--- Sally Gustafson <sallyg@west.net> wrote: > Marlene, > > Although it is possible that your ancestor was born > in Cumberland, OH, it > may be more likely that he was from Cumberland > County, PA. Many of the > Culler families who migrated to OH, went shortly > before 1850. The 1850, > Ohio census will probably show his parents as he was > most likely still > living with his parents at the age of 18. > > From the Official Roster of the Soldiers of the > State of Ohio > Published 1886, and web published by Ancestry.com: > > Jeremiah Culler, enlisted on 26 October 1861, as a > Private, aged 28, in the > Ohio 6th Cavalry Regiment, Company L. The company > mustered in on 01 > November 1861, and mustered out on 07 August 1865. > > Jeremiah's pension was filed for in Sept. 1888, by > his widow, Susan Culler. > You may find additional information on his family in > his pension file which > is available to order from the National Archives. > http://www.nara.gov > > There may be more information on this unit at > www.usgenweb.org/oh or at > one of the "Ohio in the civil war" websites. > > You probably already have this, but the Ohio death > records show the > following for Susan Culler, died 07 March 1908, > Widow, 65 years, died in > Washingtonville, OH. Buried Oakdale. (not sure if > Oakdale is name of > Cemetery or town.) > > I have seen the Culler family in Columbiana Ohio > previously, but am unable > to locate who the researcher is at the moment. > Perhaps there is someone > else on the list who can help. > > > Sally Gustafson > Santa Barbara, CA > sallyg@west.net > > > > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Marlene, I will attempt to squeeze in some research this next week. But I just wanted to give you a couple of tidbits. Washingtonville is a wide spot in the road, it is known throughout the county as a speedtrap. Oakdale where Susan Culler is buried is the name of a cemetary. I wish you luck. I have spent 18 years of searching on again off again for Philip. He seems to have appeared out of thin air. Regards, Jill __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
Thanks, Jill. Sally