Isaac Huntington Witherell
Isaac Huntington Witherell was born on June 27, 1838, in Ossian, New York, to Seymour and Euphemia Witherell. His father was a farmer who owned $300 of personal property by 1860. Witherell grew up and attended school in Ossian before beginning work as a farmer. He enlisted in the Union army on August 28, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company B of the 136th New York Infantry on September 25. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 11 inches tall, with dark hair and gray eyes. The regiment took part in the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Atlanta Campaign, the March to the Sea, and the Carolinas Campaign. He mustered out near Washington, D.C., on June 13, 1865.
Witherell returned to Ossian after the war, and he married Janette Fawecett in the late 1860s. Their daughter Janette was born around 1871. By 1870, the family owned $2,130 of real estate and $1,150 of personal property. His wife died of heart disease on September 6, 1879. By 1880, he was living with his brother Walter in Ossian. He died there on August 5, 1905.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (667) | Witherell, Isaac Huntington | 1838-06-27 | 1905-08-05 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 2
People - Records: 2
Places - Records: 1
- (593) [birth, death] ~ Ossian, Livingston County, New York
Regiments - Records: 1
- (191) [enlisted] ~ 136th New York Infantry
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1865 and 1875 New York State Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1880 Mortality Schedule, available from Ancestry.com; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, available from Fold3.com.
