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16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Soldier's Profile
Thomas Russell
Corporal, Company "K"
Personal
birthdate:February 18, 1837 place: Balliboro, Ontario, Canada
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pre-war occupation: carpenter place:Ontario, Canada - Wayne County, Ohio
post-war occupation: farmer place:Wayne Country, Ohio
married:November 6, 1860 to: Emiline Gale Hotchkiss place:Caanan, Wayne County, Ohio born::November 20, 1843 place:  died:November 28, 1914 buried:Canaan Center Cemetery, Canaan, Ohio
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died: October 6, 1906 place:Wayne County, Ohio cause of death:  
Military Career
entered 3-year service: September 30, 1861 corporalCompany K
wounded: November, 1862   
discharged: December 16, 1862 discharged for wounds believed to have lost several fingers from right hand

Additional Details

"Thomas came to Canaan Township, Ohio in January, 1858. His family purchased property and built a home. Thomas enlisted with the first group of Ohio Volunteers at the outbreak of the Civil War. He served in Company K, 16th Regiment Ohio Volunteers. He was discharged Dec. 16, 1862 when he was wounded. He was naturalized because of his war service. Thomas had been a carpenter by trade but became a farmer after the war because his wounds would not allow him to continue his trade. It is said that he lost 2 or 3 fingers off his right hand."

* Details and photos provided by Ronald Russell, great great grandnephew of Thomas Russell
 

Thomas Russell and wife Emiline Hotchkiss Russell

 
Bayonet with sheath belonging to Cpl Thomas Russell
believed to be a French Yataghan Sword-Bayonet
Gravestone of Cpl. Thomas Russell
located at Canaan Center Cemetery, Canaan, Ohio
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