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Ephraim Tonguet

Private Army Civil War

Army
Army
Private
Private
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
Company B, 99th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Conflict / Era
Civil War
Years of Service
1862 – 1863
Hometown
Claibourne, OH
Burial Location
Claibourne Twp: Bethlehem (Claibourne Cemetery)
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
Claibourne
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
Church
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

Church: UNKNOWN. School: UNKNOWN. Extreme discrepancies exist in documentation for this record, indicating possible intermingling of two separate veteran records; one set of records lists DOB as 1842, enlistment on 09/08/1962, KIA 01/02/1863, age 20, buried in Stones River National Cemetery, Tennessee; another set of records lists DOB ranging from 1834-1836 (veteran form lists DOB as 1834, 1860 Census Records list age as 24, DOB 1836), DOD 01/23/1863, buried in Claibourne Cemetery, Union Co., Ohio; no mention of KIA status in Beers history or in Claibourne Township history; not mentioned in Curry history; no record in any Union Co. publication, including Richwood Gazette; no pension record or pay-out for KIA status; not listed on Ohio Roll of Honor, Marysville Public Library; multiple surname spellings: Tonguet, Tonquet, Tonguit, Tonget, Tounget, Touget

Source: Veteran data form submitted by Kevin Longberry; Beers, Record 502; 1860 U.S. Federal Census Records; Union Co. Census Records (Bouic), Claibourne Township, p. 53; Bouic Genealogy Records, p. 417; American Civil War Research Database; | U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1965; Civil War Service Records; American Civil War Soldiers; U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles; Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, p. 388; Union Co. Cemetery Records, Vol. 1, p. 113