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    1. Perry G. Amos, POW Andersonville, H Co. 14th WVI
    2. jalongley
    3. Some years ago I corresponded with a party who stated the Subject was not listed among the prisoners. Evidence in his widow's and orphans' Pension file: Widow's application No. 106,268 of 8 May 1865 states she, Mrs. Sarah Amos, then Sarah Price, married Perry G. Amos 19 January 1860 at her father's home in Wetzel County, WV (by Rev. James Edgel). She was widow of Perry G. Amos who died at Mullin, Georgeia, on or about 15 Nov. 1864 by reason of Diareha and from Confinement in a rebel prison. Mrs. Amos stated that their two children, residing with her in Wetzel County near Beaty's Mills in Marion Co., were Francis Marion Amos, born 25 October 1860, and Mary Jane Amos, born 14 June 1863. Her application for increase of 7 May 1867 gave the same residence, names, and dates. Mrs. Amos submitted an affidavit dated 1 July 1865 from Eli B. Dotson, Corporal, G Company, 14th West Virginia Infantry, which stated that he knew Perry Amos at the Millen, Georgia prison, and saw his body. A muster roll of Capt. Henry Ice's Company, 14th WVI for 17 June 1865 states that Perry Amos was captured at Cloyd's Mountain, May 9, 1864, and that he died in Rebel Prison Andersonville, Ga Sept. 16, 1864. The application of the children's Guardian, Samuel Price, then aged 57, and of Grant Twp., Wetzel County, for Orphans' pension, dated 22 Aug. 1871, states that the father of the children died of dysentery at Andersonville, and that their mother died on May 20, 1871. Other affidavits and documents in the file support the statements regarding the marriage, parentage and births of the children. Would be glad to hear from descendants interested in further documentation, ancestry of Perry G. Amos and Sarah (Price), his widow, and other members of H Company, 14th WVI. J. A. Longley jalongley@cwix.com P. O. Box 5334, Dearborn MI 48128-5334

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