John H. Fortney was born in Johnson Township, Trumbull County Ohio, the son of Jacob and Esther (Halsted) Fortney. He married Meinerra Jane Chadwick in 1861 (no record found; John not listed on the July 1860 census with his parents, however Jane was listed with her parents on the July 1860 census) and had a daughter Roxy Ann in 1862.
Enlisted at Wauzeka Wisconsin; Company D, Wisconsin 31st Infantry Regiment on 20 Aug 1862.Served as PIO (Public Information Officer) for the unit. Promoted to Full Corporal. Mustered out on 20 Jun 1865.
A son, Edward Wells was born in 1866.
As the family story goes, there was a sick neighbor boy (prob. a Taft Child) who "wanted the taste of squirrel", and John went out hunting for one, shot up into a tree, and a branch came down and killed him. His mother Esther wrote a letter to her parents in Geauga Co. Ohio, that told of the event; the letter is in the family Halsted Bible; info. abstracted by Grace Winnagle of Trumbull Co. Ohio; (Bible location unknown).
Enlisted at Wauzeka Wisconsin; Company D, Wisconsin 31st Infantry Regiment on 20 Aug 1862.Served as PIO (Public Information Officer) for the unit. Promoted to Full Corporal. Mustered out on 20 Jun 1865.
A son, Edward Wells was born in 1866.
As the family story goes, there was a sick neighbor boy (prob. a Taft Child) who "wanted the taste of squirrel", and John went out hunting for one, shot up into a tree, and a branch came down and killed him. His mother Esther wrote a letter to her parents in Geauga Co. Ohio, that told of the event; the letter is in the family Halsted Bible; info. abstracted by Grace Winnagle of Trumbull Co. Ohio; (Bible location unknown).
John H. Fortney was born in Johnson Township, Trumbull County Ohio, the son of Jacob and Esther (Halsted) Fortney. He married Meinerra Jane Chadwick in 1861 (no record found; John not listed on the July 1860 census with his parents, however Jane was listed with her parents on the July 1860 census) and had a daughter Roxy Ann in 1862.
Enlisted at Wauzeka Wisconsin; Company D, Wisconsin 31st Infantry Regiment on 20 Aug 1862.Served as PIO (Public Information Officer) for the unit. Promoted to Full Corporal. Mustered out on 20 Jun 1865.
A son, Edward Wells was born in 1866.
As the family story goes, there was a sick neighbor boy (prob. a Taft Child) who "wanted the taste of squirrel", and John went out hunting for one, shot up into a tree, and a branch came down and killed him. His mother Esther wrote a letter to her parents in Geauga Co. Ohio, that told of the event; the letter is in the family Halsted Bible; info. abstracted by Grace Winnagle of Trumbull Co. Ohio; (Bible location unknown).
Enlisted at Wauzeka Wisconsin; Company D, Wisconsin 31st Infantry Regiment on 20 Aug 1862.Served as PIO (Public Information Officer) for the unit. Promoted to Full Corporal. Mustered out on 20 Jun 1865.
A son, Edward Wells was born in 1866.
As the family story goes, there was a sick neighbor boy (prob. a Taft Child) who "wanted the taste of squirrel", and John went out hunting for one, shot up into a tree, and a branch came down and killed him. His mother Esther wrote a letter to her parents in Geauga Co. Ohio, that told of the event; the letter is in the family Halsted Bible; info. abstracted by Grace Winnagle of Trumbull Co. Ohio; (Bible location unknown).
Inscription
Co. D, 31st. Wis. Infantry.
Gravesite Details
Age 29 years.
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