Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Six Soldiers of Topeka Kansas, 1883.

Edward A. Baldwin.

Born: October 6, 1843.
Death: July 9, 1927.
Burial: Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County Kansas. 

Pension.

In 1883, he was living in North Topeka, Shawnee, county, Kansas.  He received a $3., dollar per month pension, for being wounded in his right foot.

127th., New York Infantry, Co. A.

BALDWIN, EDWARD A.—Age, 19 years. Enlisted, August 4, 1862, at Hoosick, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Go. A, August 27, 1862; surrendered, September 15, 1862, and paroled, September 16, 1862, at Harper's Ferry, Va.; wounded in action, July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa.; transferred to company A, Twenty-first Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, no date; discharged, July 7, 1865, at Trenton, N

Nicholson A. Corson or Nicholsen A. Corsen.

Brith: Unknown.
Death: March 23, 1911.
Burial: Levenworth National Cemetery, Levenworth County, Levenworth Kansas.

Pension.

In 1883, he was living in Topeks, Kansas.  He was receiving a pension of $8, dollars per month, had been wounded in right hip, pension started in March of 1869.

27th., New York Infantry, Co. F.

CORSEN, NICHOLSEN A.—Age, 25 years. Enlisted, May 21, 1861, at Elmira, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Co. F, same date; missing, July 21,1861, at Bull Run, Virginia.

Albert A. Watts

Brith: 1842.
Death: 1884.
Burial: Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.

Pension.

He was living in Topeka in 1883, was receiving a pension of $18, dollars per month, for Amp. of left leg.

73rd., Illinois Infantry, Co. E.

Name WATTS, ALBERT Rank PVT Company E Unit 73 IL US INF Personal Characteristics Residence FAIRMOUNT, VERMILION CO, IL Age 20 Height 5' 11 1/2 Hair LIGHT Eyes BLUE Complexion FAIR Marital Status SINGLE Occupation FARMER Nativity LAWSONBURGH, ANDERSON CO, KY Service Record Joined When AUG 2, 1862 Joined Where Joined By Whom Period 3 YRS Muster In AUG 21, 1862 Muster In Where CAMP BUTLER, IL Muster In By Whom Muster Out Muster Out Where Muster Out By Whom Remarks TRANS TO VRC AUG 5, 1863 DISCHARGED MAR 15, 1865 AT MADISON US GEN HOSPITAL ON SURG CERT OF DISABILITY.

John E. Torrington.

Birth: 1841.
Death: 1925.
From Who's Who in Topeka 1905.

Torrington, J. E. --Born, Baltimore, Md., Oct. 29, 1841, son of James and Delilah (Taylor) Torrington; married Mary M. Fryling, Sunbury, Pa., 1868; paying teller, First Nat'l Bank of Sunbury, 11 years; to Topeka June 10, 1881; one of organizers and paying teller, First Nat. Bank of Topeka, 3 years; in loan business several years; has been in real estate busines since 1894. Office: Stormont Bldg.
Burial: Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

Pension.

He was living in Topeka in 1883 and was receiving a pension of $17, dollars per month for being wounded in right arm.

First Maryland Cavalry, Co. L.

John E. Torrington or Farrington.

First Lieutenant, Enlisted October 15, 1861, Discharged August 8, 1865.  Borne on War Department Rolls as Torrington; entered the service as a Corporal of Co. C., promoted First Lieutenant January 20, 1865.

George Whitfield Platt.

Birth: Nov. 12, 1839, Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York.
Death: Aug. 25, 1916, Topeka Shawnee County, Kansas.
Wife: Ellen Jane Warner Platt (1860 - 1947.)
Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.

Pension.

He was living in Topeka, in 1883, he was receiving a pension of  $6, dollars per month for being wounded in the left leg.  Pension started in March of 1882.

122nd., New York, Infantry Co. F.

PLATT GEORGE W.—-Age, 24 years. Enrolled, August 15,.1862, at Syracuse, to serve three years; mustered in as first
lieutenant, Co. F, August 28, 1862; as captain, March 1, 1863; wounded in action, May 6, 1864, at the Wilderness, Va.; discharged for disability caused by wounds, October 25, 1864.  Commissioned first lieutenant, September 10, 1862, with
rank from August 15, 1862, original; captain, March 12, 1863, with rank from March 1,1863, vice L. Moses resigned.

Charles J. Aye.

Charles J. Aye. Birth: Feb. 6, 1842, Vermilion Grove, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Death: Dec. 23, 1919, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Wife: Romanza C. Stroud Aye (1846 - 1931.)
Children: Charlotte Aye Anno (1868 - 1950.), Silas S Aye (1868 - 1943.), Nathan Aye (1870 - 1953.)
Burial:Bethel Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.

Pension.

He was living in Topeka in 1883, he was receiving a pension of $6, dollars per month for receiving a Gun shot wound to his right leg.

11th., Kansas Cavalry, Co. H.

Private, Aye Charles, Residence Tecumseh, Enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out with company Sept. 13, 1865; Wounded in action, August 14, 1863, Sibley, Mo.

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