George Obousier
George (Gottlieb) Obousier was born on May 4, 1825 in Lausanne, Switzerland. He immigrated to America in 1848, arriving in New York on October 10. He eventually moved to Massachusetts, and he was naturalized there on December 27, 1852. He moved to Tell, Indiana, sometime before 1860 and married Marianne Golay. By the early 1860s, he was working as a painter.
He enlisted in the Union army on February 1, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company A of the 60th Indiana Infantry. The regiment took part in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, the Siege of Vicksburg, the Jackson Expedition, and the Red River Campaign, and he was wounded in the Battle of Bayou Bourbeux on November 3, 1863. He mustered out on April 13, 1865, and returned home to Indiana. He applied for a federal pension in March 1879 and eventually secured one. His wife apparently died sometime before 1880, and he passed away in Tell City in October 1890.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (445) | Obousier, George ~ Obousier, Gottlieb | 1825-05-04 | 1890-10 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 5
- (943) [writer] ~ George Obousier to Alexander Roeser, 17 May 1862
- (944) [writer] ~ George Obousier to Alexander Roeser, 23 December 1863
- (945) [writer] ~ George Obousier to Alexander Roeser, 22 July 1864
- (946) [writer] ~ George Obousier to Alexander Roeser, 1 August 1862
- (947) [writer] ~ George Obousier to Alexander Roeser, 4 October 1862
People - Records: 1
- (445) Obousier, George is the [friend of] (446) Roeser, Alexander
Regiments - Records: 1
- (106) [enlisted] ~ 60th Indiana Infantry
SOURCES
1880 United States Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001, available from Ancestry.com; Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904, available from Ancestry.com.
