp Shooters.
NOTE: the first company he tried to enlist to is the same company his brother George was enlisted in. Also among his pension papers is the Prisoner of War Memorandum that reveals James had been a prisoner of war and had to serve time for desertion.
According to his Civil War Pension Application, after the war he was a railroad employee and moved about. He is found in White County, Indiana, where he marries his second wife. He is mentioned in the 1875 diary of his brother Noah as visiting frequently from Logansport, Indiana. By 1880 census, they are living in Lafayette, Indiana.
Married Twice:
Mary M. McConnell on December 16, 1866 in Vigo County, IN
(an infant was born to this union that did not survive; listed on the Woodlawn Cemetery records - burial on 9/8/1867, Infant of J.B. Grinnell, stillborn)
Blanche Vititro Heaton on June 2, 1874 in Monticello, White County, Indiana
(Four children born to this union)
Children not linked below:
MABLE MARIE GRANNELL - according to her father's pension records; she was born February 3, 1876 and died August 8, 1878 - where she is laid to rest is a mystery as the family moved around.
A review of his Civil War Pension Files reveals that he enlisted in the service in 1862 at Vigo County, Indiana, Company B, 71st Regt. Indiana Infantry; however was discharged when it was discovered that he was a minor. In 1863 he enlisted again at Cincinnati, Ohio into Company 8, Independent Sharp Shooters Ohio Volunteers and was honorably discharged in 1865. In the publication, A Complete Roster by Township of Greene County Ohio Soldiers in the Civil War; compiled by George F. Robinson, Xenia, Ohio 1895, a listing shows: Miami Township - Grinnell, James M. Private, Company (left blank), 8th Regiment Sharp Shooters.
NOTE: the first company he tried to enlist to is the same company his brother George was enlisted in. Also among his pension papers is the Prisoner of War Memorandum that reveals James had been a prisoner of war and had to serve time for desertion.
According to his Civil War Pension Application, after the war he was a railroad employee and moved about. He is found in White County, Indiana, where he marries his second wife. He is mentioned in the 1875 diary of his brother Noah as visiting frequently from Logansport, Indiana. By 1880 census, they are living in Lafayette, Indiana.
Married Twice:
Mary M. McConnell on December 16, 1866 in Vigo County, IN
(an infant was born to this union that did not survive; listed on the Woodlawn Cemetery records - burial on 9/8/1867, Infant of J.B. Grinnell, stillborn)
Blanche Vititro Heaton on June 2, 1874 in Monticello, White County, Indiana
(Four children born to this union)
Children not linked below:
MABLE MARIE GRANNELL - according to her father's pension records; she was born February 3, 1876 and died August 8, 1878 - where she is laid to rest is a mystery as the family moved around.
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