Rouse, Elias S.
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Title
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Rouse, Elias S.
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Gender
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Male
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Biography
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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.
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Birth date
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circa 1841
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Spouse(s)
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Gay, Mary
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Child(ren)
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Rouse, Emery
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Death date
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30 Jul 1899
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Death and burial information
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Highland Cemetery (Ypsilanti, Mich.)
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Occupation(s)
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Laborer
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Janitor
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Allegiance
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United States of America
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Place of enlistment
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Readville (Mass.)
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Service began
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5 May 1863
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Service ended
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5 Oct 1865
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Relationship
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Slaveholder(s): unknown
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Bibliographic citation(s)
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, City Directory, 1888, page 284
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FindAGrave.com, memorial #102210592
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Source(s)
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U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865
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U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878
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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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U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
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U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
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1890 Veterans Schedules
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Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995
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Find A Grave.com