[or-roots] Headstone Laural hill Eugene
Sue Steward
ssteward at ccountry.net
Sat Jan 21 14:24:10 PST 2012
This is possibly the Henry Rogers you saw in the book but it appears
he was buried in a V. A. Cemetery.
Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903
Name: Henry J Rogers
State of Cemetery: California
Date of Death: 9 Apr 1903
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Henry F Rogers
Death Date: 9 Apr 1903
Cemetery: Los Angeles National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 950 South Sepulveda Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90049
Buried At: Section 8 Row F Site 13
On 1/21/2012 11:05 AM, Dan-M wrote:
> I was at the book store before it became a feed store in Stayton,
> there was a green book about 1 inch thick and 10x12 in size with
> regular type print.
> It was an old soldiers book, price 95. dollars, I saw in there,
> Henry Rogers died in an old soldiers home in CA and was moved to
> Oregon. This is what? About 10 or so years ago, before I could find
> the money to get that book that store had closed and those books were
> gone. I was wondering, just where if even that was my Henry said 1903,
> was that old soldiers home? Might just have been a residence providing
> these old people hospice or what and where and who all those w words.
> I was also wondering, is there a guy version of DUV?
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Linda Wiley <mailto:oregontrail1851 at yahoo.com>
> *To:* or-roots mail list <mailto:or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 20, 2012 11:11 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] Headstone Laural hill Eugene
>
> Dan, I belong to the daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
> (DUV), Tent #2, South Willamette Valley. I emailed our Tent
> President, Carolyn Hall, for some info and turns out she knows
> you--you helped her with our webpage. I recognized our DUV wreath
> from the picture on find-a-grave. She verified it is CO F.
> Darleen provided good info in her post about the
> government-provided memorial stones. Sons of Union Veterans has
> an active project to seek out un-recognized CW vets--ones that do
> not have a headstone. I think this national project started in
> 1996. There might be info in his CW records about the headstone.
> My great grandfather, a CW vet, died in 1916, buried in Albany,
> and does not have a government marker--just GAR on the stone
> provided by his family, so I couldn't check to see if it was
> mentioned. Linda Wiley, Sublimity, OR
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Darlene <darlene at thecasteels.net>
> *To:* or-roots mail list <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 20, 2012 9:15 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] Headstone Laural hill Eugene
>
> Sue is correct. It is a Civil War military grave stone, and reads
> CO. F, 44 WIS. INF
>
> I don't know what you have on Henry Rogers other than what is
> posted on your web site, but here is what I have found:
> From Ancestry.com --
> Henry Rogers, resident of St Lawrence, Wisconsin enlisted in the
> Union army on 15 Oct 1864. Rank at enlistment was Corporal, state
> served Wisconsin. He enlisted in Company F, Wisconsin 44th
> Infantry Regiment, was mustered out on 03 Jun 1865, died in Lane
> County, OR. (Another record, not so complete, says rank in &
> rank out were both private).
>
> The grave marker was (apparently) provided by the Federal
> Government. It is the same as many in the Jacksonville Cemetery
> that I photographed, and then researched the individuals. There
> is a record on Ancestry that lists headsones provided for deceased
> Union Civil War veterans, including the company that made the
> marker, but it only includes the years 1879-1903. Since your
> ancestor died (according to the Find A Grave record) in 1904, he
> would have missed the years covered by the Ancestry record. In
> your note on your web site, you state that the 1905 Springfield
> census lists Elizabeth as a widow, so death date of 1904 is
> probably correct. The record posted on Ancestry is from the
> National Archives, so you might be able to learn more information
> there.
>
> Also from Ancestry, from the National Archives: On August 4
> (could be 21 -- hard to read), 1890, Henry Rogers filed for
> invalid's pension (Application No. 932645, Certiricate 673293) in
> Minnesota. Service was F. 44. Wis. Inf. On Sep 6, 1904 Elizabeth
> M Rogers filed for widow's pension (Application No. 813103,
> Certificate No. 583574) in Oregon.
>
> Hope this gives you some answers (?), and further sources to contact.
> Darlene
>
> On 1/20/2012 8:47 AM, Sue Steward wrote:
>> But the stone doesn't say O.O.F., it says CO F for Company F.
>>
>>
>> On 1/19/2012 9:27 PM, Dan JM wrote:
>>> I hope by now every one has seen the pic of the head stone says
>>> O.O.F.
>>> And its still a mystery.
>>> ;)
>>> Dan M
>>>
>
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