Sources are two free document images found at FamilySearch.org - "Applications for Headstones for Military Veterans 1925-1941" and NARA Publication "Historical Registers of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 1866-1938." He remained single and his body was shipped from Leavenworth KS to Lineville IA; nearest relative Mrs. Easter Elson, Lineville IA. [Easter/Esther is his sister who married Cornelius A. Elson.] Additionally, the 1900 Leavenworth County KS Census gives his birth date as Jun 1845.
Sources are two free document images found at FamilySearch.org - "Applications for Headstones for Military Veterans 1925-1941" and NARA Publication "Historical Registers of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 1866-1938." He remained single and his body was shipped from Leavenworth KS to Lineville IA; nearest relative Mrs. Easter Elson, Lineville IA. [Easter/Esther is his sister who married Cornelius A. Elson.] Additionally, the 1900 Leavenworth County KS Census gives his birth date as Jun 1845.
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