Menander Mott was born in 1825 in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, the son of Henry H. Mott and Mary Lockwood. He married Sarah Jane Fordyce on September 4, 1848, in Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio.
On December 14, 1861, Menander enlisted as a private in Captain Coryn's Company [Co. K], 78th Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers for a term of three years during the Civil War. He was listed as being 36 years old; born in Woodsfield; having a height of 5 feet, 10 inches; brown eyes; gray hair; and dark complexion. He was a farmer. He was promoted from the ranks and appointed 1st Sergeant on May 17, 1862.
In May 1864 the 78th Regiment entered the Atlanta campaign and fought gallantly, especially on July 21 and 22, 1864, near Atlanta, where it lost over 200 men. In an affidavit contained in Menander's pension file, 1st Lieutenant Arthur W. McCarty states: "Menander Mott was in the U.S. service on the 22nd of July, 1864, and was in the battle on that day in front of Atlanta, Georgia. He was with his Company and Regiment through the battle until about five o'clock p.m. when by the explosion of a shell from the Rebel Artillery he was struck in the small of the back by a fragment of said shell, thereby causing a severe wound and he was carried to the Hospital."
Menander was treated in the General Field Hospital at Marietta, Georgia, between July 23 and August 24, 1864, when he was furloughed. He was present in service in November and December, 1864, and discharged from the service on January 12, 1865, at Beaufort, South Carolina.
Menander and Sarah Jane had the following children: James Dunlap, born July 1, 1849; Theodore, born circa 1855; Lemuel, born circa 1857; Soude, born circa 1860; Sarah, born circa 1865; Henry, born October 10, 1867; Susan born October 5, 1869; and Benjamin Franklin, born October 10, 1871.
Menander died October 24, 1876, near Temperanceville, Belmont County, Ohio. According to Cumberland Trail Genealogical Society's book, "Early Veterans' Graves of Belmont County" he was buried in the Southern Cemetery in Barnesville.
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From the October 31, 1876, issue of the Spirit of Democracy newspaper published in Woodsfield, Ohio: "Menander Mott, who resided near Temperanceville, Belmont County, committed suicide on the 24th ult., by taking laudanum". [Laudanum is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight, the equivalent of 1% morphine.]
On December 14, 1861, Menander enlisted as a private in Captain Coryn's Company [Co. K], 78th Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers for a term of three years during the Civil War. He was listed as being 36 years old; born in Woodsfield; having a height of 5 feet, 10 inches; brown eyes; gray hair; and dark complexion. He was a farmer. He was promoted from the ranks and appointed 1st Sergeant on May 17, 1862.
In May 1864 the 78th Regiment entered the Atlanta campaign and fought gallantly, especially on July 21 and 22, 1864, near Atlanta, where it lost over 200 men. In an affidavit contained in Menander's pension file, 1st Lieutenant Arthur W. McCarty states: "Menander Mott was in the U.S. service on the 22nd of July, 1864, and was in the battle on that day in front of Atlanta, Georgia. He was with his Company and Regiment through the battle until about five o'clock p.m. when by the explosion of a shell from the Rebel Artillery he was struck in the small of the back by a fragment of said shell, thereby causing a severe wound and he was carried to the Hospital."
Menander was treated in the General Field Hospital at Marietta, Georgia, between July 23 and August 24, 1864, when he was furloughed. He was present in service in November and December, 1864, and discharged from the service on January 12, 1865, at Beaufort, South Carolina.
Menander and Sarah Jane had the following children: James Dunlap, born July 1, 1849; Theodore, born circa 1855; Lemuel, born circa 1857; Soude, born circa 1860; Sarah, born circa 1865; Henry, born October 10, 1867; Susan born October 5, 1869; and Benjamin Franklin, born October 10, 1871.
Menander died October 24, 1876, near Temperanceville, Belmont County, Ohio. According to Cumberland Trail Genealogical Society's book, "Early Veterans' Graves of Belmont County" he was buried in the Southern Cemetery in Barnesville.
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From the October 31, 1876, issue of the Spirit of Democracy newspaper published in Woodsfield, Ohio: "Menander Mott, who resided near Temperanceville, Belmont County, committed suicide on the 24th ult., by taking laudanum". [Laudanum is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight, the equivalent of 1% morphine.]
Menander Mott was born in 1825 in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, the son of Henry H. Mott and Mary Lockwood. He married Sarah Jane Fordyce on September 4, 1848, in Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio.
On December 14, 1861, Menander enlisted as a private in Captain Coryn's Company [Co. K], 78th Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers for a term of three years during the Civil War. He was listed as being 36 years old; born in Woodsfield; having a height of 5 feet, 10 inches; brown eyes; gray hair; and dark complexion. He was a farmer. He was promoted from the ranks and appointed 1st Sergeant on May 17, 1862.
In May 1864 the 78th Regiment entered the Atlanta campaign and fought gallantly, especially on July 21 and 22, 1864, near Atlanta, where it lost over 200 men. In an affidavit contained in Menander's pension file, 1st Lieutenant Arthur W. McCarty states: "Menander Mott was in the U.S. service on the 22nd of July, 1864, and was in the battle on that day in front of Atlanta, Georgia. He was with his Company and Regiment through the battle until about five o'clock p.m. when by the explosion of a shell from the Rebel Artillery he was struck in the small of the back by a fragment of said shell, thereby causing a severe wound and he was carried to the Hospital."
Menander was treated in the General Field Hospital at Marietta, Georgia, between July 23 and August 24, 1864, when he was furloughed. He was present in service in November and December, 1864, and discharged from the service on January 12, 1865, at Beaufort, South Carolina.
Menander and Sarah Jane had the following children: James Dunlap, born July 1, 1849; Theodore, born circa 1855; Lemuel, born circa 1857; Soude, born circa 1860; Sarah, born circa 1865; Henry, born October 10, 1867; Susan born October 5, 1869; and Benjamin Franklin, born October 10, 1871.
Menander died October 24, 1876, near Temperanceville, Belmont County, Ohio. According to Cumberland Trail Genealogical Society's book, "Early Veterans' Graves of Belmont County" he was buried in the Southern Cemetery in Barnesville.
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From the October 31, 1876, issue of the Spirit of Democracy newspaper published in Woodsfield, Ohio: "Menander Mott, who resided near Temperanceville, Belmont County, committed suicide on the 24th ult., by taking laudanum". [Laudanum is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight, the equivalent of 1% morphine.]
On December 14, 1861, Menander enlisted as a private in Captain Coryn's Company [Co. K], 78th Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers for a term of three years during the Civil War. He was listed as being 36 years old; born in Woodsfield; having a height of 5 feet, 10 inches; brown eyes; gray hair; and dark complexion. He was a farmer. He was promoted from the ranks and appointed 1st Sergeant on May 17, 1862.
In May 1864 the 78th Regiment entered the Atlanta campaign and fought gallantly, especially on July 21 and 22, 1864, near Atlanta, where it lost over 200 men. In an affidavit contained in Menander's pension file, 1st Lieutenant Arthur W. McCarty states: "Menander Mott was in the U.S. service on the 22nd of July, 1864, and was in the battle on that day in front of Atlanta, Georgia. He was with his Company and Regiment through the battle until about five o'clock p.m. when by the explosion of a shell from the Rebel Artillery he was struck in the small of the back by a fragment of said shell, thereby causing a severe wound and he was carried to the Hospital."
Menander was treated in the General Field Hospital at Marietta, Georgia, between July 23 and August 24, 1864, when he was furloughed. He was present in service in November and December, 1864, and discharged from the service on January 12, 1865, at Beaufort, South Carolina.
Menander and Sarah Jane had the following children: James Dunlap, born July 1, 1849; Theodore, born circa 1855; Lemuel, born circa 1857; Soude, born circa 1860; Sarah, born circa 1865; Henry, born October 10, 1867; Susan born October 5, 1869; and Benjamin Franklin, born October 10, 1871.
Menander died October 24, 1876, near Temperanceville, Belmont County, Ohio. According to Cumberland Trail Genealogical Society's book, "Early Veterans' Graves of Belmont County" he was buried in the Southern Cemetery in Barnesville.
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From the October 31, 1876, issue of the Spirit of Democracy newspaper published in Woodsfield, Ohio: "Menander Mott, who resided near Temperanceville, Belmont County, committed suicide on the 24th ult., by taking laudanum". [Laudanum is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight, the equivalent of 1% morphine.]
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