Misner, George Dunn

Name: Misner, George Dunn
Burial Date: 1907, 07/24
Age at Death: 74
Plot Location: 506 C/D
Notes: husband of Jane S(Maxwell)

Civil War

George Dunn Misner was born on November 8, 1833, his father, Ransom, was 23 and his mother, Margaret, was 23. He married Jane S. Maxwell on August 22, 1858, in Gardner, Illinois. They had five children in 19 years. He died on July 23, 1907, in Sterling, Kansas, at the age of 73, and was buried there.

Birth: Nov. 8, 1833
Columbus
Franklin County
Ohio, USA
Death: Jul. 23, 1907
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA

OBITUARY

STERLING KANSAS BULLETIN

July 26, 1907

G. D. Misner

Geo. D. Misner was born in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 9, 1833, and died in Sterling, Kansas, July 23, 1907, aged 73 years, 8 months and 14 days. In early manhood, he went west and settled in Illinois. Here he was married to Jane Maxwell, Aug. 22, 1858. To this union were born six children, three of whom are living. In 1864 he joined the army in defense of his country. Though enlisting in the last year of the mighty struggle he saw severe service, being in Eleven hard-fought battles. Such battles as Dalton, Resaca, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, the siege of Atlanta and marching with Sherman down to the sea. He was also a soldier in the army of the Great King having been converted in early manhood in Adams County, Ill., he joined the M. E. Church in which he remained a faithful member until his death. Mr. Misener came to Kansas over thirty years ago, where he has since resided, spending the last three years in Sterling. The funeral was held at the home at 3 p.m. Wednesday, conducted by Dr. A. O. Ebright, of the M. E. Church.

Civil War Veterans Database

George D Meisner

Residence: Joliet, Illinois Occupation:

Service Record:

Enlisted as a Private on 12 February 1864

Enlisted in 104th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 12 February 1864. Transferred 104th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 06 June 1865

Transferred in Company I, 34th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 06 June 1865.

Mustered out Company I, 34th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 12 July 1865 in Louisville, KY

Battles Fought

After the surrender of Johnston, the Regiment went with
Sherman’s Army to Washington, D. C., and took part in the grand review on May 24, 1866.

Left Washington June 12. and arrived at Louisville, Ky.,
June 18, where the Regiment was mustered out on July 12 and was discharged and paid at Chicago, Ill., on July 17, 1865.

Family links:
Parents:
Ransom Misner (1810 – 1850)
Margaret Cromwell Misner (1810 – 1839)

Spouse:
Jane S. Maxwell Misner (1842 – 1918)

Children:
Oliver W. Misner (1859 – 1884)*
Mary A. Misner Kennedy (1861 – 1898)*
Sherman DeLloyd Misner (1867 – 1931)*
Walter W Misner (1879 – 1963)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Plot: 506 C/D
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