William Troyer
William Troyer was born on February 26, 1832, in Port Rowan, Ontario, to John Troyer. He immigrated to America around 1851 and settled in Henry County, Illinois. He married Ione Tinker there on July 4, 1855, and they had at least four children: Ada, born around 1859; William, born around 1863; Albert, born around 1867; and Leroy, born around 1869. They lived in Annawan, Illinois, and Troyer worked as a farmer. By 1860, they owned $2,000 of real estate and $500 of personal property.
 
Troyer enlisted in the Union army on August 12, 1862, and he mustered in as a corporal in Company A of the 112nd Illinois Infantry on September 20. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with brown hair and blue eyes. The regiment took part in the Knoxville campaign, the Atlanta campaign, and the Carolinas campaign. He reportedly developed piles due to exposure during the Battle of Old Town Creek in July 1864. He was eventually promoted to sergeant, and he mustered out in Greensboro, North Carolina, on June 20, 1865.
 
Troyer returned to Annawan after the war and resumed his work as a farmer. By 1870, he owned $9,000 of real estate and $1,000 of personal property. By 1880, he employed at least one white servant and two farm laborers. He served as a deacon in the local Baptist church, and he was reportedly “deeply interested in missionary work.” He moved to Dorchester, Nebraska, in 1884. He applied for a federal pension in September 1890 and eventually secured one. His health deteriorated in the late 1890s, and he died in Friend, Nebraska, on October 13, 1899.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(1670)Troyer, William1832-02-261899-10-13
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Corporal
  • Rank out: Sergeant
  • Rank highest: Sergeant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 29

  • (5724) [writer] ~ DL1149.024
  • (6099) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 7 August 1863
  • (6102) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 23 September 1863
  • (6104) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 18 May 1864
  • (6128) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 4 June 1864
  • (6131) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 12 June 1864
  • (6132) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 14 June 1864
  • (6182) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 3 July 1864
  • (6183) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 4 July 1864
  • (6184) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 7 August 1864
  • (6187) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 3 September 1864
  • (6188) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 9 September 1864
  • (6189) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 17 October 1864
  • (6190) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 23 November 1864
  • (6191) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 11 December 1864
  • (6192) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 16 December 1864
  • (6193) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 22 December 1864
  • (6734) [writer] ~ William Troyer Diary
  • (6735) [writer] ~ William Troyer Letter Fragments
  • (6747) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 11 February 1865
  • (6748) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 16 February 1865
  • (6750) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 24 February 1864
  • (6752) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, undated
  • (6753) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 5 March 1865
  • (6754) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 10 March 1865
  • (6755) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 10 April 1865
  • (6756) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 27 April 1865
  • (6757) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 9 June 1865
  • (15187) [writer] ~ William Troyer to Ione Troyer, 4 February 1865

People - Records: 1

  • (1670) Troyer, William is the [husband of] (1671) Troyer, Ione

Places - Records: 2

  • (1392) [birth] ~ Port Rowan, Ontario, Canada
  • (1391) [death] ~ Friend, Saline County, Nebraska

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (528) [enlisted] [A] ~ 112nd Illinois Infantry
SOURCES

1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1890 Veterans Census, available from Ancestry.com; Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904, available from Ancestry.com; Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920, available from Ancestry.com; Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995, available from Ancestry.com; The Weekly Standard (Friend, NE), 27 October 1899.