He grew up in Ashtabula Co. OHIO and married 1867 in Clayton Co. IA: Ellen LECOUR d/o Joseph.
He died in 1894 after removing from Ashland Co. WI to Clayton Co. IA to be near relatives.
.... Children: Florence and Joseph ...
During the Civil War, he served as a Private with Company "L" of the 19th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Militia 27APR-30AUG1861. From 8AUG1862 to 3JUN1865 he served with Company "K" of the 105th Ohio Infantry & was discharged in Washington, D.C.
In his 1892 pension application(#907627, Cert. #728643), he is described as 5' 9 1/2" & 155#. He was granted a $6.00 monthly pension for the rheumatism he said he contracted the day he was captured by Confederate Soldiers in December 1862 near Stone River, Tennessee (near McMinnville) while on a forage detail. Stripped of his clothing, he was exposed to the elements. The Confederates under Gen. MORGAN released him after ten days in a prisoner exchange near Murfreesboro, TN on Jan. 27, 1863.
Alfred lost all his upper teeth as a result of 'bad food' causing scurvy while a prisoner.
He grew up in Ashtabula Co. OHIO and married 1867 in Clayton Co. IA: Ellen LECOUR d/o Joseph.
He died in 1894 after removing from Ashland Co. WI to Clayton Co. IA to be near relatives.
.... Children: Florence and Joseph ...
During the Civil War, he served as a Private with Company "L" of the 19th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Militia 27APR-30AUG1861. From 8AUG1862 to 3JUN1865 he served with Company "K" of the 105th Ohio Infantry & was discharged in Washington, D.C.
In his 1892 pension application(#907627, Cert. #728643), he is described as 5' 9 1/2" & 155#. He was granted a $6.00 monthly pension for the rheumatism he said he contracted the day he was captured by Confederate Soldiers in December 1862 near Stone River, Tennessee (near McMinnville) while on a forage detail. Stripped of his clothing, he was exposed to the elements. The Confederates under Gen. MORGAN released him after ten days in a prisoner exchange near Murfreesboro, TN on Jan. 27, 1863.
Alfred lost all his upper teeth as a result of 'bad food' causing scurvy while a prisoner.
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