Civil War veteran; Union, Company C, 19th Indiana Infantry. He was the son of Doctor R. Ford (E. Royston Ford) and Anna Mills. He was a brother of Mary Ellen Ford Mills. According to the census in 1850, he was living with his family in Stoney Creek in Randolph County.
Before joining the 19th Indiana, he first spent 7 months as a Private in Co. K, 36th Indiana Infantry. He mustered into the regiment on Oct. 24, 1861. While he was serving in the 36th Indiana, he jumped off a riverboat in Tennessee during the Battle of Shiloh. This resulted in a hernia, as he had a full pack on at the time. Just after this, he contracted the mumps. On May 22, 1862, he was discharged from the 36th Indiana Infantry for disability. He returned home and recovered from the mumps. He then joined the 19th Indiana Infantry - the same regiment in which his brother, Dr. F. Ford, was serving.
He was wounded in the ankle at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1st, 1863. He then transferred to the 20th Indiana in the fall of 1864, along with the other surviving members of the 19th.
He started to receive a pension in 1869, but because of confusion with his two disabilites from two different regiments his pension was cancelled and restarted more than once. His hernia never properly healed and his old ankle wound from Gettysburg made farming very difficult for him.
After his first wife, Hanna, died, he married Sarah C. Murray Cos in 1888.
He died with little money and was buried without a headstone. He was in a unmarked grave for 100 years until a great, great, great grandson had a new government marker placed to honor his service.
Sources:
Bousman, Rolly. Family history research for Isaac Royston Ford.
Harris, Phil. 19th Indiana burial and regiment research.
Before joining the 19th Indiana, he first spent 7 months as a Private in Co. K, 36th Indiana Infantry. He mustered into the regiment on Oct. 24, 1861. While he was serving in the 36th Indiana, he jumped off a riverboat in Tennessee during the Battle of Shiloh. This resulted in a hernia, as he had a full pack on at the time. Just after this, he contracted the mumps. On May 22, 1862, he was discharged from the 36th Indiana Infantry for disability. He returned home and recovered from the mumps. He then joined the 19th Indiana Infantry - the same regiment in which his brother, Dr. F. Ford, was serving.
He was wounded in the ankle at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1st, 1863. He then transferred to the 20th Indiana in the fall of 1864, along with the other surviving members of the 19th.
He started to receive a pension in 1869, but because of confusion with his two disabilites from two different regiments his pension was cancelled and restarted more than once. His hernia never properly healed and his old ankle wound from Gettysburg made farming very difficult for him.
After his first wife, Hanna, died, he married Sarah C. Murray Cos in 1888.
He died with little money and was buried without a headstone. He was in a unmarked grave for 100 years until a great, great, great grandson had a new government marker placed to honor his service.
Sources:
Bousman, Rolly. Family history research for Isaac Royston Ford.
Harris, Phil. 19th Indiana burial and regiment research.
Civil War veteran; Union, Company C, 19th Indiana Infantry. He was the son of Doctor R. Ford (E. Royston Ford) and Anna Mills. He was a brother of Mary Ellen Ford Mills. According to the census in 1850, he was living with his family in Stoney Creek in Randolph County.
Before joining the 19th Indiana, he first spent 7 months as a Private in Co. K, 36th Indiana Infantry. He mustered into the regiment on Oct. 24, 1861. While he was serving in the 36th Indiana, he jumped off a riverboat in Tennessee during the Battle of Shiloh. This resulted in a hernia, as he had a full pack on at the time. Just after this, he contracted the mumps. On May 22, 1862, he was discharged from the 36th Indiana Infantry for disability. He returned home and recovered from the mumps. He then joined the 19th Indiana Infantry - the same regiment in which his brother, Dr. F. Ford, was serving.
He was wounded in the ankle at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1st, 1863. He then transferred to the 20th Indiana in the fall of 1864, along with the other surviving members of the 19th.
He started to receive a pension in 1869, but because of confusion with his two disabilites from two different regiments his pension was cancelled and restarted more than once. His hernia never properly healed and his old ankle wound from Gettysburg made farming very difficult for him.
After his first wife, Hanna, died, he married Sarah C. Murray Cos in 1888.
He died with little money and was buried without a headstone. He was in a unmarked grave for 100 years until a great, great, great grandson had a new government marker placed to honor his service.
Sources:
Bousman, Rolly. Family history research for Isaac Royston Ford.
Harris, Phil. 19th Indiana burial and regiment research.
Before joining the 19th Indiana, he first spent 7 months as a Private in Co. K, 36th Indiana Infantry. He mustered into the regiment on Oct. 24, 1861. While he was serving in the 36th Indiana, he jumped off a riverboat in Tennessee during the Battle of Shiloh. This resulted in a hernia, as he had a full pack on at the time. Just after this, he contracted the mumps. On May 22, 1862, he was discharged from the 36th Indiana Infantry for disability. He returned home and recovered from the mumps. He then joined the 19th Indiana Infantry - the same regiment in which his brother, Dr. F. Ford, was serving.
He was wounded in the ankle at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1st, 1863. He then transferred to the 20th Indiana in the fall of 1864, along with the other surviving members of the 19th.
He started to receive a pension in 1869, but because of confusion with his two disabilites from two different regiments his pension was cancelled and restarted more than once. His hernia never properly healed and his old ankle wound from Gettysburg made farming very difficult for him.
After his first wife, Hanna, died, he married Sarah C. Murray Cos in 1888.
He died with little money and was buried without a headstone. He was in a unmarked grave for 100 years until a great, great, great grandson had a new government marker placed to honor his service.
Sources:
Bousman, Rolly. Family history research for Isaac Royston Ford.
Harris, Phil. 19th Indiana burial and regiment research.
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