Captain Elijah D. Taft Dead.
Captain Elijah D. Taft, a Civil War veteran, died Monday at the home of his grandson, Edgar G. Taft, in Freeport, in his 96th year. He was a native of Mamaroneck. He became a resident of Manhattan during his boyhood and lived there until 1845. While living in New York he married Miss Roselle Van Nostrand, who died in 1867. Two years later he married Mrs. Lucinda Bell, widow of Frank Bell.
~source: The Daily Long Island Farmer; Tuesday, March 2 1915
Captain Elijah D. Taft, a Civil War veteran, died yesterday, at the home of his grandson, Edgar G. Taft, in Leonard avenue, Freeport, Long Island. He was nearly 96 years of age and was a native of Mamaroneck, N.Y. He moved to Manhattan in his boyhood and resided there until 1845, when he went to Brooklyn.
Captain Taft joined the militia in 1841, and when he moved to Brooklyn he became Captain of an artillery company. When the Civil War broke out he organized the Fifth New York Independent Battery. He was a member of D.B.P. Mott Post, G.A.R. of Freeport.
~source: Yonkers Herald Statesman; Tuesday, March 2 1915
Commander 5th NY Independent Battery at Gettysburg
(originally listed as Eligah D Taft)
Captain Elijah D. Taft, a Civil War veteran, died Monday at the home of his grandson, Edgar G. Taft, in Freeport, in his 96th year. He was a native of Mamaroneck. He became a resident of Manhattan during his boyhood and lived there until 1845. While living in New York he married Miss Roselle Van Nostrand, who died in 1867. Two years later he married Mrs. Lucinda Bell, widow of Frank Bell.
~source: The Daily Long Island Farmer; Tuesday, March 2 1915
Captain Elijah D. Taft, a Civil War veteran, died yesterday, at the home of his grandson, Edgar G. Taft, in Leonard avenue, Freeport, Long Island. He was nearly 96 years of age and was a native of Mamaroneck, N.Y. He moved to Manhattan in his boyhood and resided there until 1845, when he went to Brooklyn.
Captain Taft joined the militia in 1841, and when he moved to Brooklyn he became Captain of an artillery company. When the Civil War broke out he organized the Fifth New York Independent Battery. He was a member of D.B.P. Mott Post, G.A.R. of Freeport.
~source: Yonkers Herald Statesman; Tuesday, March 2 1915
Commander 5th NY Independent Battery at Gettysburg
(originally listed as Eligah D Taft)
Captain Elijah D. Taft Dead.
Captain Elijah D. Taft, a Civil War veteran, died Monday at the home of his grandson, Edgar G. Taft, in Freeport, in his 96th year. He was a native of Mamaroneck. He became a resident of Manhattan during his boyhood and lived there until 1845. While living in New York he married Miss Roselle Van Nostrand, who died in 1867. Two years later he married Mrs. Lucinda Bell, widow of Frank Bell.
~source: The Daily Long Island Farmer; Tuesday, March 2 1915
Captain Elijah D. Taft, a Civil War veteran, died yesterday, at the home of his grandson, Edgar G. Taft, in Leonard avenue, Freeport, Long Island. He was nearly 96 years of age and was a native of Mamaroneck, N.Y. He moved to Manhattan in his boyhood and resided there until 1845, when he went to Brooklyn.
Captain Taft joined the militia in 1841, and when he moved to Brooklyn he became Captain of an artillery company. When the Civil War broke out he organized the Fifth New York Independent Battery. He was a member of D.B.P. Mott Post, G.A.R. of Freeport.
~source: Yonkers Herald Statesman; Tuesday, March 2 1915
Commander 5th NY Independent Battery at Gettysburg
(originally listed as Eligah D Taft)
Captain Elijah D. Taft, a Civil War veteran, died Monday at the home of his grandson, Edgar G. Taft, in Freeport, in his 96th year. He was a native of Mamaroneck. He became a resident of Manhattan during his boyhood and lived there until 1845. While living in New York he married Miss Roselle Van Nostrand, who died in 1867. Two years later he married Mrs. Lucinda Bell, widow of Frank Bell.
~source: The Daily Long Island Farmer; Tuesday, March 2 1915
Captain Elijah D. Taft, a Civil War veteran, died yesterday, at the home of his grandson, Edgar G. Taft, in Leonard avenue, Freeport, Long Island. He was nearly 96 years of age and was a native of Mamaroneck, N.Y. He moved to Manhattan in his boyhood and resided there until 1845, when he went to Brooklyn.
Captain Taft joined the militia in 1841, and when he moved to Brooklyn he became Captain of an artillery company. When the Civil War broke out he organized the Fifth New York Independent Battery. He was a member of D.B.P. Mott Post, G.A.R. of Freeport.
~source: Yonkers Herald Statesman; Tuesday, March 2 1915
Commander 5th NY Independent Battery at Gettysburg
(originally listed as Eligah D Taft)
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