Civil War Veteran:
James Collett
Residence Collamer IN;
Enlisted on 11/22/1861 as a Corporal.
On 11/22/1861 he mustered into "E" Co. IN 44th Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 1/1/1864
He was Mustered Out on 9/18/1865
Promotions:
* Sergt
James, the only one now living, was born in Wabash County, Ind., November 12, 1841, and, December 25, 1865, married Miss Susan Moore, who was born in this county November 16, 1843, and to this couple five children have been born, viz. : Lizzie B., Ada C. and Lulu, living ; and Charley and an infant, deceased.
James Collett enlisted in the fall of 1861 in Company E, Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry ; served till the close of the war, and saw much active service; he now resides on a farm in the township, an honored and respected citizen. In 1842, our subject settled on Section 18, this township, and engaged in farming and stock-raising till 1865, when he removed just over the county line into Jackson Township, Kosciusko County, where he still resides. At the time of his marriage he had saved enough of his earnings to purchase 160 acres unimproved land, which he has increased to 300 acres, and, besides this, has given his son a good farm.
He is a self-made man, but has been ably assisted by his good wife, who is a woman of ability and good sense. He has always followed farming, with the exception of eight years passed in Collamer in mercantile pursuits. He is a Republican in politics, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
Source: (extract from father's bio)
Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana: historical and biographical (1882); by Goodspeed
James Collett
Residence Collamer IN;
Enlisted on 11/22/1861 as a Corporal.
On 11/22/1861 he mustered into "E" Co. IN 44th Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 1/1/1864
He was Mustered Out on 9/18/1865
Promotions:
* Sergt
James, the only one now living, was born in Wabash County, Ind., November 12, 1841, and, December 25, 1865, married Miss Susan Moore, who was born in this county November 16, 1843, and to this couple five children have been born, viz. : Lizzie B., Ada C. and Lulu, living ; and Charley and an infant, deceased.
James Collett enlisted in the fall of 1861 in Company E, Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry ; served till the close of the war, and saw much active service; he now resides on a farm in the township, an honored and respected citizen. In 1842, our subject settled on Section 18, this township, and engaged in farming and stock-raising till 1865, when he removed just over the county line into Jackson Township, Kosciusko County, where he still resides. At the time of his marriage he had saved enough of his earnings to purchase 160 acres unimproved land, which he has increased to 300 acres, and, besides this, has given his son a good farm.
He is a self-made man, but has been ably assisted by his good wife, who is a woman of ability and good sense. He has always followed farming, with the exception of eight years passed in Collamer in mercantile pursuits. He is a Republican in politics, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
Source: (extract from father's bio)
Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana: historical and biographical (1882); by Goodspeed
Civil War Veteran:
James Collett
Residence Collamer IN;
Enlisted on 11/22/1861 as a Corporal.
On 11/22/1861 he mustered into "E" Co. IN 44th Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 1/1/1864
He was Mustered Out on 9/18/1865
Promotions:
* Sergt
James, the only one now living, was born in Wabash County, Ind., November 12, 1841, and, December 25, 1865, married Miss Susan Moore, who was born in this county November 16, 1843, and to this couple five children have been born, viz. : Lizzie B., Ada C. and Lulu, living ; and Charley and an infant, deceased.
James Collett enlisted in the fall of 1861 in Company E, Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry ; served till the close of the war, and saw much active service; he now resides on a farm in the township, an honored and respected citizen. In 1842, our subject settled on Section 18, this township, and engaged in farming and stock-raising till 1865, when he removed just over the county line into Jackson Township, Kosciusko County, where he still resides. At the time of his marriage he had saved enough of his earnings to purchase 160 acres unimproved land, which he has increased to 300 acres, and, besides this, has given his son a good farm.
He is a self-made man, but has been ably assisted by his good wife, who is a woman of ability and good sense. He has always followed farming, with the exception of eight years passed in Collamer in mercantile pursuits. He is a Republican in politics, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
Source: (extract from father's bio)
Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana: historical and biographical (1882); by Goodspeed
James Collett
Residence Collamer IN;
Enlisted on 11/22/1861 as a Corporal.
On 11/22/1861 he mustered into "E" Co. IN 44th Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 1/1/1864
He was Mustered Out on 9/18/1865
Promotions:
* Sergt
James, the only one now living, was born in Wabash County, Ind., November 12, 1841, and, December 25, 1865, married Miss Susan Moore, who was born in this county November 16, 1843, and to this couple five children have been born, viz. : Lizzie B., Ada C. and Lulu, living ; and Charley and an infant, deceased.
James Collett enlisted in the fall of 1861 in Company E, Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry ; served till the close of the war, and saw much active service; he now resides on a farm in the township, an honored and respected citizen. In 1842, our subject settled on Section 18, this township, and engaged in farming and stock-raising till 1865, when he removed just over the county line into Jackson Township, Kosciusko County, where he still resides. At the time of his marriage he had saved enough of his earnings to purchase 160 acres unimproved land, which he has increased to 300 acres, and, besides this, has given his son a good farm.
He is a self-made man, but has been ably assisted by his good wife, who is a woman of ability and good sense. He has always followed farming, with the exception of eight years passed in Collamer in mercantile pursuits. He is a Republican in politics, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
Source: (extract from father's bio)
Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana: historical and biographical (1882); by Goodspeed
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