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Pvt John Axe

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Pvt John Axe Veteran

Birth
Death
20 Jul 1864 (aged 27–28)
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, USA
Burial
New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
B-876
Memorial ID
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Co C 41st Ohio Infantry
Entered service Feb 16, 1864, for 3 years, at age 28. Died at Jeffersonville, Indiana, of wounds received May 27, 1864, in battle of Pickett's Mill, Ga.; interred in sec. B. grave 623.
-from the Ohio Roster Roll of Honor

His widow, Barbara Ann Axe, claimed a pension for herself and their only child, Mary Elizabeth, born July 15, 1863. According to the Widow's pension file, John died of wounds & typhoid fever. The "U.S. Registers of Death of Volunteers 186-1865" lists his cause of death as typhoid fever while at Camp Joe Holt/Jefferson Civil War Hospital. His widow remarried in 1877 to Benjamin F Roler. When he died in 1893, Barbara's pension was restored. Mary Elizabeth died at age 18.

AXE, JOHN
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/20/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION B SITE 876
-VA gravesite locator
Co C 41st Ohio Infantry
Entered service Feb 16, 1864, for 3 years, at age 28. Died at Jeffersonville, Indiana, of wounds received May 27, 1864, in battle of Pickett's Mill, Ga.; interred in sec. B. grave 623.
-from the Ohio Roster Roll of Honor

His widow, Barbara Ann Axe, claimed a pension for herself and their only child, Mary Elizabeth, born July 15, 1863. According to the Widow's pension file, John died of wounds & typhoid fever. The "U.S. Registers of Death of Volunteers 186-1865" lists his cause of death as typhoid fever while at Camp Joe Holt/Jefferson Civil War Hospital. His widow remarried in 1877 to Benjamin F Roler. When he died in 1893, Barbara's pension was restored. Mary Elizabeth died at age 18.

AXE, JOHN
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/20/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION B SITE 876
-VA gravesite locator

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  • Created by: Janet
  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27665353/john-axe: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt John Axe (1836–20 Jul 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 27665353, citing New Albany National Cemetery, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Janet (contributor 46573654).