David Wakeman Maxwell Civil War Discharge Papers Contributed by Donna (Maxwell) Tivener
Photo of Howard C. Maxwell and his cousin Don Roberts in the Army during WWII. - Contributed by Donna (Maxwell) Tivener
Captain John McElroy in the Revolutionary War - Thanks to Thomas Ray McElroy for this link!
John Humphrey - Thanks to Thomas Ray McElroy for this link!
98th Ohio volunteer Infantry - maintained by Alan Radecki.
The 2nd Ohio volunteer Infantry - (Thanks to Janice Donley for this link!)
126th O.V. I. which was largely recruited from Jefferson and Belmont County and formed in Steubenville. (Thanks to Janice Donley for this link!)
Civil War Ohio A Special Collection, by Eric T. Davis
Everything you need to know about the civil war!
REGIMENTAL HISTORIES: ARTILLERY, CAVALRY, INFANTRY, AND OTHER UNITS, OHIO- OREGON
Civil War Documents | Ohio Historical Society
| Name | Unit or Branch of Service | Misc Info | Contributor |
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| Amspoker, Jonas | Corporal, 157th OVI, Company G | entered the service May 2, 1864. Jonas was b. 12 Dec. 1823 and d. 31 May 1892. buried in the Unionport Cemetery. | Connie Rowland-Rimroth |
| Armstrong, John G. | 157th Ohio National Guard
Unit organized May 16, 1864, for 100 days sevice, under Co. George McCook. Order to Washington City and the to Fort Delaware, where it guarded Rebel prisoners the reminder of time. Mustered out September 26, 1864. Dyers compendium says Organized at Camp chase, Ohio mustered in May 15, 1864, mustered out Sept. 2, 1864 ,lost 10 enlisted men.
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Son of Robert and Ann Ekey Armstrong. | Larry Gish |
| Brown, Edward Jackson | Edward Jackson Brown, B: Abt. 1829 D:1908 (buried Hopewell Cemetery), Son of: John and Catherine Brown Edward served in the Mexican and Civil Wars. During the Mexican War, he enlisted at the age of 17 years old, as part of the Steubenville Greys. They organized as Company 1 of the 3rd Regiment of the Ohio Volunteers to represent Jefferson County. Edward lived in Rush Run at the time. The Greys were officially established in June of 1846. Capt. George W. McCook headed them. They served in the Army of the Rio Grande under General Zachary Taylor. The unit mustered out on June 21, 1847 after being highly commended by their commanding officer. Edward enlisted as a Private on August 11, 1862 at the age of 33. He enlisted in Company B, 52nd Infantry, Regiment Ohio. He mustered out on June 3, 1865 in Washington, DC. The 52nd Infantry marched in the review before the President and Cabinet during the final muster-out. | Edward J. Brown was my Great, Great Grandfather. |
Kathryn Palmer |
| Cope, Hiram J. | Served as Captain of Company G, 157th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Enlisted on 2 May 1864, at the age of 26. Height 6'3", a fair complexion, light hair, and blue eyes. Middle name purported to be Holmes, but as yet unverified. | Born Aug 1837 in Nottingham Twp, near Cadiz, Harrison Co. Died 14 Jun 1907, in Mansfield, Richland, Co., and buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery ( between Bloomingdale & Smithfield) - no marker. |
Gary Flynn |
| COX, Elisha | Co H 157, Ohio Inf, private 2 May 1864, mustered out 2 Sep 1864 | Born 1836 in Jefferson Co. Married Nancy DUNLAP Mar 1862 with whom he
had three children. He died in 1896 and is buried in Smithfield Cemetery.
Sources: military records, marriage and death certificates, census, cemetery |
Coxloukat@aol.com |
| COX, Wesley | Co F 157, Ohio Inf, private 2 May 1864, mustered out 2 Sep 1864 | Born in New Alexandria, OH 1834. Married (1) Margaret DAVIS in 1863 with whom he had seven children. Married (2) Jennie BLACKWELL. Died Jul 1902 in Smithfield, Jefferson Co, OH and buried there. Sources: military papers, marriage records, census, cemetery. | Coxloukat@aol.com |
| Goodwin, John | private V Infantry - Co K- #69 Civil War Service # 580673 | Enlisted 12 Mar 1864/ Discharged 17 July 1865 Source Pension Records | Phyllis Learned |
| Graham, Morris | enlisted 18 Aug 1862, Smithfield, OH, company 52, OVI, Civil War; honorable discharge 3 Jun 1865, Washington, D.C., returned to Smithfield; | b. 18 Dec 1826; d. 28 May 1910, Arlington, Bureau Co., IL; m. 18 Sep 1851, Martha Cox, Jefferson Co., OH- information from pension file 789960, National Archives. | Wayne Eslinger |
| HAUSER, Tinlis | From his pension application
Enrolled 19 August, 1862, as a shoemaker, in theUS Army, age 23.Served in Co. G 52d Infantry, Ohio.- Taken to hospital at Louisville, Kentucky, on 1 October 1863. A medical assistant reports he heard the doctor say that he (Tinlis) "could not possibly live because of tyfoid (sic) and heart disease." - Hospitalized in Cincinnati and at Camp Denison until his discharge on 23 March 1863. |
- Born 1 March 1839, Richmond, Jefferson County,Ohio-
- About 1903, after about 40 years in Iowa, moved to Oklahoma, living in El Reno, Lawton, and finally in Cement, Caddo County. He lived in Clinton Co., Iowa, where he married Lucy USHER in 1866. They also lived in Benton Co., Iowa. (From marriage records in Clinton Co., and census records in Benton Co.) From census records of 1850 and 1850, Salem Twp., Jefferson County, we learn that his father was David HOUSER. |
Mona Houser
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| KINSEY, Oliver C. | 114th Ohio Infantry. He was in Co. I. | My grt-grtgrandfather, Oliver C. Kinsey, enlisted in the 114th Ohio Infantry on August 22, 1862. He was in Co. I. Wounded in the leg at Thompson's Hill, he was moved from hospital to hospital until his release in 1864. His pension form lists him as a farmer before his enlistment. He was born in Jefferson County in 1827 and after the war moved to Monroe County, Missouri. He died there September, 9, 1901. He was a potter by trade.; |
Sherry Kinsey King |
| LEE, William | private, was with Co D of the 142 OH Natl Guard; discharged Sep 1864. | received "Invalid Pension"; | Tigger Buskirk |
| Maple, William | Served in the NJ Militia during the Revolutionary War, later removing to Jefferson Co. Ohio between 1797 and 1803 | b. about 1740, Middlsex Co., NJ; d. 1812, Jefferson Co., Oh; buried on hill above Port Homer, grave location now unknown. | Submitted by: T. Grant Maple |
| Maple, David | Served in the NJ Militia during the Revolutionary War, later removing to Jefferson Co. Ohio between 1797 and 1803 | b. about 1735, Middlsex Co., NJ; d. about 1820,Carroll Co., OH; probably buried Carroll Co., OH. He settled in a part of Jefferson County which became a part of Carroll County in 1833. | Submitted by: T. Grant Maple |
| Megrail, Corporal Lindley H. | Co. K 157th Ohio National Guard | 100 day enlistment ended September 10, 1864 Certificate of Honorable Service signed on December 15, 1864 by Abraham Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton at the executive mansion Washington City. Served at Camp Douglas and another POW camp. | Submitted by Rex W. Liggett
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| Milliron, Solomon | private of 1st Lieut. Joseph McKee's Company (D) 126th O.V.I. | enlisted August 20, 1862, to serve three years or during the war. He was discharged June 25, 1865, at or near Washington, D.C. He was born in Pennsylvania in March of 1821, and was a blacksmith before and after the war. He died sometime after the 1910 census, when he was age 89 and living with his grandson, Solomon Milliron, in Beaver County, Pa. He is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Todd's Old Part, in Industry, Beaver Co., Pa. There is a G.A.R. marker on his grave, but no dates. | Submitted by Cookie Sisco
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| Rowland, Shadrach |
private, 157th OVI, Company G.
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He entered the service May 2, 1864 at Camp Chase. Shadrach was b. June 1842 and d. 3 Nov. 1915. buried in the Unionport Cemetery. | Connie Rowland-Rimroth |
| Shane, A.M. | Served in the Civil War as hospital steward | D. 12-31-1872 Salem, Ohio, Buried 1-1-1873 B. 12-21-1835 , Jefferson County, Ohio Buried in the Westlawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio, Lot 67 Sec 11 Grave #1, | Barbara Miller
2324 Catalina Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 |
| Shane, Abraham | Served in the War if 1812 as a Major in the 3rd Reg drafted Ohio Militia. | d. 11-18-1851 buried 1851, b. 12-26-1782, Buried in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Shanetown, Ross Twp, West of Col Hwy 54 | Barbara Miller
2324 Catalina Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 |
| Shane, Abraham W. | enlisted 10-70-1861 Discharged 12-23-1861
Co H 1st Reg Ohio, Private |
d. Dec 23 1861 at Camp Wood, KY
buried Dec 26, 1861 b. 1839 Cemetery Church Center 1 mile s. of hwy 213 |
Barbara Miller
2324 Catalina Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 |
| Shane, Charles R. | Civil War. Enlisted 9-20-1861, 2nd regiment, Co. C, Priate. | Of Island Creek Twp. d. April 20, 1926 in Jefferson Co, Ohio (fractured femure) buried 4-22-1926. He was born Dec 22, 1842 in Jefferson County. Church Center Chapel Cemetery | Barbara Miller
2324 Catalina Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 |
| Shane, G. (Cyril) S. (Stanley) | Civil War. Enlisted 8-22-1862 and was discharged (died) 11-23-1862 | d. 11-23-1862 at Nashville, TN of disease
buried Nov. 1862 Mt. Lebanon Cemetery at Shanetown Row 11 #40 b. 1-15-1845 |
Barbara Miller
2324 Catalina Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 |
| Shane, Gustavas A. | Civil War. Enlisted 6-11-1862, Navy, Landsman for the ship Clara Doleen and Tawah | d. 1924 b. 1840 (Gustavas and A.M. were brothers) | Barbara Miller
2324 Catalina Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 |
| Shane, Harry | WW2 (?) Navy | b. 1-13-1899
buried 6-22-1948 in St. Peter's Cem. Canton, OH |
Barbara Miller
2324 Catalina Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 |
| Shane, Harry L. | WWI (?) | Mt. Healthy, OH b. 2-25-1895
Buried 4-19-1953 at Arlington Memorial Park, Mt. Healthy, OH |
Barbara Miller
2324 Catalina Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 |
| Shane, Henry | Civil War enlisted 5-2-1864 Army Co E 166th Reg OVI | Medina County d. 7-8-1864 buried in Spitzer Cemetery, Lafayette Sec B Grave 24 | Barbara Miller
2324 Catalina Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 |
| Shane, Henry | War of 1812, enlisted 8-19-1812 and was discharged 9-18-1812, Army | Medina County OH d. 3-28-1873 buried in Spitzer Cemetery, Layfayette | Barbara Miller
2324 Catalina Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 |
| Shane, J. Willard | Not sure | Akron, OH b. 12-22-1889 and buried 1-21-1857 in Rose Hill Cem, Akron, OH | Barbara Miller
2324 Catalina Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 |
| Shane, James | Roster indicates 1838 birthdate, enlisted 8-7-1862 and was discharged 8-11-1862, 52nd reg. Corporal in Co B | Died 8-11-1862 in Nashville, TN and was buried 8-13-1862, b. 7-9-1835 and buried in Smithfield N Lot 35 grave 4. Next of Kin were S. and M. Shane | Barbara Miller
2324 Catalina Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 |
| Shane, James H. | Civil War, enlisted 9-1-1862 and was discharged 9-2-1865, Army, Private, Co 132nd OVI | Wayne Co. OH d. 1923 and b. 1837 buried in Fairview Cem, Clinton, OHIO | Barbara Miller
2324 Catalina Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 |
| Scott, Henry Hammond | 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry from 1862-1865. He was a Corporal. | Born in Jefferson Co. on 23 Feb 1838. He was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery (Los Angeles, CA) in 1929. | Helen Bremmer |
| Swinsinski, Stanley Bernard | CPL , Korean War - 8110th Army Unit R.P.C. transferred to the 17th Infantry Regiment Korea With Buffalo Bill Quinn Killed in the line of Duty on No Name Hill 1951 | Buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetary Steubenville, OH | Submitted by Stanley & Cheryl
Swinsinski
Katy, TX
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| Tipton, Carrollton | private, 157th OVI, Co. G, | entered the service May 2, 1864 at Camp Chase. Carrollton was born 11 May and d. 31 Oct. 1898. He is buried in the Pine Run Cemetery, Unionport. | Connie Rowland-Rimroth |
| Vantilburg, Henry | Served in the NJ Militia during the Revolutionary War, later removing to Jefferson Co. Ohio between 1797 and 1803 | b. Feb. 16, 1746, Middlsex Co., NJ; d. after Oct. 16, 1835, Jefferson Co., OH. Probably buried on his farm near Port Homer, Jefferson County. | Contributed by:
T. Grant Maple |
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