Person:Charles McLain (2)

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Charles McLain
b.4 Dec 1836 Michigan
d.18 Mar 1864 Salem Township, Steuben County, Indiana
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Lyman N. McLain1819 - 1879
  2. Nancy Ann McLainAbt 1823 - 1885
  3. Caroline M. McLain1827 - 1863
  4. Mercy N. McLain1829 - 1900
  5. Sylvester McLainAbt 1832 - 1867
  6. Leonard N. McLain1834 - 1901
  7. Charles McLain1836 - 1864
  8. Eliza Permelia McLain1838 - 1912
  9. Ambrose McLain1840 - 1863
  10. John Watson McLainAbt 1845 - 1863
  11. Mary Ellen McLain1847 - 1897
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Charles McLain
Gender Male
Birth[3][2] 4 Dec 1836 Michigan
Death[1] 18 Mar 1864 Salem Township, Steuben County, Indiana
Burial? Trinity Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana

Taken From the 1885 History of Steuben County, Indiana page 752: Charles enlisted in the Seventy-fifth Illinois, in the fall of 1862; came home on a sick furlough and died March 18, 1864

Louise McLain Shambaugh has: Died of typhoid fever, chronic diarrhea & pneumonia while on sick furlough from the Civil War. He was his mother's support after her husband John's death, giving her half of his earnings. She owned nothing but her clothes and bedding. He contracted disease at Whiteside, Tennessee, due to hard marching, sleeping on wet groud and exposure in line of duty during the winter campaign. Pvt. E company 75 IL Vols. Inf. (Capt. Frost's Co.), 5'8", lt. complexion, brown hair, blue eyes.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1885 History of Steuben County, Indiana
    p. 752.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 1850 Census of Steuben County, Indiana
    p. 197.
  3. ↑ Gail McLain.
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