[or-roots] Headstone Laural hill Eugene

[Linda Wiley]

Dan, I belong to the daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War (DUV), Tent #2, South Willamette Valley.  I emailed our Tent President, Carolyn Hall, for some info and turns out she knows you--you helped her with our webpage.  I recognized our DUV wreath from the picture on find-a-grave.  She verified it is CO F.  Darleen provided good info in her post about the government-provided memorial stones.  Sons of Union Veterans has an active project to seek out un-recognized CW vets--ones that do not have a headstone.  I think this national project started in 1996.  There might be info in his CW records about the headstone.  My great grandfather, a CW vet, died in 1916, buried in Albany, and does not have a government marker--just GAR on the stone provided by his family, so I couldn't check to see if it was mentioned.  Linda Wiley, Sublimity, OR


 


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 From: Darlene <darlene at thecasteels.net>
To: or-roots mail list <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> 
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Headstone Laural hill Eugene
 

Sue is correct.  It is a Civil War military grave stone, and reads CO. F, 44 WIS. INF

I don't know what you have on Henry Rogers other than what is posted
    on your web site, but here is what I have found:
From Ancestry.com --
Henry Rogers, resident of St Lawrence, Wisconsin enlisted in the
    Union army on 15 Oct 1864.  Rank at enlistment was Corporal, state
    served Wisconsin.  He enlisted in Company F, Wisconsin 44th Infantry
    Regiment, was mustered out on 03 Jun 1865, died in Lane County, OR. 
    (Another record, not so complete,  says rank in & rank out were
    both private).  

The grave marker was (apparently) provided by the Federal
    Government.  It is the same as many in the Jacksonville Cemetery
    that I photographed, and then researched the individuals.  There is
    a record on Ancestry that lists headsones provided for deceased
    Union Civil War veterans, including the company that made the
    marker, but it only includes the years 1879-1903.  Since your
    ancestor died (according to the Find A Grave record) in 1904, he
    would have missed the years covered by the Ancestry record.  In your
    note on your web site, you state that the 1905 Springfield census
    lists Elizabeth as a widow, so death date of 1904 is probably
    correct.  The record posted on Ancestry is from the National
    Archives, so you might be able to learn more information there.

Also from Ancestry, from the National Archives:  On August 4 (could
    be 21 -- hard to read), 1890, Henry Rogers filed for invalid's
    pension (Application No. 932645, Certiricate 673293) in Minnesota. 
    Service was F. 44. Wis. Inf.  On Sep 6, 1904 Elizabeth M Rogers
    filed for widow's pension (Application No. 813103, Certificate No.
    583574) in Oregon.

Hope this gives you some answers (?), and further sources to
    contact.
Darlene

On 1/20/2012 8:47 AM, Sue Steward wrote: 
But the stone doesn't say O.O.F., it says CO F for Company F.
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>On 1/19/2012 9:27 PM, Dan JM wrote: 
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>>I hope by now every one has seen the pic of the head stone says O.O.F.
>>   And its still a mystery.
>>;)
>>Dan M
>>
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