Jacob F(risbie?) Minnick was born on May 18, 1832 in Fowler, St. Lawrence County, New York to John Elias Minnick (b. 1790 in German Flats, NY) and Rhoda (Prindle/Pringle) Minnick (b. 1796 in VT). Jacob was the ninth of ten children; his siblings were Elizabeth (1813), Bernard Elias (1815), William L (1816), Lorenzo Dow (1819), Alexander Prindle (1822), Lucy Ann (1825), Charles B. (1827), Rhoda (1829), and Simeon B. (1834). His father John was a member of the NY Militia during the war of 1812 and his grandfather Bernhardt, who came to the US from Germany in about 1776 at the age of 26, fought at the battles of Oriskany and German Flats, among others, while serving in the Tryon County (NY) militia and the 3rd Regmt, NY Line in the Revolutionary War. Both Jacob's father and grandfather were farmers.
Jacob remained in Fowler throughout his young adult life and became a "builder"/carpenter. Continuing the family record of service to country, Jacob enlisted on Aug 6, 1862 at Pitcairn, NY, as a Private in Company A, 142nd NY Infantry. He was 30 yrs old, 5ft 6 in tall, with dark hair, brown eyes, and a dark complexion. On Sep 29, 1862 he married Hannah Elizabeth Sawyer (b. 1835 in NY) and then, on that same day, mustered into his infantry regiment.
In Oct 1862, Private Jacob Minnick's unit was ordered to serve in the defenses of Washington DC. In Apr 1863, his unit was sent into Tidewater Virginia where it participated in the Siege of Suffolk, and in June was involved in Dix's Peninsula Campaign. After being sent north in pursuit of R. E. Lee after Gettysburg, his unit was sent south in Aug 1863 to serve in the Siege of Charleston (and attacks on Fts Wagner, Gregg and Sumter) and remained in SC until Apr 1864.
In Apr 1864, the 142nd NY Infantry was sent to Virginia to serve in Gen Butler's Army of the James in the Bermuda Hundred campaign, taking part in the battles of Swift Creek, Ft Darling, Drewry's Bluff and Bermuda Hundred. PVT Minnick then went with his regmt as part of the XVIII Corps contingent to Cold Harbor. It missed the main assaults in the Battle of Cold Harbor, being kept back to guard the landing and supply depot at White House, but his unit apparently replaced another regiment in the line after the battle and sustained 10 casualties. The 142nd NY Infantry then participated in the Siege of Petersburg, fighting at the Battle of the Crater, Chaffin's Farm, and Fair Oaks.
In Dec 1864, PVT Minnick was sent with his unit to NC, where it played a major role in the capture of Ft Fisher near Wilmington. Being an experienced carpenter/builder, Jacob Minnick was then detailed to the Pioneer Corps of the 2nd Div, XXIV Army Corps, in which he helped build roads, bridges and defenses during the Campaign of the Carolinas. After Gen Joe Johnston, CSA, surrendered his army at Raleigh, NC in April 1865 and the war came to an end, PVT Minnick mustered out of his regiment in June and returned to Pitcairn, NY.
During the war, Jacob's brothers—Alexander, Charles and Simeon—and his wife's brother—Peter Sawyer—also served in the Union Army. Simeon and Peter, who served in the same artillery unit, both died of disease in 1862.
Sometime before 1880, Jacob moved his family to Pensaukee, Oconto, WI, where he took up farming. By this time he and Hannah had children Elias John (Eli, b. 1863), Viola (1866), Lorenzo D (Daniel, 1867), Eleanor (1869), Barnard (1872), and Byron (1874). Hannah, who apparently had experienced a lingering illness, died on Aug 25, 1884, and was buried at the Brookside Cemetery in Pensaukee.
At some time during his life in Oconto County, Jacob joined the D.D. Barker Post #29 of the Grand Army of the Republic (Dept of Wisconsin), the organization composed of Union veterans of the Civil War.
On July 29, 1890, Jacob married as his second wife Julia (Juley, age 57). Jacob continued farming and apparently earned his neighbors' respect, for in April 1903 he was elected as Pensaukee Town Justice of the Peace. Jacob's second wife, Julia, died on Dec 12, 1914. Jacob lived until age 91, dying in Abrams, WI, on Mar 22, 1924. He is buried in the family plot at Brookside Cemetery, Pensaukee, with his two wives and a couple of his children.
Jacob remained in Fowler throughout his young adult life and became a "builder"/carpenter. Continuing the family record of service to country, Jacob enlisted on Aug 6, 1862 at Pitcairn, NY, as a Private in Company A, 142nd NY Infantry. He was 30 yrs old, 5ft 6 in tall, with dark hair, brown eyes, and a dark complexion. On Sep 29, 1862 he married Hannah Elizabeth Sawyer (b. 1835 in NY) and then, on that same day, mustered into his infantry regiment.
In Oct 1862, Private Jacob Minnick's unit was ordered to serve in the defenses of Washington DC. In Apr 1863, his unit was sent into Tidewater Virginia where it participated in the Siege of Suffolk, and in June was involved in Dix's Peninsula Campaign. After being sent north in pursuit of R. E. Lee after Gettysburg, his unit was sent south in Aug 1863 to serve in the Siege of Charleston (and attacks on Fts Wagner, Gregg and Sumter) and remained in SC until Apr 1864.
In Apr 1864, the 142nd NY Infantry was sent to Virginia to serve in Gen Butler's Army of the James in the Bermuda Hundred campaign, taking part in the battles of Swift Creek, Ft Darling, Drewry's Bluff and Bermuda Hundred. PVT Minnick then went with his regmt as part of the XVIII Corps contingent to Cold Harbor. It missed the main assaults in the Battle of Cold Harbor, being kept back to guard the landing and supply depot at White House, but his unit apparently replaced another regiment in the line after the battle and sustained 10 casualties. The 142nd NY Infantry then participated in the Siege of Petersburg, fighting at the Battle of the Crater, Chaffin's Farm, and Fair Oaks.
In Dec 1864, PVT Minnick was sent with his unit to NC, where it played a major role in the capture of Ft Fisher near Wilmington. Being an experienced carpenter/builder, Jacob Minnick was then detailed to the Pioneer Corps of the 2nd Div, XXIV Army Corps, in which he helped build roads, bridges and defenses during the Campaign of the Carolinas. After Gen Joe Johnston, CSA, surrendered his army at Raleigh, NC in April 1865 and the war came to an end, PVT Minnick mustered out of his regiment in June and returned to Pitcairn, NY.
During the war, Jacob's brothers—Alexander, Charles and Simeon—and his wife's brother—Peter Sawyer—also served in the Union Army. Simeon and Peter, who served in the same artillery unit, both died of disease in 1862.
Sometime before 1880, Jacob moved his family to Pensaukee, Oconto, WI, where he took up farming. By this time he and Hannah had children Elias John (Eli, b. 1863), Viola (1866), Lorenzo D (Daniel, 1867), Eleanor (1869), Barnard (1872), and Byron (1874). Hannah, who apparently had experienced a lingering illness, died on Aug 25, 1884, and was buried at the Brookside Cemetery in Pensaukee.
At some time during his life in Oconto County, Jacob joined the D.D. Barker Post #29 of the Grand Army of the Republic (Dept of Wisconsin), the organization composed of Union veterans of the Civil War.
On July 29, 1890, Jacob married as his second wife Julia (Juley, age 57). Jacob continued farming and apparently earned his neighbors' respect, for in April 1903 he was elected as Pensaukee Town Justice of the Peace. Jacob's second wife, Julia, died on Dec 12, 1914. Jacob lived until age 91, dying in Abrams, WI, on Mar 22, 1924. He is buried in the family plot at Brookside Cemetery, Pensaukee, with his two wives and a couple of his children.
Jacob F(risbie?) Minnick was born on May 18, 1832 in Fowler, St. Lawrence County, New York to John Elias Minnick (b. 1790 in German Flats, NY) and Rhoda (Prindle/Pringle) Minnick (b. 1796 in VT). Jacob was the ninth of ten children; his siblings were Elizabeth (1813), Bernard Elias (1815), William L (1816), Lorenzo Dow (1819), Alexander Prindle (1822), Lucy Ann (1825), Charles B. (1827), Rhoda (1829), and Simeon B. (1834). His father John was a member of the NY Militia during the war of 1812 and his grandfather Bernhardt, who came to the US from Germany in about 1776 at the age of 26, fought at the battles of Oriskany and German Flats, among others, while serving in the Tryon County (NY) militia and the 3rd Regmt, NY Line in the Revolutionary War. Both Jacob's father and grandfather were farmers.
Jacob remained in Fowler throughout his young adult life and became a "builder"/carpenter. Continuing the family record of service to country, Jacob enlisted on Aug 6, 1862 at Pitcairn, NY, as a Private in Company A, 142nd NY Infantry. He was 30 yrs old, 5ft 6 in tall, with dark hair, brown eyes, and a dark complexion. On Sep 29, 1862 he married Hannah Elizabeth Sawyer (b. 1835 in NY) and then, on that same day, mustered into his infantry regiment.
In Oct 1862, Private Jacob Minnick's unit was ordered to serve in the defenses of Washington DC. In Apr 1863, his unit was sent into Tidewater Virginia where it participated in the Siege of Suffolk, and in June was involved in Dix's Peninsula Campaign. After being sent north in pursuit of R. E. Lee after Gettysburg, his unit was sent south in Aug 1863 to serve in the Siege of Charleston (and attacks on Fts Wagner, Gregg and Sumter) and remained in SC until Apr 1864.
In Apr 1864, the 142nd NY Infantry was sent to Virginia to serve in Gen Butler's Army of the James in the Bermuda Hundred campaign, taking part in the battles of Swift Creek, Ft Darling, Drewry's Bluff and Bermuda Hundred. PVT Minnick then went with his regmt as part of the XVIII Corps contingent to Cold Harbor. It missed the main assaults in the Battle of Cold Harbor, being kept back to guard the landing and supply depot at White House, but his unit apparently replaced another regiment in the line after the battle and sustained 10 casualties. The 142nd NY Infantry then participated in the Siege of Petersburg, fighting at the Battle of the Crater, Chaffin's Farm, and Fair Oaks.
In Dec 1864, PVT Minnick was sent with his unit to NC, where it played a major role in the capture of Ft Fisher near Wilmington. Being an experienced carpenter/builder, Jacob Minnick was then detailed to the Pioneer Corps of the 2nd Div, XXIV Army Corps, in which he helped build roads, bridges and defenses during the Campaign of the Carolinas. After Gen Joe Johnston, CSA, surrendered his army at Raleigh, NC in April 1865 and the war came to an end, PVT Minnick mustered out of his regiment in June and returned to Pitcairn, NY.
During the war, Jacob's brothers—Alexander, Charles and Simeon—and his wife's brother—Peter Sawyer—also served in the Union Army. Simeon and Peter, who served in the same artillery unit, both died of disease in 1862.
Sometime before 1880, Jacob moved his family to Pensaukee, Oconto, WI, where he took up farming. By this time he and Hannah had children Elias John (Eli, b. 1863), Viola (1866), Lorenzo D (Daniel, 1867), Eleanor (1869), Barnard (1872), and Byron (1874). Hannah, who apparently had experienced a lingering illness, died on Aug 25, 1884, and was buried at the Brookside Cemetery in Pensaukee.
At some time during his life in Oconto County, Jacob joined the D.D. Barker Post #29 of the Grand Army of the Republic (Dept of Wisconsin), the organization composed of Union veterans of the Civil War.
On July 29, 1890, Jacob married as his second wife Julia (Juley, age 57). Jacob continued farming and apparently earned his neighbors' respect, for in April 1903 he was elected as Pensaukee Town Justice of the Peace. Jacob's second wife, Julia, died on Dec 12, 1914. Jacob lived until age 91, dying in Abrams, WI, on Mar 22, 1924. He is buried in the family plot at Brookside Cemetery, Pensaukee, with his two wives and a couple of his children.
Jacob remained in Fowler throughout his young adult life and became a "builder"/carpenter. Continuing the family record of service to country, Jacob enlisted on Aug 6, 1862 at Pitcairn, NY, as a Private in Company A, 142nd NY Infantry. He was 30 yrs old, 5ft 6 in tall, with dark hair, brown eyes, and a dark complexion. On Sep 29, 1862 he married Hannah Elizabeth Sawyer (b. 1835 in NY) and then, on that same day, mustered into his infantry regiment.
In Oct 1862, Private Jacob Minnick's unit was ordered to serve in the defenses of Washington DC. In Apr 1863, his unit was sent into Tidewater Virginia where it participated in the Siege of Suffolk, and in June was involved in Dix's Peninsula Campaign. After being sent north in pursuit of R. E. Lee after Gettysburg, his unit was sent south in Aug 1863 to serve in the Siege of Charleston (and attacks on Fts Wagner, Gregg and Sumter) and remained in SC until Apr 1864.
In Apr 1864, the 142nd NY Infantry was sent to Virginia to serve in Gen Butler's Army of the James in the Bermuda Hundred campaign, taking part in the battles of Swift Creek, Ft Darling, Drewry's Bluff and Bermuda Hundred. PVT Minnick then went with his regmt as part of the XVIII Corps contingent to Cold Harbor. It missed the main assaults in the Battle of Cold Harbor, being kept back to guard the landing and supply depot at White House, but his unit apparently replaced another regiment in the line after the battle and sustained 10 casualties. The 142nd NY Infantry then participated in the Siege of Petersburg, fighting at the Battle of the Crater, Chaffin's Farm, and Fair Oaks.
In Dec 1864, PVT Minnick was sent with his unit to NC, where it played a major role in the capture of Ft Fisher near Wilmington. Being an experienced carpenter/builder, Jacob Minnick was then detailed to the Pioneer Corps of the 2nd Div, XXIV Army Corps, in which he helped build roads, bridges and defenses during the Campaign of the Carolinas. After Gen Joe Johnston, CSA, surrendered his army at Raleigh, NC in April 1865 and the war came to an end, PVT Minnick mustered out of his regiment in June and returned to Pitcairn, NY.
During the war, Jacob's brothers—Alexander, Charles and Simeon—and his wife's brother—Peter Sawyer—also served in the Union Army. Simeon and Peter, who served in the same artillery unit, both died of disease in 1862.
Sometime before 1880, Jacob moved his family to Pensaukee, Oconto, WI, where he took up farming. By this time he and Hannah had children Elias John (Eli, b. 1863), Viola (1866), Lorenzo D (Daniel, 1867), Eleanor (1869), Barnard (1872), and Byron (1874). Hannah, who apparently had experienced a lingering illness, died on Aug 25, 1884, and was buried at the Brookside Cemetery in Pensaukee.
At some time during his life in Oconto County, Jacob joined the D.D. Barker Post #29 of the Grand Army of the Republic (Dept of Wisconsin), the organization composed of Union veterans of the Civil War.
On July 29, 1890, Jacob married as his second wife Julia (Juley, age 57). Jacob continued farming and apparently earned his neighbors' respect, for in April 1903 he was elected as Pensaukee Town Justice of the Peace. Jacob's second wife, Julia, died on Dec 12, 1914. Jacob lived until age 91, dying in Abrams, WI, on Mar 22, 1924. He is buried in the family plot at Brookside Cemetery, Pensaukee, with his two wives and a couple of his children.
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