Madison County, Iowa

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC

VETERAN RECORD TRANSCRIPTION

Data added by transcriber in blue font

Veteran's Name: Storrs, Eugene Orange

Father: Nelson Colomor Storrs, born 1818, enlisted Private, Company K, 4th Iowa Infantry, Aug 1861
Residence:  Father's nativity: New York
Occupation: Farmer Mother: Phoebe Ann Porter, Civil War Nurse
Date of birth: 16 Nov 1844 Mother's nativity: 
Place of birth: Ripley, Ohio Wife: Margaret Elizabeth Janeway, born 07 May 1858, married 09 Nov 1874, died 12 Jun 1946 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, buried Winterset, Iowa
Date of death: 06 Nov 1908 2nd wife: 
Place of death: Winterset, Iowa 3rd wife: 
Place of burial: Winterset Cemetery, Winterset, Iowa  
Cause of death: 

Children

  Agnes Io Cope - 1237 6th Ave., Des Mines

  Barney Eugene (named Beattie)

  Colomor - died 05 Nov 1947 at Bettendorf, Iowa

  Halden - res. Winterset 1947

  Roy - i.e. Leroy - Creston, Iowa 1947

War record
  Rank: Private Company: F Regiment: 1st
  State: Nebraska Organization: Infantry
  Enlistment date: 15 Jun 1861, mustered in 24 Jun 1861
  Enlistment age: 17 Residence: Clarinda, Iowa
  Mustered out: 10 Nov 1864 at expiration of term
  Discharged: 
  Transfers: 
GAR membership
  Post name: Pitzer Date joined: 1st term 1905
  Post No.: 55 (S) Age at joining: 
  Place: Winterset Transfers: 
Sources: Ex-Soldiers living Ia. 1886: Storrs - Winterset; Roster Neb Vols. Storrs; Post 55 Desc Book: joined 04 Mar 1905, age 60 - died 06 Nov 1908
Notes: 

1. Daughter Agnes gives names of children in order of birth: LeRoy, Offa, Blanche, Stanfield (deceased) Agnes Io Cope, Colomor, Halden, Beattie Eugene - 1406 17th Street, Des Moines, Iowa

2. Agnes I married Fred W. Cope, residing 1436 6th Avenue in 1946.

3. Widow Margaret living in Des Moines 14 Feb 1944 with dau Agnes Io at 1237 6th Avenue, Tel 4-3329.

4. Iowa Census for 1860 shows margaret E and infant of 2 yrs. dau. of Benjamin Janeway living in Mariposa Tshp, Jasper Co., Iowa age 23 and Mary Jane, his wife, age 22 - had sister lair age 3 in 1860 (census returns of June 1860). It also shows other of name Janeway - Elisha, also shown age 21, b. Tenn and their father? Charles Janeway, age 46, and wife Susanna, age 44 - a brother, Enoch, age 23 m. to Phebe ,a age 16 born Indiana.

 

Transcribed by Kent G. Transier 06 Jan 2006.