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Trumbull County – Other Sources

Born in Trumbull County
Charles Titus, 5 USCI

Kinsman – 1850 Census
Charles Titus, 5 USCI

Weathersfield Township – 1860 Census
James H. Bronson, 5 USCI

Enlisted in Trumbull County
James H. Bronson, 5 USCI, July 4, 1863
Charles Croomes, 5 USCI, August 13, 1864, in Warren
Charles A. Garlick, 3 USCHA, March 2, 1865, in Warren
Washington Moore, 5 USCI, August 12, 1863
Benjamin F. Scott, 5 USCI, July 30, 1863
James Webb, 5 USCI, August 11, 1863

The Military History of Ohio…, “Roll of Honor of Ohio’s Rank and File from Trumbull County in the War of the Rebellion,” 1889.… Read more

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Harrison County – Cadiz

Born in Cadiz
Cornelius Lawson, c. 1842, enlisted as Cornelius West, 27 USCI

1890 Census
Fleming Christian, widow, 4 USCI
Henry B. Duling, 3 USCI
Levi Mitchell, 58 USCI
Samuel Tyler, 127 USCI

Cadiz Union Cemetery
Andrew J. Bolden, 127 USCI, died June 29, 1910
Fleming Christian, 4 USCI, died October 12, 1883
Henry B. Duling, 3 USCI, died August 1, 1912
Samuel Tyler, 127 USCI, died July 3, 1910

You can look at the names of the other Black Civil War soldiers, sailors, and veterans
from Harrison County, or you can view the Ohio county pages to find African Americans
who served from or lived in the state.… Read more

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Black Veterans at the Ohio Soldier’s and Sailors’ Home

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After the Civil War, African Americans who served in the United States Colored Troops and the United States Navy could apply to reside in both federal and state soldiers’ and sailors’ homes. Below is the list of Black veterans who were admitted to the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home in Sandusky, Ohio, between November 1888 and August 1919.

Cottage I, from *Souvenir Book of Views: Ohio Soldiers’* *and Sailors’ Home, Sandusky, O.*

You can view the admission records on Family Search, “Ohio Soldier Home Records, 1888-1919.” This collection of images comes from 20 volumes that include the records of the first 10,000 residents of the Home.… Read more

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