List: I have been trying to find out what happened to my GG Uncle Pvt Anderson Aler, 107Th Ill Inf, Co F. Many veterans went to the "winds" after the war as "home" no longer offered them anything. I believe that is what happened to Anderson. The record shows that they mustered out at Salisbury, NC on June 21,1865. On June 23 they left for Camp Butler, Ill and arrived July 2, 1865 and received final payment and discharge. Does anyone have any ideas as to where I might go to find out where he might have gone? He seems to have disappeared. Thanks Craig Ayler Aurora, CO Craig.Ayler@worldnet.att.net

Hi Craig, I had nothing better to do tonight, so I did a little looking around for you. Civil War Pension Index Anderson A. Aler State Filed: Colorado Comments: Jennie A. Sta??y, Gdn. Unfortunately, the original is so faint it's practically unreadable, but at least the state (Colorado) might give you a clue as to where to look. .......... Found this tidbit that also points to Colorado. Could this be your Anderson? Colorado State Archives Colorado Veterans' Grave Registrations http://www.archives.state.co.us/grave_dir/Abalos-Artzt.html Aler Anderson Alex Otero [County] Fairview [Cemetery] 1848 [birthdate] - [ Place of birth unknown] .......... From Ancestry.com: Submitted by: danakaye@worldnet.att.net Andrew Wilson Ailer & Hannah Legg married June 2, 1829 Ross County, Ohio Children: Augustus Harper Aler Mary Aler Eliza A. Aler Riley Aler Elizabeth Aler Wilson H. Aler Anderson Aler Emaline Ailer (spelling changed) James Ailer .......... (If you want jpg copies of the following entries, just let me know.) 1860 Illinois Census DeWitt County (DeWitt Twp.) Page 736 on S-K Publications CD Dwelling #: 1750 Family #: 1722 Andrew Ailer 60 M Farmer 400 [Personal Estate] Va. [Place of birth] Hannah 54 F Va. X [Cannot read & write] Eliza A. 22 F Ohio X [Cannot read & write] Wilson H. 19 M Ohio Anderson 17 M Ohio X [attended school] Emaline 12 F Ohio X [attended school] Riley 24 M Farm Laborer Ohio X [attended school] .......... (Anderson's older brother) Page 744 on same CD Dwelling #: 1806 Family #: 1777 Augustus Aller 29 M Farmer 800 Ohio Sarah 20 F Ohio Almyra A. 5 F Ohio Jas. W. 3 M Ohio Anderson A. 1 M Ohio Andrew A. 1 M Ohio According to the info at Ancestry.com, Augustus died Dec. 13, 1898 in Harper, Harper County, Kansas, which caught my eye, because our Simpsons also moved from Ohio to DeWitt County, Illinois, and then moved on to Harper County, Kansas. They probably knew each other. Small world. .......... 1870 Illinois Census DeWitt County (DeWitt Twp.) Page 79a on Heritage Quest CD Dwelling #: 22 Family #: 22 Aler, Andrew 69 M W[white] Laborer 200 100 Va. Father of foreign birth Mother of foreign birth US citizen Eliza 22 F W Keeping House Ohio [Cannot write] [Interesting . . . Eliza was listed as age 22 in 1860!] I didn't find Augustus. .......... 1880 Illinois Census DeWitt County (DeWitt Twp.) Page 369b on Heritage Quest CD Dwelling#: 96 Family #: 97 Barnes, George WM 32 Farmer ILL OH [father] ILL [mother] " , Emma WF 30 Wife Keeping House OH VA OH " , Zina WF 10 Daughter At home ILL ILL OH " , Iva(?) WF 2 Daughter At home ILL ILL OH Ailer, Eliza WF 39 Sister-in-law OH VA OH The last name is a guess. It looks more like Barns, but I know that there were Barnes families around. The Illinois Statewide Marriage Index is not responding at the moment, so I can't check it out. Sorry I couldn't find more on Anderson, but it looks to me like he took off for Colorado. Judy Simpson Craig Ayler wrote: > List: > > I have been trying to find out what happened to my GG Uncle Pvt Anderson > Aler, 107Th Ill Inf, Co F. Many veterans went to the "winds" after the war > as "home" no longer offered them anything. I believe that is what happened > to Anderson. The record shows that they mustered out at Salisbury, NC on > June 21,1865. On June 23 they left for Camp Butler, Ill and arrived July 2, > 1865 and received final payment and discharge. > > Does anyone have any ideas as to where I might go to find out where he might > have gone? He seems to have disappeared. Thanks > > Craig Ayler > Aurora, CO > Craig.Ayler@worldnet.att.net