Lebanon Gaumer (1817 - 1899)

Born 17 Jul 1817 in Washington Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Reynolds) Gaumer — married 6 May 1845 in Coshocton County, Ohio

Died 2 Jul 1899 at age 81 in Birds Run, Wheeling Township, Guernsey, Ohio

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Biography

Married May 6, 1845, to Nancy Reynolds in Coshocton County, Ohio. They had no children.

Civil War

Served in the 69th Ohio Infantry, Company I Awarded a military pension due to wartime injury. (Invalid Application #366.397 - Cert # 542.870)

After the War

"In the year 1867, he was caught up in a federal investigation of voting irregularities and gave a sworn deposition that, in Linton Township on Oct. 9, 1866, he had voted for George W. Morgan for Congress. His brother Jonathan Gaumer and relative Riley Gaumer also gave similar testimony in the case."

Obituary

Appeared in the Adamsville Register, July 1899 and in the Plainfield Sentinal

Lebanon Gaumer died in his home near Bird's Run, last Sunday evening, in the 82nd year of his age. He was born near Adamsville, July 17, 1817; was united in marriage with Nancy Randles, in 1845. He joined the Lutheran church in Adamsville, at the age of fifteen. When he located near Linton Mills, he had his name placed upon the register of the M. P. church; he subsequently moved to a farm near Bird's Run, when he became a member of the M. E. church at that place. He was an ex-soldier, having been a member of Co. I., 69th regiment O. V. V. I. He leaves a lonely widow to mourn the departure of one who was an helpmate for many years. The Funeral service was conducted by Rev. C. R. Blades, in the M. P. church last Monday afternoon, and interment was made in the Plainfield cemetery. - Plainfield Sentinal. [1]

Sources

• Minerd.com includes biography for Daniel Gaumer; "Minerd-Minard-Miner Genealogy and Reunion" by Mark A. Miner [2]
• "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6KV-ZN1 : 13 December 2014), Lebanon Gaumer, 02 Jul 1899; citing Death, Birds Run, Wheeling Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, source ID v 3 p 84, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 894,945. (attached)
• "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDZ8-1PD : 8 December 2014), Lebenon Gaumer and Nancy Randals, 06 May 1845; citing Coshocton County, Ohio, reference 2:3Z2HVMR; FHL microfilm 894,323. (Bride's surname may be Reynolds.)
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS99-5PY : 4 December 2014), Lebanon Gauner, Private, Company I, 69th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M552 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 38; FHL microfilm 882,251.
• "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NH6H-XZN : 24 March 2016), Lebanon Gaumer, 1880.
• 1860 and 1870 US Census Linton Township, Coshocton County, Ohio (attached)
• Find A Grave Memorial # 169708426 [3]