Soldier:  John Murray Hiskett

Regiment:  3rd OVI                   

Company:  I

Age:     20                   

Date Entering Service:  4/25/1861 re-enlist 6/15/1861

Period of Service:  3 years 2 months 3 days

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):

Rank change to Corporal 7/15/1862, Rank change tom Sergeant 10/8/1862

Mustered out with Company 10/8/1862

John’s older brother, Charles S Hiskett also served in the 3rd OVI, Company I

Battles in which he fought:

Battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia                            7/6/1861

Battle of Elkwater, Wit Virginia                                       7/11/1861

Battle of Bridgeport, Alabama                                                    4/29/1862

Battle of Perryville, Kentucky                                                      10/8/1862

Battle of Stones River, Tennessee                                               12/1/1862

Battle of Sand Mountain, Alabama                                             4/30/1863

Battle of Black Warrior Creek, Alabama                           5/1/1863

Battle of Blounts Farm, Alabama                                    5/2/1863

Other interesting information discovered:

John Murray Hiskett was born on 11/8/1839 in Mt Gilead, Ohio.  John married Lousia Juliette Norvell on 9/30/1875 in Sullivan, Missouri, three children were born of this union.  John and his family lived and farmed in Grundy County, Missouri. John was also a carpenter. The 1910 Missouri census indicates at age 70, John was an Optician.  John collected an invalid’s pension on 11/20/1890, his wife, Louisa collected a widow’s pension on 4/25/1914.

Date of Death:  4/20/1914                              

Place of burial:  Richardson Cemetery, Laredo, Grundy County, Missouri

Adopted By:                                                      Researcher: Velda L Montgomery