Civil War Veteran
Co. C. Ill. Inf.
Pvt. Henry S. Dray was born in Ross County, Ohio and married Eliza Jane Bogard in Ross County, Ohio on March 1, 1855. Their children were James Wesley, Mary Elizabeth (m. Gallup), and Cora (m. Brodbeck).
Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Detail Report
from the Illinois State Archives:
Name DRAY, HENRY S Rank PVT
Company C Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence CHILLICOTHE, PEORIA CO, IL
Age 28 Height 5' 7 1/2 Hair BLACK Eyes GRAY
Complexion DARK Marital Status MARRIED
Occupation FARMER Nativity LIBERTY, ROSS CO, OH
Service Record
Joined When AUG 8, 1862 Joined Where CHILLICOTHE, IL
Joined By Whom J H BATCHELDER Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom ____ Muster Out ____
Muster Out Where ____ Muster Out By Whom ____
Remarks DISCHARGED DEC 27, 1862 AT LOUISVILLE KY
After Eliza's death in 1863, Henry remarries to Lucy Ellen Gilbert. She is also widowed, after her 1st husband Isaac Jackson Dennon died in the Civil War, with one son William A. Dennon.
Henry and Lucy have four more children together, all daughters: Samantha Jane, Eugenia Catherine, Eva Carrie, and Ida May.
Henry receives a Civil War pension of $15 in 1907, but only after serving time in Leavenworth prison in Kansas for falsely claiming a war injury in a previous application. He lives in a Union solider veterans home in Chicago for one year 1910 - 1911. Two of his children from his first marriage are in Chicago at the time, while his children from his second marriage are in Oklahoma. He dies in the home of his daughter Eva Carrie Miller in Henryetta, OK.
Civil War Veteran
Co. C. Ill. Inf.
Pvt. Henry S. Dray was born in Ross County, Ohio and married Eliza Jane Bogard in Ross County, Ohio on March 1, 1855. Their children were James Wesley, Mary Elizabeth (m. Gallup), and Cora (m. Brodbeck).
Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Detail Report
from the Illinois State Archives:
Name DRAY, HENRY S Rank PVT
Company C Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence CHILLICOTHE, PEORIA CO, IL
Age 28 Height 5' 7 1/2 Hair BLACK Eyes GRAY
Complexion DARK Marital Status MARRIED
Occupation FARMER Nativity LIBERTY, ROSS CO, OH
Service Record
Joined When AUG 8, 1862 Joined Where CHILLICOTHE, IL
Joined By Whom J H BATCHELDER Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom ____ Muster Out ____
Muster Out Where ____ Muster Out By Whom ____
Remarks DISCHARGED DEC 27, 1862 AT LOUISVILLE KY
After Eliza's death in 1863, Henry remarries to Lucy Ellen Gilbert. She is also widowed, after her 1st husband Isaac Jackson Dennon died in the Civil War, with one son William A. Dennon.
Henry and Lucy have four more children together, all daughters: Samantha Jane, Eugenia Catherine, Eva Carrie, and Ida May.
Henry receives a Civil War pension of $15 in 1907, but only after serving time in Leavenworth prison in Kansas for falsely claiming a war injury in a previous application. He lives in a Union solider veterans home in Chicago for one year 1910 - 1911. Two of his children from his first marriage are in Chicago at the time, while his children from his second marriage are in Oklahoma. He dies in the home of his daughter Eva Carrie Miller in Henryetta, OK.
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