Lived in Buena Vista, Colorado. Retired prospector. Veteran of the Union Army in the Civil War. Transferred to Company I, Illinois 89th Infantry Regiment on 5 Jan 1864.

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Illinois, Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995
Name: Jasper Pettigrew
Rank: Private
Company: I
Unit: 89th Illinois Infantry
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Date: Abt 1845
Birth Place: MO
War: Civil War
War Years: 1861-1865
Service Entry Age: 19
Service Entry Date: 8 Jan 1864
Service Entry Place: Dixon, IL
Joined By Whom: CPT EUSTACE
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In Date: 13 Jan 1864
Muster In Place: Dixon, IL
Remarks: IN HOSPITAL AT CAMP DOUGLAS FROM WOUNDS PVTD TRANS TO 59 ILL INF
Residence Place: Amboy, Lee CO, IL
Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls

Illinois, Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995
Name: Jasper Pettigrew
Rank: Private
Company: I
Unit: 59th Illinois Infantry
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Date: Abt 1845
Birth Place: MO
War: Civil War
War Years: 1861-1865
Service Entry Age: 19
Service Entry Date: 5 Jan 1864
Service Entry Place: Dixon, IL
Joined By Whom: CPT EUSTACE
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In Date: 5 Jan 1864
Muster In Place: Dixon, IL
Muster Out Date: 8 Dec 1865
Muster Out Place: New Braunfels, TX
Muster Out By Whom: CPT GEIGER
Remarks: IN HOSPITAL WOUNDED TRANS FROM CO I 89 ILL INF
Residence Place: Amboy, Lee CO, IL
Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls

Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: Joseph N. Pettigrew
Birth Date: 1844
Birth Place: Missouri
Death Date: 24 Jul 1930
Death Place: Clinton, De Witt, Illinois
Burial Date: 26 Jul 1930
Burial Place: Binghamton, Lee, Ills
Cemetery Name: Local
Death Age: 86
Occupation: Retired prospector
Race: White
Marital Status: S
Gender: Male
Residence: Buena Vista, Colo.
Father Name: David Pettigrew
Mother Name: Margaret Miller
Mother Birth Place: Michigan
Comments: resident for 20 days
FHL Film Number: 1644132

Home in 1850: La Grange, Cass, Michigan, USA
Home in 1860: Amboy, Lee, Illinois
Home in 1870: Amboy, Lee, Illinois
Home in 1880: Pitkin, Gunnison, Colorado, USA
Home in 1900: unknown
Home in 1920: St Elmo, Chaffee, Colorado