Oramel C Whittaker (1841 - 1912)

Born 1841 in Lorain, Ohio, United States

Died 20 Nov 1912 at about age 71 in Bengal Township, Clinton, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Pvt Oramel Whittaker served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 9 Aug 1862
Mustered out: 1 Jun 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 103rd Ohio Infantry, Company H

Oramel Whittaker was Wounded in Action at the Battle of Resaca during United States Civil War.

Oramel was born in 1841 to Samuel P. Whittaker and Lydia Robinson. Oramel enlisted in Company H of the 103rd OVI on 9 Aug 1862 as a Private. He was wounded (shot in the abdomen) at the Battle of Resaca on 14 May 1864. He was discharged with a surgeons certificate of disability on 1 Jun 1865 in Jeffersonville, Illinois. After the war he moved to Bengal Township, Michigan where he was a Farmer. Oramel married Louisa M. Lyon on 7 Jul 1867 in Bengal Township, Michigan. He passed away in 1912.

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Sources

• Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800–1995." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83454531/oramel_c-whitaker: accessed April 5, 2024), memorial page for Oramel C. Whitaker (1841–1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83454531, citing Mount Rest Cemetery, Saint Johns, Clinton County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (contributor 48353502).

• Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

• Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1822-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Michigan Marriages. Various Michigan County marriage collections.

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: 705; Page: 443b

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Carlisle, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: M653_1001; Page: 11; Family History Library Film: 805001

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Bengal, Clinton, Michigan; Roll: M593_669; Page: 389B

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Bath, Clinton, Michigan; Roll: 576; Page: 272d; Enumeration District: 042

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Bengal, Clinton, Michigan; Roll: 707; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0002

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Bengal, Clinton, Michigan; Roll: T624_643; Page: 1b; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 1374656

• The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Record Group Number: 15; Census Year: 1890