Civil War Veterans Buried In Washington State - Lyman Sprague

CWV CALVARY CEM SEATTLE KING CO SPRAGUE  LYMAN AKA LEON V UNION CENSUS CHRON 2022

 

The 16th Infantry was constituted as the 11th U.S. Infantry on 4 May 1861 under the command of Colonel Erasmus D. Keyes and organized by Major DeLancey Floyd-Jones. The 11th Infantry was organized by direction of the president 4 May 1861 and confirmed by the act on 29 July 1861. The regiment was organized into three battalions of eight companies each. On 21 September 1866 under the act of 28 July 1866 the Second Battalion became the Twentieth Infantry and the Third Battalion the Twenty-ninth Infantry. The regiment that actually fought during the Civil War was organized by order of the president 4 May 1861 and confirmed by the act of 29 July 1861 as the 16th Infantry Regiment. On 21 September 1866 under the act of 28 July 1866 the Second Battalion became the Twenty-fifth Infantry and the Third Battalion became the Thirty-fourth Infantry. In actuality the present 16th Infantry was not involved in the Civil War, that regiment was consolidate into the 2d Infantry. The following campaign participation honors were actually earned by the 16th Infantry in the Civil War but went to the 2d Infantry with the consolidation; Atlanta, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Georgia 1864, Kentucky 1862, Mississippi 1862, Murfreesboro, Shiloh and Tennessee 1863.  The 34th Infantry was organized by direction of the president 4 May 1861 as the Third Battalion, 16th Infantry and designated Thirty-fourth Infantry on 21 September 1866 under the act of 28 July 1866.The honors and battle history earned by the 11th Infantry during the Civil War became the 16th Infantry's with the 1869 consolidation and are displaying on its colors. 

 

At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Congress increased the Regular Army by authorizing the creation of nine new, three-battalion infantry regiments. After the war, the battalions of those regiments were reorganized as separate regiments. The 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry became the 34th Infantry Regiment on 21 September 1866. In 1869 Congress reduced the peacetime army from 41 infantry regiments to 25. The 34th and 11th Regiments were consolidated on 6 April to form the current 16th Infantry Regiment.

 

The second 29th Infantry was constituted on 3 May 1861, as the 3d Battalion, 11th Infantry, one of the nine "three-battalion" regiments of regulars, each battalion containing eight companies of infantry, in contrast to the original ten regular regiments of infantry, which were organized on the traditional ten-company line.

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CANNOT FIND HIM UNDER LYMON,LEON, SPRAGUE OR SAMUEL M MORGAN ABOVE IS THE HISTORY OF THAT UNIT

 

 

1880 Precinct 1 DeWitt Co. TX

Leon V Sprague farmer

Sofia 23/1857/PA

William 11/12/TX

 

1887 Seattle Ward 4 King Co. WA

L D Sprague 37 Carpenter

Sophie 29

Willie 8/1879/TX

Luther 5/1882/TX

Lalie 2/1885/TX

 

Name:	Walter Vansprague
Gender:	Male
Race:	White
Birth Date:	8 Jul 1893
Birth Place:	Bothell King, Washington
Father:	Lyman Vansprague
Mother:	Sophia M Beltz
SSN:	531266649
Notes:	Sep 1944: Name listed as WALTER VANSPRAGUE

 

1900 Snoqualmie King Co. WA

Leon/Lyman V Sprague 52/Jul 1847/NY married 1875 parents NY/NY farmer

Sophia M 42/Jul 1857/PA parents Ger/Ger 7ch 5liv

Lettie M 18/Jul 1882/TX

Lula H 14/Oct 1885/TX

Lottie M 12/May 1888/WA

Walter V 8/Jul 1891/WA

Lorene/Laurence Beltz 75/Jan 1825/Ger father in law

Charles E Hanson 30/1869 boarder

 

1910 Seattle Ward 7 King co. WA

Lyman Sprague 64/1846/NY carpenter dose not note CWV

Sophie 54/1856/PA 9ch 5liv

Walter Thistle 26 son in law

Lottie Thistle 22 dau

Melvan mos grandson

Walter Sprague 19 son

 

Name:	Leon V Sprague
Gender:	Male
Residence Year:	1912
Street Address:	1C1I But lake AR
Residence Place:	Seattle, Washington, USA
Occupation:	Carpenter
Spouse:	Sophie M Sprague
Publication Title:	Seattle, Washington, City Directory,
Name:	Lyman V Sprague
Gender:	Male
Birth Date:	abt 1846
Death Date:	10 Nov 1914
Age at Death:	68
Death Location:	Seattle, King, Washington
Record Source:	Washington State Death Records

 

Lyman Sprague

BIRTH

1846

Dexter, Jefferson County, New York, USA

DEATH

10 Nov 1914 (aged 67–68)

Seattle, King County, Washington, USA

BURIAL

Calvary Cemetery

Seattle, King County, Washington, USA Add to Map

MEMORIAL ID

242662494 · View Source

 

Name:	Soplia M Sprague[Sophia M Sprague]
Gender:	Female 1891/WA & 1916/WA
Filing Place:	Washington, USA pension card
Relation to Head:	Widow
Spouse:	Lyman V Sprague

 

Name:	Sophia M Sprague[Sophia M Beltz]
Gender:	Female
Birth Date:	abt 1856
Death Date:	10 Jul 1936
Age at Death:	80
Death Location:	Seattle, King, Washington
Father:	Laurence Beltz
Record Source:	Washington State Death Records

Sophia Marie Beltz Sprague

BIRTH

2 Jul 1858

Pennsylvania, USA

DEATH

10 Jul 1936 (aged 78)

Seattle, King County, Washington, USA

BURIAL

Calvary Cemetery

Seattle, King County, Washington, USA 

William V 1880 1910

Lula Helen 1886 1974

Lottie Mae 1888 1942

Walter Vernard 1891 1948

Buried at Calvary Catholic Cemetery