Civil War Union Soldier. He was mustered in as a recruit Private in Company I, 2nd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on February 24, 1864. Captured by Confederate forces during the brutal fighting that marked the Spring 1864 Overland Campaign in Virginia, he was imprisoned at Camp Sumpter in Andersonville, Georgia, where he died of "diarrhoea" (dysentery) on July 27, 1864.
Born in 1835 in Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, he was 29 years old at enlistment with dark complexion, dark hair, 5' 9", hazel eyes
He married Margery C. Fitch on September 6, 1853 in Jackson, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. They had 3 children:
Sarah M Austin - Born Sept 2, 1854
Maggie M Austin - Born April 5, 1857
Emma E Austin - Born Feb 6, 1859
Widow's claim for pension filed June 22, 1865
Widow's pension #63244
Margery received $8 per month beginning July 27, 1864
Additional evidence filed February 4, 1867
Margery died on Dec 29, 1916
Born in 1835 in Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, he was 29 years old at enlistment with dark complexion, dark hair, 5' 9", hazel eyes
He married Margery C. Fitch on September 6, 1853 in Jackson, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. They had 3 children:
Sarah M Austin - Born Sept 2, 1854
Maggie M Austin - Born April 5, 1857
Emma E Austin - Born Feb 6, 1859
Widow's claim for pension filed June 22, 1865
Widow's pension #63244
Margery received $8 per month beginning July 27, 1864
Additional evidence filed February 4, 1867
Margery died on Dec 29, 1916
Civil War Union Soldier. He was mustered in as a recruit Private in Company I, 2nd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on February 24, 1864. Captured by Confederate forces during the brutal fighting that marked the Spring 1864 Overland Campaign in Virginia, he was imprisoned at Camp Sumpter in Andersonville, Georgia, where he died of "diarrhoea" (dysentery) on July 27, 1864.
Born in 1835 in Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, he was 29 years old at enlistment with dark complexion, dark hair, 5' 9", hazel eyes
He married Margery C. Fitch on September 6, 1853 in Jackson, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. They had 3 children:
Sarah M Austin - Born Sept 2, 1854
Maggie M Austin - Born April 5, 1857
Emma E Austin - Born Feb 6, 1859
Widow's claim for pension filed June 22, 1865
Widow's pension #63244
Margery received $8 per month beginning July 27, 1864
Additional evidence filed February 4, 1867
Margery died on Dec 29, 1916
Born in 1835 in Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, he was 29 years old at enlistment with dark complexion, dark hair, 5' 9", hazel eyes
He married Margery C. Fitch on September 6, 1853 in Jackson, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. They had 3 children:
Sarah M Austin - Born Sept 2, 1854
Maggie M Austin - Born April 5, 1857
Emma E Austin - Born Feb 6, 1859
Widow's claim for pension filed June 22, 1865
Widow's pension #63244
Margery received $8 per month beginning July 27, 1864
Additional evidence filed February 4, 1867
Margery died on Dec 29, 1916
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