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| Note the reference to Lewis McCrory in the
sketch for John Apple shown below. JOHN APPLE --- Enlisted in Perry Twp, Wood County, Ohio, June 10, 1862. He was mustered into service at Toledo, Ohio, September 5, as a Private in Company B, 111th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The Regiment was assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, and took the field in Kentucky under Buell's command. In the spring of 1863 they joined in the pursuit of Morgan into Indiana, capturing a number of his men. Company B accompanied the prisoners to Johnson's Island, and rejoined the Regiment. November 16, 1863, while on picket duty at Lenoir Station, East Tennessee, Mr. Apple, with his entire Company, was taken prisoner. Twelve months and twelve days he endured all of the hardships and privations of various Southern Prisons. He was poisoned by vaccination, which almost caused the loss of his arm, and he was so crippled with rheumatism as to be quite helpless. Added to these sufferings as the scourge of camp diarrhea. He owes his life to the kindness of his comrade, LEWIS McCRORY, who administered to his wants in the prison at Andersonville. From the government he receives two dollars per month as a recompense for his sufferings. He was paroled in November, 1861, and after a thirty days furlough joined his Regiment at Wilmington, North Carolina. Although unfit for duty, he remained with his Regiment until mustered out of service with them, at Salisbury, North Carolina, June 27, 1865. He was in the Army three years and seventeen days. In Sill Post, No 57 G. A. R., he is past Junior Vice Commander. Mrs. Apple had one brother, David Slaughterback, who was a member of the 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He died since leaving the Army. John Apple is the son of Christopher and Mary A. (Baird) Apple. He married: Margaret Slaughterback, the daughter of: Henry and Mary (Brubacker) Slaughterback. Their children are named as follows: George W., Artemus, Charles J., William S., Tyburtus (now deceased), Mary L., John H., Martha J. and Cora. Mr. Apple is a farmer and resides near North Baltimore, Wood County, Ohio. Source: Military and Personal Sketches of Ohio's Rank & File from Wood County in the War of the Rebellion - Military Historical & Geographical Encyclopedia -Toledo: Transcontinental Publishing Co. - 1885 - pp. 445-513 Civil War Research Notes: Johnson's Island was a Civil War Confederate POW camp on western Lake Erie. Johnson's Island is located three miles north of Sandusky, Ohio, in Sandusky Bay. The prison was an officer's prison. - Sandusky County, Ohio - Lenoir Station, East Tennessee -- Now: Lenoir City -- When the railroad reached the Lenoir estate in 1855, a depot was constructed, and the community of Lenoir Station developed around it - Andersonville Prison, also known as Camp Sumter, is the most well-known and notorious of all the Civil War prisons, north and south. Union prisoners of war were kept here. The Camp Sumter military prison at Andersonville was one of the largest Confederate military prisons during the Civil War -- Andersonville, Georgia - Battle of Wilmington was fought February 11-22, 1865, during the Civil War, mostly outside the city of Wilmington, North Carolina. Battle of Wilmington consisted of a series of three small engagements near the Cape Fear River. - Salisbury Confederate Prison -- An empty textile mill, Maxwell Chambers mill, in Salisbury, Rowan County, was selected as North Carolina's only prison during the War Between the States. Prison operations began in December 1861, when over 100 Union prisoners were moved from the Raleigh State Fairgrounds to the Salisbury Confederate Prison. - GAR [Grand Army of the Republic -- a national organization of Union Civil War military veterans] - Local Union Army veterans founded GAR Sill Post #57 in 1881 Research Notes by Bob Weaver: Name: John APPLE Birth: 20 Feb 1839 in Wood Co, Ohio Death: 11 Apr 1923 in North Baltimore, Wood Co, Ohio Burial: 13 Apr 1923 Maplewood Cemetery, North Baltimore, Wood Co, Ohio Father: Christopher APPLE b: ABT 1806 in Pennsylvania Mother: Mary Ann BEARD b: ABT 1809 in Pennsylvania Marriage: Margaret SLAUGHTERBECK b: 12 Apr 1839 in Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania Married: 8 Nov 1860 in Seneca Co, Ohio Name: Margaret SLAUGHTERBECK Birth: 12 Apr 1839 in Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania Death: 5 Dec 1926 in North Baltimore, Wood Co, Ohio - Died of: Broncho pneumonia Burial: 8 Dec 1926 Maplewood Cemetery, North Baltimore, Wood Co., Ohio Children of John and Margaret Apple -- Partial listing -- George Warren APPLE b: 10 Aug 1861 in Wood Co, Ohio -- Artimus Ward APPLE b: 6 Nov 1866 in North Baltimore, Wood Co, Ohio -- William S APPLE b: 3 Nov 1869 in Henry Twp, Wood Co, Ohio -- Martha Jane "Jennie" APPLE b: 25 Sep 1880 in North Baltimore, Wood Co, Ohio -- Cora M APPLE b: ABT 1881 in Wood Co, Ohio Above Research Info found on Ancestry.com - WebRoots Website Contact: Holly Hofman --- hollyhofman@hotmail.com - Obit for William Apple - Brother of John Apple - Son of Christopher & Mary Ann Apple - North Baltimore News, North Baltimore, OH William Apple was born in Columbiana County Dec 2, 1838 and died very suddenly at his home two and one half miles west of this village, Feb 2, 1908 of apoplexy, having attained the venerable and ripe age of 71 years, 2 months. At the age of two years Mr. Apple came to this county with his parents Christopher and Mary Apple who erected a log home which still stands within sight of the deceased present home. When nearing the age of 21 he was married to Catherine Myers, living thereafter with his father eleven years. To this happy union were born ten children; seven of which are living; Mrs. Emma Ruble of Prairie Depot; Willis Apple of near Cygnet; Mrs. Clara Warner, Napoleon, O., C. H. Apple, Risingsun,; Mrs. Hattie Baumgardner, Weston; Orin Apple, north of Bloomdale, and Frank Apple, living at home. Besides these Mr. Apple is survived by the bereaved widow, two brothers and two sisters; John Apple of North Baltimore, O.; Christopher Apple of Cold Water, Mich.; Mrs. Sarah Landis of Angola, Ind.; and Mrs. Elizabeth Redman of Findlay, O. There are nine grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, one adopted grandchild and three great-grandchildren. By industrious endeaver, kindness and sterling quality, Mr. Apple has endeared himself to all that know him. His sudden taking away will be a great loss to the community as well as to this sorrowing family who have known him as a tried and kind husband, a loving a tender father and a faithful brother, who died as he lived, believing in the Lord Jesus Christ. Contributed By: Bob Weaver |
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FREDERICK NIEMAN is a
leading farmer of Wood County, his dwelling place being on
section 36, Troy Township. He is a native of Hanover,
Germany, born April 16, 1824. His parents, Frederick
and Mary Nieman, who were like wise of German birth, came
to America with their family in 1841, and settled in Sandusky
County. There the father died in 1844. His
occupations in life had been farming and merchandising.
Of a family numbering four children, Mr. Nieman is now
the only survivor. He received a good education in his
mother tongue and is self-taught in English.
Financially, he is in good circumstances, his fortune having
been won by hard work and untiring energy. About 1845 our subject moved to his present farm, which comprises within its boundaries some one hundred and five acres. In addition to this he owns a tract of ninety-one acres in Webster Township, this property being now managed by his son. On both of these places he has made good improvements and erected substantial buildings. Two oil wells have been sunk on the homestead, which afford a good income to the fortunate proprietor. November 27, 1849, Mr. Nieman married Anna I. Sampson, by whom he had eight children, as follows: Anna M., Mrs. Buckbreder, born October 28, 1850; Maria E., December 24, 1852; Louisa, July 4, 1855; Anna M., November 5, 1857; Sophia O., March 7, 1860; Johanna, October 9, 1863; Edward H., October 2, 1865; and Caroline E., October 3, 1870. Maria died June 12, 1855; Louisa passed away October 8, 1876; and Sophia died November 12, 1862. Anna is the wife of Henry Titcameyr, and Caroline married Frederick Sanders. In political questions Mr. Nieman is always to be found on the side of the Democracy. Religiously, he is a member of the Lutheran denomination. To an eminent degree he enjoys the love and respect of his neighbors and acquaintances, for his life has been spent in an unselfish and exemplary manner. (Contributed by Sharon Wick - Found in Commemorative & Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio - Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1899) |
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| CHARLES C.
WELSON
To the Fatherland this country is indebted for very
many of her most loyal, industrious, frugal and enlightened
citizens, among whom is worthily numbered the gentleman whose
name introduces this sketch, a veteran of the war of the
Rebellion. Born near the city of Berlin, Germany, Jan. 4, 1841, our subject is a son of Frederick and Mary (Neuman) Welson, and a grandson of Christopher Welson, a farmer by occupation, who was born in the Fatherland in 1783, and died there in 1866. In his family were three sons - Joseph, Frederick and John; and three daughters - Elizabeth, Sophia and Seretha; all now deceased except John, who has his home in Michigan. Frederick Welson, father of our subject, was born September 16, 1820, in Germany, and died in Wood county, Ohio, May 22, 1895. In his native land he married Miss Mary Neuman, who was born there July 10, 1820, and five children blessed their union, viz.: Charles C. (our subject), Sophia (who died in Germany), Frederick (also deceased), Minnie (wife of David Swab, of Hancock county, Ohio), and Henry, who was born in Ohio. In 1855 the family came to the United States, locating at Fostoria, Ohio, where the father followed farming. At the age of fifteen, after attending and graduating from the schools of Germany, our subject came to the United States, and in the schools of Hancock county acquired a good knowledge of the English language. He then began working by the month, remaining some twenty-one months with one employer, his wages being about one dollar a week; then was employed by another man at seventy dollars a year, which engagement continued two years, and after that he worked at carpentry one year at eight dollars per month. After his return from the war (his experience therein being referred to below), he resumed the pursuits of peace in Hancock county, working by the month at twenty dollars per month, and in course of time purchased and came to his present farm of eighty acres in York township, Fulton county. On August 26, 1861, Mr. Welson enlisted at Findlay, Ohio, in Company D, Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three years or during the war, and served consecutively under Generals Nelson, O. M. Mitchell and H. Thomas, the regiment being attached to General Sherman's army. In the spring of 1864, his term of service having expired, he re-enlisted as a veteran. Among the many engagements in which this gallant soldier participated may be mentioned those of Stone River, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Dalton, Kenesaw Mountain, Jonesboro, Siege of Atlanta, Ivy Mountain, Buzzard Roost, LaVergne, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Savannah. On February 17, 1865, he was taken prisoner, and was confined in Libby Prison about three and one-half months, at the end of which time he was paroled; the war being now ended, he received an honorable discharge and returned home to Hancock county, as above related. On May 2, 1869, Charles C. Welson was married to Matilda E. Foster, a daughter of Rev. Silas Foster of Wood county, Ohio, and three children have blessed this union, all yet living at home, their names and dates of birth being as follows: J. R., July 18,1870; Maude L., June 25, 1874; and Blanche B., September 18, 1881. Mrs. Welson was born June 3, 1849, in Wood county, Ohio, where she received her education. She and her husband are members of the Presbyterian Church. Socially, he is affiliated with McQuillan Post, G. A. R., at Delta, Fulton county. Politically, he is a stanch Republican, his first Presidential vote being cast for Abraham Lincoln, and he and his amiable life partner enjoy the respect and esteem of the community in which they live. (Source: Commemorative and Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio - Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. 1899 - Page ) |
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