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 Ward 3,
county of CHEMUNG, state of
NEW YORK, enumerated in June, 1890.
John Crenin and Morris S. Converse, Enumerators
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 |
3 |
3 |
Hogancamp, Matthew |
Pvt. |
K |
144 NY Inf. |
26 Aug 1862 |
08 Jun 1865 |
2y 10m 18d |
557 E. Clinton St., Elmira, NY |
Rheumatism |
Suffering from scurvy and tumors |
4 |
5 |
Moore, Martin |
Pvt. |
B |
101 PA Inf |
07 Nov 1861 |
22 Oct 1862 |
11m 15d |
556 E. Clinton St., Elmira, NY |
wounded in head |
Inflammatory Bladder, Rheumatism in both
legs |
23 |
29 |
St. John, James |
Pvt. |
G |
81 Ill Inf |
19 May 1862 |
23 Jul 1865 |
2y 9m 25d |
520 Dewitt St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
23 |
30 |
Ware, John S. |
Sgt. |
A |
132 PA Inf |
06 Aug 1862 |
24 May 1863 |
9m 16d |
516 Dewitt St., Elmira, NY |
|
Re-enlisted Veteran |
|
|
Ware, John S. |
Sgt. |
C |
181 PA Vol |
28 Jun 1864 |
04 Aug 1865 |
1y 6m 24d |
516 Dewitt St., Elmira, NY |
|
Re-enlisted Veteran |
53 |
63 |
Dale, George W. |
Pvt. |
K |
4 PA Cav |
18 Oct 1861 |
18 Oct 1864 |
3y |
320 Dewitt St., Elmira, NY |
Lost an arm |
|
25 |
33 |
Brown, Jeremiah B. |
Pvt. |
K |
8 NY HA |
15 Dec 1863 |
15 Oct 1864 |
1y 10m |
556 E. 3rd St., Elmira, NY |
Rupture during service |
one month at Lincoln Hospital |
59 |
71 |
Brown, Gardner N. |
Pvt. |
C |
161 NY Inf |
06 Sep 1864 |
20 Sep 1865 |
1y 14d |
306 Dewitt St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
59 |
71 |
Lovell, Sarah E. widow of William Lovell,
Jr. |
Pvt. |
M |
4 NY Vol |
|
|
|
307 Dewitt St., Elmira, NY |
|
Taken prisoner on Aug 28, 1864-died in
prison on Feb 10, 1865 |
61 |
73 |
Stowell, Rufus R. |
Pvt. |
B |
148 NY Inf |
11 Sep 1863 |
05 Jun 1865 |
1y 5m 24d |
553 Dewitt St., Elmira, NY |
Shot left leg |
discharged on Surgeons Certificate |
63 |
76 |
McMillan, Gills |
Pvt. |
C |
107 NY Inf |
20 Jul 1862 |
13 Jun 1865 |
3y |
559 E. Church St., Elmira, NY |
Shot in ear and left side |
discharged on Surgeons Certificate |
92 |
117 |
Campbell, James E. |
Pvt. |
G |
161 NY Inf |
02 Sep 1864 |
20 Sep 1865 |
1y 18d |
605 E. 2nd St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
135 |
170 |
Dolan, Ellen widow of Patrick Dolan |
Pvt. |
K |
35 NY Vol |
10 Jul 1861 |
1862 |
1y 4m |
607 E. 3rd St., Elmira, NY |
Lost discharge in flood |
Discharged from hospital |
158 |
199 |
Fitzgerald, Mary widow of David Fitzgerald |
Pvt. |
C |
50 NY Eng |
10 Sep 1861 |
31 Dec 1863 |
2y 3m 21d |
518 Clinton Place, Elmira, NY |
|
Re-enlisted Veteran |
|
|
Fitzgerald, Mary widow of David Fitzgerald |
Pvt. |
C |
10 NY Inf |
01 Jan 1864 |
|
|
518 Clinton Place, Elmira, NY |
|
|
187 |
233 |
Wood, Thomas |
Pvt. |
J |
30 Mass Inf |
05 Nov 1863 |
20 Aug 1865 |
1y 8m |
450 Oak St., Elmira, NY |
|
Re-enlisted Veteran |
191 |
234 |
Bowan, Mary A. widow of Isaac L. Bowan |
Pvt. |
|
|
|
|
|
Ave. Jay and Sullivan Sts., Elmira, NY |
|
Papers lost |
196 |
240 |
Easton, Albert J. |
Pvt. |
F |
23 NY Inf |
06 May 1861 |
22 May 1863 |
2y 16d |
503 1/2 Sullivan St., Elmira, NY |
Brights Disease |
Re-enlisted Veteran |
|
|
Easton, Albert J. |
Pvt. |
K |
1 NY Vol |
05 Feb 1864 |
14 Nov 1865 |
9m 9d |
503 1/2 Sullivan St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
218 |
271 |
Crandall, Walter M.--ALIAS Wilson, Albert |
Pvt. |
F |
3 PA Cav |
27 Aug 1863 |
21 Sep 1865 |
2y 26d |
759 East 2nd St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
221 |
274 |
Collson, Warren M. |
Pvt. |
C |
161 NY Inf |
05 Sep 1864 |
20 Oct 1865 |
1y 1m 15d |
751 East 2nd St., Elmira, NY |
Asthma and Kidney trouble |
|
222 |
278 |
Lappe, Charles G. |
Pvt. |
B |
115 NY Inf |
11 Aug 1862 |
Jun 1865 |
2y 9m |
408 Oak St., Elmira, NY |
Wounded in both legs |
Pensioned |
242 |
304 |
Lobdell, Phillip F. |
Cpl. |
D |
107 NY Inf |
07 Aug 1862 |
05 Jun 1865 |
2y 10m 29d |
313 Orchard St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
250 |
316 |
Barlow, Homer R. |
Pvt. |
A |
14 NY HA |
01 Aug 1863 |
26 Aug 1865 |
2y 26d |
312 Orchard St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
259 |
331 |
Dunn, John |
Pvt. |
G |
126 NY Inf |
Aug 1862 |
Apr 1865 |
3y |
319 Sullivan St., Elmira, NY |
|
Papers in Washington |
261 |
333 |
Dunn, James |
Pvt. |
F |
1 NY Cav |
19 Dec 1863 |
20 Jul 1865 |
1y 7m 1d |
762 E. 2nd St., Elmira, NY |
|
Re-enlisted Veteran |
264 |
336 |
Cartlidge, Joseph |
2nd Lt. |
G |
11 PA Inf |
22 Apr 1861 |
31 Jul 1831 |
3m |
402 1/2 Sullivan St., Elmira, NY |
Deafness |
Re-enlisted Veteran |
273 |
346 |
Klock, Millie A. widow of Sanford Klock |
Sgt. |
C |
10 NY Cav |
19 Oct 1861 |
10 Jan 1864 |
2y 8m 9d |
516 Sullivan St., Elmira, NY |
|
Physical disability-Discharged |
273 |
346 |
Shappe, Jacob V. |
Pvt. |
O |
85 NY Inf |
03 Sep 1864 |
27 Jun 1865 |
9m 24d |
516 Sullivan St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
278 |
351 |
Haughton, Alexander |
Pvt. |
B |
21 NY Cav |
01 Jan 1864 |
Jun 1865 |
1y 4m 15d |
617 Sullivan St., Elmira, NY |
|
in Libbie Prison 3 months |
292 |
367 |
Cary, Frank H. |
Pvt. |
A |
161 NY Inf |
09 Sep 1864 |
28 Aug 1865 |
11m 19d |
607 Harvard St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
293 |
368 |
Lunner, William |
Pvt. |
C |
161 NY Inf |
21 Aug 1862 |
20 Sep 1865 |
3y 1m |
59 Harvard St., Elmira, NY |
|
Rheumatism, ears went bad |
294 |
369 |
Hoagland, William A. |
Pvt. |
D |
1 NY Cav |
13 Sep 1864 |
08 Jun 1865 |
9m |
61 Harvard St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
300 |
376 |
Becker, Nicholas |
Pvt. |
B |
12 NY Inf |
15 May 1861 |
|
1y |
560 Beach St., Elmira, NY |
|
Lost papers, Re-enlisted Veteran |
|
|
Becker, Nicholas |
Pvt. |
B |
1 NY Cav |
20 Jul 1863 |
20 Jul 1865 |
3y |
560 Beach St., Elmira, NY |
|
Re-enlisted Veteran |
323 |
403 |
Wiley, Thomas H. |
Pvt. |
A |
198 PA Inf |
Aug 1864 |
Jul 1865 |
1y |
967 East Chuten (?) St., Elmira, NY |
|
Papers in Washington |
31 |
39 |
Wallace, William H. |
Cpl. |
E |
107 NY Vol |
24 Jul 1862 |
17 Jun 1865 |
2y 11m 25d |
412 Dewitt St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
166 |
209 |
Goodman, Francis J. widow of William
F. Goodman |
Pvt. |
|
|
|
|
|
750 East 5th St., Elmira, NY |
|
Papers sent to Washington |
160 |
201 |
Morse, Jerome B. |
Sgt. |
D |
1 U.S. Inf |
18 Jun 1862 |
18 Jan 1865 |
3y |
715 East Chuten St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
302 |
378 |
Murphy, Frank |
Pvt. |
K |
12 NY Inf |
01 May 1861 |
17 May 1863 |
2y 16d |
602 Beach St., Elmira, NY |
|
Re-enlisted Veteran |
|
|
Murphy, Frank |
Pvt. |
B |
1 NY Cav |
08 Sep 1863 |
20
Jul 1865 |
2y 9m 12d |
603 Beach St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
308 |
381 |
Lawrence, John W. |
Pvt. |
H |
86 NY Inf |
18 Oct 1861 |
30 Nov 1863 |
2y 1m 14d |
954 East Ave., Elmira, NY |
|
Re-enlisted Veteran |
|
|
Lawrence, John W. |
Pvt. |
D |
179 NY Inf |
03 Sep 1864 |
08 Jun 1865 |
9m |
954 East Ave., Elmira, NY |
|
|
323 |
403 |
Klock, Hiram |
Pvt. |
K |
207 PA Inf |
25 Aug 1864 |
17 May 1865 |
9m |
967 East Clinton Place, Elmira, NY |
Gun shot wound to head |
Discharged disability |
329 |
410 |
Butters, Lewis |
Pvt. |
D |
14 NY HA |
18 Jul 1863 |
16 Jun 1865 |
1y 11m 2d |
819 East 2nd St., Elmira, NY |
Rheumatism |
|
332 |
413 |
Jackson, George W. |
Pvt. |
H |
11 U.S. Inf |
17 Jun 1862 |
14 Jan 1863 |
8m |
829 East 2nd St., Elmira, NY |
|
Discharged Surgeons Certificate |
335 |
416 |
Fisher, James A. |
Pvt. |
I |
29 Mass Inf |
17 Aug 1862 |
08 Jun 1864 |
1y 10m 6d |
835 East 2nd St., Elmira, NY |
|
Re-enlisted Veteran |
|
|
Fisher, James A. |
Pvt. |
K |
19 U.S. Vet Reg. |
08 Jun 1864 |
19 Dec 1865 |
1y 6m 9d |
835 East 2nd St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
337 |
418 |
Adams, Henry L. |
Pvt. |
I |
0 PA Inf |
1864 |
186x |
|
839 East 2nd St., Elmira, NY |
Papers stolen by Rebels while in construction
corps after war |
|
328 |
409 |
Baldwin, Henry |
1st Lt. |
B |
145 NY Inf |
20 Aug 1862 |
12 Jun 1864 |
2y 6m |
815 East 2nd St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
362 |
448 |
Weaver, Stephen E. |
Pvt. |
O |
|
|
|
|
309 Tuttle Ave., Elmira, NY |
Lost Discharge papers |
Enlisted last call |
363 |
449 |
Roberts, Harold C. |
Pvt. |
G |
171 PA Inf |
16 Oct 1862 |
Sep 1863 |
11m |
909 East Church St., Elmira, NY |
Inflammatory Rheumatism |
Papers lost-drafted soldier |
366 |
432 |
Rulapaugh, Gilbert |
Pvt. |
F |
136 NY Inf |
23 Aug 1862 |
24 Aug 1864 |
2y 2d |
700 East Clinton St., Elmira, NY |
Wounded hip |
Re-enlisted Veteran |
|
|
Rulapaugh, Gilbert |
Pvt. |
E |
16 NY Vet Reg |
25 Aug 1864 |
25 Nov 1865 |
1y 3m |
700 East Clinton St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
367 |
447 |
Storms, John A. |
Pvt. |
|
|
|
|
|
308 Tuttle Ave., Elmira, NY |
His papers are not at home, wife could
not find them |
|
368 |
435 |
Barber, Elemuel |
Pvt. |
H |
10 NY Cav |
09 Oct 1861 |
25 Oct 1864 |
3y 14d |
516 Oak St., Elmira, NY |
Partially deaf-Gun explosion |
|
337 |
466 |
Colegrove, William |
|
|
|
|
|
|
East Hill, Elmira, NY |
Wife can't find papers |
Discharged with Surgeons Certificate |
379 |
469 |
Simmons, Alonzo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
402 Tuttle Ave., Elmira, NY |
Wife can't tell where papers are-man
not at home |
|
383 |
473 |
Beacher, Thomas K. |
Chaplin |
O |
141 NY Inf |
Sep 1862 |
Jan 1863 |
1y 5m |
1001 East Ave., Elmira, NY |
|
Chaplin |
365 |
337 |
Coburn, Augustus M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elmira, NY |
|
No Information |
6 |
12 |
Ogden, Alexander |
Pvt. |
F |
7 PA Reg |
03 Sep 1861 |
|
|
317 Baldwin St., Elmira, BY |
Gun shot wound left arm |
Not wholly disabled but not ok-use of
left arm-pensions |
7 |
13 |
Greene, Hannah J. widow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Knows nothing of Greene's military record-not
a pensioner |
11 |
19 |
Squire, Grace A. widow |
Surg. |
|
89 NY Vol |
07 Nov 1861 |
Apr 1865 |
3y 7 |
|
|
|
5 |
11 |
McNeal, Martin S. |
Pvt. |
F |
7 PA Reg |
13 Sep 1861 |
Oct 1864 |
3y 2m |
|
|
|
22 |
39 |
Gregory, Oscar A. |
Pvt. |
G |
157 NY Inf |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gregory, Oscar A. |
Pvt. |
B |
54 NY Vet |
20 Jul 1863 |
14 Apr 1866 |
2y 9m |
407 Baldwin St., Elmira, NY |
Pensioner |
|
4 |
4 |
Elliott, Edward M. |
Mus. |
H |
58 NY Inf |
25 Aug 1864 |
02 Dec 1864 |
3m 8d |
315 E. Church St., Elmira, NY |
None |
None |
4 |
9 |
Mogridge, William |
Pvt. |
I |
1 NY Eng |
02 Sep 1864 |
15 Jun 1865 |
8m 17d |
315 E. Church St., Elmira, NY |
Chronic Rheumatism |
Pensioner |
29 |
41 |
Shives, William E. |
Pvt. |
C |
161 NY Inf |
07 Sep 1864 |
09 Aug 1866 |
2y 8m 2d |
318 Baldwin St., Elmira, NY |
|
Discharged after war |
49 |
75 |
Roberts, Charles E. |
Mus. |
|
33 Reg Band |
22 May 1861 |
09 Aug 1862 |
1y 2m 20d |
518 Baldwin St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
61 |
88 |
Bolden, William |
Pvt. |
G |
127 PA Vol |
01 Aug 1864 |
04 Oct 1865 |
1y 2m 20d |
616 Baldwin St., Elmira, NY |
Gunshot wound in left leg and lame shoulder |
Hemorrhage of lungs. A good deal disabled.
No pension |
55 |
79 |
Hawkins, Joseph |
Pvt. |
I |
43 PA Vol |
Aug 1864 |
Dec 1865 |
1y 4m |
604 Baldwin St., Elmira, NY |
A bowel rupture from being tramped on |
Works but hardly able. |
72 |
723 |
Paine, Samuel H. |
Pvt. |
K |
3 Mass Cav |
Jul 1862 |
25 May 1865 |
2y 10m 24d |
664 Baldwin St., Elmira, NY |
|
Not a pensioner |
85 |
122 |
Jacobs, Catharine widow of Henry Jacobs |
Sgt. |
F |
20 Col Reg |
papers at city |
|
|
671 Baldwin St., Elmira, NY |
Chronic diarrhea and Rheumatism, nearly
disabled. |
Husband died over two years ago-pensioner |
87 |
124 |
Smith, Owen |
Pvt. |
A |
119 NY Inf |
17 Jun 1862 |
13 Aug 1865 |
2y 11m 26d |
200 E. 5th St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
90 |
131 |
Vail, Rufus C. |
Pvt. |
G |
50 NY Eng |
24 Dec 1863 |
13 Jun 1865 |
1y 6m |
403 E. Union St., Elmira, NY |
Ankle broken, knee injury |
Pensioner-work some |
97 |
138 |
Lung, Catharine widow of Lewis Lung |
Pvt. |
A |
50 NY Eng |
15 Dec 1863 |
13 Jun 1865 |
1y 6m |
521 E. Union St., Elmira, NY |
not disabled |
Not a pensioner |
89 |
129 |
Rennin, Robert |
Pvt. |
B |
Mass. Vol |
01 Mar 1864 |
21 July 1865 |
4y |
651 Baldwin St., Elmira, NY |
Wounded at Peachtree Creek, Georgia |
has pension |
|
|
Rennin, Robert |
Pvt. |
|
Conn. Vol |
cannot learn information |
|
|
651 Baldwin St., Elmira, NY |
No further information |
|
101 |
147 |
Schell, Absalom |
Pvt. |
F |
91 PA Vol (Vet) |
24 Feb 1863 |
10 Jul 1865 |
2y 4m |
522 State St., Elmira, NY |
Wounded in the head |
has pension |
126 |
191 |
Clark, Mary E. widow of Stephen A. Clark |
Pvt. |
Unk |
142 NY |
Unknown |
|
|
604 Dickinson St., Elmira, NY |
Died at Yellow Bluff, Jacksonville, Florida |
(?) unable to read |
129 |
193 |
Johnson, Elizabette widow of Chauncey
Wodly |
Pvt. |
Unk |
Unknown |
can't find out much |
knows nothing |
|
606 1/2 Dickinson St., Elmira, NY |
(unable to decipher handwriting) |
(?) widow |
129 |
193 |
Stage, Jacob |
Pvt. |
I |
103 NY Inf |
Mar 1862 |
Dec 1862 |
6m |
606 1/2 Dickinson St., Elmira, NY |
(?) kidney, Rheumatism |
cannot work (?) pension |
128 |
194 |
Vail, Amanda widow of Madison Vail |
Pvt. |
|
cannot learn anything about him |
knows little |
|
|
606 Dickinson St., Elmira, NY |
Cannot be found and cannot learn anything
about him. |
|
158 |
29 |
Falck, William A. |
(?) Col. Capt. |
D |
2nd U.S. Inf |
14 Jun 1858 |
through the war |
|
514 Lake St., Elmira, NY |
Gun shot wound in left lung |
Reg. Army Retiree |
185 |
282 |
Dubois, Delancy F. |
Sgt. |
H |
50 NY Eng |
27 Aug 1861 |
13 Jun 1865 |
3y 9m 16d |
617 Lake St., Elmira, NY |
disabled by Rheumatism, injured in breast
and (?) |
thought to have pension |
202 |
268 |
Hinman, Jacob E. |
Pvt. |
D |
24 NY Inf |
19 Dec 1863 |
24 Jun 1865 |
1y 6m 7d |
655 Lake St., Elmira, NY |
Sun stroke. Not service |
Not a pensioner |
202 |
268 |
Conklin, Melvin M. |
Pvt. |
A |
151 NY Inf |
13 Aug 1862 |
Jun 1865 |
2y 10m |
651 Lake St., Elmira, NY |
None |
Not a pensioner |
215 |
285 |
Blanchard, Edward S. |
Pvt. |
G |
50 NY Eng |
20 May 1862 |
13 Jan 1866 |
2y 9m 19d |
664 Lake St., Elmira, NY |
No disability |
Not a pensioner |
235 |
308 |
Eacker, David |
Pvt. |
A |
141 NY Inf |
Reg. 1862 |
war close of 1865 |
3y about |
524 William St., Elmira, NY |
Discharged as invalid not able to do
much work |
|
296 |
350 |
McCoy, Eleanor widow of John McCoy |
Pvt. |
Unk |
17 NY Cav |
an ignorant widow |
knows nothing about it |
|
408 Perry St., Elmira, NY |
Killed at Andersonville |
Pensioner and poor |
276 |
351 |
Russell, Daniel (could not find out much) |
Pvt. |
|
not at home |
and could not find out |
|
|
408 Perry St., Elmira, NY |
No special disability |
Pensioner and poor |
279 |
364 |
Dunfee, Thomas |
Cpl. |
A |
1NY Cav Vet |
27 Sep 1864 |
20 Jul 1865 |
4m 23d |
418 Perry St., Elmira, NY |
Partial deafness |
Pensions |
292 |
372 |
Wheeler, William |
Pvt. |
A |
107 NY Inf |
01 Jun 1862 |
05 Jun 1865 |
3y 4m 4d |
515 Madison Ave., Elmira, NY |
Rheumatism and Heart disease |
Pensions |
296 |
379 |
Hauser, Christopher |
Cpl. |
A |
68 NY Inf |
could not find out |
|
|
505 Madison Ave., Elmira, NY |
could not learn |
Pensions |
317 |
404 |
Lawson, David |
Pvt. |
F |
40 Mass Vol |
11 Jul 1864 |
11 Nov 1864 |
4m |
417 Madison Ave., Elmira, NY |
contracted (?) and was long an invalid |
(?) not pensions |
37 |
58 |
Ingraham, David P. |
Cpl. |
G |
9 Mich Cav |
03 Nov 1862 |
21 July 1865 |
2y 8m 18d |
400 East Union Ave., Elmira, NY |
Partial cataracts but works |
Fairly well. A pensioner |
281 |
259 |
Short, Ellen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
500 Perry St., Elmira, NY |
|
|
178 |
245 |
Shoemaker, J. Monroe |
|
|
|
|
|
|
508 Lake St., Elmira, NY |
|
|