Henry Lewis Southard (1839 - 1922)

Born 19 Sep 1839 in Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Kane) Southard — married 6 Apr 1863 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1922 at age 82 in Kearny, Hudson, New Jersey, United States

Biography

Henry was born in 1839 to Henry Southard and Matilda Surgeon. He passed away in 1922 and is buried in the SArlington Memorial Park in Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey. ^[1]

Year: 1850; Census Place: Bridgewater, Somerset, New Jersey^[2]

• Henry Southard 55/m, shoemaker, NJ
• Matilda Southard 47/f, NJ
• Emeline Southard 14/f, NJ, school
• Electa Ann Southard 12/f, NJ, school
• Henry Lewis Southard 10/m, NJ, school
• Elmira N Southard 8/f, NJ, school
• Asahel Beach 5/m, NJ, school
• Elias Miller 1/m, NJ
• Augustus Frazee 25/m, tailor, NJ
• Nancy Frazee 24/f, NY
• Esther Frazee 1/f, NJ
• Henry Augustus 0/m, NJ

Occupation:

Note: Painter

Event:

Type: Military Discharge

Date: 15 Nov 1861

Place: Alexandria, , VA

Note: Henry was probably wounded in the Battle of Alexandria, Virginia on

November 12, 1861

Event: T9-0801 pg 431B, Plainfield, Union

Type: census 1880

@NI2719@ NOTEFought in the Civil War, 1st NY Calvary Co. F.

District of Columbia, Marriage Records, 1810-1953^[3]

• Name: Mary Kane
• Gender: Female
• Marriage Date: 6 Apr 1863
• Marriage Place: District of Columbia, USA
• Spouse: Henry L Southard
• Film Number: 002079252

New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931^[4]

• Name: Southard
• Gender: Male
• Race: White
• Birth Date: 31 Aug 1888
• Birth Place: N P , Somerset, New Jersey
• Father: Henry Southard
• Mother: Laura Linvarger
• FHL Film Number: 494212

U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 ^[5]

• Name: Henry L Southard
• Birth Year: abt 1839
• Keyed Birth Location: Plainfield Nj
• Birth State: NJ
• Birth City: Plainfield
• Admitted Year: 1911
• Age at Admission: 72
• State: Virginia
• City: Hampton
• Branch: Roseburg Branch

Event:

Type: Obituary

Date: 24 Apr 1922

Note: Henry L. Southard dies at Kearney

Veteran of Civil War Passed Away at Soldiers' Home

Henry Lewis Southard of West Second street and Park avenue died yesterday noon, in the Soldiers' Home, at Kearny, where he had been in the hospital since last November. He was eighty-three years old, and lived most of his life in Plainfield. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon, and interment will be made in Soldiers' Cemetery, at Kearny, which was his wish to lie with his soldier friends of the Civil War.

Surviving are two sons, Charles of the Plainfield Fire Department and Walter, of the Pectorial Plasters Co., 404 East second street. and four step-daughters, Mrs. Emma Babcock, of Beverly, Mass.; Mrs Bertha Hughes of Camden, N.J.; Mrs. Edith Johnson, of Vineland, N.J. and Miss Cora Naylor, of 103 Manning avenue, North Plainfield, and one brother, Elias Southard, of West Fourth street.

Mr. Southard was a veteran of the Civil War, serving three years, he was wounded in one of the battles, but recovered. He served with one of the companies from New York City.

By trade he was a painter, but for the past thirteen years had lived retired. In recent years he has spent the winters in the Soldiers' Home in Kearny, and the summers here.

Jack WIlson Note: According to Civil War records he served for 3 months, not 3 years. He service ended after he was wounded.: Source: #S179

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #11070681Henry Lewis Southard
2. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Bridgewater, Somerset, New Jersey; Roll: M432_463; Page: 283B; Image: 97; Original data: 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. [1]
3. ↑ District of Columbia, Marriage Records, 1810-1953; Original data: Marriage Records. District of Columbia Marriages. Clerk of the Superior Court, Records Office, Washington D.C.
4. ↑ New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931; "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1931." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
5. ↑ U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 ; Original data: Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1749, 282 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C. [2]

• Source S179 Newspaper; Plainfield Courier News: Title: Plainfield Courier News: Publication: Courier News Publishing Company: Plainfield NJ.

• Source S253 1850 United States Federal Census: Publication: [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1850 United States Federal Census. M432, 1009 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.

• This person was created through the import of Wilson.ged on 14 September 2010.