He served in Civil War. Per Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, James M. Vesey resided in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He served the Union Army. He enlisted in Company K, Wisconsin 35th Infantry Regiment on 17 Feb 1864 and his rank at enlistment was musician.
This regiment was organized at Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, in the fall of 1863, was mustered in Nov. 27, and left the state April 18, 1864, for Port Hudson, La., where it arrived May 7 and engaged in guard and picket duty until June 26 when it was ordered to Morganza and assigned to the 1st brigade, 3d division, 19th army corps, commanded by Brig.-Gen. A. L. Lee.
He died of disease on 27 Jul 1864 at Port Hudson, Louisiana. He did not survive the war. Pursuant to the Civil War Pension Index, Margaret A. (nee Hastings) Vesey was the widow. K 35 Wisc. Inf. Date of filing was 3 Oct 1864. Per U.S. Veterans Gravesites, he is buried in the Port Hudson National Cemetery, 20978 Port Hickey Road, Zachary, Louisiana 70791 in Section A, Site 336.
∼Private, Company K, 65th Wisconsin Volunteers, US Army
UPDATE 2024:
Alternative parents suggested for him were James Madison Vesey the elder 77233292 and Bethiah Hanks 1171131. They married at Perry, Ohio, near Painesville, on Jan. 3, 1832, her father of record there in time for the 1830 Census. James sold his interest in family land in Perry (Lot 24) to his brother Jonathan, then he and Bethia went to Branch County, Mich. to settle with her parents. Her father quickly died there, Bethiah in 1838, nothing said about who cared for the little half-orphaned children, this James about three, his brother Horace tiny. It's possible that Jonathan French and wife arrived and took the children into their care. That might accountfor this James being at their house in Perry for the 1850 US Census.
He grew up and married Margaret, off to Wisconsin's Sheboygan County for his 1860 US Census, no children yet. He was a laborer living next-door to a William Ford, like him, b.Ohio, but older, probably the one whose mother had been Elizabeth Veasey, older sister to the two Vesey brothers.
His father in the meantime had remarried, was the elder of several masons nearby, maybe had a work arrangement. His stepmother was the former Betsey Randall, three children to be his half-siblings or step-siblings. The eldest two children born in Indiana in the early 1840s. Had this James been part of their family when in Indiana?
The five in his father's new family were together at Bronson in Michigan for the 1860 Census. He and Margaret were instead on their own, with the Fords, doing farm work in Sheboygan County at Milwaukee's edge. The Civil War was coming soon
Both men, elder and younger, called themselves Madison Vesey for their 1860 Censuses. If the enlistment records are correct, both then enlisted as "musicians" for the Civil War. The elder served in a Michigan Regiment, for over 2 years, beginning with Cos. C and E. in the 4th Mich, ending with Co K, in the 8th Mich Inf., his term ending in Dec. of 1863. This younger James had already joined the Wisconsin regiment in the fall of 1863.
One of the pension cards on the Michigan end, decades later, showed James M Vesey of Bronson, recently deceased, as father of James M Vesey, soldier, the only proof of their connection, if correct. More checking needs to be done, maybe at the National Archives in DC.
JB, 2024
He served in Civil War. Per Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, James M. Vesey resided in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He served the Union Army. He enlisted in Company K, Wisconsin 35th Infantry Regiment on 17 Feb 1864 and his rank at enlistment was musician.
This regiment was organized at Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, in the fall of 1863, was mustered in Nov. 27, and left the state April 18, 1864, for Port Hudson, La., where it arrived May 7 and engaged in guard and picket duty until June 26 when it was ordered to Morganza and assigned to the 1st brigade, 3d division, 19th army corps, commanded by Brig.-Gen. A. L. Lee.
He died of disease on 27 Jul 1864 at Port Hudson, Louisiana. He did not survive the war. Pursuant to the Civil War Pension Index, Margaret A. (nee Hastings) Vesey was the widow. K 35 Wisc. Inf. Date of filing was 3 Oct 1864. Per U.S. Veterans Gravesites, he is buried in the Port Hudson National Cemetery, 20978 Port Hickey Road, Zachary, Louisiana 70791 in Section A, Site 336.
∼Private, Company K, 65th Wisconsin Volunteers, US Army
UPDATE 2024:
Alternative parents suggested for him were James Madison Vesey the elder 77233292 and Bethiah Hanks 1171131. They married at Perry, Ohio, near Painesville, on Jan. 3, 1832, her father of record there in time for the 1830 Census. James sold his interest in family land in Perry (Lot 24) to his brother Jonathan, then he and Bethia went to Branch County, Mich. to settle with her parents. Her father quickly died there, Bethiah in 1838, nothing said about who cared for the little half-orphaned children, this James about three, his brother Horace tiny. It's possible that Jonathan French and wife arrived and took the children into their care. That might accountfor this James being at their house in Perry for the 1850 US Census.
He grew up and married Margaret, off to Wisconsin's Sheboygan County for his 1860 US Census, no children yet. He was a laborer living next-door to a William Ford, like him, b.Ohio, but older, probably the one whose mother had been Elizabeth Veasey, older sister to the two Vesey brothers.
His father in the meantime had remarried, was the elder of several masons nearby, maybe had a work arrangement. His stepmother was the former Betsey Randall, three children to be his half-siblings or step-siblings. The eldest two children born in Indiana in the early 1840s. Had this James been part of their family when in Indiana?
The five in his father's new family were together at Bronson in Michigan for the 1860 Census. He and Margaret were instead on their own, with the Fords, doing farm work in Sheboygan County at Milwaukee's edge. The Civil War was coming soon
Both men, elder and younger, called themselves Madison Vesey for their 1860 Censuses. If the enlistment records are correct, both then enlisted as "musicians" for the Civil War. The elder served in a Michigan Regiment, for over 2 years, beginning with Cos. C and E. in the 4th Mich, ending with Co K, in the 8th Mich Inf., his term ending in Dec. of 1863. This younger James had already joined the Wisconsin regiment in the fall of 1863.
One of the pension cards on the Michigan end, decades later, showed James M Vesey of Bronson, recently deceased, as father of James M Vesey, soldier, the only proof of their connection, if correct. More checking needs to be done, maybe at the National Archives in DC.
JB, 2024
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