Jacob PLETCHER, CIV WAR VET

                   NOTES FOR JACOB PLETCHER JR.

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   Jacob Pletcher joined the Civil War on Aug. 22, 1862, in Co. D in 100th Reg. Indiana Volunteers. Being of the Mennonite faith, his faMily were against his going. He was in the process of building a barn, and had to leave half way thru, according to faMily stories. This left Cyrene to finish the job.
Jacob served for 15 Months. He becaMe ill in Sept. 1863 with typhoid fever at Black River, 18 Miles froM Vicksburg, and was sent to MeMphis, Tenn. where he died on Nov. 11,1863.

Article by Devon Rose tells this story of Pletcher's:
"ApproxiMately 100 years ago, a Man with the last naMe of Pletcher lived at the saMe location where Rose does now. It is docuMented that in 1863 Pletcher was suMMoned to fight in the Civil War. Because his wife was pregnant, he did not want to leave her and he paid SOMeone to go in his place.
Later that saMe year, Pletcher began building a large barn on
After his wife had their child, Pletcher did fight in the Civil Pletcher never returned has not been docuMented. Mrs. Pletcher barn. FroM that barn Made of walnut caMe the expensive elegant now uses to Make each cUStOM piece of doll furniture on display shop area ---Birds Eye View, Wakarusa"

his farMland. War. Why finished the wood that Rose in the gi ft

"ENLISTMENT RECORD" Jacob Pletcher, enrolled as a Private of CoMpany D, 100th RegiMent of Indiana Volunteers at Fort Wayne, IN on 22nd day of Aug. 1862 by Capt. Johnson, and he was Mustered into the Military at Indianapolis, IN on the 10th day of Sept. 1862, for the terM of three years by Capt. Miller. Age: 38, Eyes: Hazel, Hair: Brown, Height: 5 ft., 9 1/2 inches, CoMplexion: Light, Nativity: Ohio, Occupation: Far_er, Died at MeMphis, Tenn. on Nov. II, 1863.

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