Borderlands Archive and History Center Database

Rouse, Elias S.

Item

Title

Rouse, Elias S.

Gender

Male

Biography

Elias was born in Kentucky. He enlisted in the 54th Masachusetts infantry, Company K, in 1863 at Readville (Mass.). He had escaped to Massachusetts prior to enlistment, and listed his place of birth as Malden (Conn.). Records give a variety of information, possibly to protect him from being identified as a freedom seeker. He was wounded in South Carolina, but continued to serve until the end of the war. Afterwards he settled in Ypsilanti (Mich.), and married Mary Gay, widow of another soldier who was lost in the war.

Member

Rouse family

Birth date

circa 1841

Place of birth

Kentucky

Spouse(s)

Gay, Mary

Child(ren)

Rouse, Emery

Death date

30 Jul 1899

Place of death

Ypsilanti (Mich.)

Death and burial information

Highland Cemetery (Ypsilanti, Mich.)

Occupation(s)

Laborer

Janitor

Military service

Co. K, 54th Massachusetts Infantry (Colored)

54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored)

Allegiance

United States of America

Place of enlistment

Readville (Mass.)

Service began

5 May 1863

Service ended

5 Oct 1865

Participant in

bef 1863--Elias S. Rouse Escapes and Joins Military

Resided in

Ann Arbor (Mich.)

Relationship

Slaveholder(s): unknown

Bibliographic citation(s)

Ann Arbor, Michigan, City Directory, 1888, page 284

FindAGrave.com, memorial #102210592

Source(s)

U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865

U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878

Ninth Census of the United States, 1870

Tenth Census of the United States, 1880

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995

1890 Veterans Schedules

Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995

Find A Grave.com

Item sets

AA--Enslaved--Kentucky--Boone County--Slaveholder Unknown--O-R

Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County--L-R