Milton Homer THAYER

  General Notes:

Stone Mason

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Sources
(HANCOCK COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA MARRIAGE RECORDS 1905-1906)
Database: Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850
Groom Name Bride Name Marriage Date County
Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx.


(1850 District 26, Hancock, Virginia)
Name: Milton H Thayer Age: 6 Estimated Birth Year: 1843 Birth Place: Virginia Gender: Male Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 26, Hancock, Virginia Page: 315 Roll: M432_949


(1870: Clay, Hancock, West Virginia)
Name: Milton H Thayer Age in 1870: 25 Estimated Birth Year: 1844 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Clay, Hancock, West Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate:
Post Office: New Cumberland Roll: M593_1687 Page: 566 Image: 537 Year: 1870

(1880 Census Record Clay, Hancock County, WV)
Homer THAYERAge: 36 Estimated birth year: <1844> Birthplace: Ohio Occupation: Brick Mason Relation: Self Home in 1880: Clay, Hancock, West Virginia Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: Homer THAYER Father's birthplace: MA Mother's birthplace: OH
Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Clay, Hancock, West Virginia; Roll: T9_1403; Family History Film: 1255403; Page: 25C; Enumeration District: 220; Image: 401.

(1890 New Cumberland, Hancock, WV)
Name: MILTON H. THAYER State: WV County: Hancock County Township: New Cumberland Year: 1890 Page: 006 Database: WV 1890 Veterans Schedule
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(Patricia Thayer Muno and Jerry Thayer, Thayer Historian and Researchers)

(Ancestry.com, Civil War)
Name: Milton Homer Thayer, Enlistment Date: 12 September 1864
Distinguished Service: Distinguished Service
Side Served: Union State
Served: Ohio Unit
Numbers: 1815 1815
Age: 20
Promoted to Full corporal on 27 September 1864
Enlisted in Company G, 179th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 17 June 1865
Regimental History
Ohio One Hundred and Seventy-Nine Infantry (one Year)

(The Union Army, Vol 2)
One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Infantry. - Col., Harley H.
Sage; Lieut.-Col., Peter Grubb; Maj., Emanuel T. Hooker. This
regiment was organized at Camp Chase in Sept., 1864, to serve
for one year. It moved to Nashville, Tenn., arriving on Oct.
8, and was placed on duty at that post. It was assigned to the
2nd brigade, 4th division, 20th corps, and was present at the
battle of Nashville. The regiment remained on duty at Nash-
ville until June 17, 1865, when it was mustered out in accor-
dance with orders from the war department.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 2

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Brick Mason.

Milton married Mary Ellen HUNTER, daughter of James HUNTER Sr. and Mary GRAEME, on September 26, 1865 by Jesse H Hall in Hancock County, West Virginia. (Mary Ellen HUNTER was born on July 11, 1847 in Island Creek, Jefferson, Ohio, died on April 1, 1914 in New Cumberland , Hancock, West Virginia and was buried in 4-538-1 New Cumberland Cemetary, WV.)