Alexander T. Katon
Alexander T. Katon was born around 1816 in Maine to Thomas and Lucy Katon. He married Grace Barker on December 17, 1839, and they had at least nine children: Lauraett, born on December 20, 1840; William, born on April 29, 1842; Mary, born on March 19, 1844; Remington, born on September 2, 1845; Hannah, born on April 17, 1849; Thomas, born on November 7, 1853; Lucy, born on November 4, 1856; Frederick, born on November 25, 1857; and Lemuel, born on August 21, 1859. They lived in Pittston, Maine, and Katon worked as a farmer. By 1850, he owned $1,200 of real estate. A decade later, he owned $1,200 of real estate and $416 of personal property.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on November 8, 1861, and he mustered in as a corporal in Company B of the 11th Maine Infantry later that day. The regiment took part in the Peninsula campaign, the Battle of Seven Pines, and the Seven Days’ Battles. He eventually earned a promotion to sergeant. He remained devoted to the Union, copying song lyrics that called for all loyal Americans to "brave the storm togather and yield to traitors never / For we're bound to defend our glorious union." He died on July 8, 1862.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(2880)Katon, Alexander T.18161862-07-08
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Corporal
  • Rank out: Sergeant
  • Rank highest: Sergeant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 18

  • (7949) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon to Grace T. Katon et al., 16 November 1861
  • (7950) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon to Grace T. Katon, 10 December 1861
  • (7951) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon to Son, 13 January 1862
  • (7952) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon to Grace T. Katon, 19 February 1862
  • (7953) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon to Daughter, 9 March 1862
  • (7954) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon to Daughter, 28 April 1862
  • (7955) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon to Grace T. Katon, 11 May 1862
  • (7962) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon to Grace T. Katon, 28 May 1862
  • (7963) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon to Grace T. Katon, 12 June 1862
  • (7966) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon to Grace T. Katon, 13 December 1861
  • (7967) [associated with] ~ Grace T. Katon to William Wiley, June 1863
  • (7968) [associated with] ~ William Wiley to Grace T. Katon, 25 April 1863
  • (7969) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon to Grace T. Katon, 26 March 1862
  • (7970) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon to Grace T. Katon, 26 June 1862
  • (7971) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon Poem, undated
  • (7972) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon to Grace T. Katon, undated
  • (7975) [writer] ~ Alexander T. Katon Manuscript Fragment, undated
  • (8074) [associated with] ~ Alexander T. Katon Statement, undated

People - Records: 9

  • (2880) Katon, Alexander T. is the [husband of] (2881) Katon, Grace T.
  • (2880) Katon, Alexander T. is the [parent of] (2882) Katon, Lauraett
  • (2880) Katon, Alexander T. is the [parent of] (2883) Katon, William
  • (2880) Katon, Alexander T. is the [parent of] (2884) Katon, Mary B.
  • (2880) Katon, Alexander T. is the [parent of] (2885) Katon, Remington D.
  • (2880) Katon, Alexander T. is the [parent of] (2886) Katon, Hannah Ann
  • (2880) Katon, Alexander T. is the [parent of] (2887) Katon, Thomas
  • (2880) Katon, Alexander T. is the [parent of] (2889) Katon, Frederick A.
  • (2894) Katon, Lemuel L. is the [sibling of] (2880) Katon, Alexander T.

Places - Records: 2

  • (2097) [birth] ~ Pittston, Kennebec County, Maine
  • (120) [death] ~ Virginia

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (307) [enlisted] [B] ~ 11th Maine Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Maine Marriages to 1875, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Alexander T. Katon Poem, undated, PT0224.017, Nau Collection