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Lewis PELTON

Male 1835 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lewis PELTON was born on 2 May 1835 in MI.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 1818
    • _UID: 4F93212C481F40358BA417A6D6478559F2D5
    • Census: 1870
    • Census: 1880
    • EMPL: Employment: 1880

    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.

    Census:
    Jackson, Jackson, MI

    Census:
    Jackson, Jackson, MI

    EMPL: Employment:
    Works at Flour Mill

    Lewis married Julia B. HARRINGTON on 5 Mar 1855. Julia was born about 1835 in NY; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Carrie L. PELTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1857 in MI; and died.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Carrie L. PELTON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Lewis1) was born about 1857 in MI; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 23615
    • _UID: F3B46E5AFC1740F3AA6B11C5742F82B479BB
    • Census: 1880
    • EMPL: Employment: 1880

    Notes:

    Census:
    Jackson, Jackson, MI

    EMPL: Employment:
    Clerk in Store