Sergt. Co. I, Reg. 140, PA Inf., Civil War
Name: Benjman F. Welsh
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1835
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1880: Wellsville, Columbiana, Ohio
Race: White Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lucinda Welsh
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Shoe Maker
Household Members: / Name Age
Benjman F. Welsh 45
Lucinda Welsh 36
Samuel H. Welsh 6
George B. Welsh 4
William W. Welsh 1
John T. Welsh 1
--1880 US Census
Note: He served in the 140th PA Infantry, not the 14th, even though the headstone paper says that. The tombstone is correct, the 140th.
Contributor: Ruth Tobias (47126653)
According to Wikipedia:
"The 140th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War, serving in the Eastern Theater. Recruited in late 1862, it fought from the Battle of Chancellorsville through the war until the Army of Northern Virginia's surrender at Appomattox Court House. Its losses during the war were among the highest of any Union regiment.
"The regiment was recruited in Beaver, Greene, Mercer, and Washington counties, and formally mustered into service on September 8, 1862, at Camp Curtin [Harrisburg, Pennsylvania], under the command of Col. Richard P. Roberts."
Name: Benjman F. Welsh
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1835
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1880: Wellsville, Columbiana, Ohio
Race: White Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lucinda Welsh
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Shoe Maker
Household Members: / Name Age
Benjman F. Welsh 45
Lucinda Welsh 36
Samuel H. Welsh 6
George B. Welsh 4
William W. Welsh 1
John T. Welsh 1
--1880 US Census
Note: He served in the 140th PA Infantry, not the 14th, even though the headstone paper says that. The tombstone is correct, the 140th.
Contributor: Ruth Tobias (47126653)
According to Wikipedia:
"The 140th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War, serving in the Eastern Theater. Recruited in late 1862, it fought from the Battle of Chancellorsville through the war until the Army of Northern Virginia's surrender at Appomattox Court House. Its losses during the war were among the highest of any Union regiment.
"The regiment was recruited in Beaver, Greene, Mercer, and Washington counties, and formally mustered into service on September 8, 1862, at Camp Curtin [Harrisburg, Pennsylvania], under the command of Col. Richard P. Roberts."
Sergt. Co. I, Reg. 140, PA Inf., Civil War
Name: Benjman F. Welsh
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1835
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1880: Wellsville, Columbiana, Ohio
Race: White Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lucinda Welsh
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Shoe Maker
Household Members: / Name Age
Benjman F. Welsh 45
Lucinda Welsh 36
Samuel H. Welsh 6
George B. Welsh 4
William W. Welsh 1
John T. Welsh 1
--1880 US Census
Note: He served in the 140th PA Infantry, not the 14th, even though the headstone paper says that. The tombstone is correct, the 140th.
Contributor: Ruth Tobias (47126653)
According to Wikipedia:
"The 140th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War, serving in the Eastern Theater. Recruited in late 1862, it fought from the Battle of Chancellorsville through the war until the Army of Northern Virginia's surrender at Appomattox Court House. Its losses during the war were among the highest of any Union regiment.
"The regiment was recruited in Beaver, Greene, Mercer, and Washington counties, and formally mustered into service on September 8, 1862, at Camp Curtin [Harrisburg, Pennsylvania], under the command of Col. Richard P. Roberts."
Name: Benjman F. Welsh
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1835
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1880: Wellsville, Columbiana, Ohio
Race: White Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lucinda Welsh
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Shoe Maker
Household Members: / Name Age
Benjman F. Welsh 45
Lucinda Welsh 36
Samuel H. Welsh 6
George B. Welsh 4
William W. Welsh 1
John T. Welsh 1
--1880 US Census
Note: He served in the 140th PA Infantry, not the 14th, even though the headstone paper says that. The tombstone is correct, the 140th.
Contributor: Ruth Tobias (47126653)
According to Wikipedia:
"The 140th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War, serving in the Eastern Theater. Recruited in late 1862, it fought from the Battle of Chancellorsville through the war until the Army of Northern Virginia's surrender at Appomattox Court House. Its losses during the war were among the highest of any Union regiment.
"The regiment was recruited in Beaver, Greene, Mercer, and Washington counties, and formally mustered into service on September 8, 1862, at Camp Curtin [Harrisburg, Pennsylvania], under the command of Col. Richard P. Roberts."
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