At age 19 enlisted on August 30, 1861, and mustered in September 14, 1861, as a private in Co. G, 2nd Iowa Cavalry. Promoted to 7th Corporal on October 19, 1863; promoted to 5th Corporal on November 1, 1864; mustered out July 1,1864; commissioned an officer in Co. M, 4th U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artillery, on July 1, 1864; promoted to 3rd Corporal on February 12, 1865; mustered out February 25, 1866, at Pine Bluff Arkansas as a first lieutenant.
Member of G.A.R. Post #004 Denver Colorado
Spouse Jessie A. Cooper married September 17, 1877
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Two years after being honorably discharged, George Ady began a forty-four year career with the railroad, first with the St. Joseph and Council Bluffs line out of St. Joseph, MO, and ending with the Denver & South Park and the Union Pacific lines out Denver.
He "occupied a prominent place in the railroad life of the West", his biography states, and his "great geniality and comradeship made him one of the more popular men in Denver."
He retired in 1912 and was engaged in writing his Civil War memoirs when he died.
Contributor: David Savageau (51293677)
Member of G.A.R. Post #004 Denver Colorado
Spouse Jessie A. Cooper married September 17, 1877
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Two years after being honorably discharged, George Ady began a forty-four year career with the railroad, first with the St. Joseph and Council Bluffs line out of St. Joseph, MO, and ending with the Denver & South Park and the Union Pacific lines out Denver.
He "occupied a prominent place in the railroad life of the West", his biography states, and his "great geniality and comradeship made him one of the more popular men in Denver."
He retired in 1912 and was engaged in writing his Civil War memoirs when he died.
Contributor: David Savageau (51293677)
At age 19 enlisted on August 30, 1861, and mustered in September 14, 1861, as a private in Co. G, 2nd Iowa Cavalry. Promoted to 7th Corporal on October 19, 1863; promoted to 5th Corporal on November 1, 1864; mustered out July 1,1864; commissioned an officer in Co. M, 4th U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artillery, on July 1, 1864; promoted to 3rd Corporal on February 12, 1865; mustered out February 25, 1866, at Pine Bluff Arkansas as a first lieutenant.
Member of G.A.R. Post #004 Denver Colorado
Spouse Jessie A. Cooper married September 17, 1877
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Two years after being honorably discharged, George Ady began a forty-four year career with the railroad, first with the St. Joseph and Council Bluffs line out of St. Joseph, MO, and ending with the Denver & South Park and the Union Pacific lines out Denver.
He "occupied a prominent place in the railroad life of the West", his biography states, and his "great geniality and comradeship made him one of the more popular men in Denver."
He retired in 1912 and was engaged in writing his Civil War memoirs when he died.
Contributor: David Savageau (51293677)
Member of G.A.R. Post #004 Denver Colorado
Spouse Jessie A. Cooper married September 17, 1877
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Two years after being honorably discharged, George Ady began a forty-four year career with the railroad, first with the St. Joseph and Council Bluffs line out of St. Joseph, MO, and ending with the Denver & South Park and the Union Pacific lines out Denver.
He "occupied a prominent place in the railroad life of the West", his biography states, and his "great geniality and comradeship made him one of the more popular men in Denver."
He retired in 1912 and was engaged in writing his Civil War memoirs when he died.
Contributor: David Savageau (51293677)
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