Survivors of 85th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War
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Name/Title
Survivors of 85th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War 1861-65
Entry/Object ID
2011.2.629
Description
Dated 15 September 1910. Taken at Rogersville, Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Survivors of 85th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War 1861-65.
Those pictured are believed to be, based on research and photograph comparisons, as follows:
(2) James P. McCuen
(3) Carl Moore
(4) James Ezra Sayers wearing derby [1845-1926]
(6) Jonathan Mitchell [1841-1923]
(7) Ross Sanner
(9) Henry B. Hayden wearing derby
(14) Capt. John Morris [1832-1922]
(21) John Isaac Watson**
(25) Dr. John Laidley
(27) Charles Eckels with white mustache and no beard
(30) Enoch Brooks [1837-1919] with bushy beard at very center of photo
(31) Halbert Strawn
(42) Eli Crumrine who died on his way home from this reunion
(43) Boyd Crumrine
(47) Benjamin Gill with cane was reported to be six feet in height and weighed 245 pounds
(50) Samuel Thompson [1839-1925] with light colored hat on knee
(52) Jacob West [1830-1920]*
(53) Oscar Sproul holding unidentified child
MORE POTENTIAL SUBJECTS - Newspaper accounts published in the Waynesburg Republican of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 22 September 1910, provide the following list of 85th Regiment reunion attendees. (Articles shared by Thelma (White) Yeager and transcribed/organized according to Company by Dan Clendaniel.):
S Dr. John B. Laidley
A Robert Crisswell
A Joseph McCabe
A John Neill
A Jacob Richardson
A Thomas Sawhill
A Joseph Shaw
B James R. Bair
B David Baker
B John B. Bell – Asst S&T
B John Burroughs
B Boyd Crumrine
B Eli Crumrine
B William McCullough
B Manaen Sharp
B James Smith
B Moses Smith
B James Speer – 2VP
B Joshua Torrence
B Silas Wright
B Samuel Walton
B Thomas Watson [sic John Isaac Watson]
C Walter Cravin
C Andrew Frakes
C William Mahaney
C George Orbin
C George Sherman
C Enos Strawn
C James A. Swearer – Pres
D Enoch Brooks
D John Milliken
E James Davis
E Jeremiah Dawson
E Charles Eckels – 1VP
E Henry Garrett
E Benjamin Gill
E Eli Shallenberger
F Rinehart Church
F Thomas Fry
F Thompson Garrison
F James McCuen
F Jonathan Mitchell
F Samuel Moore
F Captain John Morris
F Zachariah Ragan
F James E. Sayers
F Abijah Scott
F Lisbon Scott – 3VP
F Samuel Thompson
F Hiram Weaver
F Jacob West
G Lindsay Black
G Hiram Gooden
G Henry Hayden
H Noah Anderson
I William Chick – S&T
I Crawford Scott
? Enos Strawn
*Identified by Carl Hoge, great-great-grandson, 2015.
**Identified by Donna (Fontana) Watson, whose husband Peter Watson is a great-grandson, 2015.
Unless otherwise noted, identifications and regimental research provided by Dan Clendaniel, 2015.
Original, no photographer listed.
Archived at the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road, P.O. Box 127; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project, between 2005 and 2011.
Source Citation: Survivors of 85th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War 1861-65; dated 15 September 1910; item no. GCHS-AN026-0241B, People Series, Greene County Historical Society Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).
