FIFTH GENERATION

18. John Henry Harrison ROUSSEAU ⁽⁴⁷⁾ was born in 1840 in Leesburg, Plain, Kosciusko, IN.⁽⁴⁸⁾ Leesburg is the county's oldest town. He served in the military between 10 May 1861 and 23 May 1862 in Kosciusko Co., IN.^{(49) (50)} Rousseau, John HH Private
Unit: 16th Co: K Enlist: 10 May 1861
enlisted for 1 year at Mercantile, Terre Haute, IN
Muster Rolls indicate:
one year of service

16th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry

1 Years Service

Organized at Richmond, Ind., for one year's service May, 1861. Transferred to Unites States
service July 23, 1861, and left State for Baltimore, Md.; thence moved to Sandy Hook, Md., July
28. Attached to Abercrombie's Brigade, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to October, 1861.
Abercrombie's Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the
Shenandoah, to May, 1862.

SERVICE -- Duty at Pleasant Valley, Md., till August 17, 1861, and at Darnestown till October 21.
Operations about Ball's Bluff October 21-24. Action at Goos Creek and near Edward's Ferry
October 22. Camp at Seneca Creek till December 2, and at Frederick City till February, 1862.
Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., February 27, and to Charleston March 1. March to Winchester
March 10-12. Strasburg March 27. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley till April. Duty at
Warrenton, Va., April 2 to May 22. Reconnoissance to the Rappahannock River April 7. Ordered
to Washington, D. C., May 12, and mustered out May 14, 1862.

Regiment lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 15 Enlisted men by disease. Total 16.


He was a Retail boot and shoe dealer in 1870 in Wayne TWP, Kosciusko, IN. ⁽⁵¹⁾ He appeared on the census in 1870 in Wayne TWP, Kosciusko, IN. He appeared on the census in 1880 in Washington TWP, Kosciusko, IN. He was an owner - saloon and billiard hall about 1888 in Warsaw, Wayne, Kosciusko, IN. He was living on 19 May 1918 in Warsaw, Wayne, Kosciusko, IN.⁽⁵²⁾ outlived his wife He was buried in 1925 in Warsaw, Wayne, Kosciusko, IN. buried in Soldiers' Circle
undertaker C.C Dukes He died on 8 Jan 1925 in Warsaw, Wayne, Kosciusko, IN. ⁽⁵³⁾ He was also known as Rosseau. ⁽⁴⁷⁾ reputed to be drummer boy in Union Army
he would have been 20 years old in 1860 so he probably would have been a full soldier He was married to Mary A. NUTT on 24 Nov 1863 in Kosciusko Co., IN. ⁽⁵⁴⁾

19. Mary A. NUTT⁽⁵⁵⁾ was born on 18 Jul 1845 in Indiana.⁽⁵⁶⁾ She was a house keeper in 1918 in Warsaw, Wayne, Kosciusko, IN. ⁽⁴⁷⁾ She was buried in May 1918 in Warsaw, Wayne, Kosciusko, IN. ⁽⁴⁷⁾ funeral director: J.J. Dukes She died on 19 May 1918 in Warsaw, Wayne, Kosciusko, IN. ^(47)(57) She has reference number SNDX# M253. She resided in Warsaw, Wayne, Kosciusko, IN. She was also known as McNutt.⁽⁵⁸⁾ Children were:

i. Mabel C. "Belle" ROUSSEAU was born about 1865 in Indiana. She died on 11 Apr 1892.⁽⁵⁹⁾ She was buried in Warsaw, Wayne, Kosciusko, IN - Oakwood Cemetery.⁽⁶⁰⁾ She was also known as Belle.
ii. Grace G. ROUSSEAU was born in 1866 in Indiana. ⁽⁶¹⁾ She was living in 1935.⁽⁵⁸⁾ sent present at Gene Hogan's birth She died in 1937. She was buried in Warsaw, Wayne, Kosciusko, IN - Oakwood Cemetery. ⁽⁶¹⁾
iii. Herbert "Bert" ROUSSEAU was born in Nov 1867 in Indiana. He died on 12 Jan 1887 in Warsaw, Wayne, Kosciusko, IN. ⁽⁴⁴⁾ He was buried in Warsaw, Wayne, Kosciusko, IN - Oakwood Cemetery. ⁽⁶²⁾ only son of John and Mary, age 19 years He Died due to Cerebral spinal menengitis.
9 iv. Mayme ROUSSEAU.

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