Notes for Edward THURTELL

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Notes for Edward THURTELL

The 1850 U.S. Census for Jamestown, Grant County, Wisconsin, page 136, ennumerated September 19, 1850, shows Edward Thurtle as the oldest child of Edward B. Thurtle and Anna Thurtle. Edward was 7, born in Wisconsin, and attended school at the time of the census.

The Wisconsin Military Index Card Microfilm for the U.S. Civil War on file in the U.S. National Archives in Microfilm 559, Number 30 shows Edward Thurtell was a Private in the 25th Wisconsin Infantry. He is therefore undoubtedly the E. Thurtell listed in the Roll of Honor Volume XXVI, Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the Union Interred in the National Cemeteries, which was published in Washington, DC, originally in 1871. This record shows E. Thurtell, a Private in the 25th Wisconsin Infantry, died August 27, 1863, and is buried at Mound City National Cemetery, Illinois, in Section E, Grave 4419, and that his original place of burial had been in Paducah, Kentucky. This cemetery is located at Junction - Highways 37 and 51, Mound City, Illinois 62963, 314-260-8691.

Information from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 West Mifflin Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7843, e-mail REFDESK@@mail.state.wi.us, shows that Edward Thurtell was a Private in Company I of the 25th Wisconsin Infantry. His residence is shown as Hazel Green. He enlisted August 15, 1862, and died August 30, 1863, in Paducah, Kentucky, from disease.

The entry about Ransom B. Folts in a 1901 Grant County, Wisconsin, biographical record shows his wife's brother, Edward Thurtell, died in the Civil War.

There is an microfilmed index card on file at the National Archives, Chicago Region, in the General Pension Index microfilm series for Edward Thurtell showing that his mother, Amy Thurtell, filed for a veteran's pension on September 5, 1890, in South Dakota, based on the service of Edward Thurtell, which is shown as I 25 Wis. Inf. The application number of her pension was 476.014, and the certificate number was 356.690.

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