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Ferdinand H.  A. Block

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Ferdinand H. A. Block Veteran

Birth
Oldenburg, Stadtkreis Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
26 Dec 1901 (aged 66)
Hayes Township, Crawford County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
279
Memorial ID
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A Union Army Civil War Veteran

BATTLE UNIT NAME: 33rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry
SIDE: Union
COMPANY: B
SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Sergeant
ALTERNATE NAME: Ferdinand or Ferdinand H.A./Block
FILM NUMBER: M539 ROLL 8
PLAQUE NUMBER:
NOTES: General Note - Original filed under Ferdinand or Ferdinand H.A./Block
Source: https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=DD4D5B83-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
(Filed under Bloock, Ferdinand H.A.)

BATTLE UNIT NAME: 33rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry
SIDE: Union
COMPANY: B
SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Sergeant
ALTERNATE NAME: Ferdinand H.A./Block
FILM NUMBER: M539 ROLL 8
PLAQUE NUMBER:
NOTES: none
Source: https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=C8485B83-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
(Filed under Block, Ferdinand)

Ferdinand H. A. Block was born in Oldenburg, Germany, on Sept. 4, 1835, and died in Hayes Township, Ida County, Iowa, on Dec. 26, 1901. He was buried in Ida Grove (Iowa) Cemetery, 66 years old. He was a Civil War Veteran.

He came to American at age 19 to Illinois where he learned the trade of mill carpenter, then to Clinton County, Iowa, and in 1880 came to Ida County, Iowa.

At the age of 24, he enlisted in 33 Illinois Infantry for 4 years. After he was discharged, he went to Clinton County, Iowa, where in 1867 married Mary (Maggie) Welch (born 1848 in New York), lived there 15 years, came to Ida County and bought a farm in Hayes Township.

They had 5 children: Minnie Block born 1869 in Clinton County; Hattie Block born 1871 in Clinton County; Peter Block born 1874 in Clinton County; Johnnie Block born April 1882 in Hayes Township, Ida County; Carrie Nellie Block born Aug. 1884 in Hayes Twp., Ida Co.
A Union Army Civil War Veteran

BATTLE UNIT NAME: 33rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry
SIDE: Union
COMPANY: B
SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Sergeant
ALTERNATE NAME: Ferdinand or Ferdinand H.A./Block
FILM NUMBER: M539 ROLL 8
PLAQUE NUMBER:
NOTES: General Note - Original filed under Ferdinand or Ferdinand H.A./Block
Source: https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=DD4D5B83-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
(Filed under Bloock, Ferdinand H.A.)

BATTLE UNIT NAME: 33rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry
SIDE: Union
COMPANY: B
SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Sergeant
ALTERNATE NAME: Ferdinand H.A./Block
FILM NUMBER: M539 ROLL 8
PLAQUE NUMBER:
NOTES: none
Source: https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=C8485B83-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
(Filed under Block, Ferdinand)

Ferdinand H. A. Block was born in Oldenburg, Germany, on Sept. 4, 1835, and died in Hayes Township, Ida County, Iowa, on Dec. 26, 1901. He was buried in Ida Grove (Iowa) Cemetery, 66 years old. He was a Civil War Veteran.

He came to American at age 19 to Illinois where he learned the trade of mill carpenter, then to Clinton County, Iowa, and in 1880 came to Ida County, Iowa.

At the age of 24, he enlisted in 33 Illinois Infantry for 4 years. After he was discharged, he went to Clinton County, Iowa, where in 1867 married Mary (Maggie) Welch (born 1848 in New York), lived there 15 years, came to Ida County and bought a farm in Hayes Township.

They had 5 children: Minnie Block born 1869 in Clinton County; Hattie Block born 1871 in Clinton County; Peter Block born 1874 in Clinton County; Johnnie Block born April 1882 in Hayes Township, Ida County; Carrie Nellie Block born Aug. 1884 in Hayes Twp., Ida Co.


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