Civil War Veteran, enlisted August 25,1862,Union side 131st infantry regiment Company C, promoted to full Sargeant August 13,1863, wounded in action September 19,1864 in the Battle of Opequon, Virginia. Mustered out July 26,1865, Savannah, Georgia. Son of Jonas Sr.and Maria Havens Cheshire, interred at Cypress Hills Cemetery Lot 535, Section 4.Brother of Charles Wesley, Henry Clay , Theodore Bell , Oliver Augustus (Civil war veteran) Forty-Seventh Regiment, Maria Elizabeth, Adam C.L., and Elisha H. (Civil War Veteran) Thirteenth N.Y.S. Militia.
Jonas Jr.was also a member of the 13th regiment Victory Guard, Brooklyn, New York
Civil War Veteran, enlisted August 25,1862,Union side 131st infantry regiment Company C, promoted to full Sargeant August 13,1863, wounded in action September 19,1864 in the Battle of Opequon, Virginia. Mustered out July 26,1865, Savannah, Georgia. Son of Jonas Sr.and Maria Havens Cheshire, interred at Cypress Hills Cemetery Lot 535, Section 4.Brother of Charles Wesley, Henry Clay , Theodore Bell , Oliver Augustus (Civil war veteran) Forty-Seventh Regiment, Maria Elizabeth, Adam C.L., and Elisha H. (Civil War Veteran) Thirteenth N.Y.S. Militia.
Jonas Jr.was also a member of the 13th regiment Victory Guard, Brooklyn, New York