The Family Record: Devoted for 1897 to the Sackett, the Weygant and the MAPES Families, and to Ancestors of their intersecting Lines
W. E. Weygant, of Newburgh, N. Y.
48. WINES EDWIN WEYGANT, son of James and Mary (Mapes) Weygant, was born at Cornwall, Orange Co., N. Y., May 5, 1841. His childhood and youth after his seventh year was spent in Newburgh, N. Y., in the private and public schools of which he was educated.
As a student he excelled in mathematics, orthography and penmanship. On leaving school he continued his preparation for life's duties by learning the wood-working branch of carriage manufacturing, in which business his father was engaged. When in July, 1862, President Lincoln called upon the loyal states for three hundred thousand additional volunteer troops with which he hoped to put down the great slave-holders' rebellion,
Wines E. Weygant was one of the forty young men of Orange County authorized by. Governor Morgan to recruit for regiment afterwards known as the 124th N. Y. Vols. On the 14th of August following, young Weygant was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in that command and a few days later marched with it to the front. He continued in active service until Feb. 8, 1803, when in consequence of failing health he resigned his commission and returned to his home at Newburgh.
After remaining there a few months he regained his health to such an extent as to warrant his acceptance of a responsible clerical position in general office of Sanitary Commission at Washington. There, after his daily tasks were completed, he gave every spare moment to the study of stenography, a practical knowledge of which he speedily gained. This, with kindred asquirements previously mentioned, soon enabled him to secure a. confidential and more lucrative position in Jay Cooke & Co.'s great Washington banking house.
After filling this last mentioned position in an acceptable manner for a few months he was appointed chief bookkeeper in First National Bank of Washington, of which Jay Cooke was president. There he was soon promoted to the position of paying teller, which brought him in contact with many of the leading statesmen of that eventful period.
When ex-Postmaster General Oeswell, in 1874 organized The Citizens National Bank of Washington,
W. E. Weygant was made its cashier. Unfortunately his health in the latter part of 1875 again became seriously impaired and he was obliged to relinquish that position as he had his Lieutenancy in the army. His physician advised him to go to the Pacific slope and he sought and secured a position as National Bank Examiner, with an assignment to duty in that portion of the Union.
In 1882 he settled at Tacoma, Washington Territory (now State of Washington), and there took position in the Tacoma National Bank. In 1887 he resigned the last mentioned petition to accept the cashiership of a banking house in the neighboring Town of Cheney.
In 1891 he became cashier of the newly organized National Bank of Cheney. About the same time he was made a member of the board of managers of the Washington State Normal School and subsequently became secretary of that body.
The following notices are from the pages of the Cheney Sentinel of March, 1894:
DIED—In this city, Tuesday, March 1st, W. E. Weygant.
To convey with cold type a true impression of what the above announcement means to all the people of Cheney, and to hundreds of friends elsewhere, is indeed a difficult task. In all the history of our little city, nothing has ever thrown such a deep and universal gloom over the entire community. Every one feels the irreparable loss suffered by the community, and many can truthfully say their best friend is gone. No one was more universally beloved, for he was a true friend to all—" One of nature's noblemen."
The funeral of the late W. E. Weygant was one of the largest and most impressive that has ever taken place in the history of the city. Every resident of Cheney paid respect to the memory of a dear friend and all the business houses were closed Monday afternoon. Flags on the Normal school and other principal buildings were at half-mast. The entire city was in mourning.
W. E. Weygant was twice married. First to Minnie Grier, of Washington, D. C, and lastly to Lucretia K. Johnson of Cheney, Wash., who survives him. He left no children.
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U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Wines E. Weygant
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: New York
Regiment: 124th Regiment, New York Infantry
Company: B
Rank In: First Lieutenant
Rank Out: First Lieutenant
Film Number: M551 roll 150
U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
Name: John W Weygant
Birth Year: abt 1843
Place of Birth: New York
Age on 1 July 1863: 20
Race: White
Marital Status: Unmarried (Single)
Residence: New Burgh, New York
Congressional District: 11th
Class: 1
New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900
Name: Wines E Weygant
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1840
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Goshen, New York
Muster Year: 1862
Separation Details: Discharged
Separation Date: 9 Feb 1863
W. E. Weygant, of Newburgh, N. Y.
48. WINES EDWIN WEYGANT, son of James and Mary (Mapes) Weygant, was born at Cornwall, Orange Co., N. Y., May 5, 1841. His childhood and youth after his seventh year was spent in Newburgh, N. Y., in the private and public schools of which he was educated.
As a student he excelled in mathematics, orthography and penmanship. On leaving school he continued his preparation for life's duties by learning the wood-working branch of carriage manufacturing, in which business his father was engaged. When in July, 1862, President Lincoln called upon the loyal states for three hundred thousand additional volunteer troops with which he hoped to put down the great slave-holders' rebellion,
Wines E. Weygant was one of the forty young men of Orange County authorized by. Governor Morgan to recruit for regiment afterwards known as the 124th N. Y. Vols. On the 14th of August following, young Weygant was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in that command and a few days later marched with it to the front. He continued in active service until Feb. 8, 1803, when in consequence of failing health he resigned his commission and returned to his home at Newburgh.
After remaining there a few months he regained his health to such an extent as to warrant his acceptance of a responsible clerical position in general office of Sanitary Commission at Washington. There, after his daily tasks were completed, he gave every spare moment to the study of stenography, a practical knowledge of which he speedily gained. This, with kindred asquirements previously mentioned, soon enabled him to secure a. confidential and more lucrative position in Jay Cooke & Co.'s great Washington banking house.
After filling this last mentioned position in an acceptable manner for a few months he was appointed chief bookkeeper in First National Bank of Washington, of which Jay Cooke was president. There he was soon promoted to the position of paying teller, which brought him in contact with many of the leading statesmen of that eventful period.
When ex-Postmaster General Oeswell, in 1874 organized The Citizens National Bank of Washington,
W. E. Weygant was made its cashier. Unfortunately his health in the latter part of 1875 again became seriously impaired and he was obliged to relinquish that position as he had his Lieutenancy in the army. His physician advised him to go to the Pacific slope and he sought and secured a position as National Bank Examiner, with an assignment to duty in that portion of the Union.
In 1882 he settled at Tacoma, Washington Territory (now State of Washington), and there took position in the Tacoma National Bank. In 1887 he resigned the last mentioned petition to accept the cashiership of a banking house in the neighboring Town of Cheney.
In 1891 he became cashier of the newly organized National Bank of Cheney. About the same time he was made a member of the board of managers of the Washington State Normal School and subsequently became secretary of that body.
The following notices are from the pages of the Cheney Sentinel of March, 1894:
DIED—In this city, Tuesday, March 1st, W. E. Weygant.
To convey with cold type a true impression of what the above announcement means to all the people of Cheney, and to hundreds of friends elsewhere, is indeed a difficult task. In all the history of our little city, nothing has ever thrown such a deep and universal gloom over the entire community. Every one feels the irreparable loss suffered by the community, and many can truthfully say their best friend is gone. No one was more universally beloved, for he was a true friend to all—" One of nature's noblemen."
The funeral of the late W. E. Weygant was one of the largest and most impressive that has ever taken place in the history of the city. Every resident of Cheney paid respect to the memory of a dear friend and all the business houses were closed Monday afternoon. Flags on the Normal school and other principal buildings were at half-mast. The entire city was in mourning.
W. E. Weygant was twice married. First to Minnie Grier, of Washington, D. C, and lastly to Lucretia K. Johnson of Cheney, Wash., who survives him. He left no children.
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U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Wines E. Weygant
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: New York
Regiment: 124th Regiment, New York Infantry
Company: B
Rank In: First Lieutenant
Rank Out: First Lieutenant
Film Number: M551 roll 150
U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
Name: John W Weygant
Birth Year: abt 1843
Place of Birth: New York
Age on 1 July 1863: 20
Race: White
Marital Status: Unmarried (Single)
Residence: New Burgh, New York
Congressional District: 11th
Class: 1
New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900
Name: Wines E Weygant
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1840
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Goshen, New York
Muster Year: 1862
Separation Details: Discharged
Separation Date: 9 Feb 1863
The Family Record: Devoted for 1897 to the Sackett, the Weygant and the MAPES Families, and to Ancestors of their intersecting Lines
W. E. Weygant, of Newburgh, N. Y.
48. WINES EDWIN WEYGANT, son of James and Mary (Mapes) Weygant, was born at Cornwall, Orange Co., N. Y., May 5, 1841. His childhood and youth after his seventh year was spent in Newburgh, N. Y., in the private and public schools of which he was educated.
As a student he excelled in mathematics, orthography and penmanship. On leaving school he continued his preparation for life's duties by learning the wood-working branch of carriage manufacturing, in which business his father was engaged. When in July, 1862, President Lincoln called upon the loyal states for three hundred thousand additional volunteer troops with which he hoped to put down the great slave-holders' rebellion,
Wines E. Weygant was one of the forty young men of Orange County authorized by. Governor Morgan to recruit for regiment afterwards known as the 124th N. Y. Vols. On the 14th of August following, young Weygant was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in that command and a few days later marched with it to the front. He continued in active service until Feb. 8, 1803, when in consequence of failing health he resigned his commission and returned to his home at Newburgh.
After remaining there a few months he regained his health to such an extent as to warrant his acceptance of a responsible clerical position in general office of Sanitary Commission at Washington. There, after his daily tasks were completed, he gave every spare moment to the study of stenography, a practical knowledge of which he speedily gained. This, with kindred asquirements previously mentioned, soon enabled him to secure a. confidential and more lucrative position in Jay Cooke & Co.'s great Washington banking house.
After filling this last mentioned position in an acceptable manner for a few months he was appointed chief bookkeeper in First National Bank of Washington, of which Jay Cooke was president. There he was soon promoted to the position of paying teller, which brought him in contact with many of the leading statesmen of that eventful period.
When ex-Postmaster General Oeswell, in 1874 organized The Citizens National Bank of Washington,
W. E. Weygant was made its cashier. Unfortunately his health in the latter part of 1875 again became seriously impaired and he was obliged to relinquish that position as he had his Lieutenancy in the army. His physician advised him to go to the Pacific slope and he sought and secured a position as National Bank Examiner, with an assignment to duty in that portion of the Union.
In 1882 he settled at Tacoma, Washington Territory (now State of Washington), and there took position in the Tacoma National Bank. In 1887 he resigned the last mentioned petition to accept the cashiership of a banking house in the neighboring Town of Cheney.
In 1891 he became cashier of the newly organized National Bank of Cheney. About the same time he was made a member of the board of managers of the Washington State Normal School and subsequently became secretary of that body.
The following notices are from the pages of the Cheney Sentinel of March, 1894:
DIED—In this city, Tuesday, March 1st, W. E. Weygant.
To convey with cold type a true impression of what the above announcement means to all the people of Cheney, and to hundreds of friends elsewhere, is indeed a difficult task. In all the history of our little city, nothing has ever thrown such a deep and universal gloom over the entire community. Every one feels the irreparable loss suffered by the community, and many can truthfully say their best friend is gone. No one was more universally beloved, for he was a true friend to all—" One of nature's noblemen."
The funeral of the late W. E. Weygant was one of the largest and most impressive that has ever taken place in the history of the city. Every resident of Cheney paid respect to the memory of a dear friend and all the business houses were closed Monday afternoon. Flags on the Normal school and other principal buildings were at half-mast. The entire city was in mourning.
W. E. Weygant was twice married. First to Minnie Grier, of Washington, D. C, and lastly to Lucretia K. Johnson of Cheney, Wash., who survives him. He left no children.
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U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Wines E. Weygant
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: New York
Regiment: 124th Regiment, New York Infantry
Company: B
Rank In: First Lieutenant
Rank Out: First Lieutenant
Film Number: M551 roll 150
U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
Name: John W Weygant
Birth Year: abt 1843
Place of Birth: New York
Age on 1 July 1863: 20
Race: White
Marital Status: Unmarried (Single)
Residence: New Burgh, New York
Congressional District: 11th
Class: 1
New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900
Name: Wines E Weygant
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1840
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Goshen, New York
Muster Year: 1862
Separation Details: Discharged
Separation Date: 9 Feb 1863
W. E. Weygant, of Newburgh, N. Y.
48. WINES EDWIN WEYGANT, son of James and Mary (Mapes) Weygant, was born at Cornwall, Orange Co., N. Y., May 5, 1841. His childhood and youth after his seventh year was spent in Newburgh, N. Y., in the private and public schools of which he was educated.
As a student he excelled in mathematics, orthography and penmanship. On leaving school he continued his preparation for life's duties by learning the wood-working branch of carriage manufacturing, in which business his father was engaged. When in July, 1862, President Lincoln called upon the loyal states for three hundred thousand additional volunteer troops with which he hoped to put down the great slave-holders' rebellion,
Wines E. Weygant was one of the forty young men of Orange County authorized by. Governor Morgan to recruit for regiment afterwards known as the 124th N. Y. Vols. On the 14th of August following, young Weygant was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in that command and a few days later marched with it to the front. He continued in active service until Feb. 8, 1803, when in consequence of failing health he resigned his commission and returned to his home at Newburgh.
After remaining there a few months he regained his health to such an extent as to warrant his acceptance of a responsible clerical position in general office of Sanitary Commission at Washington. There, after his daily tasks were completed, he gave every spare moment to the study of stenography, a practical knowledge of which he speedily gained. This, with kindred asquirements previously mentioned, soon enabled him to secure a. confidential and more lucrative position in Jay Cooke & Co.'s great Washington banking house.
After filling this last mentioned position in an acceptable manner for a few months he was appointed chief bookkeeper in First National Bank of Washington, of which Jay Cooke was president. There he was soon promoted to the position of paying teller, which brought him in contact with many of the leading statesmen of that eventful period.
When ex-Postmaster General Oeswell, in 1874 organized The Citizens National Bank of Washington,
W. E. Weygant was made its cashier. Unfortunately his health in the latter part of 1875 again became seriously impaired and he was obliged to relinquish that position as he had his Lieutenancy in the army. His physician advised him to go to the Pacific slope and he sought and secured a position as National Bank Examiner, with an assignment to duty in that portion of the Union.
In 1882 he settled at Tacoma, Washington Territory (now State of Washington), and there took position in the Tacoma National Bank. In 1887 he resigned the last mentioned petition to accept the cashiership of a banking house in the neighboring Town of Cheney.
In 1891 he became cashier of the newly organized National Bank of Cheney. About the same time he was made a member of the board of managers of the Washington State Normal School and subsequently became secretary of that body.
The following notices are from the pages of the Cheney Sentinel of March, 1894:
DIED—In this city, Tuesday, March 1st, W. E. Weygant.
To convey with cold type a true impression of what the above announcement means to all the people of Cheney, and to hundreds of friends elsewhere, is indeed a difficult task. In all the history of our little city, nothing has ever thrown such a deep and universal gloom over the entire community. Every one feels the irreparable loss suffered by the community, and many can truthfully say their best friend is gone. No one was more universally beloved, for he was a true friend to all—" One of nature's noblemen."
The funeral of the late W. E. Weygant was one of the largest and most impressive that has ever taken place in the history of the city. Every resident of Cheney paid respect to the memory of a dear friend and all the business houses were closed Monday afternoon. Flags on the Normal school and other principal buildings were at half-mast. The entire city was in mourning.
W. E. Weygant was twice married. First to Minnie Grier, of Washington, D. C, and lastly to Lucretia K. Johnson of Cheney, Wash., who survives him. He left no children.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Wines E. Weygant
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: New York
Regiment: 124th Regiment, New York Infantry
Company: B
Rank In: First Lieutenant
Rank Out: First Lieutenant
Film Number: M551 roll 150
U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
Name: John W Weygant
Birth Year: abt 1843
Place of Birth: New York
Age on 1 July 1863: 20
Race: White
Marital Status: Unmarried (Single)
Residence: New Burgh, New York
Congressional District: 11th
Class: 1
New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900
Name: Wines E Weygant
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1840
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Goshen, New York
Muster Year: 1862
Separation Details: Discharged
Separation Date: 9 Feb 1863
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