Reasoner, John

Soldier:  John Reasoner

Regiment:  3rd. OVI                                 Company:         I

                174th. OVI                                                     K

Age:       20                   

Date Entering Service:  3rd OVI:  4/25/1861

                                       re-enlisted 6/15/1861

                                      174th OVI: 9/13/1864

Period of Service:  3 years 3rd OVI

                            8 months 28 days 174th OVI

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

3rd OVI: appointed Corporal 10/81862, mustered out with Company 6/21/1864

174th OVI:   Achieved rank of Sergeant mustered out with Company 6/28/1865

Battles in which he fought:

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

Battle of Elkwater, West Virginia                          7/11/1861

Battle of Bridgeport, Alabama                                         4/29/1862

Battle of Perryville, Kentucky                                           10/8/1862

Battle of Stones River, Tennessee                                    12/31/1862

Battle of Sand Mountain, Alabama                                  4/30/1863

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

Battle of Blount’s Farm, Alabama                        5/2/1863

Other interesting information discovered:

John S Reasoner was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio on 11/11/1838.  He lived in Morrow and Marion Counties as a young boy. On 7/23/1865 he married Netta (Netti) Goldey in Morrow County., four children were born of this union.  Sometime after 1880 John moved to the State of Oregon where he was a farmer. He received an invalid’s pension on 3/4/1891.  Netti received a widow’s pension on 3/7/1911.

Date of Death:  1/24/1911                                 

Place of burial:  Monument Cemetery, Grant County, Oregon

Adopted By:                                                                              Researcher: Velda L Montgomery


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