Nathan Chappell, Aged Soldier

Collections - State Historical Society Of Wisconsin, 1880, 1881, 1882

Nathan Chappel's memorial at FindAGrave (details are a bit off; the date of death listed is January 12, 1880, and age listed as 92).

Nathan Chappel

Event Type Death

Event Date 1880

Event Place Springfield, Walworth, Wisconsin

Gender Male

Age 96

Birth Year (Estimated) 1784

An Excerpt From Anderson's Journal

According to the Canadian Captain Thomas Gummersall Anderson:

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Thursday, August 11th.-- Gave out some few articles of goods to the Michigan Volunteers...Gave out twelve carrots of tobacco to be distributed among the troops in general....as a preventive to sickness.

The want of provisions obliges me to give every assistance to the farmers to get in their grain as fast as possible. I, therefore, allow all the Volunteers that are not on duty, to go and work for them in the day time. Employed the Sergt. of artillery men with some of the Michigans, in making leaden three pound balls.

Anderson's memorial at FindAGrave.

William Howard Served

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A list of Canadian War of 1812 Veterans from the Elgin County Branch Of The Ontario Genealogical Society, included:

HOWARD, William, Pte., served under Captain David Secord 1814, 1815

Was our William Howard a private who served under Captain Secord?  It's possible.

Peter Curtenius, General And Marshal

“Aliens” in America: British Citizens during the War of 1812, a blog entry from the New York Historical Society, stated that "the...Peter Curtenius Papers [indicated that]...much of Curtenius and Smith’s duties involved overseeing British citizens living in New York."


Peter Curtenius in the New York Directory in 1794 (State Auditor was the elder Peter Curtenius):

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A biography of Frederick W. Curtenius added more detail:

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"...Gen. Peter Curtenius, commanded the State troops quartered in that [New York] city during the War of 1812.  He was subsequently Marshal of the State for a number of years and in such capacity arrested Aaron Burr, then charged with treason."

Old William Jack Haines

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Haines, William Jack, aged 110 years.  (Penna. Society)
Memorial Home, St. Louis, Mo.
Private
Served in Captain Gregory's Company, Tennessee Militia
Participated in Battle of New Orleans, Louisiana, January 8, 1815
[Born 25 December 1787]

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Census 1880

St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

Occupation: Engineer

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Peter Sorenson Other M 39 Denmark

Henry Leyfried Other M 50 Germany

Peter Heffer Other M 26 Missouri

Ellen Haynes Other F 45 Tennessee

Frances Bennet Sister-in-law F 50 Virginia

Wm Haynes Other M 93 Tennessee

Ed R Darlow Other M 30 England

Died in Missouri on May, 1899, per FindAGrave?

Isaiah B. Sexton

From The Constitution and Register of Membership of the General Society of the War of 1812:

*Sexton, Isaiah B. (Penna. Society) Sparta, Kent Co., Mich.

Waterboy.

Served 6 months

Company Commander, Captain Moses Waters

New York State Militia

*Died ___, 1897, aged 92 years, 8 months
[He died November 19, 1897]

From the Journal of the American Medical Association (1897):

From the History of Kent County:

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Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925

Name: Isaiah B. Sexton

Age (Expanded): 83 years

Birth Year: 1806

Birthplace: Lewis Co., N. Y.

Spouse's Name: Anna R. Hodge Salmon

Spouse's Age (Expanded): 63 years

Spouse's Birth Year: 1826

Spouse's Birthplace: Yates Co., N. Y.

Event Date: 29 Mar 1889

Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan

Father's Name: Charles Sexton

Mother's Name: Abigail Butler

Spouse's Father's Name: Jacob Hodge

Spouse's Mother's Name: Abigail Rowley

His death record indicated that Mr. Sexton was a divorced physician.  His parents were Charles and Abigail (Butler) Sexton.

Correspondence From Camp Seneca

From the Western Reserve Historical Society. 'Biographical Notices and Correspondence ....

COLONEL MILLER TO MAJOR TOD.

CAMP MEIGS, Sept 12th, 1813.

Dear Sir: — If there is nothing at Camp Seneca or Sandusky for the 19th Regt, I wish you to have all the men belonging to the Regt at Seneca clothed, and all that will be able for the campaign, kept under the command of Ensign Mitchell until they join me. I am informed that there are a number of scattering soldiers of the 19th Regt about Seneca & Sandusky, exclusive of those now with Ensign Mitchell; some driving waggons and some In other Regiments, &c. If you can find any such, you will please to claim them, and attach them to the rest. The brave Capt. Nevung died on the 9th inst., and was buried on the day following. I believe the cause of his death was owing to his over fatiguing himself on his return to this place. He vomited nearly all the way from Camp Seneca, and was taken very bad the same night he arrived here.

Some of our Indians who went in the direction of Brownstown a few days ago, returned this evening, and informs us, that yesterday about 12 o'clock, they saw our fleet, and that of the British engage, and that the engagement continued until midnight. We are in great anxiety here to know the result.

I am with respect & esteem,

Your Obt Servt,
JOHN MILLER,
Col. 19th Infantry.

Major G [George] Tod, 19th Regt Infantry, Camp Seneca.

Rendezvous At Georgetown

William B. Northcutt Journal

"Both [William Northcutt and probably Robert Harrison, his teacher] volunteered in the army and the school broke up, he volunteered in Maurice Langhorn's company of Rifle Men for six months and I volunteered in Capt. Garrard's troop of twelve months Light Dragoons, and was attached to Jas V. Ball's Squadron of United States Light Dragoons, on the 20th of August 1812 we rendezvoused at Georgetown Scot County Ky and took up our line of March for Malden Upper Canada.  There were three Ridgements [regiments] of.....".

Some Northcutt Family information was contained in William's Journal (ancestors here).

Artifacts Of The Newport Historical Society

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David Thomson And Notes From The Show Me State

Search results for the term "1812" in the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Berry-Thomson-Walker Family papers here.

From the Berry-Thomson-Walker Collection: "Printed biography of David Thomson, Kentucky state senator, who was engaged for a time in transportation of goods on the Mississippi River and tributaries and was commissioned a general when he fought with Richard M. Johnson in the War of 1812. The work mentions slaves, milling, Richard M. Johnson, and family genealogy."


The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society included a biography of David Thomson here.

Footsteps To The Battlefield....

...An online offering of the Monroe County, Michigan, Library and Historical Commission.

Jim's Photo Taken In Monroe County

The Samuel Black Who Kept A Diary

An introduction to The Diary of Captain Samuel Black, War of 1812, published by the Clark County Historical Society’s says he “returned after his tour of duty, hopelessly ill of tuberculosis, and here, on 19 June 1814, he died.”  [see story linked below]

From my blog post entitled Urbana In The Wilderness:

From the Springfield News-Sun, a story that sprung from an 1812 war journal kept by a soldier, Samuel Black. 

More biographical information can be found here.

Virginian Veterans' Final Resting Place

Burials Of War Of 1812 Veterans In Virginia had several soldiers listed, including John H. Peyton (I've added the links):


Peyton, John Howson: is buried in the Trinity churchyard on W. Beverley St. in Staunton in Augusta County. He was the second son of John Rowzee Peyton and Anne Hooe. He was born at Stony Creek in Stafford County 29 April 1778 and died at his residence near Staunton on 3 April 1847. He was married to Susanna Smith Madison, a daughter of *William Strother Madison and Elizabeth Preston. She was born at Madisonville Montgomery County on 15 October 1780 and died in Staunton on 15 July 1830. He served as an Aide to Brigadier General Robert Porterfield a Brigade Commander. Information about his service may be found at the National Archives in roll box 163, record 12509.

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Repost Of A War of 1812 Ohio Primer

Almost a year after Dorene first posted it, a link to her blog about the War of 1812 primer from the Ohio Historical Society:

She said, "Don't miss the informative database of cemeteries in Ohio that mark the final resting places for many War of 1812 veterans who were residing in Ohio at the time of their death."

Good advice from the author of the Graveyard Rabbit of Sandusky Bay!

The Peter Navarre Chapter Of The Daughters Of 1812

From the Toledo Blade, November 1, 1953, the Daughters of 1812 To Honor Founding Of Peter Navarre Chapter (in 1903).  The article mentioned that Peter Navarre, an American scout during the War of 1812, was born in Detroit of French parents in 1785.  Peter and his brother settled in East Toledo [Ohio] in 1807.  He was a fur trader and a friend of Chief Little Turtle.

Daughters Of 1812 Library And Museum

See a virtual tour of the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 library and museum located in Washington, D.C. at their website.