John G. Scoville

John G. Scoville was born on January 23, 1823, in Ohio. He married Ruth Chapman on January 21, 1844, and they had at least five children: Laura, born around 1846; Philander, born around 1848; Princess, born around 1855; Sylvia, born around 1856; and Ruth, born around 1859. They lived in Milan, Ohio, and Scoville worked as a carpenter. They moved to Brighton, Iowa, around 1856, and by 1860, he owned $400 of real estate and $200 of personal property.

Scoville enlisted in the Union army on July 1, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company F of the 6^th Iowa Infantry on July 17. He expressed devotion to the Union, writing in July 1861 that "tis for our union we go forward to fite for liberty that our children and grand children may injoy it." In December 1861, he added that "i love our glorious land of libberty i love the sons of freedom i love to help mantain our lovely banner." He confessed that "a soldiers life is a hard life a life of activity but i like it better and better...while I am [a] soldier i want to do my part." In June 1862, he denounced the "curse of slavery."

The regiment took part in the Battle of Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, the siege of Vicksburg, the Battle of Chattanooga, the Atlanta campaign, and the March to the Sea. He was “wounded severely” in the left shoulder near Griswoldville, Georgia, on November 22, 1864, and he mustered out on July 29, 1865.

Scoville applied for a federal pension in February 1866, and he secured one soon afterward. By the 1880s, he was living in Russell County, Kansas. In 1889, a local writer noted that he was “old and feeble and carries the ball [from his Civil War injury] in his shoulder yet.” He died in Goshen, Ohio, on September 11, 1893.

DATABASE CONTENT

(2292)

Scoville, John G.

1823-01-23

1893-09-11

Conflict Side: Union
Role: Soldier
Rank in: Private
Rank out: Private
Rank highest: Private
Gender: Male
Race: White

Documents - Records: 181

(6758) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 24 February 1862
(6762) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 3 August 1862
(6763) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 12 August 1862
(6764) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 12 August 1862
(6765) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 28 August 1862
(6766) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 14 September 1862
(6767) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 16 November 1862
(6768) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 25 January 1863
(6769) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 23 March 1863
(6770) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 14 March 1863
(6771) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 27 April 1863
(6772) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 25 May 1863
(6773) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 10 June 1863
(6774) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 30 June 1863
(6775) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 11 July 1863
(6781) [recipient] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 31 January 1864
(6782) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 29 February 1865
(6783) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 15 December 1861
(6784) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 18 December 1861
(6785) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 22 December 1861
(6797) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 22 December 1861
(6798) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 24 December 1861
(6799) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 8 January 1862
(6800) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 12 January 1862
(6801) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 21 January 1862
(6802) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 22 January 1862
(6803) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 2 February 1862
(6804) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 10 February 1862
(6805) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 14 February 1862
(6806) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 15 February 1862
(6807) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 16 February 1862
(6808) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 20 February 1862
(6809) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 23 February 1862
(6816) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 28 February 1862
(6817) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., March 1862
(6818) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 2 March 1862
(6819) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 5 March 1862
(6820) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Philander S. Scoville et al., 5 March 1862
(6821) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 9 March 1862
(6822) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 14 March 1862
(6823) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 26 March 1862
(6824) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 4 April 1862
(6825) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 9 April 1862
(6826) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 13 April 1862
(6827) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 12 May 1862
(6828) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 20 May 1862
(6829) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 1 June 1862
(6830) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 8 June 1862
(6831) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 8 June 1862
(6832) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 15 June 1862
(6833) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 16 June 1862
(6834) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 21 June 1862
(6835) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 23 June 1862
(6836) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 24 June 1862
(6837) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 25 June 186X
(6838) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 25 June 1862
(6839) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 29 June 1862
(6840) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 2 July 1862
(6841) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 20 July 1862
(6842) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 21 July 186X
(6843) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 22 July 1862
(6844) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 23 July 1862
(6845) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 13 August 1862
(6846) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 18 August 1862
(6847) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 21 August 1862
(6848) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 23 August 1862
(6849) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 27 August 1862
(6853) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 29 August 1862
(6854) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 1 September 1862
(6855) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 2 September 1862
(6856) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 6 September 1862
(6860) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 15 September 1862
(6861) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 20 September 1862
(6862) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 23 September 1862
(6863) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 23 September 1862
(6864) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 24 September 1862
(6865) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 25 September 1862
(6866) [associated with] ~ Olive (?) to Ruth C. Scoville, 25 December 1862
(6867) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 25 July 1861
(6868) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 31 July 1861
(6869) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 13 September 1861
(6870) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 16 September 1861
(6871) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 17 September 1861
(6872) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 18 September 1861
(6873) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 13 October 1861
(6874) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 14 October 1861
(6875) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 16 November 1861
(6876) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 21 November 1861
(6877) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 24 November 1861
(6878) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 25 November 1861
(6879) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 29 November 1861
(6880) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 30 November 1861
(6881) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 3 December 1861
(6882) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 6 December 1861
(6883) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 10 December 1861
(6884) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 9 April 1862
(6885) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 21 May 1861
(6886) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 10 February 1863
(6887) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 24 February 1863
(6888) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 7 May 1863
(6889) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 16 July 1863
(6890) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 20 July 1863
(6891) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 26 July 1863
(6892) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 27 July 1863
(6893) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 10 August 1863
(6894) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 16 August 1863
(6895) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 24 August 1863
(6896) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 2 September 1863
(6897) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 7 September 1863
(6898) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 13 September 1863
(6899) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 23 October 1863
(6900) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 1 November 1863
(6901) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 11 November 1863
(6902) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 16 November 1863
(6903) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 21 December 1862
(6904) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 25 December 1863
(6905) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville Notes, 23 January 1864
(6906) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 24 January 1864
(6907) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 28 January 1864
(6908) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 11 February 1864
(6909) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 12 February 1864
(6910) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 12 February 1864
(6911) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 23 February 1864
(6912) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 25 February 1864
(6913) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 28 February 1864
(6914) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 20 June 1864
(6915) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 10 July 1864
(6916) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 20 July 1864
(6917) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 6 August 1864
(6918) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 11 August 1864
(6919) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 12 September 1864
(6920) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 26 September 1864
(6921) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 10 November 1864
(6922) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 25 December 1864
(6923) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 1 February 1865
(6924) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 12 March 1865
(6925) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 7 April 1865
(6926) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 9 April 1865
(6927) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 11 April 1865
(6928) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 23 April 1865
(6930) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 29 April 1865
(6931) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 10 May 1865
(6954) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 11 May 1865
(6955) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 15 May 1865
(6956) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 16 May 1865
(6957) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 17 May 1865
(6958) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 18 May 1865
(6959) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 19 May 1865
(6960) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 21 May 1865
(6961) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 28 May 1865
(6962) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 4 June 1865
(6963) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 6 June 1865
(6964) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 9 June 1865
(6965) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville Diary, 13 June 1865
(6966) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 16 June 1865
(6967) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 25 January 186X
(6968) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 9 April 1865
(6998) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 2 March 1869
(6999) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 15 May 1862
(7000) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 27 May 186X
(7001) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 22 July 186X
(7002) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, 24 July 186X
(7003) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 22 September 186X
(7004) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 12 October 186X
(7005) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 27 October 186X
(7006) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., undated
(7060) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., undated
(7061) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, undated
(7062) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., undated
(7063) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., undated
(7064) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, undated
(7065) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., undated
(7066) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 14 February 1864
(7067) [recipient] ~ Ruth C. Scoville to John G. Scoville, undated
(7068) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, undated
(7069) [associated with] ~ Laura O. Scoville Poem, undated
(7071) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., undated
(7072) [recipient] ~ Ruth C. Scoville to John G. Scoville, undated
(7073) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, undated
(7074) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, undated
(7075) [writer] ~ John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville, undated

People - Records: 8

(2292) Scoville, John G. is the [parent-in-law of] (2307) Walker, John
(2292) Scoville, John G. is the [aunt/uncle of] (2376) (?), Olive

(2294) Scoville, Ruth C. is the [wife of] (2292) Scoville, John G.
(2295) Scoville, Laura Olive is the [child of] (2292) Scoville, John G.
(2296) Scoville, Philander S. is the [child of] (2292) Scoville, John G.
(2297) Scoville, Princess is the [child of] (2292) Scoville, John G.
(2299) Scoville, Ruth is the [child of] (2292) Scoville, John G.
(2308) Scoville, Sylvia is the [child of] (2292) Scoville, John G.

Places - Records: 2

(274) [birth] ~ Ohio
(1783) [death] ~ Goshen, Clermont County, Ohio

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Regiments - Records: 1

(687) [enlisted] [F] ~ 6th Iowa Infantry

SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1856 Iowa State Census, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio County Marriages, 1774-1993, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Kansas Enrollment of Civil War Veterans, 1889, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio Soldiers Grave Registration Cards, 1804-1958, available from Fold3.com; John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 24 December 1861, DL1314.022, Nau Collection; John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 21 June 1862, DL1314.052, Nau Collection; John G. Scoville to Ruth C. Scoville et al., 25 July 1861, DL1314.165, Nau Collection

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