Persons who served in the Army, Navy, and Marine
Corps of the United States during the war of the rebellion
(who are survivors), and widows of such persons, in Elmira, 2nd Dist.,
Enumeration District 126, county of CHEMUNG, state of
NEW YORK, enumerated in June, 1890.
W. E. Hendrick, Enumerator
Abbreviations used---Vol=Volunteers; Inf=Infantry; Cav=Cavalry; HA=Heavy
Artillery; LA=Light Artillery; Eng.=Engineer
Pvt.=Private; Cpt.=Captain; Maj.=Major Sgt.=Sergeant; Lt.=Lieutenant; Mus.=Musician;
Cpl.=Corporal; Far=Farrier; Art=Artisan; Ldm=Landsman; Adj=Adjutant;
Sur.=Surgeon; QM=Quarter Master
| House No. |
Family No. |
NAMES OF SURVIVING SOLDIERS, SAILORS
AND MARINES, AND WIDOWS. |
Rank |
Co. |
Name of Regiment or Vessel |
Date of Enlistment |
Date of Discharge |
Length of Service |
Post Office Address |
Disability Incurred |
Remarks |
| 14 |
16 |
Brown, Antoinette widow of Brown, James
L. |
Q.M. |
|
189 NY Inf |
30 Nov 1864 |
13 Jun 1865 |
6m |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 17 |
17 |
Diven, Julia A. widow of Diven, Eugene |
Asst. Adj. |
|
|
1862 |
19 Apr 1865 |
3y |
Elmira, NY |
None |
Enlisted with 107 NY Vol |
| 22 |
22 |
Lewis, Lewis |
Pvt. |
D |
56 NY Inf |
Dec 1864 |
Apr 1865 |
6m |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 26 |
28 |
Rutan, James C. |
Sgt. |
A |
179 NY Inf |
23 Feb 1864 |
23 May 1865 |
1y 3m |
Elmira, NY |
Wounded in hip and chronic diarrhea,
kidney and liver trouble |
Received sun stroke in service |
| 28 |
29 |
Decker, William |
Cpl. |
H |
179 NY Inf |
04 Aug 1864 |
01 Jun 1865 |
10m 27d |
Elmira, NY |
Double rupture |
|
| 28 |
29 |
Patter, Charles H. |
Cpl. |
I |
141 NY Inf |
Sep 1862 |
11 Aug 1863 |
11m |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 35 |
36 |
Hall, George |
Pvt. |
I |
9 NH Inf |
16 Dec 1863 |
03 Jul 1865 |
1y 6m 18d |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 39 |
41 |
Johnson, Millard G. |
Orderly |
D |
50 NY Eng |
22
May 1861 |
12 Jan 1865 |
3y 6m |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 37 |
38 |
Patterson, Frank |
Pvt. |
G |
154 NY Inf |
01
Aug 1862 |
16 Mar 1864 |
1y 7m 16d |
Elmira, NY |
Injured in breast in runaway |
alleged cause of blindness |
| 47 |
49 |
Pealer, Frank |
Pvt. |
H |
209 PA Inf |
17 Jun 1863 |
31 May 1865 |
1y |
Elmira, NY |
Gun shot wound in hip |
Re-enlisted |
| 47 |
49 |
Goodno, Albert |
Pvt. |
F |
141 NY Inf |
22 Aug 1862 |
09 Jun 1865 |
2y 9m 18d |
Elmira, NY |
Kidney trouble |
|
| 51 |
55 |
Stone, Solomon |
Pvt. |
C |
132 PA Inf |
25 Jul 1862 |
25 May 1865 |
10m |
Elmira, NY |
Broken health |
in Libby Prison 1 mo. |
| 56 |
61 |
Chase, Fred M. |
Lt. |
|
28 NY Bat. |
21 Aug 1862 |
01 Jul 1865 |
3y 10d |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 60 |
66 |
Wanamaker, Simpson |
Pvt. |
|
3 NJ Cav |
Nov 1862 |
16 May 1865 |
10m |
Elmira, NY |
|
Enlisted, rejected and enlisted |
| 61 |
67 |
Allison, Oscar W. |
Pvt. |
K |
3 NY Cav |
26 Apr 1861 |
20 Jul 1865 |
4y 2m 24d |
Elmira, NY |
General loss of health |
Discharged for disability |
| 68 |
75 |
Pool, Orline widow of Pool, John L. |
Pvt. |
K |
23 NY Inf |
12 Apr 1861 |
Dec 1861 |
8m |
Elmira, NY |
Gun shot wound in leg |
|
| 91 |
99 |
Fitch, Arthur S. |
Lt. |
B |
107 NY Inf |
14 Jul 1862 |
19 Jun 1865 |
2y 11m 5d |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 92 |
100 |
Harris, Giles M. |
Pvt. |
G |
130 NY Inf |
Aug 1862 |
Mar 1863 |
7m |
Elmira, NY |
|
In hospital for Malaria |
| 109 |
119 |
Crookshank, Mary A. widow of Crookshank,
Absalom |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 131 |
143 |
Pike, Nathaniel A. |
Sgt. |
A |
3 NY Art. |
29 Aug 1864 |
3 Jul 1865 |
10m 5d |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 134 |
146 |
Andrus, Lemuel M. |
Pvt. |
|
50 NY Eng |
15 Mar 1865 |
19 Jan 1865 |
3m 4d |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 135 |
145 |
Hollenbeck, Rodolphus |
Pvt. |
R |
147 NY Inf |
05 Sep 1862 |
12 Mar 1863 |
6m 7d |
Elmira, NY |
Rheumatism |
|
| 133 |
147 |
Co???rs, (?) widow of Co???rs, Henry
(due to a large ink blot on original census page-unable to read complete
name) |
Capt |
B |
4 MA Art |
17 Apr 1861 |
Jun 1865 |
4y 2 |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 153 |
167 |
Force, Henry D. |
Pvt. |
H |
50 NY Eng |
Aug 1862 |
Jun 1865 |
2y 10d |
Elmira, NY |
Deaf from abscesses |
caused by fever |
| 155 |
169 |
Williams, George |
Cpl. |
I |
71 NY Inf |
01 May 1861 |
30 Jul 1864 |
3y 2m |
Elmira, NY |
General loss of health |
|
| 166 |
183 |
Hopkins, Richard |
Sgt. |
F |
H8 PA Inf |
27 Apr 1861 |
14 Nov 1864 |
3y 6m 17d |
Elmira, NY |
loss of right thumb-gun shot |
|
| 185 |
209 |
Roll, Manning R. |
Pvt. |
L |
27 NJ Inf |
Aug 1862 |
Jul 1863 |
11m |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 196 |
210 |
Moore, Horace D. |
Pvt. |
F |
2 U.S. |
26 Nov 1861 |
26 Nov 1864 |
3y |
Elmira, NY |
Rheumatism & Heart disease |
Re-enlisted in Vet Corps |
| 218 |
268 |
Alliger, Justus |
Pvt. |
I |
1 U.S. Cav |
21 Sep 1857 |
21 Sep 1862 |
5y |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 242 |
277 |
Lamb, Ira |
Pvt. |
B |
6 MO Cav |
Sep
1861 |
Apr 1862 |
6m |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 254 |
289 |
McFarlane, James |
Pvt. |
G |
7 OH Inf |
20 Jun 1861 |
07 Jul 1864 |
3y 19d |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 267 |
305 |
Stevens, Homer H. |
Cpl. |
B |
141 PA Inf |
11 Aug 1862 |
01 Dec 1862 |
3m 19d |
Elmira, NY |
Rheumatism |
|
| 275 |
313 |
Vincent, Frances J. widow of Vincent,
Clayton L. |
Pvt. |
H |
10 NY Cav |
|
|
|
Elmira, NY |
Chronic Pleurisy |
|
| 280 |
320 |
Koon, Isaac P. |
Pvt. |
C |
1 NY Rifle |
|
|
|
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 286 |
327 |
Lewis, Obadiah |
Pvt. |
H |
177 PA Inf |
13 Oct 1862 |
08 Aug 1863 |
9m 26d |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 291 |
333 |
Steele, Esther B. widow of Steele, J.
Dorman |
Capt |
K |
81 NY Inf |
Oct 1862 |
Oct 1863 |
1y |
Elmira, NY |
Gun shot wound in head |
|
| 292 |
334 |
Green, Evert |
Sgt. |
H |
50 NY Inf |
03 Dec 1861 |
04 Dec 1864 |
3y 1d |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 293 |
235 |
Backer, Elmer R. |
Capt |
A |
207 PA Inf |
|
|
|
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 245 |
237 |
Davison, Charles S. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| |
|
Rockwell, Hosea H. |
Pvt. |
|
23 NY Inf |
|
|
|
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 319 |
365 |
Spaulding, Charles |
Pvt. |
C |
161 NY Inf |
14 Aug 1862 |
20 Sep 1865 |
3y 1m 4d |
Elmira, NY |
Wounded in arm |
|
| 321 |
368 |
Burleigh, John H. |
Pvt. |
A |
125 NY Cav |
Sep 1863 |
Jul 1865 |
1y 10m |
Elmira, NY |
Rupture |
|
| 333 |
386 |
Michaelis, John H. |
Pvt. |
C |
27 S.C. Inf |
12 Mar 1862 |
20
May 1865 |
2y 2m 8d |
Elmira, NY |
|
Taken prisoner May 18, 1864. Imprisoned
at Elmira 1 year |
| 341 |
397 |
Byrne, John C. |
Cpl. |
E |
14 NY Inf |
24 Apr 1861 |
24 May 1863 |
2y 1m |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 343 |
399 |
Sanford, Percil L. |
Pvt. |
A |
82 O Inf |
20 Aug 1862 |
20 Jun 1865 |
2y 10m |
Elmira, NY |
Coarse veins right leg |
|
| 346 |
402 |
Edwards, Thomas P. |
Sgt. |
I |
11 NY Inf |
20 Apr 1861 |
16 Jul 1865 |
3y 1m 8d |
Elmira, NY |
Rupture |
Discharged & drafted 21 Jul 1863 |
| 356 |
414 |
Colson, Alonzo P. |
Pvt. |
A |
107 NY Inf |
24 Jul 1862 |
03
Jun 1865 |
2y 4m |
Elmira, NY |
Gun shot wound in face |
Discharged and re-enlisted |
| 358 |
415 |
Jones, Harvey E. |
Pvt. |
I |
2 IA Cav |
31 Aug 1861 |
03 Oct 1864 |
|
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 366 |
424 |
Keene, Henry C. |
Cpl. |
B |
16 NY Cav |
08 Apr 1863 |
17 Aug 1865 |
2y 4m 9d |
Elmira, NY |
Rheumatism |
|
| 372 |
485 |
Lupton, Henry |
Pvt. |
D |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 284 |
445 |
Van Wagoner, Charles |
Cpl. |
C |
141 NY Inf |
20 Aug 1862 |
08
Jun 1865 |
2y 9m 18d |
309 W. Fifth St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 291 |
455 |
Miller, Samuel B. |
1st Lt. |
E |
107 NY Inf |
15 Jun 1862 |
19 Jun 1865 |
3y 4d |
402 W. Fifth St., Elmira, NY |
Chronic Rheumatism |
At times completely helpless |
| 314 |
451 |
Leahy, Daniel |
Pvt. |
K |
3 RI H.A. |
20 Aug 1861 |
05 Oct 1864 |
3y 1m 15d |
367 W. Fifth St., Elmira, NY |
Chills & Fever, chronic diarrhea |
|
| 294 |
458 |
Miller, John H. |
Pvt. |
B |
49 PA Vol |
08 Jun 1863 |
08 Sep 1863 |
3m |
377 W. Fifth St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 301 |
474 |
Adams, Allen O. |
Pvt. |
G |
2 Wisc Vol |
24 May 1861 |
08 Oct 1861 |
4m 14d |
613 Grove St., Elmira, NY |
General disability and predisposition
to Phthisis |
|
| 308 |
475 |
Guion, Richard L. |
1st Lt. |
C |
161 NY Vol |
22 Oct 1862 |
12 Jun 1865 |
2y 8m 18d |
563 Grove St., Elmira, NY |
Gun shot wound over lungs |
|
| 309 |
476 |
Reese, Mary J. widow of Reese, Chauncey
B. |
Major |
|
Engineer Corps.--West Point graduate
1861 |
Died in service 1870 |
|
|
561 Grove St., Elmira, NY |
Chronic Malaria & Diarrhea |
Brevetted Brigadier General |
| 516 |
595 |
Tomlinson, William |
Cpl. |
A |
1 OH L.A. |
25 Sep 1861 |
31 Dec 1863 |
2y 3m 7d |
519 Davis, Elmira, NY |
Sprained knee, laid up over 3 months |
|
| |
|
Tomlinson, William (2nd enlistment) |
Cpl. |
A |
1 OH Vet L.A. |
01 Jan 1864 |
31 Jul 1865 |
1y 6m 30d |
519 Davis, Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 515 |
592 |
Williams, Benjamin |
Pvt. |
B |
1 PA Batt. |
16 Jun 1863 |
12 Jan 1864 |
6m 16d |
609 Davis, Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 524 |
603 |
Johnson, Benjamin P. |
Sgt. |
B |
107 NY Inf |
21 Jul 1862 |
05 Jun 1865 |
2y 10m 14d |
|
|
|
| 524 |
613 |
Pickering, Adele E. widow of Pickering,
James |
Pvt. |
K |
23 NY Inf |
16 May 1861 |
22 May 1863 |
2y 6d |
|
|
|
| 549 |
633 |
Van Wormer, Theodore |
Drummer |
B |
38 NY Vol |
26 Nov 1861 |
22 Sep 1862 |
|
508 Columbia, Elmira, NY |
Typhoid Fever causing chronic disability |
|
| |
|
Van Wormer, Theodore |
Sgt. |
C |
1 NY Cav Vet. |
10 Sep 1863 |
20 July 1865 |
|
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 553 |
648 |
Tyler, Sadie S. widow of Tyler, Joseph |
Pvt. |
E |
197 PA Vol |
17 Jul 1864 |
11
Nov 1864 |
3m |
656 Columbia, Elmira, NY |
Cataracts, Bronchitis |
Papers not found |
| 563 |
647 |
Quigley, Elizabeth widow of Quigley,
Martin |
Pvt. |
E |
81 NY Inf |
09 Oct 1861 |
25 Jul 1865 |
|
418 Walnut St., Elmira, NY |
Died in 1876 of consumption |
|
| 374 |
435 |
Slack, George W. |
Pvt. |
K |
4 OH Inf |
01 Apr 1861 |
04 Feb 1867 |
5y 10m 3d |
Elmira, NY |
Thrown from horse-rupture |
|
| 379 |
440 |
Miller, Juliet widow of Miller, Ellis
L. |
Pvt. |
A |
149 PA Inf |
Jul 1862 |
Feb 1863 |
|
Elmira, NY |
Consumption |
Discharged for disability |
| 380 |
441 |
Doane, George |
Sgt. |
K |
187 PA Inf |
Apr 1864 |
Aug 1865 |
|
Elmira, NY |
Finger shot off |
|
| 422 |
489 |
Whitaker, John C. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elmira, NY |
|
No facts obtainable |
| 427 |
494 |
Brickwedde, Joseph J. |
Pvt. |
|
|
|
|
|
Elmira, NY |
|
No facts obtainable |
| 496 |
564 |
Pearce, Liston H. |
Capt |
|
132 ILL Cav |
01 Jun 1864 |
01 Nov 1864 |
5m |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 497 |
570 |
Bally, John |
in band |
A |
144 NY Inf |
30 Aug 1864 |
25 Jun 1865 |
9m 25d |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 570 |
655 |
Davis, Mary J. widow of Davis, Benjamin |
Pvt. |
A |
54 PA Inf |
|
21 Aug 1864 |
4y |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| 575 |
660 |
Brooks, Eliza widow of Brooks, Jerome |
Capt |
E |
36 U.S. Inf |
|
|
|
Elmira, NY |
Consumption |
Papers in Washington |
| 584 |
670 |
Hale, Emery C. |
Pvt. |
I |
47 PA Inf |
|
|
|
|
|
No facts obtainable |
| 583 |
669 |
Uttrick, Adam |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elmira, NY |
|
Papers lost no dates known |
| 585 |
671 |
Lawrence, Edward F. |
Pvt. |
F |
157 NY Inf |
22 Aug 1862 |
09 Dec 1862 |
3m 17d |
Elmira, NY |
|
|
| |
|
Brundage, George C. |
Pvt. |
I |
119 NY Inf |
15 Aug 1864 |
30 May 1865 |
9m 15d |
Elmira, NY |
General disabilities |
|
| |
|
Prentice, Clarence G. |
Sgt. |
|
|
|
|
|
Elmira, NY |
|
Papers in Washington-no facts obtainable |
| |
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ADDED BY A. ROCHEFORT |
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| 8 |
10 |
Tompkins, Cornelius B. |
Sol. U.S. |
|
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370 W. Church, Elmira, NY |
|
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| 19 |
19 |
Blampied, Benjamin |
Sol. U.S. |
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|
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526 W. Church, Elmira, NY |
|
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| 42 |
44 |
Cushing, Sarah E. widow of Cushing, Joseph |
Sol. U.S. |
|
|
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|
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807 W. First, Elmira, NY |
|
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| 75 |
82 |
Holden, Martha widow of Holden, James |
Sol. U.S. |
|
|
|
|
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407 W. First, Elmira, NY |
|
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| 134 |
150 |
Cox, Delos M. |
Sol. U.S. |
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381 W. Second St., Elmira, NY |
|
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| 202 |
228 |
Flynn, Martin F. |
Sol. U.S. |
|
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|
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372 W. Third St., Elmira, NY |
|
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| 300 |
342 |
Nimbs, William M. |
Sol. U.S. |
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611 College Ave., Elmira, NY |
|
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| 336 |
390 |
Pease, Solomon M. |
Sol. U.S. |
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521 W. Fourth St., Elmira, NY |
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| |
665 |
Wilson, Dewitt C. |
Sol. U.S. |
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409 Walnut, Elmira, NY |
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