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Garrett Van Riper Veteran

Birth: 22 Mar 1835
Yates County, New York, USA
Death: 22 Mar 1915 (aged 80)
Aredale, Butler County, Iowa, USA
Burial: Harlan Cemetery

Dumont, Butler County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 95404501 View Source

Garrett, a son of John Van Riper (1809-1848) and Clarissa Hoard (1813-1865), entered service in Co. F, 38th Indiana Infantry on Sept. 30, 1864. He mustered out April 6, 1865. He saw prior service in Co. K, 87th Indiana Infantry from July 30, 1862 to Jan. 17, 1863.

Van Riper married Miss Elizabeth Lovina Wood (1843-1930) on Feb. 27, 1858. Together they had the following children: John Wesley (1859-1860), Flora E. (1862-1866), Emma Jane (1864-1950), Ermina M. (1867-1936), William H. (1869-1958), James N. (1871-1965), Bertha A. (1873-1907), Mary E. (1872-1925), Sarah I. (1877-1951), Urly Ida (1879-1880), George A. (1880-1921), James Earl (1883-1936), Charles G. (1885-1949), Baby Boy (1887-1887), and Robert W. (1888-1973). The Van Riper's lived in Beaver Twp., Butler Co., Iowa at the time of the 1910 U.S. Census.

Garrett applied for a veteran's invalid pension on March 13, 1879 (app. #272,300 cert. #185,735).

Garrett, a son of John Van Riper (1809-1848) and Clarissa Hoard (1813-1865), entered service in Co. F, 38th Indiana Infantry on Sept. 30, 1864. He mustered out April 6, 1865. He saw prior service in Co. K, 87th Indiana Infantry from July 30, 1862 to Jan. 17, 1863.

Van Riper married Miss Elizabeth Lovina Wood (1843-1930) on Feb. 27, 1858. Together they had the following children: John Wesley (1859-1860), Flora E. (1862-1866), Emma Jane (1864-1950), Ermina M. (1867-1936), William H. (1869-1958), James N. (1871-1965), Bertha A. (1873-1907), Mary E. (1872-1925), Sarah I. (1877-1951), Urly Ida (1879-1880), George A. (1880-1921), James Earl (1883-1936), Charles G. (1885-1949), Baby Boy (1887-1887), and Robert W. (1888-1973). The Van Riper's lived in Beaver Twp., Butler Co., Iowa at the time of the 1910 U.S. Census.

Garrett applied for a veteran's invalid pension on March 13, 1879 (app. #272,300 cert. #185,735).

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1845–1930 (m. 1858)

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Created by: Traie Shelhart
Added: Aug 15, 2012
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95404501/garrett-van_riper: accessed ), memorial page for Garrett Van Riper (22 Mar 1835–22 Mar 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95404501, citing Harlan Cemetery, Dumont, Butler County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Traie Shelhart (contributor 47087352).

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