John Crowfoot was born and raised in New York, moved to rural Wisconsin with his family.
He entered the Civil War in 1861, serving with Company I, 29th Wisconsin Regiment.
Following the war he returned to his home, where he married Lydia Thayer in 1867.
Due to a war time injury John and his family moved in search of a healthier climate.
They first homesteaded at Lodgepole, NE, where diphtheria struck, claiming four of the children in 1892.
The family went to California, but in 1895 the family returned to the plains, settling in Sedgwick, living temporarily in a dugout. Later building a sod house for the family.
Following John's death in 1915, Lydia tended the household, the children and raised hens for eggs, produce, and oats.
An ardent member of the Sedgwick Methodist Church, she served her community humbly.
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Company I 29 Wisconsin Inf.
John Crowfoot was born Mar. 28, 1839 in Royalton, Niagara Co., New York & died in Sedgwick, CO. He was son of John C. Crowfoot & Anne Hollis Crowfoot.
On Aug. 8, 1862 he volunteered for the 29th Regiment Infantry, Company I as a Private at Hartford in a company calling themselves the "Farmer Boys". He was wounded May 16, 1863 at Champion's Hill Battle, Mississippi & was mustered out June 22,1865. He was shot through the arm below the elbow.
Civil War Battles he participated in; Jackson, MS, Spanish Fort, AL, Fort Blakely, AL, Helena, AK, Champion Hill, MS.
Source: Civil War Soldiers Washington County, WI Compiled by Bev Hetzel
He entered the Civil War in 1861, serving with Company I, 29th Wisconsin Regiment.
Following the war he returned to his home, where he married Lydia Thayer in 1867.
Due to a war time injury John and his family moved in search of a healthier climate.
They first homesteaded at Lodgepole, NE, where diphtheria struck, claiming four of the children in 1892.
The family went to California, but in 1895 the family returned to the plains, settling in Sedgwick, living temporarily in a dugout. Later building a sod house for the family.
Following John's death in 1915, Lydia tended the household, the children and raised hens for eggs, produce, and oats.
An ardent member of the Sedgwick Methodist Church, she served her community humbly.
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Company I 29 Wisconsin Inf.
John Crowfoot was born Mar. 28, 1839 in Royalton, Niagara Co., New York & died in Sedgwick, CO. He was son of John C. Crowfoot & Anne Hollis Crowfoot.
On Aug. 8, 1862 he volunteered for the 29th Regiment Infantry, Company I as a Private at Hartford in a company calling themselves the "Farmer Boys". He was wounded May 16, 1863 at Champion's Hill Battle, Mississippi & was mustered out June 22,1865. He was shot through the arm below the elbow.
Civil War Battles he participated in; Jackson, MS, Spanish Fort, AL, Fort Blakely, AL, Helena, AK, Champion Hill, MS.
Source: Civil War Soldiers Washington County, WI Compiled by Bev Hetzel
John Crowfoot was born and raised in New York, moved to rural Wisconsin with his family.
He entered the Civil War in 1861, serving with Company I, 29th Wisconsin Regiment.
Following the war he returned to his home, where he married Lydia Thayer in 1867.
Due to a war time injury John and his family moved in search of a healthier climate.
They first homesteaded at Lodgepole, NE, where diphtheria struck, claiming four of the children in 1892.
The family went to California, but in 1895 the family returned to the plains, settling in Sedgwick, living temporarily in a dugout. Later building a sod house for the family.
Following John's death in 1915, Lydia tended the household, the children and raised hens for eggs, produce, and oats.
An ardent member of the Sedgwick Methodist Church, she served her community humbly.
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Company I 29 Wisconsin Inf.
John Crowfoot was born Mar. 28, 1839 in Royalton, Niagara Co., New York & died in Sedgwick, CO. He was son of John C. Crowfoot & Anne Hollis Crowfoot.
On Aug. 8, 1862 he volunteered for the 29th Regiment Infantry, Company I as a Private at Hartford in a company calling themselves the "Farmer Boys". He was wounded May 16, 1863 at Champion's Hill Battle, Mississippi & was mustered out June 22,1865. He was shot through the arm below the elbow.
Civil War Battles he participated in; Jackson, MS, Spanish Fort, AL, Fort Blakely, AL, Helena, AK, Champion Hill, MS.
Source: Civil War Soldiers Washington County, WI Compiled by Bev Hetzel
He entered the Civil War in 1861, serving with Company I, 29th Wisconsin Regiment.
Following the war he returned to his home, where he married Lydia Thayer in 1867.
Due to a war time injury John and his family moved in search of a healthier climate.
They first homesteaded at Lodgepole, NE, where diphtheria struck, claiming four of the children in 1892.
The family went to California, but in 1895 the family returned to the plains, settling in Sedgwick, living temporarily in a dugout. Later building a sod house for the family.
Following John's death in 1915, Lydia tended the household, the children and raised hens for eggs, produce, and oats.
An ardent member of the Sedgwick Methodist Church, she served her community humbly.
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Company I 29 Wisconsin Inf.
John Crowfoot was born Mar. 28, 1839 in Royalton, Niagara Co., New York & died in Sedgwick, CO. He was son of John C. Crowfoot & Anne Hollis Crowfoot.
On Aug. 8, 1862 he volunteered for the 29th Regiment Infantry, Company I as a Private at Hartford in a company calling themselves the "Farmer Boys". He was wounded May 16, 1863 at Champion's Hill Battle, Mississippi & was mustered out June 22,1865. He was shot through the arm below the elbow.
Civil War Battles he participated in; Jackson, MS, Spanish Fort, AL, Fort Blakely, AL, Helena, AK, Champion Hill, MS.
Source: Civil War Soldiers Washington County, WI Compiled by Bev Hetzel
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