John Jefferson Morfoot
John Jefferson Morfoot was born on April 22, 1845, in Bucyrus, Ohio, to Charles Morfoot and Elizabeth Boyer. His father was a bricklayer who owned $500 of real estate by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Bucyrus. He enlisted in the Union army on May 30, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company K of the 86th Ohio Infantry on June 10. He mustered out three months later, on September 25, 1862. He reenlisted on October 1, 1863, and he mustered in as a private in Company A of the 12th Ohio Cavalry on October 17. He became a bugler on June 15, 1864, and he mustered out on November 14, 1865.
 
He returned to Ohio after the war, and he married Susan B. Blough on December 9, 1866. Their daughter Bertha was born around 1869. Morfoot worked as a laborer, and by 1870, he owned $400 of personal property. By 1880, he was living in Greenfield, Ohio. He applied for a federal pension in April 1889 and eventually secured one. His wife died in the late 1800s, and he married Elizabeth Morris on November 7, 1899. By 1900, they were living in Bucyrus again. He died of blood poisoning there on September 9, 1912.
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(2267)Morfoot, John Jefferson1845-04-221912-09-09
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Bugler
  • Rank highest: Bugler
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 2

  • (6719) [associated with] ~ Charles Morfoot to Elizabeth Morfoot, 11 December 1864
  • (6776) [writer] ~ John J. Morfoot to Elizabeth Morfoot, 25 July 1864

People - Records: 6

  • (2267) Morfoot, John Jefferson is the [child of] (2095) Morfoot, Charles
  • (2267) Morfoot, John Jefferson is the [child of] (2096) Morfoot, Elizabeth
  • (2267) Morfoot, John Jefferson is the [sibling of] (2099) Morfoot, George
  • (2267) Morfoot, John Jefferson is the [sibling of] (2100) Morfoot, Cora
  • (2267) Morfoot, John Jefferson is the [sibling of] (2154) Morfoot, Ida May
  • (2311) Morfoot, Eliza Jane is the [sibling of] (2267) Morfoot, John Jefferson

Places - Records: 1

  • (1628) [birth, death] ~ Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio

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Regiments - Records: 2

  • (442) [enlisted] [K] ~ 86th Ohio Infantry
  • (692) [enlisted] [H] ~ 12th Ohio Cavalry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Soldiers Grave Registration Cards, 1804-1958, available from Fold3.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Bucyrus Journal, 15 December 1866.