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Henry Eads

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Henry Eads

Birth
Monroe County, Indiana, USA
Death
6 Jan 1925 (aged 80)
Monroe County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Married Nancy Jane Sciscoe/Siscoe Eads Nov 24,1867 in Monroe county. After Nancy's death Henry married Nancy Minnie Duncan Dec 28, 1884 in Monroe county

Civil War Veteran. Co. H, 120th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers
Mustered in: Feb. 24, 1864, at Columbus, Indiana
Mustered out: Jan. 8, 1866, at Raleigh, North Carolina

Henry and his father, William Eads/Edds, joined together and were in the same unit. William died as prisoner of war, April 26, 1864 at U.S.A. General Hospital, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Henry was injured in the left arm, during fighting and making a safe zone, near Atlanta, Georgia, in Sept. 1864.

On Feb. 24, 1864 William Edds--spelling from the document--was enrolled at Columbus, Indiana in Company H, 120th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers to serve three years or for the length of the Civil War. On the records of that regiment he is reported to have died in the U.S.A. General Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 26, 1864 of congestion of the lungs, as a prisoner of war at Andersonville. His son, Henry enrolled with him and was in same unit. (Henry suffered an injury of the arm that crippled it for the rest of his life).
Father and son
Married Nancy Jane Sciscoe/Siscoe Eads Nov 24,1867 in Monroe county. After Nancy's death Henry married Nancy Minnie Duncan Dec 28, 1884 in Monroe county

Civil War Veteran. Co. H, 120th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers
Mustered in: Feb. 24, 1864, at Columbus, Indiana
Mustered out: Jan. 8, 1866, at Raleigh, North Carolina

Henry and his father, William Eads/Edds, joined together and were in the same unit. William died as prisoner of war, April 26, 1864 at U.S.A. General Hospital, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Henry was injured in the left arm, during fighting and making a safe zone, near Atlanta, Georgia, in Sept. 1864.

On Feb. 24, 1864 William Edds--spelling from the document--was enrolled at Columbus, Indiana in Company H, 120th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers to serve three years or for the length of the Civil War. On the records of that regiment he is reported to have died in the U.S.A. General Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 26, 1864 of congestion of the lungs, as a prisoner of war at Andersonville. His son, Henry enrolled with him and was in same unit. (Henry suffered an injury of the arm that crippled it for the rest of his life).
Father and son


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  • Created by: WDK
  • Added: Jan 1, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63581021/henry-eads: accessed ), memorial page for Henry Eads (24 Jan 1844–6 Jan 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63581021, citing Mount Ebal Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by WDK (contributor 47206386).