Person:Isaiah Lehman (1)

Civil War Co. 153 Indiana Infantry

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Lehman Isaiah — buried South Whitley Cem 1847 d 1909 (Eliza) — Source(s) 1, 2 Whitley County Veterans (Partial List) Military People of Whitley County by Jeanette Brown

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South Whitley Cemetery Cleveland Township Whitley County Indiana Lehman Isaiah — born 1847 died 1909 - Eliza — South Whitley-W-3-15

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Isaiah Lehman by occupation a farmer in Whitley county, Ind., enlisted in the service of his assailed country when but 16 years old, as a private Jan. 21, 1865, at Huntington, Ind., in Co. D, 153rd Ind. V. I. In the spring of 1865, he was in Hopkinsville, Ky., hospital about four weeks on account of exposure, and was granted an honorable discharge Sept. 4, 1865. Comrade Lehman was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, June 8, 1847, and was a son of Adam and Lucinda (Haines) Lehman, parents both yet living in 1894. He settled in Whitley county, Ind., in 1856, where he had the advantage of a good education. Oct. 1, 1871, he was married in Blue Earth, Minn., to E.J. Buckmaster, who was born Dec. 1, 1870, in Ashland Co., O. Her parents, both of whom are yet living (1894) are David and Rachel (Yalten) Buckmaster. To this union the following children were born in the order named, Adam, William, Amos, Oliver, James, Emory and Dessie M. Comrade Lehman is serving Washington twp., this county, as supervisor, he belong to Wm. Cuppy Post, 195, draws a pension and is at present engaged in farming at South Whitley, Ind., where he may be addressed.

Biography of Isaiah Lehman. Vol. II, page 630. Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen; H.H. Hardesty, Publisher, New York, Toledo, and Chicago, 1894. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana