Son of David Ayers Jr and Nancy Miller
Alexander Miller Ayers (1827-1902) was born September 28, 1827, in Washington County, Pennsylvania; attended school in Vermillion and Bucyrus, Ohio; completed two years of college and then taught school, about 1857-1855, at Mansfield, Ohio.
He apparently studied law on the side and was admitted to the bar at Mansfield, Ohio,
May 27, 1854.
He married Mary Jane Glenn at Mansfield, Ohio, November 22, 1855.
In the latter part of that year the couple moved to Urbana, Illinois where Ayers established a law practice.
On August 29, 1862 he was mustered in as Quartermaster, apparently in the grade of Captain, of the 125th Illinois Infantry Regiment. His first service was with Buell in Kentucky. After Perryville the Regiment did garrison duty at Nashville. His Regiment was in the Murfreesboro fight, but Ayers was in Nashville when the fight took place.
The 125th was also in the Chickamauga fight and the Chattanooga campaign as part of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Corps. Ayers from time to time acted as brigade quartermaster and for a period probably acted as division quartermaster. He was in the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta - his regiment was in the thick of the Kennesaw Mountain fight and lost heavily there - and after the fall of Atlanta moved north to chase Hood. Ayers returned to Atlanta in time to go on the march to the sea and thence through the Carolinas (he was in the fight at Bentonville) and on to Washington for the Victory parade.
He returned to Illinois in June 1865, became county judge of Champaign County and for a few years was postmaster at Urbana. He died November 10, 1902, in the Soldier's Home at Kansas City, Missouri. He had six children.
Source:Alexander Miller Ayers papers, Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
Alexander Miller Ayers (1827-1902) was born September 28, 1827, in Washington County, Pennsylvania; attended school in Vermillion and Bucyrus, Ohio; completed two years of college and then taught school, about 1857-1855, at Mansfield, Ohio.
He apparently studied law on the side and was admitted to the bar at Mansfield, Ohio,
May 27, 1854.
He married Mary Jane Glenn at Mansfield, Ohio, November 22, 1855.
In the latter part of that year the couple moved to Urbana, Illinois where Ayers established a law practice.
On August 29, 1862 he was mustered in as Quartermaster, apparently in the grade of Captain, of the 125th Illinois Infantry Regiment. His first service was with Buell in Kentucky. After Perryville the Regiment did garrison duty at Nashville. His Regiment was in the Murfreesboro fight, but Ayers was in Nashville when the fight took place.
The 125th was also in the Chickamauga fight and the Chattanooga campaign as part of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Corps. Ayers from time to time acted as brigade quartermaster and for a period probably acted as division quartermaster. He was in the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta - his regiment was in the thick of the Kennesaw Mountain fight and lost heavily there - and after the fall of Atlanta moved north to chase Hood. Ayers returned to Atlanta in time to go on the march to the sea and thence through the Carolinas (he was in the fight at Bentonville) and on to Washington for the Victory parade.
He returned to Illinois in June 1865, became county judge of Champaign County and for a few years was postmaster at Urbana. He died November 10, 1902, in the Soldier's Home at Kansas City, Missouri. He had six children.
Source:Alexander Miller Ayers papers, Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
Son of David Ayers Jr and Nancy Miller
Alexander Miller Ayers (1827-1902) was born September 28, 1827, in Washington County, Pennsylvania; attended school in Vermillion and Bucyrus, Ohio; completed two years of college and then taught school, about 1857-1855, at Mansfield, Ohio.
He apparently studied law on the side and was admitted to the bar at Mansfield, Ohio,
May 27, 1854.
He married Mary Jane Glenn at Mansfield, Ohio, November 22, 1855.
In the latter part of that year the couple moved to Urbana, Illinois where Ayers established a law practice.
On August 29, 1862 he was mustered in as Quartermaster, apparently in the grade of Captain, of the 125th Illinois Infantry Regiment. His first service was with Buell in Kentucky. After Perryville the Regiment did garrison duty at Nashville. His Regiment was in the Murfreesboro fight, but Ayers was in Nashville when the fight took place.
The 125th was also in the Chickamauga fight and the Chattanooga campaign as part of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Corps. Ayers from time to time acted as brigade quartermaster and for a period probably acted as division quartermaster. He was in the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta - his regiment was in the thick of the Kennesaw Mountain fight and lost heavily there - and after the fall of Atlanta moved north to chase Hood. Ayers returned to Atlanta in time to go on the march to the sea and thence through the Carolinas (he was in the fight at Bentonville) and on to Washington for the Victory parade.
He returned to Illinois in June 1865, became county judge of Champaign County and for a few years was postmaster at Urbana. He died November 10, 1902, in the Soldier's Home at Kansas City, Missouri. He had six children.
Source:Alexander Miller Ayers papers, Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
Alexander Miller Ayers (1827-1902) was born September 28, 1827, in Washington County, Pennsylvania; attended school in Vermillion and Bucyrus, Ohio; completed two years of college and then taught school, about 1857-1855, at Mansfield, Ohio.
He apparently studied law on the side and was admitted to the bar at Mansfield, Ohio,
May 27, 1854.
He married Mary Jane Glenn at Mansfield, Ohio, November 22, 1855.
In the latter part of that year the couple moved to Urbana, Illinois where Ayers established a law practice.
On August 29, 1862 he was mustered in as Quartermaster, apparently in the grade of Captain, of the 125th Illinois Infantry Regiment. His first service was with Buell in Kentucky. After Perryville the Regiment did garrison duty at Nashville. His Regiment was in the Murfreesboro fight, but Ayers was in Nashville when the fight took place.
The 125th was also in the Chickamauga fight and the Chattanooga campaign as part of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Corps. Ayers from time to time acted as brigade quartermaster and for a period probably acted as division quartermaster. He was in the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta - his regiment was in the thick of the Kennesaw Mountain fight and lost heavily there - and after the fall of Atlanta moved north to chase Hood. Ayers returned to Atlanta in time to go on the march to the sea and thence through the Carolinas (he was in the fight at Bentonville) and on to Washington for the Victory parade.
He returned to Illinois in June 1865, became county judge of Champaign County and for a few years was postmaster at Urbana. He died November 10, 1902, in the Soldier's Home at Kansas City, Missouri. He had six children.
Source:Alexander Miller Ayers papers, Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
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