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15th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry

Welcome H. Geer

Posted on November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 by Amanda Rutha

Welcome H. Geer was a resident of Mansfield on December 16, 1864 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. E of the 15th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; he was transferred to Co. E of the 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on June 23, 1865 and was mustered out July 20, 1865.

He was born about 1843 in Rhode Island, probably in Hopkinton, to Charles H. and Eliza P. (_____) Geer. In the 1860 U.S. census in North Stonington, Connecticut, he is a 15 year old in the household of Charles H. Geer. After the Civil War, he returned to Connecticut and worked as a farm laborer. Welcome Geer married Helen E. _____ about 1885. Children include: Welcome Arthur Geer, born about April 1888 and Raymond Geer, born about October, 1891.

In the 1890 Veterans census, he is living in Hopkinton, Rhode Island and he is a farm laborer there in the 1900 U.S. census.

Welcome H. Geer died on March 18, 1901 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island; his burial place is not known.

Levi G. Holston

Posted on November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 by Amanda Rutha

Levi G. Holston was a resident of Mansfield on December 17, 1864 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. G of the 15th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; he was transferred to Co. G of the 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on June 23, 1865 and mustered out July 20, 1865.

He was born about May, 1837 in New York City to Kenning and Samantha (Cafefs) Holston; he was not living in Mansfield in the 1860 U.S. census. After the Civil War, he moved to Alabama where he was a farmer. Between 1870 and 1880, he moved to Texas and eventually settled in Marshall, Texas. Levi Holston married Samantha R. ____ between 1860 and 1870; she died on October 7, 1905 and he married, second, Martha J. Allen on June 4, 1906. Children from his first marriage include: Levy Holston, born about 1862; Charlie Holston, born about 1866; Maria Holston, born about 1869; Nellie/Nettie L. Holston, born about May 1872; Henry H. Holston, born about March 1877; Alvis N. Holston, born about 1879 and Ethel Holston, born about March 1886.

On May 16, 1892, he applied for an invalid pension, No. 1,111,602 that was granted under certificate No. 1,007,429.

Levi G. Holston died on August 13, 1916 in Marshall, Texas and is buried at the Greenwood Cemetery in Marshall, Texas.

William Foster Whitney

Posted on October 24, 2022November 9, 2022 by Amanda Rutha

William F. Whitney was a resident of Mansfield on August 25, 1862 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. B of the 15th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; he was captured April 20, 1864 at Plymouth, North Carolina, paroled March 26, 1865 and discharged June 19, 1865. He was imprisoned at Andersonville, Georgia for over seven months.

He was born about 1844 in Mansfield to John M. and Susan (Campbell) Whitney. His mother died in 1859 and he does not appear in any census with his father. There are many William Whitneys in census records and information to identify where he resided after the Civil War has not been found. John M. Whitney had remarried and moved to New Haven by 1870.

On June 13, 1891, John M. Whitney applied for a dependent father’s pension under No. 517,273. The pension was not granted, probably because he died on February 17, 1892.

William F. Whitney died in 1890 and is buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut near his father and stepmother.