When Caroline Frances (Caro) Bowen was born on January 16, 1843, in Brandon, Vermont, her father, Marcus, was 32 and her mother, Sarah, was 29. She married Luke B. Fairbanks, also a native of Vermont, on Dec. 29 1862.
Luke had enlisted (Union Army) May of 1861, with Company F, Third Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and with the regiment joined the Army of the Potomac. The first battle in which he participated was the battle of Lee's Mill, in which he was wounded. As soon as he was able to make the trip he was granted a furlough and visited home. He joined the regiment after an absence of three months. His health was not good at the time, and he was detached for the recruiting service in Vermont. It was during this time they were married.
He again joined his regiment in December, and was with them until after the close of the war, having veteranized in 1863. Among the many battles in which he participated, we mention the following: Second battle of Fredericksburg, Wilderness, Petersburg, Cold Harbor, Spottsylvania, was with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, and participated in the battle of Winchester, was in New York City at the time of the riot, and in the battles of Gettysburg and Cedar Creek.
While he was was mustered into the service as a private, was promoted for gallant and meritorious conduct, May, 1864, to first lieutenant, and soon after to captain. He was discharged from the service with the regiment, July. 1865, and returned to Vermont and bought a farm. He and Caro's sons Samuel and Henry were born during this time
In 1869 they sold out and emigrated to Kansas. Took a homestead and bought some wild land in Washington county where their son Eugene was born. Built a stone house and improved a portion of the land, living there until 1872. The growing family was on the move again, this time to Mower county Minnesota. They bought wild land in the northeast quarter of section 29, Windom township near Austin. It was here, their last five children were born. Sons Guy and Dan, daughters Lucy, Leila and Florance.
Luke died Oct. 23 1907 at age 69 and was laid to rest in the Oakwood Cemetery near his parents who had also moved to Minnesota.
By 1910 Caro and her two daughters, Leila and florance, had moved to Yakima Washington. Her son Samuel lived nearby with his wife Mable and their growing family. She lived more than thirty five years in Yakima surrounded by family and friends.
Caro died on January 9, 1944, in Yakima Washington, just seven days before her 101st birthday. She was buried next to her husband Luke in Austin, Minnesota.
Luke had enlisted (Union Army) May of 1861, with Company F, Third Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and with the regiment joined the Army of the Potomac. The first battle in which he participated was the battle of Lee's Mill, in which he was wounded. As soon as he was able to make the trip he was granted a furlough and visited home. He joined the regiment after an absence of three months. His health was not good at the time, and he was detached for the recruiting service in Vermont. It was during this time they were married.
He again joined his regiment in December, and was with them until after the close of the war, having veteranized in 1863. Among the many battles in which he participated, we mention the following: Second battle of Fredericksburg, Wilderness, Petersburg, Cold Harbor, Spottsylvania, was with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, and participated in the battle of Winchester, was in New York City at the time of the riot, and in the battles of Gettysburg and Cedar Creek.
While he was was mustered into the service as a private, was promoted for gallant and meritorious conduct, May, 1864, to first lieutenant, and soon after to captain. He was discharged from the service with the regiment, July. 1865, and returned to Vermont and bought a farm. He and Caro's sons Samuel and Henry were born during this time
In 1869 they sold out and emigrated to Kansas. Took a homestead and bought some wild land in Washington county where their son Eugene was born. Built a stone house and improved a portion of the land, living there until 1872. The growing family was on the move again, this time to Mower county Minnesota. They bought wild land in the northeast quarter of section 29, Windom township near Austin. It was here, their last five children were born. Sons Guy and Dan, daughters Lucy, Leila and Florance.
Luke died Oct. 23 1907 at age 69 and was laid to rest in the Oakwood Cemetery near his parents who had also moved to Minnesota.
By 1910 Caro and her two daughters, Leila and florance, had moved to Yakima Washington. Her son Samuel lived nearby with his wife Mable and their growing family. She lived more than thirty five years in Yakima surrounded by family and friends.
Caro died on January 9, 1944, in Yakima Washington, just seven days before her 101st birthday. She was buried next to her husband Luke in Austin, Minnesota.
When Caroline Frances (Caro) Bowen was born on January 16, 1843, in Brandon, Vermont, her father, Marcus, was 32 and her mother, Sarah, was 29. She married Luke B. Fairbanks, also a native of Vermont, on Dec. 29 1862.
Luke had enlisted (Union Army) May of 1861, with Company F, Third Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and with the regiment joined the Army of the Potomac. The first battle in which he participated was the battle of Lee's Mill, in which he was wounded. As soon as he was able to make the trip he was granted a furlough and visited home. He joined the regiment after an absence of three months. His health was not good at the time, and he was detached for the recruiting service in Vermont. It was during this time they were married.
He again joined his regiment in December, and was with them until after the close of the war, having veteranized in 1863. Among the many battles in which he participated, we mention the following: Second battle of Fredericksburg, Wilderness, Petersburg, Cold Harbor, Spottsylvania, was with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, and participated in the battle of Winchester, was in New York City at the time of the riot, and in the battles of Gettysburg and Cedar Creek.
While he was was mustered into the service as a private, was promoted for gallant and meritorious conduct, May, 1864, to first lieutenant, and soon after to captain. He was discharged from the service with the regiment, July. 1865, and returned to Vermont and bought a farm. He and Caro's sons Samuel and Henry were born during this time
In 1869 they sold out and emigrated to Kansas. Took a homestead and bought some wild land in Washington county where their son Eugene was born. Built a stone house and improved a portion of the land, living there until 1872. The growing family was on the move again, this time to Mower county Minnesota. They bought wild land in the northeast quarter of section 29, Windom township near Austin. It was here, their last five children were born. Sons Guy and Dan, daughters Lucy, Leila and Florance.
Luke died Oct. 23 1907 at age 69 and was laid to rest in the Oakwood Cemetery near his parents who had also moved to Minnesota.
By 1910 Caro and her two daughters, Leila and florance, had moved to Yakima Washington. Her son Samuel lived nearby with his wife Mable and their growing family. She lived more than thirty five years in Yakima surrounded by family and friends.
Caro died on January 9, 1944, in Yakima Washington, just seven days before her 101st birthday. She was buried next to her husband Luke in Austin, Minnesota.
Luke had enlisted (Union Army) May of 1861, with Company F, Third Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and with the regiment joined the Army of the Potomac. The first battle in which he participated was the battle of Lee's Mill, in which he was wounded. As soon as he was able to make the trip he was granted a furlough and visited home. He joined the regiment after an absence of three months. His health was not good at the time, and he was detached for the recruiting service in Vermont. It was during this time they were married.
He again joined his regiment in December, and was with them until after the close of the war, having veteranized in 1863. Among the many battles in which he participated, we mention the following: Second battle of Fredericksburg, Wilderness, Petersburg, Cold Harbor, Spottsylvania, was with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, and participated in the battle of Winchester, was in New York City at the time of the riot, and in the battles of Gettysburg and Cedar Creek.
While he was was mustered into the service as a private, was promoted for gallant and meritorious conduct, May, 1864, to first lieutenant, and soon after to captain. He was discharged from the service with the regiment, July. 1865, and returned to Vermont and bought a farm. He and Caro's sons Samuel and Henry were born during this time
In 1869 they sold out and emigrated to Kansas. Took a homestead and bought some wild land in Washington county where their son Eugene was born. Built a stone house and improved a portion of the land, living there until 1872. The growing family was on the move again, this time to Mower county Minnesota. They bought wild land in the northeast quarter of section 29, Windom township near Austin. It was here, their last five children were born. Sons Guy and Dan, daughters Lucy, Leila and Florance.
Luke died Oct. 23 1907 at age 69 and was laid to rest in the Oakwood Cemetery near his parents who had also moved to Minnesota.
By 1910 Caro and her two daughters, Leila and florance, had moved to Yakima Washington. Her son Samuel lived nearby with his wife Mable and their growing family. She lived more than thirty five years in Yakima surrounded by family and friends.
Caro died on January 9, 1944, in Yakima Washington, just seven days before her 101st birthday. She was buried next to her husband Luke in Austin, Minnesota.
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