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PVT Ira Phelps Annis

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PVT Ira Phelps Annis Veteran

Birth
Pavilion, Genesee County, New York, USA
Death
17 Mar 1863 (aged 48)
Alexandria, Alexandria City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Alexandria, Alexandria City, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.8023186, Longitude: -77.057869
Plot
Section A, Site 768
Memorial ID
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IRA PHELPS ANNIS was born August 21, 1814 at Pavillion, New York; was married on February 12, 1836 to Hannah Velita Champney at Putnam County, Ohio; and, died March 19, 1863 at Alexandria, Virginia.

Ira removed to Ohio prior to 1836 with his brother Abraham and than to Marion, Livingston County, Michigan, where he was residing in 1850. He was at Iosco Township, Livingston County, Michigan in 1860.

Ira is a veteran of the Civil War, and served as a Private in the 26th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Company B. He died from pneumonia at a Regimental Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, and is buried at the Alexandria National Cemetery, Grave Number 768. His widow, Hannah, lived on a farm near Ann Arbor, Michigan where she kept house for Eli Annis, son of Benjamin Annis Jr., a nephew. (Source for death: U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865.)
IRA PHELPS ANNIS was born August 21, 1814 at Pavillion, New York; was married on February 12, 1836 to Hannah Velita Champney at Putnam County, Ohio; and, died March 19, 1863 at Alexandria, Virginia.

Ira removed to Ohio prior to 1836 with his brother Abraham and than to Marion, Livingston County, Michigan, where he was residing in 1850. He was at Iosco Township, Livingston County, Michigan in 1860.

Ira is a veteran of the Civil War, and served as a Private in the 26th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Company B. He died from pneumonia at a Regimental Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, and is buried at the Alexandria National Cemetery, Grave Number 768. His widow, Hannah, lived on a farm near Ann Arbor, Michigan where she kept house for Eli Annis, son of Benjamin Annis Jr., a nephew. (Source for death: U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865.)

Inscription

768
Ira P. Annis
Mich.

Gravesite Details

The headstone shown in the photograph is at the military cemetery listed



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