Civil War Veterans Buried In Washington State - William Sickles

CWV ORTING CEM OSH PIERCE CO SICKLES WM HOGOGE UNION CENSUS CHRON 2022

 

George Sickels

1817–1866

BIRTH 1817 • New York

DEATH 1866

 

Eliza Walden

1819–1857

BIRTH 1819 • New York

DEATH 1857

 

1850 Danube Herkimer Co. NY

George Sickles 33/1817/NY farmer

Eliza 31/1819/NY

Gertrude C 1840/NY

Wm 7/1843/NY

Charles E 3/1847/NY 11^th WI Inf. Co. C 1/11/1864 9/4/1865

Byron 1850/NY

Sally Walden 51/1799/NY mother of Eliza

 

1860 Fountain Prarie Columbia Co. WI

George Fickler 43/43/1817/NY no occ

Gertrude 20/1840/NY

Wm H 17

 

	William H. Sickels Residence Fall River WI; 16 years old. Enlisted on 5/11/1861 as a Corporal. On 5/11/1861 he mustered into "B" Co. WI 7th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 7/3/1865 Promotions: * Sergt Other Information: born 10/27/1844 in Danube, Herkimer Co., NY died 9/26/1938 in Orting, WA Buried: Soldiers' Home Cemetery, Orting, WA Medal of Honor Information: He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on 3/31/1865 at Gravelly Run, VA. (With a comrade, captured three Confederates and recaptured  a Union officer)
Name:		William H Sickels
Enlistment Age:		16
Birth Date:		27 Oct 1844
Birth Place:		Danube, Herkimer Co., New York
Enlistment Date:		11 May 1861
Enlistment Rank:		Corporal
Muster Date:		11 May 1861
Muster Place:		Wisconsin
Muster Company:		B
Muster Regiment:		7th Infantry
Muster Regiment Type:		Infantry
Muster Information:		Enlisted
Rank Change Rank:		Sergt
Muster Out Date:		3 Jul 1865
Muster Out Information:		Mustered Out
Side of War:		Union
Survived War?:		Yes
Residence Place:		Fall River, Wisconsin
Death Date:		26 Sep 1938
Death Place:		Orting, Washington
Burial Place:		Orting, Washington
Cemetery:		Soldiers' Home Cemetery
Title:		Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion; Deeds of Valor. How our Soldier-heroes won the Medal of Honor; Medal of Honor Recipients 1863-1994   1870 Fall River Columbia Co. WI Wm Sickles 35/1835/NY laborer Loma 25/1845/VT Died by 1875 as remarried to Jennie *Alice 3/1867/WI  (Alta) This is child of Wm & Loma *Fred 6/12/ Dec 1870/WI Mary Sickles 17/1853/NY domestic Servent wife of Byran Z Sickels)   Alice/Alta 1867 & Lewis Fred 1870 are from Loma who died by 1875 when Wm Married Jennie 1875 Claud 1877 is from Jennie

 

Name:	Janie Carley
Marriage Date:	5 May 1875
Marriage County:	Juneau, Wisconsin, USA
Spouse:	William Sickles

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1880 Harvard McHenry Co. IL

Wm H Sickles 35/1845/NY parents NY/NY baggageman on RR

Jennie 23

Lewis F 11*(this is child of Wm & Loma)

Claude 3 (3/4/1877/IL d. 6/21/1937/Pierce Co. WA) This should be the one & only child Wm & Jennie had***

 

Name:	William H Sickles
Gender:	Male
Rank:	2d Sargent
Role:	Veteran
Residence Date:	Jun 1890
Residence Place:	La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
Enumeration District:	170
Enlistment Date:	21 Apr 1861
Discharge Date:	23 Jul 1865
Regiment or Vessel:	7 Wisconsin Inf
Company:	B.
Length of service:	4 Yrs 3 Mos 2 Days

 

 

1900 Orting Pierce Co. WA Pensioner

Wm H Sickles 56/Cot 1843/NY

Jennie 40/Dec 1859/WI 1ch 1liv

 

***Claude Sickles 3/1877/IL parents NY/WI (living next door to parents) school clerk

Addie Feb/1878/WA

 

1910 Bremerton Ward 2 Kitsap Co. WA

Wm Sickles 45/1845/NY parents NY/NY watchman at US Navy Yd

Jennie E 50/1860/WI 1ch 1liv

*L F 40/1870/WI parents NY/WI coal miner (Louis F 12/16/1869 d. 9/15/1933 Kitsap Co. WA)

 

1920 Orting Pierce Co. WA

Wm H Sickles 75/1845/NY Justice of the Peace does not note the Vets

Jennie 60/1860/WI

 

1930 Orting Pierce Co. WA

Wm H Sickles 86/1844/NY says Civ vet

Jennie 72/1858/WI

Claud W 1877/IL parents NY/WI works in Hotel

 

Name:	Claude Sickles
Gender:	Male
Birth Date:	abt 1877
Death Date:	21 Jun 1937
Age at Death:	60
Death Location:	Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Father:	W H Sickles
Mother:	Jennie Carley
Record Source:	Washington State Death Records

 

Name:	Louis F Sickles
Gender:	Male
Birth Date:	abt 1870
Death Date:	15 Sep 1933
Age at Death:	63
Death Location:	Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington
Father:	W H Sickles
Mother:	Jennie ?? Carley
Record Source:	Washington State Death Records

 

Name:	Jennie E Sickles[Jennie E Craley]
Gender:	Female
Birth Date:	abt 1860
Death Date:	26 Jun 1932
Age at Death:	72
Death Location:	Orting, Pierce, Washington
Father:	James Craley
Mother:	Sarah Thompson
Record Source:	Washington State Death Records

 

Jane E “Jennie” Carley Sickles

BIRTH

8 Dec 1858

Hillsboro, Vernon County, Wisconsin, USA

DEATH

26 Jun 1932 (aged 73)

Orting, Pierce County, Washington, USA

BURIAL

Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery

Orting, Pierce County, Washington, USA

PLOT

Section 4, Circle C, Site 8

 

Name:	William H Sickles
Unit:	7th Wisc. Inf.
Company:	"B"
Enlistment Date:	28 Dec 1863
Discharge Date:	3 Jul 1865
Death Date:	26 Sep 1938
Cemetery:	State Soldiers Home Cemetery
Cemetery Location:	Orting, Washington, USA

Name:William H SicklesGender:MaleBirth Date:abt 1845Death Date:26 Sep 1938Age at Death:93Death Location:Puyallup, Pierce, Washington *Father: George Sickles Mother: Eliza Waldon Record Source:Washington State Death Records

William H. Sickles Famous memorial

BIRTH

27 Oct 1844

Danube, Herkimer County, New York, USA

DEATH

26 Sep 1938 (aged 93)

Orting, Pierce County, Washington, USA

BURIAL

Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery

Orting, Pierce County, Washington, USA  Show Map

PLOT

Section 4, Row C, Grave 9

Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He enlisted in the Union Army at the age 16 on May 11, 1861 and served as a Sergeant in Company B of the 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. At Gravelly Run, Virginia on March 31, 1865 he with a comrade recaptured a Union officer from a detachment of 9 Confederates, capturing 3 of the detachment and dispersing the remainder. He mustered out of the Union Army on July 3, 1865. Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

Sickles was born on October 27, 1844 in Danube, New York but his official residence was listed as Fall River, Wisconsin.^[1] He joined the US Army in May 1861, and mustered out in July 1865.

Sickles served as justice of the peace in Orting, Washington.^[2]

Sickles died on September 26, 1938 at the Washington Soldiers Home in Orting and is buried there in Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery, near his comrade and fellow MOH recipient Albert O'Connor.^[3] He was the last surviving MOH recipient of the American Civil War. ^[4]

On May 11, 1861, at the age of sixteen, he enlisted in Company B of the 7th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on March 31st, 1865, at Gravelly Run, Virginia, when he “with a comrade (Albert O’Connor), recaptured a Union Officer from a deteachment of 9 Confederates, capturing 3 and dispersing the remainder.”