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Madison
County, Iowa
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GRAND
ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC VETERAN
RECORD TRANSCRIPTION |
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Data
added by transcriber in blue font |
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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 |
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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
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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: |
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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 |
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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.
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Transcribed
by Kent G. Transier 06 Jan 2006.
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