Madison County Military

Veteran's Name: Nelson, Joseph Vandike		Father:
Residence: Webster, Madison, Iowa		Father's nativity:
Occupation: Physician		Mother:
Date of birth: 28 Aug 1844		Mother's nativity:
Place of birth: Rippey, Adams, Ohio		Wife: Elizabeth Nichols
Date of death: 24 Sep 1897		2nd wife:
Place of death: Winterset, Madison, Iowa		3rd wife:
Place of burial: Winterset Cemetery
Cause of death:		Children

War record
Rank: Private	Company: G		Regiment: 70th
State: Ohio		Organization: Infantry
Enlistment date: 19 Oct 1861
Enlistment age: 18		Residence:
Mustered out:
Discharged: for disability 24 Nov 1862 at Memphis, Tennessee
Transfers: from Company A 10 Dec 1861
GAR membership
Post name: Pitzer		Date joined: 1884
Post No.: 55 (114)		Age at joining:
Place: Winterset		Transfers: Re. 01 Jul 1887, 31 Dec 1888; Sus. 30 Sep 1888

Sources: Ex-Soldiers living Ia. 1886: - Middle River; Roster Ohio Soldiers; Post 55 Desc Book #129 age 43 01 Jul 1887 and p. 14 #114; Graves Reg b. 28 Aug 1843; Winterset News 01 Oct 1897

Notes: Spent youth teaching school until entering the Army in 1861. After leaving Army studued medicine and after graduation with honors he settled in Webster, Iowa where he practiced for 18 years and then moved to Winterset. He had been a sufferer ever since the War where he contracted trouble that caused his death. Born Rippey, Adams, Ohio