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Madison
County, Iowa
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GRAND
ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC VETERAN
RECORD TRANSCRIPTION |
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Data
added by transcriber in blue font |
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Veteran's
Name: Sims, David |
Father: |
Residence: |
Father's
nativity: |
Occupation: Laborer |
Mother: |
Date
of birth: Dec 1835 |
Mother's
nativity: |
Place
of birth: Martinsbury, Ohio |
Wife: Eleanor
Hedge |
Date
of death: 03 Aug 1915 |
2nd
wife: |
Place
of death: Des Moines, Polk,
Iowa |
3rd
wife: |
Place
of burial: Winterset Cemetery, Winterset,
Iowa |
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Cause
of death: |
Children
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War
record |
Rank: Corporal |
Company: I |
Regiment: 142nd |
State: Ohio |
Organization: Infantry |
Enlistment date: 02 May 1864 |
Enlistment age: 28 |
Residence: |
Mustered out: with Company 02 Sep
1864 at Camp Chase, Ohio - Service 100 days |
Discharged: |
Transfers: |
GAR
membership |
Post name: Pitzer |
Date
joined: 04 Aug 1900 |
Post No.: 55 (S) |
Age
at joining: 65 |
Place: Winterset |
Transfers: |
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Sources: Roster
Ohio Soldiers; Post 55 Desc Book #227: Simms, David; Des Moines Tribune
03 Aug 1915, p.1; Winterset News 11 Aug 1915 |
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Notes:
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Transcribed
by Kent G. Transier 04 Jan 2006.
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