Zephram Lavier
Zephram Lavier was born around 1835 in Canada. He eventually immigrated to America and settled in New York, and he married Priscilla Haysmer there on April 30, 1859. They had two children: Amelia, born on November 10, 1859; and Laura, born on June 22, 1861. They lived in Barre, New York, and he worked as a farmer. By 1860, they owned $200 of real estate and $200 of personal property. enlisted in the Union army on August 30, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company D of the 151st New York Infantry on October 22. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 4 inches tall, with black hair and black eyes. The regiment took part in the Gettysburg Campaign. He died of typhoid fever in Alexandria, Virginia, on October 17, 1863.
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(954)Lavier, Zephram18351863-10-17
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 12

  • (2964) [writer] ~ Zephram Lavier to Priscilla Lavier, 7 April 1863
  • (3116) [writer] ~ Zephram Lavier to Priscilla Lavier, 21 June 1863
  • (3219) [associated with] ~ Almon B. Fargo to Priscilla Lavier, 7 December 1863
  • (5653) [writer] ~ Zephram Lavier to Priscilla Lavier, 15 October 1862
  • (5654) [writer] ~ Zephram Lavier to Priscilla Lavier, 16 November 1862
  • (5655) [writer] ~ Zephram Lavier to Priscilla Lavier, 25 December 1862
  • (5656) [writer] ~ Zephram Lavier to Priscilla Lavier, 6 January 1863
  • (5657) [writer] ~ Zephram Lavier to Priscilla Lavier, 31 July 1863
  • (5658) [writer] ~ Zephram Lavier to Priscilla Lavier, 13 August 1863
  • (5659) [writer] ~ Zephram Lavier to Priscilla Lavier, 6 September 1863
  • (5660) [writer] ~ Zephram Lavier to Priscilla Lavier, undated
  • (5661) [writer] ~ Zephram Lavier to Priscilla Lavier, 20 September 1863

People - Records: 2

  • (955) Lavier, Priscilla is the [wife of] (954) Lavier, Zephram
  • (1540) Fargo, Almon Bradley is the [friend of] (954) Lavier, Zephram

Places - Records: 2

  • (744) [birth] ~ Canada
  • (53) [death] ~ Alexandria, Virginia

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (311) [enlisted] ~ 151st New York Infantry
SOURCES

1860 United States Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; Pension Record of Zephram Lavier, available from Fold3.com; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, available from Ancestry.com.