Absalom's parents, Abraham Gingrich and Mary Neff, were part of the great Mennonite migration from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to a large tract of land in Canada's Waterloo county, Ontario province, in the early 1800's.
The Mennonites founded a religious community there but, after many decades in Canada, several families moved back to the United States, settling in Michigan.
Absalom's parents and many extended relatives joined Jacob Erbe/Erby's family and returned to the township of Greenwood, in Saint Clair County, where they appear on the 1850 and 1860 census records as farmers.
Originally drafted into the 4th Michigan Cavalry, he served in Company H & G. Absalom re-enlisted in the U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps (Co. 187, Bat. 1), on the same day he was discharged: 30 Apr 1864. Less than four months later, 26 Aug 1864, he enlisted again and was assigned to Company I, 28th Michigan Infantry, from which he mustered out in New York City on 26 May 1865.
About the time the War was over, he and married Philena Jerusha Hayward and lived in Kalamazoo, then Colfax in Mecosta County. Absalom can be found on the 1884 Directory for Big Rapids (Mecosta), listed as a mason.
Their known children were:
Frances Adeline (1866-1871)
Charles A. (1868-?)
Cecilia Edith (1873-1948)
Absalom filed for his disability pension on July 22, 1890; Philena for her widow's pension after his death in 1897.
Philena Jerusha Hayward Gingrich's memorial is linked below.
The Mennonites founded a religious community there but, after many decades in Canada, several families moved back to the United States, settling in Michigan.
Absalom's parents and many extended relatives joined Jacob Erbe/Erby's family and returned to the township of Greenwood, in Saint Clair County, where they appear on the 1850 and 1860 census records as farmers.
Originally drafted into the 4th Michigan Cavalry, he served in Company H & G. Absalom re-enlisted in the U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps (Co. 187, Bat. 1), on the same day he was discharged: 30 Apr 1864. Less than four months later, 26 Aug 1864, he enlisted again and was assigned to Company I, 28th Michigan Infantry, from which he mustered out in New York City on 26 May 1865.
About the time the War was over, he and married Philena Jerusha Hayward and lived in Kalamazoo, then Colfax in Mecosta County. Absalom can be found on the 1884 Directory for Big Rapids (Mecosta), listed as a mason.
Their known children were:
Frances Adeline (1866-1871)
Charles A. (1868-?)
Cecilia Edith (1873-1948)
Absalom filed for his disability pension on July 22, 1890; Philena for her widow's pension after his death in 1897.
Philena Jerusha Hayward Gingrich's memorial is linked below.
Absalom's parents, Abraham Gingrich and Mary Neff, were part of the great Mennonite migration from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to a large tract of land in Canada's Waterloo county, Ontario province, in the early 1800's.
The Mennonites founded a religious community there but, after many decades in Canada, several families moved back to the United States, settling in Michigan.
Absalom's parents and many extended relatives joined Jacob Erbe/Erby's family and returned to the township of Greenwood, in Saint Clair County, where they appear on the 1850 and 1860 census records as farmers.
Originally drafted into the 4th Michigan Cavalry, he served in Company H & G. Absalom re-enlisted in the U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps (Co. 187, Bat. 1), on the same day he was discharged: 30 Apr 1864. Less than four months later, 26 Aug 1864, he enlisted again and was assigned to Company I, 28th Michigan Infantry, from which he mustered out in New York City on 26 May 1865.
About the time the War was over, he and married Philena Jerusha Hayward and lived in Kalamazoo, then Colfax in Mecosta County. Absalom can be found on the 1884 Directory for Big Rapids (Mecosta), listed as a mason.
Their known children were:
Frances Adeline (1866-1871)
Charles A. (1868-?)
Cecilia Edith (1873-1948)
Absalom filed for his disability pension on July 22, 1890; Philena for her widow's pension after his death in 1897.
Philena Jerusha Hayward Gingrich's memorial is linked below.
The Mennonites founded a religious community there but, after many decades in Canada, several families moved back to the United States, settling in Michigan.
Absalom's parents and many extended relatives joined Jacob Erbe/Erby's family and returned to the township of Greenwood, in Saint Clair County, where they appear on the 1850 and 1860 census records as farmers.
Originally drafted into the 4th Michigan Cavalry, he served in Company H & G. Absalom re-enlisted in the U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps (Co. 187, Bat. 1), on the same day he was discharged: 30 Apr 1864. Less than four months later, 26 Aug 1864, he enlisted again and was assigned to Company I, 28th Michigan Infantry, from which he mustered out in New York City on 26 May 1865.
About the time the War was over, he and married Philena Jerusha Hayward and lived in Kalamazoo, then Colfax in Mecosta County. Absalom can be found on the 1884 Directory for Big Rapids (Mecosta), listed as a mason.
Their known children were:
Frances Adeline (1866-1871)
Charles A. (1868-?)
Cecilia Edith (1873-1948)
Absalom filed for his disability pension on July 22, 1890; Philena for her widow's pension after his death in 1897.
Philena Jerusha Hayward Gingrich's memorial is linked below.
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