Piatt, Jacob [2]
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Title
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Piatt, Jacob [2]
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Alias
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Ryal, Jack
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Ryal, Jacob
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Gender
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Male
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Biography
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Jack Ryal was drafted into the U.S. Civil War. His military pension lists an alias of "Jacob Piatt." He settled in Oxford (Ohio).
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Died at Oxford, Ohio, on Monday evening, April 4th, Jacob Piatt, in the 53rd year of his age. He was born in Boone Co., Kentucky, Dec. 14th, 1835, and remained a slave until the war. When liberated he enlisted in the U.S. army and served his country faithfully. Since the war he has made his home in Oxford. He was a quiet, faithful industrous man, winning friends wherever he was known. He was a member of Old John Brown Post No. 450 and was buried by his comrades, the commander, his brother-in-law being amongh the mourners. Services were held in the Christian Church of which he was a consistent member. Benjaman Ayers had command of the post who marched with the body of their deceased comrade to his last resting place. "Soldier rest, thy war-fare o'er. Sleep the sleep that knows no waking Dream of battle-fields no more Days of slumber nights of waking." Oxford Citizen, 7 Apr 1887
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Birth date
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14 Dec 1835
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Death date
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4 Apr 1887
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Allegiance
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United States of America
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Held rank
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"unassigned infantry"
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Service began
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Sep 1864
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Member of
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Old John Brown Post No. 450
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Oxford Christian Church
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Collaborates with
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Ayers, Benjamin
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Relationship
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Slaveholder(s): unknown
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Bibliographic citation(s)
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1870 U.S. census, Butler County, Ohio, Oxford, page 371B, Family History Library film 552676, roll M593_1177
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1880 U.S. census, Butler County, Ohio, Oxford, enumeration district 027, page 223B, Family History film 1254997, roll 997
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FindAGrave.com, memorial #10514272
