Daniel Gillman (abt. 1810 - abt. 1864)

Born about 1810 in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA [uncertain]

Husband of Ursula Rogers — married about 1837 in New York, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1 Oct 1864 at about age 54 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Birth

Daniel Gillman was born about 1810 in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA.

• Daniel Gillman was born about 1810 in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana. ^[1]

Marriage

Daniel (~27) married Ursula Rogers (~30) (~1807 - 1899) in 1837 in New York, United States.

• Daniel Gillman married Ursula Rogers in 1837. ^[1]

Children

• Mary E. (Gillman) Knight (1840 - 1929)
• Jane E. (Gillman) Cook (1842 - 1895).

Military Service

• Daniel Gillman, served the Union during the Civil War, and he is listed as a private in the 2nd Battallion, 16th Infantry Regiment in the "U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916," document dated for the month of May 1864. This database primarily documented monthly returns (troop strengths) from U.S. Regular Army infantry regiments received by the Adjutant General’s Office from June 1821 to December 1916. It also includes other forms and correspondence filed with these returns. The Regular Army monthly returns reported on the strength of each regiment, including total numbers of men present, absent, sick, or on extra daily duty, as well as giving a report of officers and some categories of enlisted men by name. Later returns included an accounting of strength in terms of horses and artillery. ^[2]

Death

Daniel died about 1 Oct 1864 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States aged ~54.

• Daniel died 1 Oct 1864 from typhoid fever at Jefferson General Hospital, Jeffersonville, Indiana, and he was buried at New Albany National Cemetery, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA. ^[1][3]

Research Notes

There is a discrepancy in the cause and the actual date of his death. According to the Registers of Deaths in the Regular Army, the attending surgeon listed the cause of death as typhoid fever and that the date of death was 6 Oct 1864. Other sources like Find A Grave listed the cause of death as typhoid pneumonia, and that his date of death was 1 Oct 1864. This was what was shown of the on the attending surgeon's report. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave, database and images (Find A Grave&usePUB=true)
2. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, June 1821 - December 1916; Microfilm Serial: M665; Roll: 173(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2229&h=13634510&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=SAS130&_phstart=successSource)
3. ↑ U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.( https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2123&h=424227&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=SAS133&_phstart=successSource)
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Registers of Deaths in the Regular Army, 1860-1889 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.( https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2128&h=26940&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=SAS134&_phstart=successSource)