Enos F. Kelch was born at Moscow, Ohio, July 4th, 1841, and died at his home in St. Cloud, Fla., Wednesday at 3 p. m. Feb. 11th, in his 79th year.
He was married to Miss Mary McKibben in 1868, and to this union five children were born: Thomas L., Frank, Belle, Georgia, and Phillip K., Four of them still survive him, one having preceded him to the other shore. Mrs. Frank Kelch of Newcomerstown, Ohio, was at her father's bedside during his last illness and death, and in attendance at his funeral. In 1883 was married to Miss Sarah Willis, his now bereaved widow, and with whom he lived happily until his death
The funeral, at the G. A. R. hall at ten o'clock on Friday morning, was conducted by Rev. Beauchamp, assisted by Rev. Wm. Landis of the M. E. church, and was attended by a large company of veterans, he having been a member of the G. A. R., and filling the various offices in the same.
Enlisted in the United States army on the 9th day of August, in Claremont county, Ohio, for three years, or during the war, in Co. K, 59th Ohio Infantry, and assigned to the 14th Army Corps, then to the 21st Army Corps, and later assigned to the 4th Army Corps, in the Army of the Cumberland, services at Nashville, Tenn. Was in all the movements of his departments of activities from the beginning to the end of the war, from his enlistment in 1862.
Battles of Perryville, Ky., Nelson's Cross; Stone River, Murphreesboro, was engaged in guard and fatigue duty constantly. Was made Corporal in Sept., '62, and Sergeant, April, '63, serving in Middle Tennessee. Crossed Cumberland mountains and Tennessee river, participating in the battle of Chickamauga, and where he received a gunshot wound in the left knee. Was in the Chattanooga, Orchard Knob, Tenn., Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, in action at Charleston, Tenn., Atlanta Georgia, Peach Tree Cree Georgia, and here was wounded in the right arm. He also received a gunshot wound in the left eye, thus being three times wounded in the service of his country, and some of the effects of which he carried until his departure for the Grand Encampment on the other shore. He was honorably discharged at Nashvillue [sic], Tenn., June 28, 1865, by reason of the close of the war.
He was married to Miss Mary McKibben in 1868, and to this union five children were born: Thomas L., Frank, Belle, Georgia, and Phillip K., Four of them still survive him, one having preceded him to the other shore. Mrs. Frank Kelch of Newcomerstown, Ohio, was at her father's bedside during his last illness and death, and in attendance at his funeral. In 1883 was married to Miss Sarah Willis, his now bereaved widow, and with whom he lived happily until his death
The funeral, at the G. A. R. hall at ten o'clock on Friday morning, was conducted by Rev. Beauchamp, assisted by Rev. Wm. Landis of the M. E. church, and was attended by a large company of veterans, he having been a member of the G. A. R., and filling the various offices in the same.
Enlisted in the United States army on the 9th day of August, in Claremont county, Ohio, for three years, or during the war, in Co. K, 59th Ohio Infantry, and assigned to the 14th Army Corps, then to the 21st Army Corps, and later assigned to the 4th Army Corps, in the Army of the Cumberland, services at Nashville, Tenn. Was in all the movements of his departments of activities from the beginning to the end of the war, from his enlistment in 1862.
Battles of Perryville, Ky., Nelson's Cross; Stone River, Murphreesboro, was engaged in guard and fatigue duty constantly. Was made Corporal in Sept., '62, and Sergeant, April, '63, serving in Middle Tennessee. Crossed Cumberland mountains and Tennessee river, participating in the battle of Chickamauga, and where he received a gunshot wound in the left knee. Was in the Chattanooga, Orchard Knob, Tenn., Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, in action at Charleston, Tenn., Atlanta Georgia, Peach Tree Cree Georgia, and here was wounded in the right arm. He also received a gunshot wound in the left eye, thus being three times wounded in the service of his country, and some of the effects of which he carried until his departure for the Grand Encampment on the other shore. He was honorably discharged at Nashvillue [sic], Tenn., June 28, 1865, by reason of the close of the war.
Enos F. Kelch was born at Moscow, Ohio, July 4th, 1841, and died at his home in St. Cloud, Fla., Wednesday at 3 p. m. Feb. 11th, in his 79th year.
He was married to Miss Mary McKibben in 1868, and to this union five children were born: Thomas L., Frank, Belle, Georgia, and Phillip K., Four of them still survive him, one having preceded him to the other shore. Mrs. Frank Kelch of Newcomerstown, Ohio, was at her father's bedside during his last illness and death, and in attendance at his funeral. In 1883 was married to Miss Sarah Willis, his now bereaved widow, and with whom he lived happily until his death
The funeral, at the G. A. R. hall at ten o'clock on Friday morning, was conducted by Rev. Beauchamp, assisted by Rev. Wm. Landis of the M. E. church, and was attended by a large company of veterans, he having been a member of the G. A. R., and filling the various offices in the same.
Enlisted in the United States army on the 9th day of August, in Claremont county, Ohio, for three years, or during the war, in Co. K, 59th Ohio Infantry, and assigned to the 14th Army Corps, then to the 21st Army Corps, and later assigned to the 4th Army Corps, in the Army of the Cumberland, services at Nashville, Tenn. Was in all the movements of his departments of activities from the beginning to the end of the war, from his enlistment in 1862.
Battles of Perryville, Ky., Nelson's Cross; Stone River, Murphreesboro, was engaged in guard and fatigue duty constantly. Was made Corporal in Sept., '62, and Sergeant, April, '63, serving in Middle Tennessee. Crossed Cumberland mountains and Tennessee river, participating in the battle of Chickamauga, and where he received a gunshot wound in the left knee. Was in the Chattanooga, Orchard Knob, Tenn., Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, in action at Charleston, Tenn., Atlanta Georgia, Peach Tree Cree Georgia, and here was wounded in the right arm. He also received a gunshot wound in the left eye, thus being three times wounded in the service of his country, and some of the effects of which he carried until his departure for the Grand Encampment on the other shore. He was honorably discharged at Nashvillue [sic], Tenn., June 28, 1865, by reason of the close of the war.
He was married to Miss Mary McKibben in 1868, and to this union five children were born: Thomas L., Frank, Belle, Georgia, and Phillip K., Four of them still survive him, one having preceded him to the other shore. Mrs. Frank Kelch of Newcomerstown, Ohio, was at her father's bedside during his last illness and death, and in attendance at his funeral. In 1883 was married to Miss Sarah Willis, his now bereaved widow, and with whom he lived happily until his death
The funeral, at the G. A. R. hall at ten o'clock on Friday morning, was conducted by Rev. Beauchamp, assisted by Rev. Wm. Landis of the M. E. church, and was attended by a large company of veterans, he having been a member of the G. A. R., and filling the various offices in the same.
Enlisted in the United States army on the 9th day of August, in Claremont county, Ohio, for three years, or during the war, in Co. K, 59th Ohio Infantry, and assigned to the 14th Army Corps, then to the 21st Army Corps, and later assigned to the 4th Army Corps, in the Army of the Cumberland, services at Nashville, Tenn. Was in all the movements of his departments of activities from the beginning to the end of the war, from his enlistment in 1862.
Battles of Perryville, Ky., Nelson's Cross; Stone River, Murphreesboro, was engaged in guard and fatigue duty constantly. Was made Corporal in Sept., '62, and Sergeant, April, '63, serving in Middle Tennessee. Crossed Cumberland mountains and Tennessee river, participating in the battle of Chickamauga, and where he received a gunshot wound in the left knee. Was in the Chattanooga, Orchard Knob, Tenn., Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, in action at Charleston, Tenn., Atlanta Georgia, Peach Tree Cree Georgia, and here was wounded in the right arm. He also received a gunshot wound in the left eye, thus being three times wounded in the service of his country, and some of the effects of which he carried until his departure for the Grand Encampment on the other shore. He was honorably discharged at Nashvillue [sic], Tenn., June 28, 1865, by reason of the close of the war.
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