Grave site of
James Longcoure Sortor (1816-1891)
17th Illinois Cavalry
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Grave site of
James Longcoure Sortor (1816-1891) 17th Illinois Cavalry |
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Father Joshua BLUE (1801- ) Mother Maria CHAPMAN
Birth c.1832 Jefferson Co, Virginia. Death Nov 1865 About five months after his discharge he contracted a severe lung disease and died. Dec'd @ 33 yrs Children: 0
Military service between 1862-1865 with Co. B of the 86th Indiana Foot Volunteers.
Father John Salter BLUE (1805-1896) Mother Mary MARTIN (1809-1847)
Birth 31 Jan 1839 Knox Co, Illinois. Death 16 Mar 1903 Boulder Co, Colorado. Burial Boulder Co, Colorado. Dec'd @ 64 yrs Children: 0
Milititary service between 1861-1863 surving with 34th Iowa.
Father Richard Sharp CRYSTAL (1817-1882) Mother Delilah MURROW (1817-1853)
Birth c.1840 Montgomery Co, Indiana. Death c.1917 District of Columbia. Burial Parke Co, Indiana. Dec'd @ 77 yrs Children: 0
Military service beginning 16 Dec 1861.
Father Leroy LAMBERT (1816-1900) Mother Nacissus MURROW (1818-1892)
Birth c.1840 Parke Co, Indiana. Death c.1904 Dec'd @ 64 yrs Children: 0
Military service between 1861-1895 with Co T, 18th Regiment, Iowa Volunteers.
Father Charles MURROW Sr. (1794-1880) Mother Amy BLUE (1797-1873) Birth c __ ___ 1836 Parke Co, Indiana. Marriage c __ ___ 1863 Sarh Ellen OSBORN; Bourbon Co, Kansas. Death c __ ___ 1909 Linn Co, Kansas. Burial Linn Co, Kansas. Dec'd @ 73 yrs Children: 8
Military service c. 1862 he was a veteran of the Civil War.
Father Benjamin MURROW (1801-1878) Mother Sarah BLUE (1807-1879)
Birth 09 Feb 1826 Mason Co, Kentucky. Marriage c __ ___ 1844 Clarinda APPLEGATE; Vermillion Co, Illinois. Death c __ ___ 1863 Burial McCraken Co, Kentucky. Dec'd @ 37 yrs Children: 7
Military service c. 1862 during the Civil War. He died in the war.
Father Benjamin Bennett RUSSELL (1799-1862) Mother Mary A. BLUE (1803-1857)
Birth c.1840 Clarke Co, Virginia. Death c.1902 Clarke Co, Virginia. Burial Frederick Co, Virginia. Dec'd @ 62 yrs Children: 0
Military service between 1861-1863 enlisting in the Confederate Army as a member of the Clarke Calvary participating in many battles during the early years of the war. He fell on 9 June 1863 at the battle of Brandy Station, shot through the head. His comrades seeing no signs of life left him for dead. He was later found alive by Federal troops. He spent the remainder of the war in the hospital. He was able to recover enough to go back and work his farm. His condition did fade ultimately to paralysis and death.
Father George SORTOR (1765-1851) Mother Catherine FISHER (1793-1850)
Birth 14 Oct 1825 Monroe Co, Michigan. Marriage 21 May 1849 May L. TOTTEN; Monroe Co, Michigan. Death 30 Nov 1884 Monroe Co, Michigan. Burial Monroe Co, Michigan. Dec'd @ 59 yrs Children: 6
Military service beginning 7 Sep 1864 at Jackson Co, Michigan; with the 15th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry and ending 13 Aug 1865 at Pulaski Co, Arkansas.
Father Isaac B. SORTER (1816-1906) Mother Jane E. WILSON (1815-1891)
Birth 07 Nov 1845 Cuyahoga Co, Ohio. Marriage 03 Jun 1875 Elizabeth PICKRELL; Seward Co, Nebraska. Death 02 Sep 1918 Burial Seward Co, Nebraska. Dec'd @ 72 yrs Children: 7
Military service beginning 2 May 1864 at Ohio; with Co. H, 150th Regiment, Ohio National Guard under Captain Baird as a private and ending 23 Aug 1864 at Cuyahoga Co, Ohio.
Father Isaac B. SORTER (1816-1906) Mother Jane E. WILSON (1815-1891)
Birth 08 Nov 1838 Cuyahoga Co, Ohio. Marriage 10 Dec 1867 Zelah SANDERS; Vermillion Co, Illinois; Married by John Bradley. Death 04 Jul 1910 Adams Co, Illinois. Dec'd @ 71 yrs Children: 1
Military service beginning 6 Aug 1862 at Illinois; with the 72nd Regiment, Company E of the Illinois Infantry under Captain Halbrook at the rank of Private and ending 7 Aug 1865 at Warren Co, Mississippi.
Father John SORTOR (1818-1895) Mother Mary Lavina FRANCISCO (1821-1905)
Birth 22 Jan 1843 Monroe Co, Michigan. Marriage 1 Jan 1866 Hannah E. SIMMONS; Monroe Co, Michigan. Death 29 May 1928 Monroe Co, Michigan. Burial Monroe Co, Michigan. Dec'd @ 85 yrs Children: 11
Military service between 1861-1865 with Company 9 of the Michigan Infantry.
Father Isaac SORTER (1788- ) Mother Anna (--?--) (1795- )
Birth Jun 1831 Michigan. Marriage c.1859 Loretta (--?--) Dec'd Children: 4
Military service between 1863-1865 serving with Co. C, 17th Michigan Infantry. On 9 August 1890 in Oceano Co, Michigan he applied and was denied a pension.
Father Jacob SORTORE (1802- ) Mother Margaret SMITH
Birth c.1841 Death c.1863 Dec'd @ 22 yrs Children: 0
Military service between 1861-1863, he was killed in the Civil War.
Father Harmon SORTORE (1812-1883) Mother Harriet S. DICKEY (1813-1890)
Birth 24 Apr 1846 Death 06 Jun 1864 Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania Burial Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. Dec'd @ 18 yrs Children: 0
Military service between 1863-1864 with the 1st NY Dragoons, was wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness and died in hospital at Philidelphia.
Father Jonathon H. SORTORE (1808-1882) Mother Sarah Ann HOGLAND (1808-1882)
Birth 31 Mar 1843 New York. Death 14 Feb 1865 Rowan Co, North Carolina; cause of death was "diarrhoea." Dec'd @ 21 yrs Children: 0
Military service beginning 1 Nov 1861 at Allegany Co, New York; with Co. E, 93 Regiment, New York Infantry and ending 5 Oct 1862 at District of Columbia; with Co. E, 93 Regiment, New York Infantry.
Military service beginning 13 Jul 1863 at Allegany Co, New York; with Co. F, 104th Regiment, New York Infantry, on this enlistment he appears to have been drafted. He was taken prisoner at Weldon Rail Road near Petersburg, Virginia on 19 August 1864 and died in a Confederate prison at Salisbury, North Carolina during the Civil War.
Father Jonathon H. SORTORE (1808-1882) Mother Sarah Ann HOGLAND (1808-1882)
Birth 19 Mar 1838 Allegany Co, New York. Marriage 10 Aug 1862 Levina E. CRANDALL Death c.1903 Allegany Co, New York. Dec'd @ 65 yrs Children: 3
Military service beginning 11 Aug 1862 at New York; as a Private in Company H, 130th New York Volunteers,(1st New York Dragoons). He received a gun shot wound in the ankle at Newton, Virginia on 11 August 1864 and was later in hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Milititary service ending 30 Jun 1865 Virginia; discharged due to injury.
Father William M. SORTORE Sr. (1800-1864) Mother Cynthia Diana CLARK (1803-1889)
Birth 04 Dec 1835 Allegany Co, New York. Marriage 16 Feb 1859 Jane Maria JADWIN Death 12 Nov 1910 Dec'd @ 74 yrs Children: 3
Military service beginning 11 Aug 1862 at New York; with Co. H, 130th Regiment, New York Infantry, this is the date on the company muster-in roll of his enlistment, he joined his Company on 3 September 1862. The 130th Regiment later became the 19th New York Calvary. He was injured during the battle of Cedar Creek in Virginia. When his company was involved in a charge the horse he was on stumbled and he fell off. Milititary service ending 30 Jun 1865 Virginia; with Co. H, 1st Regiment, New York Dragoons.
Father Jessee SORTORE (1814-1900) Mother Julia VAN CAMPEN
Birth 12 Sep 1836 Allegany Co, New York. Marriage 26 Dec 1865 Alice Lucinda JADWIN; Allegany Co, New York. Death 06 Sep 1913 Allegany Co, New York. Burial Allegany Co, New York. Dec'd @ 76 yrs Children: 2
Military service between 1861-1865 Allegany Co, New York; with the Co. E, 5th Regiment, New York Calvary, this is the date he was musterd in. He was in 52 battles and 19 skirmishes including the battles at Gettysburg and Cedar Creek.
Father Jonathan SORTORE (1784-1853) Mother Mary LONGCORE (1791-1850)
Birth 03 Aug 1816 Allegany Co, New York. Marriage 24 Dec 1836 Francis LaRouque BRUCE Death 17 Nov 1891 Jo Daviess Co, Illinois. Burial Jo Daviess Co, Illinois. Children: 5
Military c. 1863 with Company L of 17th Illinois Cavalry
Father Harmon SORTORE (1812-1883) Mother Harriet S. DICKEY (1813-1890)
Birth 08 Mar 1844 Allegany Co, New York. Death 16 Aug 1864 Chemung Co, New York. Burial Allegany Co, New York. Dec'd @ 20 yrs Children: 0
Military service beginning 22 Aug 1861 at Allegany Co, New York; with Co. E, 5th Regiment, New York Calvary and ending 4 Mar 1862 at Anne ArundelCo., Maryland.
Military service beginning 25 Sep 1862 at New York; with Co. K, 136th Regiment, New York Infantry and ending 13 Jun 1865 at District of Columbia; with Co. K, 136th Regiment, New York Infantry. This is the date he was officially mustered out of his regiment, however he had been in hospital since 22 July 1863. He was eventually transfered to a army hospital at Elmira, New York were he died from an amputation.
Father Harmon SORTORE (1812-1883) Mother Harriet S. DICKEY (1813-1890)
Birth 30 Nov 1834 Allegany Co, New York. Death 21 May 1864 Virginia Dec'd @ 29 yrs Children: 0
Military service beginning c.1861 at Allegany Co, New York; with Co. E, 5th Regiment, New York Calvary, he re-enlisted on 26 December 1863. He was on detached duty as the 1st sargent of the company ambulance corps service. On 21 May 1864 Virginia; Sergeant Samuel W. Sortore when leading an advance guard crossing a bridge over the Mattapony River, Virginia was shot by a rebel concealed in a thicket; dying in a few minutes. He was buried by his comrades near by.
Father William M. SORTORE Sr. (1800-1864) Mother Cynthia Diana CLARK (1803-1889)
Birth 07 Mar 1846 Allegany Co, New York. Marriage c.1870 Phylanina DAVIS Marriage 10 Jan 1885 Harriet DOONE; Allegany Co, New York. Death 03 May 1900 Allegany Co, New York. Dec'd @ 54 yrs Children: 4
Military service beginning 29 Dec 1863 at Allegany Co, New York; with Co. I, 141st Regiment, New York Infantry and ending 05 May 1865 at Floyd Co, Indiana; with Co. I, 141st Regiment, New York Infantry. Discharged due to tuberculosis contracted since his enlistment, he was admited to hospital 28 June 1864. He first was admited to hospital in Nashville, Tennessee for scurvy.
Father William M. SORTORE Sr. (1800-1864) Mother Cynthia Diana CLARK (1803-1889)
Birth 28 Feb 1838 Allegany Co, New York. Marriage 06 Oct 1864 Theresa GORTON Death 09 Jan 1888 Dec'd @ 49 yrs Children: 5
Military service between 1861-1865 at Jackson Co, Missouri; at first was rejected for service in the the Civil War but latter drove a supply wagon. After the war he returned to Belmont, New York.
Father James Cozine WESTERFIELD (1783-1867) Mother Catherine SORTORE (1783-1842)
Birth 04 Sep 1825 Mercer Co, Kentucky; Statement by David Westerfield in 1891 indicated he was born in 1826 but he could have been born as late as 1828. Marriage 06 Jul 1845 Elizabeth Ann CARTER; Mercer Co, Kentucky. Marriage 28 Apr 1859 Catherine DEVINE; Mercer Co, Kentucky. Marriage c.1864 Ann COVERT Death 21 Mar 1900 Mercer Co, Kentucky. Dec'd @ 74 yrs Children: 19
Military service between 1861-1865 enlisting in the 19th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Union). This was done despite the fact that his father was a owner of many slaves. David was wounded in battle, lost one eye, and had several ribs broken, lost a part of one ear, and received a big gash on his head. He was in the siege and capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Father David WESTERFIELD (1825-1900) Mother Elizabeth Ann CARTER (1829-1857)
Birth 20 Feb 1846 Mercer Co, Kentucky. Marriage Martha York VANDRADALL Death Laurel Co, Kentucky; he lived in Paris, Illinois but died at the home of a relative. Dec'd Children: 0
Milititary service between 1861-1865 running off to join his father in Tennessee when he was 14 years old. The unit took him into service as a drummer boy since he wanted to stay with his father and they were short of men. James took part in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, which was fought only four miles from his home.
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