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Somewhere in my travels, I acquired this information:
The Late Mr. Deyo and His War Record
A brief notice of the death of Ira Nelson Deyo, which occurred at a hospital in Rochester on the 23rd of January,1917, appeard in the Gazette of the following Friday, and a more detailed notice was published in the issure of last week, but there are some facts in connection with his life in the army which should be given to the public. He was the youngest of eight children. His father came from New Paltz, Ulster County, and his mother was from Vermont. He enlisted in 1861, at 17 years of age, in Co.B of the 85th N.Y.Volunteers. He was captured March 1, 1865, and placed in Andersonville prison. He was enabled, while being transferred from Andersonville, to jump from a train, but was recaptured and returned to prison. A companion, Elam B. Wetmore, in an attempt to escape at the same time, was shot and buried at the side of the railroad track. In 1875 Mr. Deyo returned to this spot, near Kingstree, South Carolina, and had the remains of his comrade removed to Florence, in that state. An article in the Williamsburg Republican under the heading "A Noble Act", referred to Mr. Deyo's actions in these words: It is not often that we have an opportunity to record an act of such nobleness as the following: Some time during the late war a train of Federal prisoners was passing by this town on the Northeastern railroad, when two of the risoners, Elam B. Wetmore and Ira N. Deyo, of the 85th New York, attempted to make their escape by jumping from the car. Wetmore was killed by the guard, and buried near the spot, but Deyo made good his escape. One day last week Mr. Deyo returned to our town and had the body of his friend removed to the cemetery at Florence, at his own expense. It is with pleasure we record this act of devotion and friendship." Mr Deyo was released from Andersonville March 1, 1865, by and exchange of prisoners, and returned to his home at Naples in so emanciated a condition that his friends did not know him. He weighed but eighty pounds. He survived his imprisonment only by the most miraculous chance, and so convincing were the reports of his death that he had difficulty in proving his identity on his return home. He was discharged from service June 9, 1865, with the rank of corporal. He was engaged in grape culture and was also in the hardware business at Naples, coming to Honeoye in 1877, where he was engaged in the hardware business until 1905, when he sold his business to his son. He was postmaster during President Harrison's administration. Mr. Deyo was president of the board of education of the Honeoye union school. A Republican in politics, he held the offices of inspector of election and collector. He was elected town clerk in 1889, but resigned after a month in office. He was elected supervisor in 1906, and resigned September 21, 1907. He was appointed special agent of the excise department in August of 1906, resigning that position August 16, 1913. He engaged in farming until Nov. 1, 1915. Since then he had lived much of the time in Rochester, where he had business interests. He was married in 1869 to Miss Frances R. Semans, who died of pneumonia in 1882. George F Deyo of Honeoye, Mrs. John H.H. Alden of New Haven, and Elizabeth and Frances Deyo of New York are the surviving members of his family.
I hope this helps somebody here...Payback of sorts maybe?..Elam was a g-g-g uncle of mine.
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