Emisire Shahan Famous memorial Veteran

Original Name: Amaziah Shahan
Birth: 14 Aug 1843
Preston County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 17 Nov 1919 (aged 76)
Satsop, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA
Burial: Masonic Cemetery

Elma, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 47.0026, Longitude: -123.4366
Plot: Block 134, Lot 4
Memorial ID: 6860978 View Source

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Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as a Corporal in Company A, 1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Battle of Sailors Creek, Virginia on April 6, 1865. His citation reads simply "Capture of flag of 26th Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.)". His Medal was awarded to him on May 3, 1865. He was one of fourteen 1st West Virginia Cavalry soldiers to be awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the Civil War (the others being Private James F. Adams, Corporal Thomas Anderson, Lieutenant Wilmon W. Blackmar, Captain Hugh P. Boon, Sergeant Richard Boury, Major Charles E. Capehart, Colonel Henry Capehart, 1st Sergeant Francis M. Cunningham, Commissary Sergeant William Houlton, Private Archibald Rowand, Chief Bugler Charles Schorn, Sergeant Levi Shoemaker, and Private Daniel A. Woods).

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Parents

Samuel Shahan

1822–1902
Rebecca Wolfe Shahan

1823–1852

Spouses

Rebecca Miller Shahan

1846–1886 (m. 1864)
Melvina Helen "Viney" Knight Shahan

1850–1929 (m. 1894)

Siblings

Christina Shahan

1845 – unknown
Sarah Ellen Shahan Kerns

1846–1927
Almeda Jane Shahan Luzadder

1849–1902
Solomon Shahan

1851 – unknown

Half Siblings

Charles Pinkney Shahan

1857–1924
James Shahan

1860–1901
Cordelia Ann Shahan Moran

1861–1938

Children

Emma Adeline Shahan O'Brien

1866–1959
Martha J "Mattie" Shahan Stephens

1867–1895
Edward Edson Shahan

1869–1907
James M. Shahan

1870–1886
Mary E. Shahan

1873–1878
Katie Rebecca Shahan Miller

1874–1943
Hosea S. Shahan

1876–1877
Louise Josephine "Louie" Shahan Steele

1877–1929
William Conrad "Will" Shahan

1880–1944
Anna M. Shahan

1882–1882
John C. Shahan

1884–1902

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1880 United States Federal Census
1910 United States Federal Census
Washington, U.S., Select Death Index, 1907-1960
Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1883-1960

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Samuel Shahan

Rebecca Wolfe Shahan

Rebecca Miller Shahan

Melvina Helen "Viney" Knight Shahan

Christina Shahan

Sarah Ellen Shahan Kerns

Almeda Jane Shahan Luzadder

Solomon Shahan

Charles Pinkney Shahan

James Shahan

Cordelia Ann Shahan Moran

Emma Adeline Shahan O'Brien

Martha J "Mattie" Shahan Stephens

Edward Edson Shahan

James M. Shahan

Mary E. Shahan

Katie Rebecca Shahan Miller

Hosea S. Shahan

Louise Josephine "Louie" Shahan Steele

William Conrad "Will" Shahan

Anna M. Shahan

John C. Shahan

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