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Zachary Taylor Binkley

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Zachary Taylor Binkley

Birth
Harrison County, Indiana, USA
Death
17 Jan 1930 (aged 81)
Harrison County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Taylor, as he was familiarly known, was the son of Reuben Binkley and Louisiana Brandenburg.
He was in the Home Guard during the Civil War while his father, Reuben, and elder brother, John, were off fighting for the cause of freedom. He was shown on the list for the Scott Guards in 1862 and again on 31 Jan 1863. His name later appears on the Harrison County Border Scouts list for 27 Jul 1864 and 1 Aug 1864. (Healy, Sherry, comp., Ancestral Trails. "Records of Harrison County, Indiana from Walter Beanblossom's Collections and Reprints from the Ancestral News." Indiana Legion: Organization of Companies, Civil War, Harrison County, Indiana, pp. 97, 98, 102, 103. Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1989.)
He was a soldier in the Civil War, Co. F, 13th Cavalry, Indiana, 23 Sep 1864 - 22 Oct 1865. At the time he entered the service, his residence was in Cold Friday and his postal address was New Amsterdam, Harrison, Indiana. (William H. H. Terrell's Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, 1861-1865, vol. 7, p. 312. Indianapolis, IN: Samuel M. Douglass, State Printer, 1867.)
Taylor, sustained an injury to his right leg, between his knee and ankle. According to his medical records, he ruptured a muscle in his leg when his horse fell on him in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. (VA record)
He married 19 Aug 1866, in Harrison County, Susannah Christina Emeline Wiseman (Marriage Record Book F: 73, Harrison County Clerk's Office, Corydon, Indiana). They had twelve children: Nettie, Mary, Louisiana, Reuben Harrison, Cordelia, Jeremiah, Absolom, Emeline [Emma], Carlton, Jacie, James, and an infant.
Taylor, as he was familiarly known, was the son of Reuben Binkley and Louisiana Brandenburg.
He was in the Home Guard during the Civil War while his father, Reuben, and elder brother, John, were off fighting for the cause of freedom. He was shown on the list for the Scott Guards in 1862 and again on 31 Jan 1863. His name later appears on the Harrison County Border Scouts list for 27 Jul 1864 and 1 Aug 1864. (Healy, Sherry, comp., Ancestral Trails. "Records of Harrison County, Indiana from Walter Beanblossom's Collections and Reprints from the Ancestral News." Indiana Legion: Organization of Companies, Civil War, Harrison County, Indiana, pp. 97, 98, 102, 103. Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1989.)
He was a soldier in the Civil War, Co. F, 13th Cavalry, Indiana, 23 Sep 1864 - 22 Oct 1865. At the time he entered the service, his residence was in Cold Friday and his postal address was New Amsterdam, Harrison, Indiana. (William H. H. Terrell's Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, 1861-1865, vol. 7, p. 312. Indianapolis, IN: Samuel M. Douglass, State Printer, 1867.)
Taylor, sustained an injury to his right leg, between his knee and ankle. According to his medical records, he ruptured a muscle in his leg when his horse fell on him in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. (VA record)
He married 19 Aug 1866, in Harrison County, Susannah Christina Emeline Wiseman (Marriage Record Book F: 73, Harrison County Clerk's Office, Corydon, Indiana). They had twelve children: Nettie, Mary, Louisiana, Reuben Harrison, Cordelia, Jeremiah, Absolom, Emeline [Emma], Carlton, Jacie, James, and an infant.


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