Re: REUBEN HUNT - JOHNATHAN HUNT - ABIGAIL N
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Re: REUBEN HUNT - JOHNATHAN HUNT - ABIGAIL N
Marilyn 12/07/01
Do you have any info on this Reuben Hunt who m. Arzelia?We would love to have additional info for our book on Monroe Co., WI, Civil War Veterans.Marcia
SHERWOOD, MARTIN M.
Date/place of birth: January 1847 at
Hopewell, NY
Son of: [ ? ] Henshaw & Elizabeth [?][b. c. 1821 at NY]
[Adopted son of Ira Sherwood.
See Note below]
Pre-war experience: He was at Ridgeville in 1860 and was a farmer before the War.
Date/place of enlistment: (1) January
30, 1862 at Ridgeville, Monroe Co.,
WI
Regiment/Co.: 19th R. WI Infantry,
Co. C
Rank: Private
War record:
Discharged: March 15, 1862
[estimated date - disability
Date/place of enlistment: (2)
February 29,1864, at Ridgeville,
Monroe Co., WI
Regiment/Co.: 36th R. WI Infantry,
Co. C
Rank: Private
War record:
Mustered out: May 31, 1865
Date/place of Marriage:December 24, 1871 at Lincoln Township, Monroe Co., WI
To:Sarah Jane Hunt [b. April 1854 at Racine Co., WI]
Daughter of:Reuben Hunt [b. c. 1821 at VT] & Arzelia [?] [b. c. 1830 at NY]
Children:Olive [Oliver J. Byard]; Ethel S. [Arthur H. Claflin]; Wilbur I. [Alberta Wallace]; Vernon; Percy; Jesse; Roy
Resided at:He was a farmer at Farmington Township, La Crosse Co., WI in 1870.He was a farmer at La Grange Township, Monroe Co., WI in 1880 and in 1890.He was a woodsman at Byron Township, Monroe Co., WI in 1900.He was a laborer at Marshfield, Wood Co., WI in 1910.
Post-war achievements:
Date/place of death:
Place of burial:
[Note: The 1860 census lists the following family: Ira Sherwood, 46; Elizabeth Sherwood, 38; Harriet Henshaw, 17; Martin V. Henshaw, 14; George W. Sherwood, 8; Clarissa Sherwood, 6, Emma Sherwood, 1.Sometime after this, Martin was officially adopted.
Ira appears on the 1880 census as a widowed pauper working at the Poor Farm at Adrian, Monroe Co., WI]
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Re: REUBEN HUNT - JOHNATHAN HUNT - ABIGAIL N
Marilyn 4/09/07