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- 1880 Federal Census For Indiana
Willis REDENBAUGH Household Male
Other Information: Birth Year <1837> Birthplace IN Age 43 OccupationFarmer Marital Status M Race W Head of HouseholdWillis REDENBAUGH Relation Self Father's Birthplace PA Mother'sBirthplace KY
Source Information: Census Place Mill Creek, Fountain, Indiana FamilyHistory Library Film 1254278 NA Film Number T9-0278 Page Number 191A
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"1823 - 1988 History Of Fountain County
Biographical Article On WILLIS STUCKER REDENBAUGH
Manuscript by, Iona Hershberger Nale
Found in Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins Family Records
WILLIS STUCKER REDENBAUGH, enlisted in the Civil War on 6 May 1864, atRockville, Indiana, and served in Co. G. 133 Ind. Inf. during thisenlistment. He enlisted a second time on 5 April 1865 at Danville,Illinios, and served in Co. K 43 Ill. Inf. in September 1865 atLittle Rock, Arkansas, he was taken ill from exposure, an illness thatwas still bothering him on 23 May 1876, at which time he was living inFranklin County, Kansas. On that date he was 39 years old, 5 feet 5inches tall, described as having a fair complexion, dark hair, andblue eyes.
Willis Redenbaugh was born 20 November 1836 in Fountain County toGeorge and Margaret Stucker Redenbaugh and died here 24 March 1907.He is buried in Centennial Cemetery, Old Part, near Yeddo, Indiana.On 21 March 1861 he married (1) Amanda Sowers (d. 10 November 1875near Centropolis, Kansas). They were the parents of twins, Margaretand Sylvester; Marion, married (1) Nancy L. Weeks (2) Mary Dotson;Elizabeth married William Henry Nolen; William M. married Nettie E.Lawson; Alice married Manson Lawson.
Willis married (2) Nancy Jane Hutts (born 24 December 1860, FountainCounty, died 9 July 1922, buried Centennial Cemetery, daughter ofLewis Hutts and Lucinda Way. Her ancestry includes the Englishsettlers who were the first proprietors of Nantucket Island !
Willis and Jane had 4 children: Eulala Pearl, born 13 September 1881married John Murphy Hershberger; Mary Rosa born 23 February 1884married Sylvester Lindley; Silvia Elzada born 20 January 1889 marriedOrestus Edgar Newnum; James Charley born 14 October 1894 married NinaNehmiah. Of the 4 children and their spouses, only Aunt Nina is stillliving in 1983. She lives near Kingman.
Willis homesteaded in Nebraska in the early 1880's with Nancy Jane andPearl, but returned to Fountain County to a farm on the northeastcorner of the crossroads a mile west of Yeddo, where he lived the restof his life as a highly esteemed farmer." [Transcribed, SLJuhl, 02Nov 2005]
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Willis Redenbaugh (First_Last) Regiment Name 123 Indiana Infantry (100Days, 1864) Side Union Company G Soldier's Rank_In Pvt. Soldier'sRank_Out Pvt. Alternate Name Notes Film Number M540 roll 62
UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS
Unidentified Indiana
The Index Card data for this soldier lacks sufficient information topositively identify the Unit in which he served. This could be due todifficulty interpreting the original handwriting on the card. Furtherresearch will be necessary in order to make an accurate determination.
Willis Redenbaugh (First_Last) Regiment Name 43 Illinois Infantry SideUnion Company K Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out PrivateAlternate Name Notes Film Number M539 roll 74
UNION ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS
43rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in October 12, 1861.Moved to Benton Barracks, Mo., October 13, thence to Tipton andOtterville, November 3-4. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to February,1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Cairo, February, 1862.3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of West Tennessee and Army of theTennessee, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District ofJackson to September, 1862. Unattached District of Jackson toNovember, 1862. Post of Bolivar, District of Jackson, 13th Army Corps(Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Post of Bolivar,District of Jackson, l6th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rdDivision, 16th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 1st Brigade, Kimball'sProvisional Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade,Kimball's Provisional Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, toAugust, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Arkansas Expedition toNovember, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Arkansas Expedition, toJanuary, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. ofArkansas, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps,to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, garrison atLittle Rock, Ark., to January, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 7thArmy Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas, to November, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Ottervllle, Mo., till December 30, 1861. March toTipton December 30-31, thence to Benton Barracks January 20-21, 1862.Moved to Fort Henry, Tenn., February 6-8, and to Fort DonelsonFebruary 25-26, thence to Savannah, Tenn., March 4-12. Expedition toPinhook March 18-19. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 22.Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth,Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Bethel, thence to Jackson, Tenn.,June 4-16, and to Bolivar July 17-19, and duty there till May, 1863.March to support of Rosecrans at Iuka, Miss., September 15-23, 1862.March to LaGrange and return October 9-10. Grant's Central MississippiCampaign October 31, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Operations againstForest in West Tennessee December 18, 1862, to January 3, 1863. SalemCemetery, near Jackson, December 19, 1862. Scouting in West Tennesseeand post duty at Bollvar till May, 1863. Expedition to Wesley Camp,Somerville, May 26-29. Movement to Memphis, Tenn., thence toVicksburg, Miss., May 31. June 3. Expedition up the Yazoo to SatartiaJune 2-8. Action at Mechanicsburg, Satartia, June 4. Moved to Halnes'Bluff June 6. Siege of Vicksburg June 9-July 4. Moved to Big BlackJuly 12, thence to Snyder's Bluff July 22, and to Helena, Ark., July29-August 1. Steele's Expedition to Little Rock, Ark., August1-September 10. Engagement at Bayou Fourche and capture of Little RockSeptember 10. Duty at Little Rock till March, 1864. Steele'sExpedition to Camden March 23-May 3. Okolona April 2-3. Prairie D'AnnApril 9-13. Camden April 15. Princeton April 28. Saline Bottom April29. Jenkin's Ferry April 30. Garrison duty at Little Rock tillNovember, 1865. Princeton May 27, 1864. Scouts from Pine Bluff towardCamden and Monticello January 26-31, 1865. Mustered out November 30and discharged at Camp Butler, Ill., December 14, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 75 Enlisted men killed andmortally wounded and 2 Officers and 161 Enlisted men by disease. Total246.
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