Lewis PELTON
1835 - -
Name Lewis PELTON Birth 2 May 1835 MI 
Gender Male Census 1870 - Jackson, Jackson, MI
Census 1880 - Jackson, Jackson, MI
EMPL: Employment 1880 - Works at Flour Mill
Reference Number 1818 _UID 4F93212C481F40358BA417A6D6478559F2D5 Person ID I1816 My Genealogy Last Modified 3 Apr 2017
Father Henry M. PELTON, b. 14 Oct 1805, Portland, Middlesex, CT d. 12 Dec 1836, Sandstone, MI (Age 31 years) Mother Caroline CRITTENDEN, b. Abt 1805, Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 22 Nov 1827 Chatham, Middlesex Co, CT - Reference Number:13386
Family ID F421 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Julia B. HARRINGTON, b. Abt 1835, NY d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 5 Mar 1855 - Reference Number:27866
Children 1. Carrie L. PELTON, b. Abt 1857, MI d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F949 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2017
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Notes - In 1861 he enlisted in Co. E, 8th Regiment, Michigan
Volunteers Infantry, and was assigned to the 2d
Brigade, 1st Division of the 9th Corps, under Gen.
W. T. Sherman, Gen. Stevens Brigade Commander.
Landed in South Carolina November 8, 1861; remained
there until the summer of 1862, when in
storming a breastwork on James Island, S.C., June
16, he was severely wounded in the wrist. After
lying a week in the brigade hospital he was sent to
the city hospital in New York city, where he stayed
four months, and was then honorably discharged for
physical disability, October 20, 1862.
- In 1861 he enlisted in Co. E, 8th Regiment, Michigan