Pierre "Alfred" Déchanet was born at Marcilly-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, France. His father was Sébastien Constantin and his mother was Marie Jeanne Tenaille. The family soon moved about 7 thousand miles to America, where his sister, Asulite, was born in Bonnecourt in 1840.
At the age of 14 he emigrated from the LeHavre France, on the Samuel M. Fox arriving in New York on November 10, 1852. Nicolas Guyot age 20, who married Asulite on May 26, 1859 in the town of Findlay, Hancock County, OH was also on this ship.
On 11 July 1860 Alfred was living in Findlay, Hancock, OH. He was a 20 year old labourer living in a French household along with a Peter (Pierre) Dechanet who was a 60 year old physician at that time.
Alfred entered the American Civil War on April 29, 1861 when he enlisted as a Private in Company "I" of the First Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division at Fort Snelling, MN. He was admitted to the 2nd Division of Depot Field Hospital near Potomac Creek, Virginia on April 20 April 1863 with a gunshot wound to his hand which was the result of an accident. He ended military service when he was mustered out on May 5, 1864 at Fort Snelling, MN because the term of his enlistment had expired. He ws eligible for re-acceptance by the army if he were to re-enlist. He was 22 years old, 5 foot 7.25 inches tall, with black hair, dark completion, and hazel eyes. In October 1880, Alfred started receiving a monthly pension of $4, which lasted until his death, because of the wounds to his right hand.
March 23, 1865, Alfred married Isabella Elizabeth Cratte. Witnesses to this marriage were Henry & Emily Buisson; Father Tissot performed the ceremony. She brought four children to this marriage, and had an additional eight children with Alfred. The family stayed in Wabasha, MN until the death of the parents. Of the 8 children fathered by Alfred, only 2 girls survived to have families of their own, thus the "Dechanet" name from this line in America ended with Alfred.
According to his daughter Lucy's birth record, on July 11, 1870 Alfred was a rafts man. During this period of time the Mississippi River was the highway of the USA Midwest and Wabasha was a center for this activity. There was a grain rolling mill in town as well as a lumber mill and the steam ships moved cargo and pushed booms of lumber up and down the river. The people who worked in this industry on the river were called rafts men. His death record indicated that he was a retired trapper and the 1905 census says that he was a gardener, like most retired folks of the time.
Alfred died of asthma on November 7, 1916, and was buried November 10, 1916.
At the age of 14 he emigrated from the LeHavre France, on the Samuel M. Fox arriving in New York on November 10, 1852. Nicolas Guyot age 20, who married Asulite on May 26, 1859 in the town of Findlay, Hancock County, OH was also on this ship.
On 11 July 1860 Alfred was living in Findlay, Hancock, OH. He was a 20 year old labourer living in a French household along with a Peter (Pierre) Dechanet who was a 60 year old physician at that time.
Alfred entered the American Civil War on April 29, 1861 when he enlisted as a Private in Company "I" of the First Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division at Fort Snelling, MN. He was admitted to the 2nd Division of Depot Field Hospital near Potomac Creek, Virginia on April 20 April 1863 with a gunshot wound to his hand which was the result of an accident. He ended military service when he was mustered out on May 5, 1864 at Fort Snelling, MN because the term of his enlistment had expired. He ws eligible for re-acceptance by the army if he were to re-enlist. He was 22 years old, 5 foot 7.25 inches tall, with black hair, dark completion, and hazel eyes. In October 1880, Alfred started receiving a monthly pension of $4, which lasted until his death, because of the wounds to his right hand.
March 23, 1865, Alfred married Isabella Elizabeth Cratte. Witnesses to this marriage were Henry & Emily Buisson; Father Tissot performed the ceremony. She brought four children to this marriage, and had an additional eight children with Alfred. The family stayed in Wabasha, MN until the death of the parents. Of the 8 children fathered by Alfred, only 2 girls survived to have families of their own, thus the "Dechanet" name from this line in America ended with Alfred.
According to his daughter Lucy's birth record, on July 11, 1870 Alfred was a rafts man. During this period of time the Mississippi River was the highway of the USA Midwest and Wabasha was a center for this activity. There was a grain rolling mill in town as well as a lumber mill and the steam ships moved cargo and pushed booms of lumber up and down the river. The people who worked in this industry on the river were called rafts men. His death record indicated that he was a retired trapper and the 1905 census says that he was a gardener, like most retired folks of the time.
Alfred died of asthma on November 7, 1916, and was buried November 10, 1916.
Pierre "Alfred" Déchanet was born at Marcilly-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne, France. His father was Sébastien Constantin and his mother was Marie Jeanne Tenaille. The family soon moved about 7 thousand miles to America, where his sister, Asulite, was born in Bonnecourt in 1840.
At the age of 14 he emigrated from the LeHavre France, on the Samuel M. Fox arriving in New York on November 10, 1852. Nicolas Guyot age 20, who married Asulite on May 26, 1859 in the town of Findlay, Hancock County, OH was also on this ship.
On 11 July 1860 Alfred was living in Findlay, Hancock, OH. He was a 20 year old labourer living in a French household along with a Peter (Pierre) Dechanet who was a 60 year old physician at that time.
Alfred entered the American Civil War on April 29, 1861 when he enlisted as a Private in Company "I" of the First Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division at Fort Snelling, MN. He was admitted to the 2nd Division of Depot Field Hospital near Potomac Creek, Virginia on April 20 April 1863 with a gunshot wound to his hand which was the result of an accident. He ended military service when he was mustered out on May 5, 1864 at Fort Snelling, MN because the term of his enlistment had expired. He ws eligible for re-acceptance by the army if he were to re-enlist. He was 22 years old, 5 foot 7.25 inches tall, with black hair, dark completion, and hazel eyes. In October 1880, Alfred started receiving a monthly pension of $4, which lasted until his death, because of the wounds to his right hand.
March 23, 1865, Alfred married Isabella Elizabeth Cratte. Witnesses to this marriage were Henry & Emily Buisson; Father Tissot performed the ceremony. She brought four children to this marriage, and had an additional eight children with Alfred. The family stayed in Wabasha, MN until the death of the parents. Of the 8 children fathered by Alfred, only 2 girls survived to have families of their own, thus the "Dechanet" name from this line in America ended with Alfred.
According to his daughter Lucy's birth record, on July 11, 1870 Alfred was a rafts man. During this period of time the Mississippi River was the highway of the USA Midwest and Wabasha was a center for this activity. There was a grain rolling mill in town as well as a lumber mill and the steam ships moved cargo and pushed booms of lumber up and down the river. The people who worked in this industry on the river were called rafts men. His death record indicated that he was a retired trapper and the 1905 census says that he was a gardener, like most retired folks of the time.
Alfred died of asthma on November 7, 1916, and was buried November 10, 1916.
At the age of 14 he emigrated from the LeHavre France, on the Samuel M. Fox arriving in New York on November 10, 1852. Nicolas Guyot age 20, who married Asulite on May 26, 1859 in the town of Findlay, Hancock County, OH was also on this ship.
On 11 July 1860 Alfred was living in Findlay, Hancock, OH. He was a 20 year old labourer living in a French household along with a Peter (Pierre) Dechanet who was a 60 year old physician at that time.
Alfred entered the American Civil War on April 29, 1861 when he enlisted as a Private in Company "I" of the First Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division at Fort Snelling, MN. He was admitted to the 2nd Division of Depot Field Hospital near Potomac Creek, Virginia on April 20 April 1863 with a gunshot wound to his hand which was the result of an accident. He ended military service when he was mustered out on May 5, 1864 at Fort Snelling, MN because the term of his enlistment had expired. He ws eligible for re-acceptance by the army if he were to re-enlist. He was 22 years old, 5 foot 7.25 inches tall, with black hair, dark completion, and hazel eyes. In October 1880, Alfred started receiving a monthly pension of $4, which lasted until his death, because of the wounds to his right hand.
March 23, 1865, Alfred married Isabella Elizabeth Cratte. Witnesses to this marriage were Henry & Emily Buisson; Father Tissot performed the ceremony. She brought four children to this marriage, and had an additional eight children with Alfred. The family stayed in Wabasha, MN until the death of the parents. Of the 8 children fathered by Alfred, only 2 girls survived to have families of their own, thus the "Dechanet" name from this line in America ended with Alfred.
According to his daughter Lucy's birth record, on July 11, 1870 Alfred was a rafts man. During this period of time the Mississippi River was the highway of the USA Midwest and Wabasha was a center for this activity. There was a grain rolling mill in town as well as a lumber mill and the steam ships moved cargo and pushed booms of lumber up and down the river. The people who worked in this industry on the river were called rafts men. His death record indicated that he was a retired trapper and the 1905 census says that he was a gardener, like most retired folks of the time.
Alfred died of asthma on November 7, 1916, and was buried November 10, 1916.
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