Mark Jefferson Hargin
Mark Jefferson Hargin was born around 1818 in New York. He got married by the early 1840s, and his son Charles was born around 1842. His wife probably died sometime before 1850. By 1850, he was living in Lansing, New York, and working as a farm laborer. He married Joanna Ryan on November 5, 1850, and they had three children: Lettie, born on September 3, 1851; Ellen, born on August 10, 1853; and Edward, born on October 21, 1855. Hargin enlisted in the Union army on August 6, 1862, and mustered in as a wagoner in Company D of the 143rd New York Infantry on October 8, 1862. He died of disease at Fort Monroe, Virginia, on July 27, 1863.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (344) | Hargin, Mark Jefferson | 1818 | 1863-07-27 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Wagoner
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (180) [associated with] ~ John Higgins to Charles Hargin, 26 August 1863
People - Records: 1
- (344) Hargin, Mark Jefferson is the [parent of] (343) Hargin, Charles
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (14) [enlisted] ~ 143rd New York Infantry
SOURCES
1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Pension Record for Mark Jefferson Hargin, available from Fold3.com.
