My Trails into the Past

Ethel Sullivan, Helen Gleeson & Margaret Gleeson Sorry, I can't post a photo without some explanation.  Margaret (Tierney) Gleeson [1835-1920] is my great-great grandmother.  Helen Gleeson [1867-1950] is her daughter.  Ethel Sullivan [1891-1927] is her granddaughter, the daughter of her oldest child, Anna Marie Gleeson [1860-1912], who married John H. Sullivan [1854-1932].  Ethel married John Vir Quigley [1889-1959] but died during the childbirth of their second child. *corrected Helen Gleeson's birthdate. Copyright © 2011 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past

Yesterday I posted the obituary of James Quigley (1846-1944) from the Napa Journal . [1]   The obituary mentioned his Civil War service and stated he was the last living Civil War veteran living in Napa, California.   I decided to do some investigating on his Civil War service. I checked first on the internet and found several websites devoted to regiment histories.   I found a James Quigley in a roster for the 11 th Wisconsin Infantry, Co. B. which stated he enlisted 28 Dec 1863, transferred in, and mustered out 4 Sep 1865. [2] Quigley, James B 12/28/63 Transfered 09/04/65 Mustered out So far the roster matches the obituary.   But what is this about being transferred in?   On another website about the Co B. Mendotta Guard, I found this information: [3] Quigley, James Boscobel Dec 28, 1863 From 33rd Wis. Inf.; M.O. Sept 4, 1865. So he possibly transferred in from the 33 rd Wis...

I  found the obituary for James Quigley and other Quigleys of Napa, California on Friday at the California State Library.  James Quigley was the father of my great-great-aunt, Ethel E. Sullivan’s husband, John Vir Quigley.  I found this obituary interesting because he was the last surviving Civil War veteran in Napa.  I am interested in finding out more about James Quigley’s service in the Civil War.             Funeral Tomorrow for James Quigley, Napa's Last Veteran of the Civil War Napa's last Civil War veteran is dead.         Funeral services will be held at the Treadway Chapel at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning for James Quigley, 98, who accompanied General Sherman on his famous march through Georgia.  The aged veteran, who would have been 98 on November 9, died Tuesday at the Veteran's Home Hospital after a long period of failing health.     ...