Samuel A. Nixon, Corporal, Co A 69th Ohio Infantry

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Applications for Headstones in Private Cemeteries, 1909-1924
Warren County, Ohio
Warren County Name Index

Samuel A. Nixon
R. W. Nixon (Pisgah, Ohio) to "Dear General sir" [Quartermaster General], letter, 7 Apr 1879

Contributor:	Arne H Trelvik 1 September 2010
Source:	R. W. Nixon (Pisgah, Ohio) to "Dear General sir" [Quartermaster General], letter, 7 April 1879; Brown County - Champaign County Ohio, Box 224, Applications for Headstones in Private Cemeteries, 1909-1924 (entry 592), Cemeterial Records; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Comments:	Records include preprinted forms and related correspondance arranged as loose papers by State & county. The images in our collection of Warren County applications were obtained from the textual records located at the National Archives, Washington, DC on 16 July 2010 by Arne H Trelvik
	Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 at Ancestry.com contains a card listing his burial in the Village Cemetery at Pisgah, Butler County, Ohio

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Pisgah Ohio April 7" 1879

Dear General sir;
I have a son burried in the village cemetery in this neighborhhood. he was killed at the battle of Jonesboro Georgia. I had his remains brought home and buried, that was all i was able to do. there is no stone up to his grave. I am an invalid soldier my self.
his name is
Samuel A. Nixon
Corp. Co A. 69th O. V. I.
wounded Sept., 1st and died Sept 4th 1864

yours respectfully
R. W. Nixon
address Pisgah Ohio
Butler Co.

by
Arne H Trelvik
1 September 2010

Label on Box
at the
National Archives

RG 92 Records of the Office of The Quartermaster General
Cemeterial Records
Applications for Headstones in Private Cemeteries, 1909-1924
Ohio
Brown County - Champaign County
Box 224 Entry 592

by
Arne H Trelvik
1 September 2010

2010 photos of family monument in the Old Yard at Brookside Cemetery, West Chester Twp, Butler County, Ohio
[no government issued headstone was found]

East face of monument:

Richard W.
Nixon
Private Co. A
69 O. V. I.
Born Oct 7, 1819
Died Apr 13, 1885
Aged
66Y. 6M. & 6D.

Abigail J.
Wife of
R. W. Nixon
Born Jan 2, 1827
Died July 25, 1887
60Y. 6M. & 23D.

NIXON below the inscriptions

North face of monument:

Samuel A.
Son of
R. W. & A. J. Nixon
Corporal of
Co. A 69 OVI
Born Nov 9, 1843
Wounded
Sept 1, 1864
Died Sept 4, 1864
Aged
20Y. 9M. & 26D.

Footstones, south to north
(left to right when facing the side with R. W. and A. J. inscription):

Father
Mother
Lydia 1857-1934
Brother

There are no inscriptions on the west or south faces of the monument.

by
Dan Reigle
14 Sep 2010

Richard Nixon 6 Sep 1869 Invalid Pension Declaration filed in Butler County Probate Court for service in Co A, 69th Ohio Infantry Regiment

[copy obtained from NARA Pension File by Tom Boltz on 14 Oct 2010]

by
Dan Reigle
30 Nov 2010

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