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Banks, George - Unassigned Recruits- U.S. Colored
Troops Banks, George Enlisted 10-15-1864
Full name:
George Washington Banks
born 2-9-1848 in Indiana Son of William F.Banks
(Civil War Vet 102nd USCT) and Elizabeth C.Belton-Banks (married 1-10-1844
Rockingham County).
Died 3-6-1865 - Buried- Laporte -at Patton Cemetery The
Af. American Banks family settled in Laporte in 1835 (John Banks settled first,
then his brothers/family followed between 1836-1850).
Daron, Paul C, Corporal, Son of Victor and Paulina
Daron. DOB Feb 5, 1888, Michigan City, Indiana. Enlisting US Army on Dec. 3,
1917 at Ft. Thomas, KY. Went overseas on April 6, 1918 and assignd to Co., G,
4th Infantry. Killed in action on July 23, 1918 at Foret de Fere, Frnace.
Buried in American Cemetery, No. 608, Section H, Plot 7, Grave No. 359,
Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France.
John
Dysard
Gillham
- Chronology Of Important Events for George Gillham
Gray, Harmon , Rank of 2nd Lieutenant. He was the
son of Dr. J. Lucius and Orianna Hamon Gray ang born on June 1, 1896 in LaPorte
County, Indiana. He enterd the First Officers Training Camp on May 15, 1917 at
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Overseas in September of 1918 and was there
assigned to Company C, 9th Infantry. He was wounded in action July 19, 1918,
battle of Soissons and died on the following day. The body was returned to
LaPorte County for burial.
Hart - Zita A. Russell Hart - burial at Pine Lake
Cemetery - Name: Zita A. Russell Hart; Address: 1011 Jackson St., LaPorte,
Indiana
Next of Kin: daughter: Kathryn H. Sheehy
NOK Address Mount
Pleasant, S.C. - Born: July 31, 1916 At: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada: -
Death Date September 27, 1988
Buried: September 30, 1988 Grave: 2 Lot: 381
Section: S. Cherry Hill - Branch of Service U.S. Army, Nurse Corps War Served:
WW II Rank 1st Lieut.
Enlisted: December 14, 1943
Discharged: December
11, 1945 Type of Stone (Both Wyllis and Zita have government- issued stones)
Flag Holder: WW II
Holmes,
Harvey Jr
Lowe brothers - LOWE ( Civil War Page ) Brothers
William Franklin Lowe and Lewis M. Lowe enlisted together and were in the same
company (87th Indiana Infantry)
Lowe, Lewis M - Lewis Lowe Residence: Laporte,
Indiana Enlistment Date: 12 Sep 1862 Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 12 September 1862. Enlisted in Company
I, 87th Infantry Regiment Indiana Union on 12 Sep 1862. Sources: Report of the
Adjutant General of the State of Indiana Name: Lewis M. Lowe Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Indiana Regiment Name: 87 Indiana Infantry. Regiment
Name Expanded: 87th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Company: I Rank In: Private Rank
In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Private Rank Out Expanded: Private Alternate
Name: Lewis/Lowe Film Number: M540 roll 45 Lewis M. Lowe After he was reported
missing in action in Chickamauga 09/29/1863, I have not found him in any census
or other records. I ran across this record below and also checked for others by
that name that it might pertain to and found none. I was assuming he was found
and died 6 months later of wounds or did they count the day soldiers were
recovered as the death date as I am sure this is him. All information points to
the below being him. Name: Lewis M Lowe Service Info.: PVT US ARMY CIVIL WAR
Death Date: 17 Mar 1864 Cemetery: Danville National Cemetery, VA Cemetery
Address: 721 Lee Street Danville, VA 24541 Buried At: Section E Site 890 -
additional information found September 2010
A group of surgeons, upon their
release from LIBBY, published an account of what they experienced treating
Libby inmates in the attached hospital: Shortly after the battle of Chickamauga
about two hundred wounded prisoners arrived at Richmond from the field. They
were almost all in a famishing and starving condition. They were three days on
the road between the two points, and all they had to eat during that time was
four hard crackers each. On their arrival at Richmond they were taken to the
Libby prison, where they laid two days longer without having their wounds
dressed, and during all which time they had not a mouthful to eat.Information
contributed by: Juliane Montgomery Burbach
Lowe, William Franklin - William F. Lowe Side:
Union Regiment State/Origin: Indiana Regiment Name: 87 Indiana Infantry. 87th
Regiment, Indiana Infantry Company: I Rank In: Corporal
Rank In : Corporal
- Rank Out: Sergeant Rank Out Expanded: Sergeant Film Number: M540 roll 45
Name:
William F Lowe Residence: Laporte, Indiana Enlistment Date: 9 Dec
1862 Rank at enlistment: Corporal State Served: Indiana Survived in the Civil
War
Service Record: Enlisted in Company I, Indiana 87th Infantry Regiment
-on 12 Sep 1862. Mustered out on 10 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC.
Sources:
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana
William F. and Lewis M. Lowe's parents were Elias Lowe (
1798-1863 ), and Sarah Michael Lowe ( 1802- 1877).
William F. Lowe applied
and was admitted to the Old Soldiers home.
William F Lowe Birth Year: abt
1836 Keyed Birth Location: Ohio Birth State: Ohio - Admitted Yearto hospital:
17 Nov 1905 - Age at Admission: 69 State: California County: Los Angeles City:
Sawtelle Branch: Pacific Branch.
In notes on his hospital record it
states he was AWL ( Absent with leave) from hospital. Passed away in Saint
Helens , Columbia County,Oregon where he had lived prior to going to the
soldiers home.
He never married. He was a Locomotive Engineer his entire
life, even working as a Railroad foreman in 1910 , 1 year before he died at age
74.
Death date 20 Nov 1911. It does not state when he left the soldiers
home as he was in the 1910 census of Oregon. - Burial. Grand Army Of the
Republic Cemetery Portland, Multnomah, Oregon Grave 114, Sec 5
Born 1836 in
Vermilion,Erie, Ohio, family came to La Porte County between 1845 and 1850 and
were living there by the 1850 census.
Information contributed by: Juliane
Montgomery Burbach
Eben Mix - CW Record show his name as Ebon Mix -
Residence: La Porte, IN; Occ: Wagon Builder - Side Served: Union - State Svd:
Indiana Svc Record: Age: 30 16 Aug 1862: Enlisted as wagoner Co. B, 73rd Inf
Reg IN 17 Nov 1862: Died of disease at New Albany, IN Co. B, 73rd Inf Reg IN
Ht: 5’9”, Eyes: blue; Complexion:
light
US Civil War Soldiers,
1861-1865 Ebon Mix [Eben] Side: Union Regiment Name: 73rd Reg, IN Infantry
Company: B Rank In/Expanded: Wagoner Rank Out/Expanded: Private Film #: M540,
Roll 52 - Buried in Patton Cemetery, LaPorte, IN. - - data contributed by: Doni
Wright -
Edward W. L. Ritter - Graves in Netherlands taken
care of with Tender Loving care.
Edward W. L. Ritter: recipient of the
pruple heart and other commendations was killed in action.
In 1943 Edward
lived in La Porte on 102 Erie Street: - Edward W.L. Ritter with his wife Mrs.
Catherine and their two sons Edward and George Ritter.
Edward was born on
April 16, 1912. As staff sergeant in the 36 inf. 3 Armored. Division, He served
in the U.S Arrmy during WW II. While fighting in Germany he was killed in
action in the environ of Dessau.
He was a short
time missing in action. Date of death listed as April 21 1945. Later found; his
remains were buried for a while in Zwickau, his body was permantly burried on
the US Cementery of Margraten in the Netherlands. In 1949 my father adopted his
grave. At that time I was 7 years old. After my father past away the grave of
Edward was taken over by me. I feel lucky and proud that my wife, my son (who
has also adopted another grave) and I visit the grave of Edward several times a
year to leave some flowers on his grave. contributed by and grave tended to by
the family of May Augenbroe,
Laurentiusstreet 56 6467 CA Kerkrade,
The
Netherlands. Email them at: maugenbroe@home.nl
The La Porte Herald
Argus, Monday, May 14, 1945, page 1: - Staff Sergeant
Edward Ritter was killed in action in Germany on April 21, according to war
department information received by his wife who, with their two sons, resides
at 102 Erie street. Sgt. Ritter entered service Jan. 21, 1944, and had been
overseas for eight months. He received his training at Camp McClellan, Ala.,
and Camp Meade, Md. In civilian life he was employed at the Kingsbury Ordnance
plant. Mrs. Ritter is working at present at the La Porte corporation.
Edward
Ritter Grave Stone in Netherlands
(click on picture for a larger
image)
Additional family research on the above KIA soldier as follows:
Edward Ritter Dies in Action - S/Sgt. Edward L. Ritter,
34, son of Mrs. Anna Radke, 1906 Elston, was killed in action in germany, april
21, according to a message received a few days ago from the War Department.
His wife, the former Catherine Franks of Chicago,
received a message about 10 days ago reporting him missing in action. A later
telegram said he had been killed in action the day he was reported missing.
Mrs. Ritter and two little sons, Edward Jr., and George, reside at 109 Errie,
in LaPorte.
Before entering service in January, 1944, Sgt.
Ritter was employed at the Kingsbury Ordnance plant. He had been overseas since
June, 1944.
Mrs. William Holtz, 1304 Buffalo, is a sister of Sgt. Ritter.
News-Dispatch, Michigan City, IN, 15 May 1945, p. 1, c. 3. And here is one for
his son which shows she remarried a man by the name of Russell York so the
Catherine Ritter d. 1951 was not here:
LaPorte - George E. Ritter, Sr., 62, LaPorte, died at 1
a.m. Tuesday (June 4, 2002) in La Porte. A private family service will be held.
Cremation will take place and burial will be in Pine Lake Cemetery. There will
be no visitation.
He was born July 25, 1939, in LaPorte
County, to Edward L. and Catherine E. (Frank) Ritter. On Aug. 3, 1957, in
LaPorte, he married Lorena Scott, who survives. Survivors also include one
daughter, Gayle (Pete) Hill, LaPorte; two sons, George E. (Kim) Ritter Jr., and
Gary Ritter, both of LaPorte; one brother, Edward Ritter, Kingsbury; two
granddaughters, Andrea Ritter and Courtney Hill; twograndsons, Erik Ritter and
Andrew Hill, and good friend and care-giver, Ann Logmann, LaPorte. Preceding
Mr. Ritter was the step-father, Russell York.
For 22
years, Mr. Ritter was the owner and operator of Pine Liquor Store In Michigan
City. He had also worked at American Home Foods for 10 years and recently
worked at Rigg's Mowers & More. Memorial contributions may be made to
Parents and Friends or to the American Cancer Society. News-Dispatch, Michigan
City, IN, Wed. 5 June 2002, p.2,c.4
Henry
Vandelsem
Ezra
Wedge
Ephriam
Wellwood
Benjamin
Williams headstone dedication
George Washington Zinn - Confederate soldier - Daily
Argus, Tuesday 31 May 1898 ------- Union Mills had a little excitement
yesterday over the decoration of the grave of a Confederate soldier who was
buried there. The soldier died in a northern prison during the war and the body
was sent to his parents at Union Mills for burial. The authorities refused to
allow the interment in the cemetery and the body was interred in the homestead
dooryard. After the war prejudices had largely passed away a plat of ground was
purchased adjoining the cemetery and the body transferred to it. Later the
cemetery was enlarged and the addition took in this grave. Some objections were
raised by others and quite a warm time was had, but it appears that most of the
sympathy was with the men who did the decorating. In the south the graves of
the Union and Confederate soldiers are decorated without discrimination and it
is a bit of sentiment that seems peculiarly appropriate at this time when
northern and southern men are soldiering side by side in the war with Spain
.
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Sources:
1. LaPorte County Indiana Veteran Cards
2.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana. (INRoster) Published in
1865-66 by Holloway
3. US Pension Case Files
4. Cemetery Records and
burial information on our sister site.
5. WWI Civilian Draft
Registrations
6. Local newspaper articles and obituary announcements