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Title
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Colcher, John N.
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Alias
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Colshear, John
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Colsher, John
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Colshers, J.N.
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Colshear, Joseph N.
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Gender
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Male
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Biography
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Found in 1850 and 1860 Censuses living in Petersburg, Kentucky. Found living out the rest of his life from 1870 Census until death in Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee.
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"...John Colsher left for Louisville to go on duty." -Loder Diary, January 15, 1862
"John Colsher left Pete to go to his regiment..." Loder Diary, March 17, 1863
"John Colsher come Home to Pete..." -Loder Diary, February 1, 1864
"John N Colsher arrived in Pete with the final discharge after being in the United States Service for three years." -Loder Diary, June 22, 1864
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In 1870 he was living in the household of his future father-in-law, John M. Hughes, in Lynchburg, Tennessee.
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He is listed among the "Storekeepers and Gaugers" appointed by the Internal Revenue Service for the Fifth District of Tennessee, 1 Jul 1881. He worked in Lynchburg.
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John's death date is unknown. His youngest child was born 29 Dec 1899, but his wife filed for her widow's pension 29 May 1900. She is also listed as a widow in the 1900 census, recorded 1 Jun 1900.
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Member
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Colsher family
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Birth date
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circa 1844
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Mother
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Green, Malinda
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Life event(s)
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Marriage: 18 Sep 1875; Moore County (Tenn.)
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Spouse(s)
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Hughes, Margaret E. "Maggie"
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Child(ren)
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Colsher, William Mortimer
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Bennett, Minnie G. Colsher
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Colsher, Sadie Louise
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Coleman, Alice G. Colsher
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Death date
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circa 1899
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Occupation(s)
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Cooper
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Military service
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Co. H, 1st Regiment, Kentucky Infantry
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Allegiance
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United States of America
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Held rank
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Corporal
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Place of enlistment
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Camp Clay (Ohio)
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Louisville (Ky.)
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The Compiled Service Records of Union Soldiers lists his place of enlistment in Camp Clay, Ohio. The Loder Diary states that Colsher left for Louisville, Kentucky to enlist.
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Service began
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1862
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Service ended
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1864
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Bibliographic citation(s)
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"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXTL-JQH : 3 August 2022), Jesse Colshear and Melinda Green, 29 Aug 1833; citing Dearborn, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004476631.
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Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 166
Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA
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Official Register of the United States containing a list of Officers and Employés, Volume I, page 136
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Source(s)
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Seventh Census of the United States, 1850
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Eighth Census of the United States, 1860
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Tennessee Marriage Records, 1780-2002
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Ninth Census of the United States, 1870
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Tenth Census of the United States, 1880
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Compiled Service Records of Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky
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U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
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U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
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U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959
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Civil War in Boone County, Kentucky; The