Pvt. Samuel Lay Jacoby

Personal
born:	December 12, 1839	place:	Tyre, Seneca County, New York
father:	Reuben B. Jacoby	born:	1814	place:	Fayette Township, New York	died:	1898	place:	Seneca Falls, New York
mother:	Lorinda A. Lay	born:	August 3, 1817	place:		died:	August 11, 1839	place:
pre-war occupation:	farmer	place:		post-war occupation:	insurance	place:	Seneca Falls, New York
married:	May 29, 1867	to:	Sarah Lucinda Morehouse	place:	Tyre, New York
wife born:	July 27, 1842	place:	Tyre, New York	died:	March 3, 1926	place:	Seneca Falls, New York
child:	Evangeline Lorinda	born:	December 23, 1869	place:	Seneca, New York	died:	January 11, 1916	place:	Painted Post, New York
child:	Maynard William	born:	November 17, 1872	place:	Tyre, New York	died:	1965 (?))	place:	Seneca Falls, New York
child:	Calvin Stowell	born:	May 20, 1879	place:	Seneca Falls, New York	died:	1971	place:
child:	James Morehouse	born:	June 23, 1883	place:	Seneca Falls, New York	died:	April 24, 1972	place:	Waterloo, New York
child:	Alyce Mae	born:	August 7, 1891	place:	Seneca Falls, New York	died:	September 4, 1974	place:	St. Petersburg, Florida
died:	July 3, 1916	place:	Seneca Falls, New York	cause of death:
burial:	Black Brook/Fox Cemetery	place:	Seneca Falls, New York

Military Career
90-day service:	April 27, 1861	Private	Company K	place:
discharged:	August 18, 1861	mustered out with regiment		place:	Columbus, Ohio
enlisted:	December 6, 1861	Private	Company K, 50th New York Engineers	place:	Seneca Falls, New York
re-enlisted:	December 20, 1863	Private	Company K, 50th New York Engineers	place:
promoted:		Corporal	Company K, 50th New York Engineers
promoted:	July 21, 1864	Sergeant	Company K, 50th New York Engineers
promoted:		2nd Lieutenant	Company M, 50th New York Engineers
discharged:	June 13, 1865	mustered out with regiment		place:	Fort Barry, Virginia

Additional Details

Read the journal of Samuel Jacoby, describing his time in the 16th OVI.

Details and photos provided by Erica Joan Jacoby, great great granddaughter of Samuel Lay Jacoby

Samuel Jacoby was born, raised, married, had children and died in Seneca Falls, New York. After his father re-married, some time before the war, Samuel was sent to live with his uncle near Dresden, Ohio. This is where Samuel was at the onset of the Civil War so he enlisted in Company K of the 16th Ohio, 90-day regiment, which was drawing men from the Dresden area. During the three months Samuel spent with the 16th OVI, he participated in the first Union troop movement into Confederate territory by crossing the Ohio River into what was then Virginia. He saw action around Grafton and Philippi but soon came down with illness, including the mumps and later the measles - all within his short three months enlistment. He survived his illnesses, mustered out with the regiment in August, 1861 at Columbus. He apparently moved back to Seneca Falls, New York, where he proceeded to enlist in the 50th New York Engineers regiment. ...

Samuel Jacoby and family at home in Seneca Falls, New York:
wife Sarah, daughter, Samuel and son