Darwin Beebe enlisted as a Private in Company H of the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry on June 20, 1861, for 3 years of service. He was discharged for disability on December 7, 1862, at Baltimore, Maryland, on account of a gunshot wound which he had received in his left hip and spine during the battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia on July 1, 1862. Darwin later re-enlisted as a Private in the Fourteenth Battery of the Michigan Light Artillery on December 31, 1863, for 3 years, at Detroit, Michigan. He was promoted to Corporal in March of 1864 and later mustered out of service at Jackson, Michigan, on July 1, 1865.
Darwin's first marriage was to Anna Straw in 1860 but she died in 1865. In 1867 he married Florence Hardy but she died in 1870.
The death certificate for Darwin gives his occupation as a Cooper and that his third wife's name as Elizabeth (Morris)Beebe who was residing in Jackson, Michigan at the time of his death. Her maiden name was Darwin. She had previously been married to Aaron Morris but he had died on April 23, 1876. Two children were listed in the Beebe household, Charles Beebe, born on November 28, 1876 and Florence Blair, born on February 14, 1878.
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
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Darwin's first marriage was to Anna Straw in 1860 but she died in 1865. In 1867 he married Florence Hardy but she died in 1870.
The death certificate for Darwin gives his occupation as a Cooper and that his third wife's name as Elizabeth (Morris)Beebe who was residing in Jackson, Michigan at the time of his death. Her maiden name was Darwin. She had previously been married to Aaron Morris but he had died on April 23, 1876. Two children were listed in the Beebe household, Charles Beebe, born on November 28, 1876 and Florence Blair, born on February 14, 1878.
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
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Darwin Beebe enlisted as a Private in Company H of the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry on June 20, 1861, for 3 years of service. He was discharged for disability on December 7, 1862, at Baltimore, Maryland, on account of a gunshot wound which he had received in his left hip and spine during the battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia on July 1, 1862. Darwin later re-enlisted as a Private in the Fourteenth Battery of the Michigan Light Artillery on December 31, 1863, for 3 years, at Detroit, Michigan. He was promoted to Corporal in March of 1864 and later mustered out of service at Jackson, Michigan, on July 1, 1865.
Darwin's first marriage was to Anna Straw in 1860 but she died in 1865. In 1867 he married Florence Hardy but she died in 1870.
The death certificate for Darwin gives his occupation as a Cooper and that his third wife's name as Elizabeth (Morris)Beebe who was residing in Jackson, Michigan at the time of his death. Her maiden name was Darwin. She had previously been married to Aaron Morris but he had died on April 23, 1876. Two children were listed in the Beebe household, Charles Beebe, born on November 28, 1876 and Florence Blair, born on February 14, 1878.
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
For further information on the Fourth Michigan Infantry, copy this link into your browser and press enter: www.4thmichigan.wordpress.com
Darwin's first marriage was to Anna Straw in 1860 but she died in 1865. In 1867 he married Florence Hardy but she died in 1870.
The death certificate for Darwin gives his occupation as a Cooper and that his third wife's name as Elizabeth (Morris)Beebe who was residing in Jackson, Michigan at the time of his death. Her maiden name was Darwin. She had previously been married to Aaron Morris but he had died on April 23, 1876. Two children were listed in the Beebe household, Charles Beebe, born on November 28, 1876 and Florence Blair, born on February 14, 1878.
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
For further information on the Fourth Michigan Infantry, copy this link into your browser and press enter: www.4thmichigan.wordpress.com
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