Civil War Veteran
Edward was a son of John Lahey and Ellen Coughlan, natives of County Cork, Ireland.
He was either born at Ireland (according to his death certificate) or Rock Bottom (southern Stow), Massachusetts [according to his Civil War Pension File 623214]; died aged 77 at the Veteran's Home at Wood, Wisconsin, of influenza and transverse myelitis; was buried there at Wood National Cemetery [Milwaukee Co. VR, Deaths, vol. 423, page 239; His Death Notice, The Reporter, Thurs. 5 February 1919, Page 5, col. 4; U.S. Censuses]. No record of his birth has been located in Massachusetts Vital Records.
Edward was enumerated with his parents and siblings at Clinton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts in the 1850 US Census, where he attended school. Edward removed with his parents to Mosel, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin about 1855 where they were enumerated in the 1860 US Census.
Civil War Service in the 27th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Edward, a farmer aged 19, enlisted into service at Mosel (or Herman), Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, on 21 August 1862, as a private in Company E [His Civil War Pension File No. 623214].
These records indicate that at the time of his enlistment, he was of medium build, stood 5' 7" tall, had brown or hazel eyes, and a dark complexion.
He was mustered into service on 24 October 1862 at Camp Sigel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His regiment reached Snyder's Bluff, near Vicksburg, Mississippi, in March 1863 and served there through the surrender of Vicksburg on 4 July 1863. His unit participated in a number of small skirmishes in Arkansas, including the Campden expedition, and the Prairie de Anne and Jenkin's Ferry actions. It served General E. R. S. Canby in the siege of Mobile, Alabama, and later participated in action at Spanish Fort and witnessed the surrender of Fort Blakely, Alabama, on 9 April 1865. The 27th Wisconsin Infantry was then transferred to guard the mouth of the Rio Grande river in Texas on 9 May 1865 [Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, p. 162; His Civil War Invalid Pension File 623214, dated 17 May 1912].
Edward, a teamster, caught typhoid fever in September 1863, for which he was treated at St. Johns Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas [Civil War Pension File 623214]. One family story says that Edward and a fellow soldier once escaped death by climbing into a hollow log to avoid detection by Confederate troops. After nearly 2 days in the log they made their escape [Daniel H. Lahey, Summer, 1990].
Edward's Marriage and Family Life
After the war Edward returned to his home near Two Creeks, There, a farmer and a resident of Two Creeks, he married Anna Cotting Williamson, at Two Rivers on 27 October 1870 in a civil ceremony officiated by Justice Felix WALSH or WELCH. Her sister, Robine (WILLIAMSON) BODWIN and his sister, Mary E. (LAHEY) FLYNN, witnessed the wedding [Manitowoc Co. VR, Marr., vol. 4, p. 39].
Plat maps show that his family's farm was located about 1 1/2 miles southeast of Anna's family farm at Two Creeks.
Soon after their marriage, Edward and Anna removed to Menominee, Michigan, where they were enumerated in the 1880 US Census. At that time Edward was an engineer and Anna kept house [CW Pension File 623214; 1880 U.S. Census].
Edward and Anna and family moved back to Two Rivers, Wisconsin, circa 1882, perhaps in part to be closer to Anna's parents at Two Creeks [Her Obituary]. Edward and his family were enumerated there in the 1885 State Census. They resided at the Tannery, located about 1.5 miles north of Two Rivers on the Mishicot River, where Edward was engaged in directing streamers upriver to the old shingle mill (S1/2 of NW1/4 of Sect. 25, T20N/, R25E?, 1893 Plat Book) [Anna's Obituary; Dr. L. Falge, 1907, History of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, 1907; Obituary of his son, Edward].
Final Years at the Veterans Home at Milwaukee
Shortly after, Edward begun receiving a federal veteran's pension for having locomotor atoxia.
Suffering disability from paralysis and rheumatism, he entered the Northwest Branch of the National Hospital for Disabled Veteran Soldiers at Wood, Wisconsin, between 1885 and 1890 and remained there until his death [1890, 1900, and 1910 US Censuses].
His wife's 1907 obituary states that her "husband Edward had been an inmate of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home and a helpless cripple for many years".
"Attorney and Mrs. Fred Dicke, Ed, Dan, and George Lahey and Miss Lillie Lahey are at Milwaukee today to attend the funeral of their father Edward Lahey at Soldier's Home." The (Two Rivers) Reporter, Thur., Feb. 6, 1919.
Children (first four born in Michigan; last three at Two Rivers, Wisconsin); surname Lahey:
1. Daniel Henry, born at Menominee on 7 Aug. 1871. He married Mary Sophia ALTMAN and second Lucille Scott CAMPBELL.
2. Edward Edmund, born at Cedar River on 28 Nov. 1875. He married Ella GRUMANN.
3. Arthur Williamson, born at Cedar River on 11 Apr. 1877. He married Marie (HAUSLADEN) ERTEL and Caroline "Artie" M. (PERDUE) RACHOR.
4. Ella May (Ellen), born on 15 May 1879 at Menominee? Ella married Frederick Karl Christian Wilhelm "Fred William" DICKE.
5. Peter Oscar, born on 8 Aug. 1884. Peter married Hettie Ermina SMITH and Charlotte "Lottie" P. RYMER.
6. George Rowl, born on 15 Oct. 1886. George married first Laura L. PRIEGNITZ and second Phyllis E. KOESER.
7. Lillias Laura, born on 17 Oct. 1890. She married first Norman John STOLLBERG and second George Emanuel HOLLANDER.
Biography by Tom Brocher, last updated on 25 September 2022.
Edward was a son of John Lahey and Ellen Coughlan, natives of County Cork, Ireland.
He was either born at Ireland (according to his death certificate) or Rock Bottom (southern Stow), Massachusetts [according to his Civil War Pension File 623214]; died aged 77 at the Veteran's Home at Wood, Wisconsin, of influenza and transverse myelitis; was buried there at Wood National Cemetery [Milwaukee Co. VR, Deaths, vol. 423, page 239; His Death Notice, The Reporter, Thurs. 5 February 1919, Page 5, col. 4; U.S. Censuses]. No record of his birth has been located in Massachusetts Vital Records.
Edward was enumerated with his parents and siblings at Clinton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts in the 1850 US Census, where he attended school. Edward removed with his parents to Mosel, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin about 1855 where they were enumerated in the 1860 US Census.
Civil War Service in the 27th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Edward, a farmer aged 19, enlisted into service at Mosel (or Herman), Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, on 21 August 1862, as a private in Company E [His Civil War Pension File No. 623214].
These records indicate that at the time of his enlistment, he was of medium build, stood 5' 7" tall, had brown or hazel eyes, and a dark complexion.
He was mustered into service on 24 October 1862 at Camp Sigel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His regiment reached Snyder's Bluff, near Vicksburg, Mississippi, in March 1863 and served there through the surrender of Vicksburg on 4 July 1863. His unit participated in a number of small skirmishes in Arkansas, including the Campden expedition, and the Prairie de Anne and Jenkin's Ferry actions. It served General E. R. S. Canby in the siege of Mobile, Alabama, and later participated in action at Spanish Fort and witnessed the surrender of Fort Blakely, Alabama, on 9 April 1865. The 27th Wisconsin Infantry was then transferred to guard the mouth of the Rio Grande river in Texas on 9 May 1865 [Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, p. 162; His Civil War Invalid Pension File 623214, dated 17 May 1912].
Edward, a teamster, caught typhoid fever in September 1863, for which he was treated at St. Johns Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas [Civil War Pension File 623214]. One family story says that Edward and a fellow soldier once escaped death by climbing into a hollow log to avoid detection by Confederate troops. After nearly 2 days in the log they made their escape [Daniel H. Lahey, Summer, 1990].
Edward's Marriage and Family Life
After the war Edward returned to his home near Two Creeks, There, a farmer and a resident of Two Creeks, he married Anna Cotting Williamson, at Two Rivers on 27 October 1870 in a civil ceremony officiated by Justice Felix WALSH or WELCH. Her sister, Robine (WILLIAMSON) BODWIN and his sister, Mary E. (LAHEY) FLYNN, witnessed the wedding [Manitowoc Co. VR, Marr., vol. 4, p. 39].
Plat maps show that his family's farm was located about 1 1/2 miles southeast of Anna's family farm at Two Creeks.
Soon after their marriage, Edward and Anna removed to Menominee, Michigan, where they were enumerated in the 1880 US Census. At that time Edward was an engineer and Anna kept house [CW Pension File 623214; 1880 U.S. Census].
Edward and Anna and family moved back to Two Rivers, Wisconsin, circa 1882, perhaps in part to be closer to Anna's parents at Two Creeks [Her Obituary]. Edward and his family were enumerated there in the 1885 State Census. They resided at the Tannery, located about 1.5 miles north of Two Rivers on the Mishicot River, where Edward was engaged in directing streamers upriver to the old shingle mill (S1/2 of NW1/4 of Sect. 25, T20N/, R25E?, 1893 Plat Book) [Anna's Obituary; Dr. L. Falge, 1907, History of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, 1907; Obituary of his son, Edward].
Final Years at the Veterans Home at Milwaukee
Shortly after, Edward begun receiving a federal veteran's pension for having locomotor atoxia.
Suffering disability from paralysis and rheumatism, he entered the Northwest Branch of the National Hospital for Disabled Veteran Soldiers at Wood, Wisconsin, between 1885 and 1890 and remained there until his death [1890, 1900, and 1910 US Censuses].
His wife's 1907 obituary states that her "husband Edward had been an inmate of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home and a helpless cripple for many years".
"Attorney and Mrs. Fred Dicke, Ed, Dan, and George Lahey and Miss Lillie Lahey are at Milwaukee today to attend the funeral of their father Edward Lahey at Soldier's Home." The (Two Rivers) Reporter, Thur., Feb. 6, 1919.
Children (first four born in Michigan; last three at Two Rivers, Wisconsin); surname Lahey:
1. Daniel Henry, born at Menominee on 7 Aug. 1871. He married Mary Sophia ALTMAN and second Lucille Scott CAMPBELL.
2. Edward Edmund, born at Cedar River on 28 Nov. 1875. He married Ella GRUMANN.
3. Arthur Williamson, born at Cedar River on 11 Apr. 1877. He married Marie (HAUSLADEN) ERTEL and Caroline "Artie" M. (PERDUE) RACHOR.
4. Ella May (Ellen), born on 15 May 1879 at Menominee? Ella married Frederick Karl Christian Wilhelm "Fred William" DICKE.
5. Peter Oscar, born on 8 Aug. 1884. Peter married Hettie Ermina SMITH and Charlotte "Lottie" P. RYMER.
6. George Rowl, born on 15 Oct. 1886. George married first Laura L. PRIEGNITZ and second Phyllis E. KOESER.
7. Lillias Laura, born on 17 Oct. 1890. She married first Norman John STOLLBERG and second George Emanuel HOLLANDER.
Biography by Tom Brocher, last updated on 25 September 2022.
Civil War Veteran
Edward was a son of John Lahey and Ellen Coughlan, natives of County Cork, Ireland.
He was either born at Ireland (according to his death certificate) or Rock Bottom (southern Stow), Massachusetts [according to his Civil War Pension File 623214]; died aged 77 at the Veteran's Home at Wood, Wisconsin, of influenza and transverse myelitis; was buried there at Wood National Cemetery [Milwaukee Co. VR, Deaths, vol. 423, page 239; His Death Notice, The Reporter, Thurs. 5 February 1919, Page 5, col. 4; U.S. Censuses]. No record of his birth has been located in Massachusetts Vital Records.
Edward was enumerated with his parents and siblings at Clinton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts in the 1850 US Census, where he attended school. Edward removed with his parents to Mosel, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin about 1855 where they were enumerated in the 1860 US Census.
Civil War Service in the 27th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Edward, a farmer aged 19, enlisted into service at Mosel (or Herman), Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, on 21 August 1862, as a private in Company E [His Civil War Pension File No. 623214].
These records indicate that at the time of his enlistment, he was of medium build, stood 5' 7" tall, had brown or hazel eyes, and a dark complexion.
He was mustered into service on 24 October 1862 at Camp Sigel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His regiment reached Snyder's Bluff, near Vicksburg, Mississippi, in March 1863 and served there through the surrender of Vicksburg on 4 July 1863. His unit participated in a number of small skirmishes in Arkansas, including the Campden expedition, and the Prairie de Anne and Jenkin's Ferry actions. It served General E. R. S. Canby in the siege of Mobile, Alabama, and later participated in action at Spanish Fort and witnessed the surrender of Fort Blakely, Alabama, on 9 April 1865. The 27th Wisconsin Infantry was then transferred to guard the mouth of the Rio Grande river in Texas on 9 May 1865 [Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, p. 162; His Civil War Invalid Pension File 623214, dated 17 May 1912].
Edward, a teamster, caught typhoid fever in September 1863, for which he was treated at St. Johns Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas [Civil War Pension File 623214]. One family story says that Edward and a fellow soldier once escaped death by climbing into a hollow log to avoid detection by Confederate troops. After nearly 2 days in the log they made their escape [Daniel H. Lahey, Summer, 1990].
Edward's Marriage and Family Life
After the war Edward returned to his home near Two Creeks, There, a farmer and a resident of Two Creeks, he married Anna Cotting Williamson, at Two Rivers on 27 October 1870 in a civil ceremony officiated by Justice Felix WALSH or WELCH. Her sister, Robine (WILLIAMSON) BODWIN and his sister, Mary E. (LAHEY) FLYNN, witnessed the wedding [Manitowoc Co. VR, Marr., vol. 4, p. 39].
Plat maps show that his family's farm was located about 1 1/2 miles southeast of Anna's family farm at Two Creeks.
Soon after their marriage, Edward and Anna removed to Menominee, Michigan, where they were enumerated in the 1880 US Census. At that time Edward was an engineer and Anna kept house [CW Pension File 623214; 1880 U.S. Census].
Edward and Anna and family moved back to Two Rivers, Wisconsin, circa 1882, perhaps in part to be closer to Anna's parents at Two Creeks [Her Obituary]. Edward and his family were enumerated there in the 1885 State Census. They resided at the Tannery, located about 1.5 miles north of Two Rivers on the Mishicot River, where Edward was engaged in directing streamers upriver to the old shingle mill (S1/2 of NW1/4 of Sect. 25, T20N/, R25E?, 1893 Plat Book) [Anna's Obituary; Dr. L. Falge, 1907, History of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, 1907; Obituary of his son, Edward].
Final Years at the Veterans Home at Milwaukee
Shortly after, Edward begun receiving a federal veteran's pension for having locomotor atoxia.
Suffering disability from paralysis and rheumatism, he entered the Northwest Branch of the National Hospital for Disabled Veteran Soldiers at Wood, Wisconsin, between 1885 and 1890 and remained there until his death [1890, 1900, and 1910 US Censuses].
His wife's 1907 obituary states that her "husband Edward had been an inmate of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home and a helpless cripple for many years".
"Attorney and Mrs. Fred Dicke, Ed, Dan, and George Lahey and Miss Lillie Lahey are at Milwaukee today to attend the funeral of their father Edward Lahey at Soldier's Home." The (Two Rivers) Reporter, Thur., Feb. 6, 1919.
Children (first four born in Michigan; last three at Two Rivers, Wisconsin); surname Lahey:
1. Daniel Henry, born at Menominee on 7 Aug. 1871. He married Mary Sophia ALTMAN and second Lucille Scott CAMPBELL.
2. Edward Edmund, born at Cedar River on 28 Nov. 1875. He married Ella GRUMANN.
3. Arthur Williamson, born at Cedar River on 11 Apr. 1877. He married Marie (HAUSLADEN) ERTEL and Caroline "Artie" M. (PERDUE) RACHOR.
4. Ella May (Ellen), born on 15 May 1879 at Menominee? Ella married Frederick Karl Christian Wilhelm "Fred William" DICKE.
5. Peter Oscar, born on 8 Aug. 1884. Peter married Hettie Ermina SMITH and Charlotte "Lottie" P. RYMER.
6. George Rowl, born on 15 Oct. 1886. George married first Laura L. PRIEGNITZ and second Phyllis E. KOESER.
7. Lillias Laura, born on 17 Oct. 1890. She married first Norman John STOLLBERG and second George Emanuel HOLLANDER.
Biography by Tom Brocher, last updated on 25 September 2022.
Edward was a son of John Lahey and Ellen Coughlan, natives of County Cork, Ireland.
He was either born at Ireland (according to his death certificate) or Rock Bottom (southern Stow), Massachusetts [according to his Civil War Pension File 623214]; died aged 77 at the Veteran's Home at Wood, Wisconsin, of influenza and transverse myelitis; was buried there at Wood National Cemetery [Milwaukee Co. VR, Deaths, vol. 423, page 239; His Death Notice, The Reporter, Thurs. 5 February 1919, Page 5, col. 4; U.S. Censuses]. No record of his birth has been located in Massachusetts Vital Records.
Edward was enumerated with his parents and siblings at Clinton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts in the 1850 US Census, where he attended school. Edward removed with his parents to Mosel, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin about 1855 where they were enumerated in the 1860 US Census.
Civil War Service in the 27th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Edward, a farmer aged 19, enlisted into service at Mosel (or Herman), Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, on 21 August 1862, as a private in Company E [His Civil War Pension File No. 623214].
These records indicate that at the time of his enlistment, he was of medium build, stood 5' 7" tall, had brown or hazel eyes, and a dark complexion.
He was mustered into service on 24 October 1862 at Camp Sigel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His regiment reached Snyder's Bluff, near Vicksburg, Mississippi, in March 1863 and served there through the surrender of Vicksburg on 4 July 1863. His unit participated in a number of small skirmishes in Arkansas, including the Campden expedition, and the Prairie de Anne and Jenkin's Ferry actions. It served General E. R. S. Canby in the siege of Mobile, Alabama, and later participated in action at Spanish Fort and witnessed the surrender of Fort Blakely, Alabama, on 9 April 1865. The 27th Wisconsin Infantry was then transferred to guard the mouth of the Rio Grande river in Texas on 9 May 1865 [Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, p. 162; His Civil War Invalid Pension File 623214, dated 17 May 1912].
Edward, a teamster, caught typhoid fever in September 1863, for which he was treated at St. Johns Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas [Civil War Pension File 623214]. One family story says that Edward and a fellow soldier once escaped death by climbing into a hollow log to avoid detection by Confederate troops. After nearly 2 days in the log they made their escape [Daniel H. Lahey, Summer, 1990].
Edward's Marriage and Family Life
After the war Edward returned to his home near Two Creeks, There, a farmer and a resident of Two Creeks, he married Anna Cotting Williamson, at Two Rivers on 27 October 1870 in a civil ceremony officiated by Justice Felix WALSH or WELCH. Her sister, Robine (WILLIAMSON) BODWIN and his sister, Mary E. (LAHEY) FLYNN, witnessed the wedding [Manitowoc Co. VR, Marr., vol. 4, p. 39].
Plat maps show that his family's farm was located about 1 1/2 miles southeast of Anna's family farm at Two Creeks.
Soon after their marriage, Edward and Anna removed to Menominee, Michigan, where they were enumerated in the 1880 US Census. At that time Edward was an engineer and Anna kept house [CW Pension File 623214; 1880 U.S. Census].
Edward and Anna and family moved back to Two Rivers, Wisconsin, circa 1882, perhaps in part to be closer to Anna's parents at Two Creeks [Her Obituary]. Edward and his family were enumerated there in the 1885 State Census. They resided at the Tannery, located about 1.5 miles north of Two Rivers on the Mishicot River, where Edward was engaged in directing streamers upriver to the old shingle mill (S1/2 of NW1/4 of Sect. 25, T20N/, R25E?, 1893 Plat Book) [Anna's Obituary; Dr. L. Falge, 1907, History of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, 1907; Obituary of his son, Edward].
Final Years at the Veterans Home at Milwaukee
Shortly after, Edward begun receiving a federal veteran's pension for having locomotor atoxia.
Suffering disability from paralysis and rheumatism, he entered the Northwest Branch of the National Hospital for Disabled Veteran Soldiers at Wood, Wisconsin, between 1885 and 1890 and remained there until his death [1890, 1900, and 1910 US Censuses].
His wife's 1907 obituary states that her "husband Edward had been an inmate of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home and a helpless cripple for many years".
"Attorney and Mrs. Fred Dicke, Ed, Dan, and George Lahey and Miss Lillie Lahey are at Milwaukee today to attend the funeral of their father Edward Lahey at Soldier's Home." The (Two Rivers) Reporter, Thur., Feb. 6, 1919.
Children (first four born in Michigan; last three at Two Rivers, Wisconsin); surname Lahey:
1. Daniel Henry, born at Menominee on 7 Aug. 1871. He married Mary Sophia ALTMAN and second Lucille Scott CAMPBELL.
2. Edward Edmund, born at Cedar River on 28 Nov. 1875. He married Ella GRUMANN.
3. Arthur Williamson, born at Cedar River on 11 Apr. 1877. He married Marie (HAUSLADEN) ERTEL and Caroline "Artie" M. (PERDUE) RACHOR.
4. Ella May (Ellen), born on 15 May 1879 at Menominee? Ella married Frederick Karl Christian Wilhelm "Fred William" DICKE.
5. Peter Oscar, born on 8 Aug. 1884. Peter married Hettie Ermina SMITH and Charlotte "Lottie" P. RYMER.
6. George Rowl, born on 15 Oct. 1886. George married first Laura L. PRIEGNITZ and second Phyllis E. KOESER.
7. Lillias Laura, born on 17 Oct. 1890. She married first Norman John STOLLBERG and second George Emanuel HOLLANDER.
Biography by Tom Brocher, last updated on 25 September 2022.
Inscription
EDW'D LAHEY
CO. E.
27 WIS. INF.
Gravesite Details
Marker is located in the last row before Section 37. Lettering is a bit hard worn and hard to read. There is no inscription on the back of his marker. GPS coordinate is approximate.
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