Byron Chisom
Representing: Union
G.A.R Post
- J. B. Steadman Post #24 Bellingham, Whatcom Co. WA
Unit History
- 125th Ohio Infantry K
Full Unit History
The beginning of this memorial is based on information in a CD we got from the Whatcom Genealogical Society called "Civil War veterans of Whatcom County".
Byron Chisom
The residence was not listed; as 20 years old.
Enlisted on 9/14/1863 as a Private.
On 12/5/1863 he mustered into "K" Co. OH 125th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 5/15/1865 in Nashville, TN
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
(c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com
Byron Chisom, aged 70 years, passed away at a local hospital at a late hour Saturday, October 18, after being in poor health for a number of years. Mr. Chisom has been a resident of Bellingham for the past three years, coming here from Prattsburg, N. Y. He was a member of J. B. Steedman Post, No. 24, Grand Army of the Republic, at Bellingham. The funeral service will be held Tuesday, October 21, at 2:15 p. m. from the funeral parlors of Undertaker Harry O. Bingham, 1319 Dock Street, with Rev. James M. Wilson officiating. Interment will be made in Bay View cemetery, according to the ritualistic burial service of the Grand Army of the Republic. The funeral car will leave from the corner of G and Girard streets at 1:05 o'clock p. m. for the convenience of the family and friends.
(From The Bellingham Herald, October 20, 1913)
Cemetery
Buried at BayView Cemetery Whatcom Co.
Row: SECTION O, Lot 1114
Site: Grave 4-A