1860 The census taker for this year has rendered the family name as "Legua", and James is called "Jackey" (< Jacques). He is living next door to Charles Manaige, whose wife Mary Ann is almost certainly James's sister. Nearby is his sister Sophia (called "Sophelia"), and also close by is his father James, who is living with his brother Simeon and his wife Margaret (Grignon). James's wife Margaret Brunette appears to have died by that date. [4]
Military Service
James enlisted in Co. H, Second Volunteer Minnesota Infantry on 15 July 1861 for a term of service ending 16 December 1863.[5] At some point in this tour of duty he had been held as a prisoner of war. Nevertheless, he was able to reenlist on 16 December 1863.[6]
Death
During his second tour of duty, he fell ill and died 15 March 1864 in Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota,[6] and was buried in McPherson Union Cemetery, Saint Clair, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.[7] On 21 August 1888, a private contractor was hired at government expense to supply the stone that now stands at his grave site.[8] As in life, he resides next to the Manaige family (the children of Frank and Nellie) whose stone can be seen in the primary image.
Sources
↑1850 Federal Census for Long Prairie, Wahnahta, Minnesota Territory; Roll: 367; Page: 66a. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
↑Sheldon & Sons, West Rutland, Vermont, contract date 21 August 1888. Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1845, 22 rolls); Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Edward Duffield Neill and Charles S. Bryant, History of the Minnesota Valley : Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota (Minneapolis: North Star Publishing Company, 1882).
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