Name/Title
Eli Halterman Death Photograph - 1917Entry/Object ID
2024.5.39Description
Photograph taken of the deceased Eli Halterman photographed in the Omar Davis funeral home located in Beaver, Ohio. Mr. Halterman was a local businessman, postmaster, and a Civil War veteran of the 53rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Eli Halterman, aged 74, died in Beaver on August 1, 1917. He was born April 28, 1843 in Jackson County OH the son of Levi and Magdalena “Lena” Dykes Halterman. His father passed away when he was thirteen years old leaving him to help raise the children in the family. Soon after his father’s death the family moved to Pike County. During the Civil War he was in Company F of the 53rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted October 28, 1861, at the age of eighteen for a three-year service. The majority of his service was spent in the western theater of the war. On November 14, 1864, was appointed corporal in his company. He participated in the Battle of Shiloh, the Siege of Vicksburg, and Sherman’s March to the Sea. Eli suffered from several wounds during his military service. He was first wounded on the right cheek at the Battle of Resaca in May 1864. He then received a gunshot wound to his foot at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain GA in June of 1864. That wound took two months to heal at an army hospital in Allatoona GA. After being discharged from the hospital he was permitted a thirty-day furlough before returning to the 53rd . Then, on April 13, 1865, he was injured by a falling tree. He was mustered out with the rest of his company on August 11, 1865. On November 12, 1865 he married Mary Elizabeth Albin, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Butcher Albin. Eli and Mary were an industrious couple having many interests throughout their lives. In the 1880s Eli was employed as a teacher in the area one room schools. In addition to farming, Eli was a longtime postmaster in the village of Beavertown. Their home was located on Main Street at the eastern edge of the village. Beside this house was a small structure which housed the town’s post office. Eli was first appointed postmaster of Beaver on April 25, 1898 and served that position until 1914. Due to his other pursuits, Mary served as the assistant postmaster. In 1900 when the Home Telephone Company installed a new telephone exchange in Beaver it was housed in the same building as the post office. That same year Eli was elected to the Beaver Board of Health. In 1915 he was elected the village treasurer and also the Justice of the Peace. He also served as a notary. He was a member of the Barnes Post Grand Army of the Republic. Eli became bedfast in July of 1917 and moved to the Hempstead Hospital in Portsmouth. When Eli died in 1917 his funeral procession was noted as the first in the community to ever use motorized vehicles. Mary was born on September 25, 1849. She died in Columbus two years later on November 19, 1919. Eli and Mary are buried in Beaver Union Cemetery.Collection
Shirley Halterman Cochenour Collection, The American Civil War 1861-1865Acquisition
Accession
2024.5Source or Donor
Marsha Cochenour CraceMade/Created
Date made
1917Time Period
20th CenturyGeneral Notes
Note
Donated by Marcia Cochenour Crace.Create Date
August 3, 2024