Thomas Whittlesey enlisted as a Musician (bugler) in Company C of the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, on June 20, 1861, for 3 years service. He was mustered out at the expiration of his term of service on June 29, 1864, at Detroit, Michigan. Thomas died of heart failure on December 17, 1904.
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
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Son of Austin Whittlesay and Agnes (Lee) Knapp Whittlesay.
He worked as a mechanical engineer in South Omaha, Nebraska. Married Laura Way, daughter of Gilbert and Harriet Way on September 17, 1874, in Chicago, Illinois.
Children:
Thomas Harry Whittlesay, b. April 16, 1876, at Kittanning, Pa.; Laura Eva Whittlesay, b. Oct. 2, 1877, at Valpariso, Ind.; James Whittlesay, b. Feb. 2, 1879, at Hammond, Ind.; Harriet Agnes Whittlesay, b. Mar. 14, 1882, at Hammond, Ind.
Sources: Genealogy of the Whittelsey - Whittlesay Family, compiled by George Barney Whittlesay, Hartford, Conn., 1898 and Burials in Nebraska of Civil War Veterans.
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
For further information on the Fourth Michigan Infantry, copy this link into your browser and press enter: www.4thmichigan.wordpress.com
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Son of Austin Whittlesay and Agnes (Lee) Knapp Whittlesay.
He worked as a mechanical engineer in South Omaha, Nebraska. Married Laura Way, daughter of Gilbert and Harriet Way on September 17, 1874, in Chicago, Illinois.
Children:
Thomas Harry Whittlesay, b. April 16, 1876, at Kittanning, Pa.; Laura Eva Whittlesay, b. Oct. 2, 1877, at Valpariso, Ind.; James Whittlesay, b. Feb. 2, 1879, at Hammond, Ind.; Harriet Agnes Whittlesay, b. Mar. 14, 1882, at Hammond, Ind.
Sources: Genealogy of the Whittelsey - Whittlesay Family, compiled by George Barney Whittlesay, Hartford, Conn., 1898 and Burials in Nebraska of Civil War Veterans.
Thomas Whittlesey enlisted as a Musician (bugler) in Company C of the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, on June 20, 1861, for 3 years service. He was mustered out at the expiration of his term of service on June 29, 1864, at Detroit, Michigan. Thomas died of heart failure on December 17, 1904.
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
For further information on the Fourth Michigan Infantry, copy this link into your browser and press enter: www.4thmichigan.wordpress.com
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Son of Austin Whittlesay and Agnes (Lee) Knapp Whittlesay.
He worked as a mechanical engineer in South Omaha, Nebraska. Married Laura Way, daughter of Gilbert and Harriet Way on September 17, 1874, in Chicago, Illinois.
Children:
Thomas Harry Whittlesay, b. April 16, 1876, at Kittanning, Pa.; Laura Eva Whittlesay, b. Oct. 2, 1877, at Valpariso, Ind.; James Whittlesay, b. Feb. 2, 1879, at Hammond, Ind.; Harriet Agnes Whittlesay, b. Mar. 14, 1882, at Hammond, Ind.
Sources: Genealogy of the Whittelsey - Whittlesay Family, compiled by George Barney Whittlesay, Hartford, Conn., 1898 and Burials in Nebraska of Civil War Veterans.
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
For further information on the Fourth Michigan Infantry, copy this link into your browser and press enter: www.4thmichigan.wordpress.com
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Son of Austin Whittlesay and Agnes (Lee) Knapp Whittlesay.
He worked as a mechanical engineer in South Omaha, Nebraska. Married Laura Way, daughter of Gilbert and Harriet Way on September 17, 1874, in Chicago, Illinois.
Children:
Thomas Harry Whittlesay, b. April 16, 1876, at Kittanning, Pa.; Laura Eva Whittlesay, b. Oct. 2, 1877, at Valpariso, Ind.; James Whittlesay, b. Feb. 2, 1879, at Hammond, Ind.; Harriet Agnes Whittlesay, b. Mar. 14, 1882, at Hammond, Ind.
Sources: Genealogy of the Whittelsey - Whittlesay Family, compiled by George Barney Whittlesay, Hartford, Conn., 1898 and Burials in Nebraska of Civil War Veterans.
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