Ira Allen Harvey
Ira Allen Harvey was born on December 12, 1842, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to Orange Harvey and Martha Carr. His father was a laborer who owned $300 of real estate and $200 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Waterford, Vermont, and by the early 1860s, he was working as a farmer in St. Johnsbury.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 28, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company K of the 15th Vermont Infantry on October 22, 1862. He was promoted to corporal on November 13, 1862. He mustered out on August 5, 1863.
 
He returned to St. Johnsbury after leaving the army, and he earned a living as a mechanic. He married Ellen M. Pierce on July 19, 1866, and their daughter Palla was born around 1878. They moved to Northampton, Massachusetts, in the late 1860s, and he worked at the Springfield Armory. He applied for a federal pension in August 1889 and eventually secured one. By 1900, he was working as a steel polisher in Northampton. He died there of chronic nephritis on August 1, 1905.
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(5130)Harvey, Ira Allen1842-12-121905-08-01
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Corporal
  • Rank highest: Corporal
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 12

  • (14414) [writer] ~ Ira A. Harvey to Benjamin C. Harvey, 26 January 1863
  • (14415) [writer] ~ Ira A. Harvey to Orange Harvey, 2 February 1863
  • (14416) [writer] ~ Ira A. Harvey to Sister, 8 February 1863
  • (14417) [writer] ~ Ira A. Harvey to Orange Harvey, 6 March 1863
  • (14418) [writer] ~ Ira A. Harvey to Orange Harvey, 4 May 1863
  • (14419) [writer] ~ Ira A. Harvey to Mary H. Harvey and Martha J. Harvey, 12 May 1863
  • (14420) [writer] ~ Ira A. Harvey to Family, 17 October 1863
  • (14421) [writer] ~ Ira A. Harvey to Benjamin C. Harvey, 22 December 1863
  • (14424) [recipient] ~ Orange Harvey to Martha Harvey et al., 22 May 1856
  • (14431) [writer] ~ Ira A. Harvey to Orange Harvey and Martha Harvey, 4 January 186X
  • (14436) [writer] ~ Ira A. Harvey to Orange Harvey and Martha Harvey, 3 November 18XX
  • (14442) [writer] ~ Jason H. Barrett et al. to Martha Harvey et al., 7 August 186X

People - Records: 9

  • (5130) Harvey, Ira Allen is the [sibling of] (5101) Harvey, William Wallace
  • (5130) Harvey, Ira Allen is the [child of] (5103) Harvey, Orange
  • (5130) Harvey, Ira Allen is the [child of] (5104) Harvey, Martha
  • (5130) Harvey, Ira Allen is the [sibling of] (5105) Harvey, Benjamin Carr
  • (5130) Harvey, Ira Allen is the [sibling of] (5106) Harvey, Martha Jane
  • (5130) Harvey, Ira Allen is the [sibling of] (5107) Harvey, Mary H.
  • (5132) Carr, Parker is the [aunt/uncle of] (5130) Harvey, Ira Allen
  • (5137) Knapp, Elsie M. is the [sibling-in-law of] (5130) Harvey, Ira Allen
  • (5138) (?), Jane is the [aunt/uncle of] (5130) Harvey, Ira Allen

Places - Records: 2

  • (1687) [birth] ~ St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont
  • (504) [death] ~ Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (80) [officer] [K] ~ 15th Vermont Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1870, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, available from Ancestry.com