Parents: James Sigman and Ruth A. Lucas
As a young man enlisted in Co. H. 122nd Ohio, with Capt. Gordon in charge of Co. H. The colonel of the 222nd was Col William Bell. This regiment was organized in Zanesville.
He saw action in numerous places and was captured at Winchester, Virginia on 15 June 1864. He spent time in Libby Prison in Richmond, also Florence and finally ended up in Andersonville. He, somehow survived his horrible ordeal there and when he was captured weighed in the vicinity of 180 pounds. Upon his release he was only about 100 pounds. He was one of the lucky ones who survived that horrible place and was able to go to Illinois where he remained for some 18 years before going to The Dalles, Oregon, in an area called Dry Hollow. There he would farm and ended up with almost a section of land. He sold out to his son in 1901 and lived out the remainder of his life in retirement. He was a proud member of the G.A. R.
His wife was Mary Ward, the daughter of James Ward and Martha Griffith.
He and Martha had the following children: Melvin, Alvin, Jessie
Maud
Margareta
Jeanette "Nettie"
Contributor: charlott jones (47003358)
As a young man enlisted in Co. H. 122nd Ohio, with Capt. Gordon in charge of Co. H. The colonel of the 222nd was Col William Bell. This regiment was organized in Zanesville.
He saw action in numerous places and was captured at Winchester, Virginia on 15 June 1864. He spent time in Libby Prison in Richmond, also Florence and finally ended up in Andersonville. He, somehow survived his horrible ordeal there and when he was captured weighed in the vicinity of 180 pounds. Upon his release he was only about 100 pounds. He was one of the lucky ones who survived that horrible place and was able to go to Illinois where he remained for some 18 years before going to The Dalles, Oregon, in an area called Dry Hollow. There he would farm and ended up with almost a section of land. He sold out to his son in 1901 and lived out the remainder of his life in retirement. He was a proud member of the G.A. R.
His wife was Mary Ward, the daughter of James Ward and Martha Griffith.
He and Martha had the following children: Melvin, Alvin, Jessie
Maud
Margareta
Jeanette "Nettie"
Contributor: charlott jones (47003358)
Parents: James Sigman and Ruth A. Lucas
As a young man enlisted in Co. H. 122nd Ohio, with Capt. Gordon in charge of Co. H. The colonel of the 222nd was Col William Bell. This regiment was organized in Zanesville.
He saw action in numerous places and was captured at Winchester, Virginia on 15 June 1864. He spent time in Libby Prison in Richmond, also Florence and finally ended up in Andersonville. He, somehow survived his horrible ordeal there and when he was captured weighed in the vicinity of 180 pounds. Upon his release he was only about 100 pounds. He was one of the lucky ones who survived that horrible place and was able to go to Illinois where he remained for some 18 years before going to The Dalles, Oregon, in an area called Dry Hollow. There he would farm and ended up with almost a section of land. He sold out to his son in 1901 and lived out the remainder of his life in retirement. He was a proud member of the G.A. R.
His wife was Mary Ward, the daughter of James Ward and Martha Griffith.
He and Martha had the following children: Melvin, Alvin, Jessie
Maud
Margareta
Jeanette "Nettie"
Contributor: charlott jones (47003358)
As a young man enlisted in Co. H. 122nd Ohio, with Capt. Gordon in charge of Co. H. The colonel of the 222nd was Col William Bell. This regiment was organized in Zanesville.
He saw action in numerous places and was captured at Winchester, Virginia on 15 June 1864. He spent time in Libby Prison in Richmond, also Florence and finally ended up in Andersonville. He, somehow survived his horrible ordeal there and when he was captured weighed in the vicinity of 180 pounds. Upon his release he was only about 100 pounds. He was one of the lucky ones who survived that horrible place and was able to go to Illinois where he remained for some 18 years before going to The Dalles, Oregon, in an area called Dry Hollow. There he would farm and ended up with almost a section of land. He sold out to his son in 1901 and lived out the remainder of his life in retirement. He was a proud member of the G.A. R.
His wife was Mary Ward, the daughter of James Ward and Martha Griffith.
He and Martha had the following children: Melvin, Alvin, Jessie
Maud
Margareta
Jeanette "Nettie"
Contributor: charlott jones (47003358)
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