Consider Wise Bordwell – 1822-1905
Consider Wise Bordwell was born in Massachusetts on 10 December 1822 to William P. and Mehitable Paine Bordwell. He married Almira Nobles in Edwards, St. Lawrence County, New York, and by 1860, they had three children.
Three years after the Civil War broke out in 1861,42-year-old “Sid” Bordwell mustered into Company H of the 115th New York Infantry as a private on 21 April 1864. From his enlistment we learn Consider was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He had blue eyes, brown hair, a fair complexion, and stood 5 feet 6 ½ inches tall. Less than two months into his service, Consider was wounded on 15 June 1864 “in front of Petersburg, Virginia”. After being wounded, he spent some time in a military hospital.
By 1870, Consider, his wife Elmira, and six children were living in Bristol, Worth County, Iowa. By 1880, the Bordwells had moved to Riverton, Clay County, Iowa, and produced three more children. By the 1895 Iowa Census, Consider and his family lived in Deer Creek, Worth County, Iowa.
Consider did not have an easy time during the closing months of his life. In 1904, he returned to Livermore, Iowa, after spending a year at the state penitentiary in Anamosa, Iowa. Soon after his return, he went to live at the “county poor farm,” and from there he was sent to the Asylum at Cherokee where he died on 23 October 1905. Consider Bordwell was the 29th patient to be buried in the hospital cemetery.
Consider Wise Bordwell was born in Massachusetts on 10 December 1822 to William P. and Mehitable Paine Bordwell. He married Almira Nobles in Edwards, St. Lawrence County, New York, and by 1860, they had three children.
Three years after the Civil War broke out in 1861,42-year-old “Sid” Bordwell mustered into Company H of the 115th New York Infantry as a private on 21 April 1864. From his enlistment we learn Consider was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He had blue eyes, brown hair, a fair complexion, and stood 5 feet 6 ½ inches tall. Less than two months into his service, Consider was wounded on 15 June 1864 “in front of Petersburg, Virginia”. After being wounded, he spent some time in a military hospital.
By 1870, Consider, his wife Elmira, and six children were living in Bristol, Worth County, Iowa. By 1880, the Bordwells had moved to Riverton, Clay County, Iowa, and produced three more children. By the 1895 Iowa Census, Consider and his family lived in Deer Creek, Worth County, Iowa.
Consider did not have an easy time during the closing months of his life. In 1904, he returned to Livermore, Iowa, after spending a year at the state penitentiary in Anamosa, Iowa. Soon after his return, he went to live at the “county poor farm,” and from there he was sent to the Asylum at Cherokee where he died on 23 October 1905. Consider Bordwell was the 29th patient to be buried in the hospital cemetery.
Consider Wise Bordwell – 1822-1905
Consider Wise Bordwell was born in Massachusetts on 10 December 1822 to William P. and Mehitable Paine Bordwell. He married Almira Nobles in Edwards, St. Lawrence County, New York, and by 1860, they had three children.
Three years after the Civil War broke out in 1861,42-year-old “Sid” Bordwell mustered into Company H of the 115th New York Infantry as a private on 21 April 1864. From his enlistment we learn Consider was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He had blue eyes, brown hair, a fair complexion, and stood 5 feet 6 ½ inches tall. Less than two months into his service, Consider was wounded on 15 June 1864 “in front of Petersburg, Virginia”. After being wounded, he spent some time in a military hospital.
By 1870, Consider, his wife Elmira, and six children were living in Bristol, Worth County, Iowa. By 1880, the Bordwells had moved to Riverton, Clay County, Iowa, and produced three more children. By the 1895 Iowa Census, Consider and his family lived in Deer Creek, Worth County, Iowa.
Consider did not have an easy time during the closing months of his life. In 1904, he returned to Livermore, Iowa, after spending a year at the state penitentiary in Anamosa, Iowa. Soon after his return, he went to live at the “county poor farm,” and from there he was sent to the Asylum at Cherokee where he died on 23 October 1905. Consider Bordwell was the 29th patient to be buried in the hospital cemetery.
Consider Wise Bordwell was born in Massachusetts on 10 December 1822 to William P. and Mehitable Paine Bordwell. He married Almira Nobles in Edwards, St. Lawrence County, New York, and by 1860, they had three children.
Three years after the Civil War broke out in 1861,42-year-old “Sid” Bordwell mustered into Company H of the 115th New York Infantry as a private on 21 April 1864. From his enlistment we learn Consider was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He had blue eyes, brown hair, a fair complexion, and stood 5 feet 6 ½ inches tall. Less than two months into his service, Consider was wounded on 15 June 1864 “in front of Petersburg, Virginia”. After being wounded, he spent some time in a military hospital.
By 1870, Consider, his wife Elmira, and six children were living in Bristol, Worth County, Iowa. By 1880, the Bordwells had moved to Riverton, Clay County, Iowa, and produced three more children. By the 1895 Iowa Census, Consider and his family lived in Deer Creek, Worth County, Iowa.
Consider did not have an easy time during the closing months of his life. In 1904, he returned to Livermore, Iowa, after spending a year at the state penitentiary in Anamosa, Iowa. Soon after his return, he went to live at the “county poor farm,” and from there he was sent to the Asylum at Cherokee where he died on 23 October 1905. Consider Bordwell was the 29th patient to be buried in the hospital cemetery.
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