Her husband, Samuel W. Turney, enlisted as a Private in Company D, 21st Wisconsin Infantry, on 14 Aug 1862.
The next day, his younger brother Benjamin enlisted into the same unit as a teamster. Benjamin would be killed on 30 Dec 1862, while trying to save his mule team from Confederate troops who were bent on capturing him and the mules.
Samuel was an infantryman, who was captured at Chickamauga on 20 Sep 1863. He was taken to Andersonville Prison in Sumter County, Georgia. He died on 18 Jun 1864, essentially of starvation, and he is buried there.
Susan was the daughter of Thomas Nickel and Catherine (ROSE) Nickel.
Susan and Samuel had at least 8 children:
James V. (b.1849)
William W. (b.1850
Frank B. (b.1854)
Charles (b.1855)
Sarah (b.1857)
Wilhelmina (b.1859)
Eva (b.1861)
Elizabeth (b.1863)
Her husband, Samuel W. Turney, enlisted as a Private in Company D, 21st Wisconsin Infantry, on 14 Aug 1862.
The next day, his younger brother Benjamin enlisted into the same unit as a teamster. Benjamin would be killed on 30 Dec 1862, while trying to save his mule team from Confederate troops who were bent on capturing him and the mules.
Samuel was an infantryman, who was captured at Chickamauga on 20 Sep 1863. He was taken to Andersonville Prison in Sumter County, Georgia. He died on 18 Jun 1864, essentially of starvation, and he is buried there.
Susan was the daughter of Thomas Nickel and Catherine (ROSE) Nickel.
Susan and Samuel had at least 8 children:
James V. (b.1849)
William W. (b.1850
Frank B. (b.1854)
Charles (b.1855)
Sarah (b.1857)
Wilhelmina (b.1859)
Eva (b.1861)
Elizabeth (b.1863)
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
