Jesse I Crapo (1844 - 1862)

Born 19 Apr 1844 in Bloomville, Seneca, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Died 17 Jun 1862 at age 18 in Fairfax Station, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

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Biography

Jesse I. Crapo, also known as “Krapo”, was born 1844 in Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio, the son of David Crapo (b. 1808-1879) and Mercy Sowle 1810-1886).

Jesse’s parents were married October 9, 1831, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts (where both had been born) and by 1836 had settled in Bloomville or Bloom, Seneca County, Ohio, where they lived for more than a dozen years. Sometime after 1848 the family left Ohio and eventually settled in Michigan. By 1860 Jesse was working as a farm hand and living with his family on a large farm in Odessa, Ionia County.

American Civil War

Jesse Crapo served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Mar 11, 1862
Mustered out: Mar 11, 1862
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company E, Michigan 3rd Infantry Volunteers

Jesse stood 5’10” with gray eyes, dark hair and a light complexion, and was an 18-year-old farmer living in Odessa, Ionia County when he enlisted in Company E on March 11, 1862, at Saranac, Ionia County for 3 years, and was mustered the same day.^{[2] [3]}He was sick with typhoid fever in the hospital at Bottom’s Bridge, Virginia in June of 1862, and in fact he died of typhoid fever at either Fair Oaks or Savage Station, Virginia, on June 17, 1862. He was presumably buried near Fair Oaks or Savage Station.

By 1870 his parents were still living on a farm in South Cass, Odessa Township, Ionia County. In 1885 his mother applied for a pension (application no. 326,826) but the certificate was apparently never granted.^[4]

Died Burial: Seven Pines National Cemetery, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia 17 JUN 1862. Fairfax Station, Fairfax, Virginia, USA. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.migenweb.org/michiganinthewar/infantry/3compe.htm
2. ↑ Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009), Ancestry.com, Record for Jesse I Crapo. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1555&h=397703&indiv=try.
3. ↑ National Park Service, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007), Ancestry.com, Record for Jesse I. Crapo. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1138&h=3761946&indiv=try.
4. ↑ Written by: Steve Soper Http://thirdmichigan.blogspot.com/2008/05/jesse-i-crapo.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Seven_Pines
5. ↑

   Bottoms Ridge Field Hospital.

   Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, Record for Jesse I Crapo Birth Date: 19 Apr 1844 Birth Place: Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio, United States of America Death Date: 17 Jun 1862 Death Place:Fair Oaks, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States of America Cemetery: Seven Pines National Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place:Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America. Enlisted in Company E, Michigan 3rd Infantry Regiment on 11 Mar 1862. After only a few days he contracted typhoid fever and was taken to a military hospital Savage Station, Virginia (see photo). He never recovered and died. His body was to be taken back to Michigan for burial but there was a mix-up in the burial records and he was buried in this National Cemetery in Virginia.

   • Source - Footnote Library, Virginia Public Library in Richmond.
   http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=61962500&indiv=try. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95908416/jesse-i-crapo