How Related: Brother of my adoptive 2nd-great-grandmother, Anna M. "Annie" HIGBY
Born: 10 January 1842 in Bedford, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
Parents: Stephen HIGBY (1810 - 1873) and Hannah "Matilda" OSBORNE (1822 - 1893)
Siblings: Levi was the eldest of 11 children:
- Albina (1842 - 1852)
- Philemon S. (1846 - 1876)
- Lafayette C. (1848 - 1908)
- Albert (1850 - bef. 1856)
- Carey W. (1853 - 1909)
- Frank M. (1854 - aft. 1925)
- Albert W. (1856 - 1921)
- Amos O. (1858 - 1859)
- Anna M. "Annie" (1861 - 1903) - my ancestor
- Frederick Alonzo (1865 - 1920)
Children: none
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Source: Civil War Pension Index Card of Levi L. Higby. Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. National Archives and Records Administration. Publication T289. Digital image purchased at Footnote [http://www.footnote.com/].
Enlisted: 12 August 1861 at Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan; private. Enlisted 20 August 1861 in Co. G, 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery
Side served: Union
History of Unit: 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery
Discharged: Died of disease while serving with the 6th Michigan Infantry
Biography or Information of Interest: I'm not a military historian, so I can't tell for certain, but it appears that the heavy artillery regiment that Levi served with was assigned to the 6th Michigan Infantry at the time of his death. His widowed mother applied for his pension benefits in 1879.
Died: 20 November 1862 of disease in Carrollton, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
1 comment:
After being consumed by civil war history, I decided to look for civil war veteran tombstones in a cemetary very close by. I came across Pvt. Levi L. Higby grave marker, in the township cemetary in
Byron Center, MI. If you would like a picture of it for this site, I would be glad to get one.
rickvandermeulen@hotmail.com (march 6, 2009)
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