Soldier: Elijah Boxley
Regiment: 3rd. OVC
Company: F
Age: 41
Date Entering Service: October 15, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Discharged on surgeon’s certificate of disability on December 22, 1862.
Battles in which he fought:
Boxley was discharged prior to his regiment being involved in any battles.
Other interesting information discovered:
Elijah’s first wife’s name was Julianna. In 1860 his occupation was listed as “ambrotype,” which was an early photographic process. He was a photographer. In 1886 he was married a second time to Addie Kring, who was 40 years his junior. He died in Wyandot County.
Date of Death: Dec. 18, 1904 Place of burial: Upper Sandusky, Ohio
Adopted By: Charlie and Christine Long Researcher: Patrick Drouhard