Ira A. Torrance
Ira A. Torrance was born around 1841 in AuSable, New York, to Austin Torrance and Tryphena Trumbull. His father died in 1845. Torrance grew up and attended school in Jay, New York, and by 1860, he was working as a farmer.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on September 2, 1864, and he mustered in as a private in Company E of the 2nd New York Cavalry later that day. According to his service records, he was 5 feet 8½ inches tall, with brown hair and blue eyes. The regiment took part in the siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox campaign. He voted for Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1864. He mustered out on June 5, 1865.
 
He married Lucy E. Smith around 1864, and their son Fred was born around 1878. They lived in Jay, and Torrance worked as a farmer. By 1870, he owned $1,200 of real estate and $700 of personal property. He applied for a federal pension in July 1898 and eventually secured one. He died on December 13, 1905.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(2985)Torrance, Ira A.18411905-12-13
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 38

  • (8154) [writer] ~ William W. Stickney and Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, undated
  • (8561) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to Tryphena Stickney, 20 April 1862
  • (8562) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 16 October 1864
  • (8563) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 20 October 1864
  • (8564) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, October 1864
  • (8565) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 25 October 1864
  • (8566) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to William W. Stickney, 20 April 1862
  • (8567) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 18 May 1862
  • (8568) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to Tryphena Stickney, 1862
  • (8569) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to Tryphena Stickney, 22 June 1862
  • (8570) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 17 September 1864
  • (8571) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 22 September 1864
  • (8572) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to Sherman Stickney, 25 September 1864
  • (8573) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 5 October 1864
  • (8668) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 15 November 1864
  • (8669) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 26 November 1864
  • (8670) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 3 December 1864
  • (8671) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to Tryphena Stickney, 7 December 1864
  • (8672) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to Tryphena Stickney, 28 December 1864
  • (8674) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, January 1865
  • (8675) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 26 January 1865
  • (8676) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to Tryphena Stickney, 21 February 1865
  • (8677) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 25 February 1865
  • (8678) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 4 March 1865
  • (8679) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 24 March 1865
  • (8680) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 28 March 1865
  • (8681) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 1 April 1865
  • (8682) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 13 April 1865
  • (8683) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 21 April 1865
  • (8684) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to Tryphena Stickney, 4 May 1865
  • (8685) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 6 May 1865
  • (8686) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to Tryphena Stickney, 17 May 1865
  • (8687) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to Tryphena Stickney, 24 May 1865
  • (8688) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 2 June 1865
  • (8689) [recipient] ~ Unknown to Ira A. Torrance, 11 June 1865
  • (8690) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to Tryphena Stickney, 9 February 186X
  • (8691) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 13 September 186X
  • (8692) [writer] ~ Ira A. Torrance to Unknown, undated

People - Records: 8

  • (2985) Torrance, Ira A. is the [sibling-in-law of] (2978) Torrance, Ephraim
  • (2985) Torrance, Ira A. is the [step-sibling of] (2981) Stickney, William Wallace
  • (2985) Torrance, Ira A. is the [step-sibling of] (2984) Stickney, Sherman
  • (2980) Stickney, George Washington is the [step-parent of] (2985) Torrance, Ira A.
  • (2988) Torrance, Russell is the [aunt/uncle of] (2985) Torrance, Ira A.
  • (2989) Torrance, Rhoda is the [aunt/uncle of] (2985) Torrance, Ira A.
  • (3174) Stickney, Tryphena is the [parent of] (2985) Torrance, Ira A.
  • (3196) Smith, Lucy E. is the [wife of] (2985) Torrance, Ira A.

Places - Records: 2

  • (2502) [birth] ~ AuSable, Clinton County, New York
  • (2167) [death] ~ Jay, Essex County, New York

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (372) [enlisted] [E] ~ 2nd New York Cavalry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, available from Fold3.com; New York Death Index, 1852-1956, available from Ancestry.com; Ira A. Torrance to George W. Stickney and Tryphena Stickney, 25 October 1864, DL1439.013, Nau Collection