Obituary of Jacob Biggs.
Jacob Biggs, son of William Biggs and Martha Biggs, was born on the 23rd day of January, 1840, in Webster township, Harrison county, Indiana.
Died at the residence of his sister, Matilda Cromwell, in New Middletown, Harrison county, Indiana, September 13, 1910, age 70 years, 7 months and 20 days.
He resided with his father until the 16th day of August, 1982 [read; 1862], when he enlisted in Co. F., 81st Regiment, Indiana volunteers. He served with his company from the day of his enlistment, until the 30th day of June, 1864, when, as a corporal, he was in the line of duty with his comrades on picket duty, at Kenesaw Mountain, in Georgia he was shot through the eyes, and from that day the light of day was shut out from him until death came, a period of 46 years, 2 months and 13 days and yet he murmured not, truly he deserved much. He requested that his burial should be in the United States National Cemetery at New Albany, Indiana. His request was complied with and on the 15th day of September, 1910, he remains were consigned to the tomb to await the resurrection morn.
Thus one by one the old veterans of the civil war are passing, and in a few more years they will all be with the great majority, and their praises will be recited around the firesides of their children and grandchildren.
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled;
A place is vacant in our hearts
That never can be filled.
Dear father, they suffering, now is past,
Your troubles are o'er;
Oh may we live to meet you there,
On that fair and better shore.
Daughter IDA SHANEY.
--The Corydon Democrat (Corydon, Indiana); Wednesday, 21 Sep 1910; pg. 1, col. 6
Jacob Biggs, son of William Biggs and Martha Biggs, was born on the 23rd day of January, 1840, in Webster township, Harrison county, Indiana.
Died at the residence of his sister, Matilda Cromwell, in New Middletown, Harrison county, Indiana, September 13, 1910, age 70 years, 7 months and 20 days.
He resided with his father until the 16th day of August, 1982 [read; 1862], when he enlisted in Co. F., 81st Regiment, Indiana volunteers. He served with his company from the day of his enlistment, until the 30th day of June, 1864, when, as a corporal, he was in the line of duty with his comrades on picket duty, at Kenesaw Mountain, in Georgia he was shot through the eyes, and from that day the light of day was shut out from him until death came, a period of 46 years, 2 months and 13 days and yet he murmured not, truly he deserved much. He requested that his burial should be in the United States National Cemetery at New Albany, Indiana. His request was complied with and on the 15th day of September, 1910, he remains were consigned to the tomb to await the resurrection morn.
Thus one by one the old veterans of the civil war are passing, and in a few more years they will all be with the great majority, and their praises will be recited around the firesides of their children and grandchildren.
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled;
A place is vacant in our hearts
That never can be filled.
Dear father, they suffering, now is past,
Your troubles are o'er;
Oh may we live to meet you there,
On that fair and better shore.
Daughter IDA SHANEY.
--The Corydon Democrat (Corydon, Indiana); Wednesday, 21 Sep 1910; pg. 1, col. 6
Obituary of Jacob Biggs.
Jacob Biggs, son of William Biggs and Martha Biggs, was born on the 23rd day of January, 1840, in Webster township, Harrison county, Indiana.
Died at the residence of his sister, Matilda Cromwell, in New Middletown, Harrison county, Indiana, September 13, 1910, age 70 years, 7 months and 20 days.
He resided with his father until the 16th day of August, 1982 [read; 1862], when he enlisted in Co. F., 81st Regiment, Indiana volunteers. He served with his company from the day of his enlistment, until the 30th day of June, 1864, when, as a corporal, he was in the line of duty with his comrades on picket duty, at Kenesaw Mountain, in Georgia he was shot through the eyes, and from that day the light of day was shut out from him until death came, a period of 46 years, 2 months and 13 days and yet he murmured not, truly he deserved much. He requested that his burial should be in the United States National Cemetery at New Albany, Indiana. His request was complied with and on the 15th day of September, 1910, he remains were consigned to the tomb to await the resurrection morn.
Thus one by one the old veterans of the civil war are passing, and in a few more years they will all be with the great majority, and their praises will be recited around the firesides of their children and grandchildren.
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled;
A place is vacant in our hearts
That never can be filled.
Dear father, they suffering, now is past,
Your troubles are o'er;
Oh may we live to meet you there,
On that fair and better shore.
Daughter IDA SHANEY.
--The Corydon Democrat (Corydon, Indiana); Wednesday, 21 Sep 1910; pg. 1, col. 6
Jacob Biggs, son of William Biggs and Martha Biggs, was born on the 23rd day of January, 1840, in Webster township, Harrison county, Indiana.
Died at the residence of his sister, Matilda Cromwell, in New Middletown, Harrison county, Indiana, September 13, 1910, age 70 years, 7 months and 20 days.
He resided with his father until the 16th day of August, 1982 [read; 1862], when he enlisted in Co. F., 81st Regiment, Indiana volunteers. He served with his company from the day of his enlistment, until the 30th day of June, 1864, when, as a corporal, he was in the line of duty with his comrades on picket duty, at Kenesaw Mountain, in Georgia he was shot through the eyes, and from that day the light of day was shut out from him until death came, a period of 46 years, 2 months and 13 days and yet he murmured not, truly he deserved much. He requested that his burial should be in the United States National Cemetery at New Albany, Indiana. His request was complied with and on the 15th day of September, 1910, he remains were consigned to the tomb to await the resurrection morn.
Thus one by one the old veterans of the civil war are passing, and in a few more years they will all be with the great majority, and their praises will be recited around the firesides of their children and grandchildren.
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled;
A place is vacant in our hearts
That never can be filled.
Dear father, they suffering, now is past,
Your troubles are o'er;
Oh may we live to meet you there,
On that fair and better shore.
Daughter IDA SHANEY.
--The Corydon Democrat (Corydon, Indiana); Wednesday, 21 Sep 1910; pg. 1, col. 6
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