Co K 21st Ohio Infantry (OVI)
Entered service 10 Sep 1861. Age 29.
Veteran.
KIA May 31, 1864.
Originally buried near New Hope Church in a group of 6 bodies (McGaw, Sawyer, McIntyre, Hathaway, O'brine, Valence) 100yds NW of Leveretts Mill.
"...May 31st Lieutenant John W. Berry, having his company, K, deployed as skirmishers, in an attempt to gain a hill which was abandoned without a fight on the morning of the 27th, at Pumpkinvine Creek, lost six (6) men killed, and two (2) wounded. This little dash gave us the crest of a hill which commanded the position of the enemy in our front, which position was held by this regiment until the enemy withdrew."
-from The 21st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion by Capt. S.S. Canfield....
Co K Roster lists KIA on May 31: 1st Sgt Alpheus C. McIntyre, James Forrest, Isaac M. Hathaway, George Myers, William J. O'Brien, and Henry Valence. Found Forrest listed in VA as "Rest".
His widow, Nancy J. Stevens Hathaway, received a Widow's pension. She was born about 1825 and a resident of Wood County, Ohio. Post Office: Scotch Ridge. Five children were mentioned in the file and those under the age of 16 received Minor's pensions.
James A. Hathaway, born 10 Feb 1848.
John S. ", born 18 Oct 1849.
Mary M., born 21 Aug 1853.
Elizabeth Jane, born 30 Mary 1857.
Lurretta/Lacita A., born 23 Jan 1862.21ST OVI COMPANY K
ENLISTED SEPTEMBER 10, 1864 AT FINDLAY, OHIO FOR 3 YEARS
RE-ENLISTED IN THE SAME COMPANY AND REGIMENT
KILLED NEAR KENESAW MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA
Isaac was the son of Daniel and Mary "Polly" Merricks Hathaway of Massachusetts. He came to Wood County and settled in Montgomery Township with his parents when he was 18. He married Nancy Stevens on 12 January 1846 in Wood County, and they had six children: Samuel, James, John, Mary(DY), Elizabeth(Nichols), and Lasetta(Hibbs). There is a memorial on his wife's stone in Webster Township Cemetery.
Co K 21st Ohio Infantry (OVI)
Entered service 10 Sep 1861. Age 29.
Veteran.
KIA May 31, 1864.
Originally buried near New Hope Church in a group of 6 bodies (McGaw, Sawyer, McIntyre, Hathaway, O'brine, Valence) 100yds NW of Leveretts Mill.
"...May 31st Lieutenant John W. Berry, having his company, K, deployed as skirmishers, in an attempt to gain a hill which was abandoned without a fight on the morning of the 27th, at Pumpkinvine Creek, lost six (6) men killed, and two (2) wounded. This little dash gave us the crest of a hill which commanded the position of the enemy in our front, which position was held by this regiment until the enemy withdrew."
-from The 21st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion by Capt. S.S. Canfield....
Co K Roster lists KIA on May 31: 1st Sgt Alpheus C. McIntyre, James Forrest, Isaac M. Hathaway, George Myers, William J. O'Brien, and Henry Valence. Found Forrest listed in VA as "Rest".
His widow, Nancy J. Stevens Hathaway, received a Widow's pension. She was born about 1825 and a resident of Wood County, Ohio. Post Office: Scotch Ridge. Five children were mentioned in the file and those under the age of 16 received Minor's pensions.
James A. Hathaway, born 10 Feb 1848.
John S. ", born 18 Oct 1849.
Mary M., born 21 Aug 1853.
Elizabeth Jane, born 30 Mary 1857.
Lurretta/Lacita A., born 23 Jan 1862.21ST OVI COMPANY K
ENLISTED SEPTEMBER 10, 1864 AT FINDLAY, OHIO FOR 3 YEARS
RE-ENLISTED IN THE SAME COMPANY AND REGIMENT
KILLED NEAR KENESAW MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA
Isaac was the son of Daniel and Mary "Polly" Merricks Hathaway of Massachusetts. He came to Wood County and settled in Montgomery Township with his parents when he was 18. He married Nancy Stevens on 12 January 1846 in Wood County, and they had six children: Samuel, James, John, Mary(DY), Elizabeth(Nichols), and Lasetta(Hibbs). There is a memorial on his wife's stone in Webster Township Cemetery.
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