Wetzel, George

1844 - 1917  (73 years)

• Name	Wetzel, George  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1841  [5]
  Birth	1844	Knox County, Indiana, USA   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt 1844	Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Birth	1844	Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Residence	1860	Carlisle, Sullivan, Indiana, USA   [1, 4]
  Occupation	Bef 1861	Carlisle, Sullivan, Indiana, USA
  	Machinist
  	U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 about George Wetzel Name: George Wetzel Birth Year:abt 1844 Keyed Birth Location:Indiana Birth State: Indiana Admitted Year: 1876 Age at Admission: 32 (transferred from Dayton, OH facility) State: Illinois County: Vermillion City: Danville Branch: Danville Branch Occupation: Machinist Nearest Relative: none Married or Single: (I can't read this; "dec'd"? Deceased?i.e. widower? Divorced?- jcw 09.07.2013 Rank: Private, 4th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery Injury: gun shot wound, right shoulder April 6th, 1862 Shiloh, Tenn
  Civil War	Between 22 Sep 1861 and 8 Nov 1862  [2, 3]
  	Private, Capt. Mellon's 4th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
  	U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 about George Wetzel Name: George Wetzel Birth Year:abt 1844 Keyed Birth Location:Indiana Birth State: Indiana Admitted Year: 1876 Age at Admission: 32 (transferred from Dayton, OH facility) State: Illinois County: Vermillion City: Danville Branch: Danville Branch Occupation: Machinist Nearest Relative: none Married or Single: (I can't read this; "dec'd"? Deceased?i.e. widower? Divorced?- jcw 09.07.2013 Rank: Private, 4th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery Injury: gun shot wound, right shoulder April 6th, 1862 Shiloh, Tenn View original image Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1749, 282 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database contains records from twelve U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The majority of the records consist of historical registers, but other records included in this database are indexes to the historical registers, applications, admissions, deaths, burials, and hospital records. Information available in these records includes: name of solider, name of home or branch, date of admission, birthplace, rank, company and regiment, dates and places of enlistement and discharge, physical description, occupation, marital status, and religion
  Civil War	Between 22 Sep 1861 and 8 Nov 1862	Shiloh, Hardin, Tennessee, USA   [2, 3]
  	wounded (right shoulder) from gun shot during battle, spent rest of his life in Disabled Home
  	U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 about George Wetzel Name: George Wetzel Birth Year:abt 1844 Keyed Birth Location: Evansville Indiana Birth State: Indiana Birth City: Evansville Admitted Year: 1876 Age at Admission: 32 State: Ohio County: Montgomery [Greene] City: Dayton Branch: Central Branch View original image 5'5", light complexion can read & write Enlisted: Sept 22, 1861, Evansville, IN Capt Mellon's 4th Battery, Indiana Discharged Nov 8th, 1862, Evansville due to Disability- gun shot wound, Apr 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tennessee Residence subsequent to Discharge: Evansville, IN Dates of admission/re-admission: July 8th, 1876 Discharged Oct 2, 1905 Transferred to Danville Oct 2nd, 1905 Discharged July 21st, 1906 " July 21st, 1906 Died: Dec 20, 1917, unkown cause, Evansville, Ind. ERROR: Dropped from Pension Rolls Dec 8,1886, cause not known here. Pension of $10 per month commencing ... more info, cf image. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1749, 282 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  Residence	1876	Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA   [1, 2]
  	US Home for Disabled Volunteers
  	U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 about George Wetzel Name: George Wetzel Birth Year:abt 1844 Keyed Birth Location: Evansville Indiana Birth State: Indiana Birth City: Evansville Admitted Year: 1876 Age at Admission: 32 State: Ohio County: Montgomery [Greene] City: Dayton Branch: Central Branch View original image 5'5", light complexion can read & write Enlisted: Sept 22, 1861, Evansville, IN Capt Mellon's 4th Battery, Indiana Discharged Nov 8th, 1862, Evansville due to Disability- gun shot wound, Apr 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tennessee Residence subsequent to Discharge: Evansville, IN Dates of admission/re-admission: July 8th, 1876 Discharged Oct 2, 1905 Transferred to Danville Oct 2nd, 1905 Discharged July 21st, 1906 " July 21st, 1906 Died: Dec 20, 1917, unkown cause, Evansville, Ind. ERROR: Dropped from Pension Rolls Dec 8,1886, cause not known here. Pension of $10 per month commencing ... more info, cf image. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1749, 282 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  Residence	6 Jul 1876	Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, USA   [3]
  	transferred from Dayton facility
  	U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 about George Wetzel Name: George Wetzel Birth Year:abt 1844 Keyed Birth Location:Indiana Birth State: Indiana Admitted Year: 1876 Age at Admission: 32 (transferred from Dayton, OH facility) State: Illinois County: Vermillion City: Danville Branch: Danville Branch wound: gun shot wound, right shoulder April 6th, 1862 Shiloh, Tenn View original image Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1749, 282 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  Death	20 Dec 1917	Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA   [2, 5]
  	Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 about George Wetzel Name: George Wetzel Date: 20 Dec 1917 Location: Evansville Age: 76 Yr Gender: Male Race: White Source Location: City Health Office, Evansville Source notes: The source of this record is the book CH-5 on page 235 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Various Indiana county death records indexed by the Indiana Works Projects Administration. Indiana: circa 1938-1941. Description: This database indexes the death records of sixty-seven of the ninety-two counties in the State of Indianna, USA, from 1882 to 1920. Information that may be found in this index for each entry includes name, gender, color, age at time of death, death date, death place, source location, and source notes. U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 about George Wetzel Name: George Wetzel Birth Year:abt 1844 Keyed Birth Location: Evansville Indiana Birth State: Indiana Birth City: Evansville Admitted Year: 1876 Age at Admission: 32 State: Ohio County: Montgomery [Greene] City: Dayton Branch: Central Branch View original image 5'5", light complexion can read & write Enlisted: Sept 22, 1861, Evansville, IN Capt Mellon's 4th Battery, Indiana Discharged Apr 8th, 1862, Evansville due to Disability- gun shot wound, Apr 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tennessee Residence subsequent to Discharge: Evansville, IN Dates of admission/re-admission: July 8th, 1876 Discharged Oct 2, 1905 Transferred to Danville Oct 2nd, 1905 Discharged July 21st, 1906 " July 21st, 1906 Died: Dec 20, 1917, unkown cause, Evansville, Ind. ERROR: Dropped from Pension Rolls Dec 8,1886, cause not known here. Pension of $10 per month commencing ... more info, cf image. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1749, 282 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C. 76 yrs old; in Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, from wounds received at Shiloh
  Person ID	I56001	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Wetzel, Solomon,   b. 28 May 1819, Wythe County, Virginia, USA d. 17 Sep 1900, Wheatland, Knox, Indiana, USA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Burris, Elizabeth M.,   b. 15 Feb 1821, Virginia, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	4 Jan 1840  [4]
  Family ID	F39879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1844 - Knox County, Indiana, USA Birth - Abt 1844 - Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA Birth - 1844 - Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA Residence - 1860 - Carlisle, Sullivan, Indiana, USA Occupation - Machinist - Bef 1861 - Carlisle, Sullivan, Indiana, USA Civil War - wounded (right shoulder) from gun shot during battle, spent rest of his life in Disabled Home - Between 22 Sep 1861 and 8 Nov 1862 - Shiloh, Hardin, Tennessee, USA Residence - US Home for Disabled Volunteers - 1876 - Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Residence - transferred from Dayton facility - 6 Jul 1876 - Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, USA Death - 20 Dec 1917 - Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Civil War pic Civil War pic erwaymadded this on 7 Jan 2012 [Wm Shirtz Morley Served with Co B. 171st PA Infantry Regiment]

  
  

• Sources

  [S733] Public Member Trees, a new rotation 20130407, Database online. Record for George Wetzel [S1928] Ancestry.com, U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online. Record for George Wetzel U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 about George Wetzel Name: George Wetzel Birth Year:abt 1844 Keyed Birth Location: Evansville Indiana Birth State: Indiana Birth City: Evansville Admitted Year: 1876 Age at Admission: 32 State: Ohio County: Montgomery [Greene] City: Dayton Branch: Central Branch View original image 5'5", light complexion can read & write Enlisted: Sept 22, 1861, Evansville, IN Capt Mellon's 4th Battery, Indiana Discharged Nov 8th, 1862, Evansville due to Disability- gun shot wound, Apr 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tennessee Residence subsequent to Discharge: Evansville, IN Dates of admission/re-admission: July 8th, 1876 Discharged Oct 2, 1905 Transferred to Danville Oct 2nd, 1905 Discharged July 21st, 1906 " July 21st, 1906 Died: Dec 20, 1917, unkown cause, Evansville, Ind. ERROR: Dropped from Pension Rolls Dec 8,1886, cause not known here. Pension of $10 per month commencing ... more info, cf image. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1749, 282 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C. U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 about George Wetzel Name: George Wetzel Birth Year:abt 1844 Keyed Birth Location: Evansville Indiana Birth State: Indiana Birth City: Evansville Admitted Year: 1876 Age at Admission: 32 State: Ohio County: Montgomery [Greene] City: Dayton Branch: Central Branch View original image 5'5", light complexion can read & write Enlisted: Sept 22, 1861, Evansville, IN Capt Mellon's 4th Battery, Indiana Discharged Nov 8th, 1862, Evansville due to Disability- gun shot wound, Apr 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tennessee Residence subsequent to Discharge: Evansville, IN Dates of admission/re-admission: July 8th, 1876 Discharged Oct 2, 1905 Transferred to Danville Oct 2nd, 1905 Discharged July 21st, 1906 " July 21st, 1906 Died: Dec 20, 1917, unkown cause, Evansville, Ind. ERROR: Dropped from Pension Rolls Dec 8,1886, cause not known here. Pension of $10 per month commencing ... more info, cf image. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1749, 282 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database contains records from twelve U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The majority of the records consist of historical registers, but other records included in this database are indexes to the historical registers, applications, admissions, deaths, burials, and hospital records. Information available in these records includes: name of solider, name of home or branch, date of admission, birthplace, rank, company and regiment, dates and places of enlistement and discharge, physical description, occupation, marital status, and religion U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Database online. [S1928] Ancestry.com, U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online. Record for George Wetzel U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 about George Wetzel Name: George Wetzel Birth Year:abt 1844 Keyed Birth Location:Indiana Birth State: Indiana Admitted Year: 1876 Age at Admission: 32 (transferred from Dayton, OH facility) State: Illinois County: Vermillion City: Danville Branch: Danville Branch Occupation: Machinist Nearest Relative: none Married or Single: (I can't read this; "dec'd"? Deceased?i.e. widower? Divorced?- jcw 09.07.2013 Rank: Private, 4th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery Injury: gun shot wound, right shoulder April 6th, 1862 Shiloh, Tenn View original image Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1749, 282 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database contains records from twelve U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The majority of the records consist of historical registers, but other records included in this database are indexes to the historical registers, applications, admissions, deaths, burials, and hospital records. Information available in these records includes: name of solider, name of home or branch, date of admission, birthplace, rank, company and regiment, dates and places of enlistement and discharge, physical description, occupation, marital status, and religion U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 about George Wetzel Name: George Wetzel Birth Year:abt 1844 Keyed Birth Location:Indiana Birth State: Indiana Admitted Year: 1876 Age at Admission: 32 (transferred from Dayton, OH facility) State: Illinois County: Vermillion City: Danville Branch: Danville Branch Occupation: Machinist Nearest Relative: none Married or Single: (I can't read this; "dec'd"? Deceased?i.e. widower? Divorced?- jcw 09.07.2013 Rank: Private, 4th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery Injury: gun shot wound, right shoulder April 6th, 1862 Shiloh, Tenn View original image Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1749, 282 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database contains records from twelve U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The majority of the records consist of historical registers, but other records included in this database are indexes to the historical registers, applications, admissions, deaths, burials, and hospital records. Information available in these records includes: name of solider, name of home or branch, date of admission, birthplace, rank, company and regiment, dates and places of enlistement and discharge, physical description, occupation, marital status, and religion U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Database online. [S733] Public Member Trees, a new rotation 20130407, Database online. Record for Solomon Wetzel [S1768] Ancestry.com, Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Record for George Wetzel Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 about George Wetzel Name: George Wetzel Date: 20 Dec 1917 Location: Evansville Age: 76 Yr Gender: Male Race: White Source Location: City Health Office, Evansville Source notes: The source of this record is the book CH-5 on page 235 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Various Indiana county death records indexed by the Indiana Works Projects Administration. Indiana: circa 1938-1941. Description: This database indexes the death records of sixty-seven of the ninety-two counties in the State of Indianna, USA, from 1882 to 1920. Information that may be found in this index for each entry includes name, gender, color, age at time of death, death date, death place, source location, and source notes. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 about George Wetzel Name: George Wetzel Date: 20 Dec 1917 Location: Evansville Age: 76 Yr Gender: Male Race: White Source Location: City Health Office, Evansville Source notes: The source of this record is the book CH-5 on page 235 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Various Indiana county death records indexed by the Indiana Works Projects Administration. Indiana: circa 1938-1941. Description: This database indexes the death records of sixty-seven of the ninety-two counties in the State of Indianna, USA, from 1882 to 1920. Information that may be found in this index for each entry includes name, gender, color, age at time of death, death date, death place, source location, and source notes.

  
  

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TNG ID: I56001