Civil War In-Laws

[rbortega]

Has anybody here ever done research on the non related in-laws of Civil War ancestors who also participated in the war? I have recently been looking up information about this when doing genealogy research. This includes husbands of ancestors sisters and fathers in law of relatives. Here are some I have come across:

George T. Strode - Union 16th Kentucky Infantry (brother-in-law of my great-great grandfather Sylvester Riner)
Alonzo W. Sharp - 16th Iowa Infantry (brother-in-law of 4th great grandfather DeWitt C. Greenman)
Bernard Lindsey - Confederate 12th Missouri Cavalry (brother-in-law of 3rd Grandfather Daniel Vaughn)
Halderman White - 11th Indiana Cavalry (father-in-law of 3rd great aunt Anna Clark)
Marcus Rogers - 12th Indiana Cavalry (father-in-law of 3rd great aunt Lucy Clark (Anna's sister))

I thought Halderman White was interesting in that in addition to being related by marriage, after the war, he moved out West to Kansas as a Methodist minister and presided over the weddings and a funeral of several members of the Clark branch of my family in 1870's and 1880's.

 

[Fairfield]

Yes, I have done that. When I did all that research on the ACW soldiers from my town, one of the categories was near Civil War relatives who also fought in the war, Of course I had to research each kinsperson thoroughly to make sure that I had a correct relative. You're right: the ramifications were fascinating--and extensive. If one man enlisted, so did a large number of near blood relatives and in-laws. And some of these connections served in the Confederate army (although most were in units from Maine and Massachusetts). One man enlisted in Wisconsin giving this Maine town as his place of residence; he had a bevy of kinsmen and in-laws here in Maine--and another flock of in-laws in Wisconsin. There were so many that it nearly seemed that being related to him was a criteria!

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

Has anybody here ever done research on the non related in-laws of Civil War ancestors who also participated in the war? I have recently been looking up information about this when doing genealogy research. This includes husbands of ancestors sisters and fathers in law of relatives. Here are some I have come across:

George T. Strode - Union 16th Kentucky Infantry (brother-in-law of my great-great grandfather Sylvester Riner)
Alonzo W. Sharp - 16th Iowa Infantry (brother-in-law of 4th great grandfather DeWitt C. Greenman)
Bernard Lindsey - Confederate 12th Missouri Cavalry (brother-in-law of 3rd Grandfather Daniel Vaughn)
Halderman White - 11th Indiana Cavalry (father-in-law of 3rd great aunt Anna Clark)
Marcus Rogers - 12th Indiana Cavalry (father-in-law of 3rd great aunt Lucy Clark (Anna's sister))

I thought Halderman White was interesting in that in addition to being related by marriage, after the war, he moved out West to Kansas as a Methodist minister and presided over the weddings and a funeral of several members of the Clark branch of my family in 1870's and 1880's.

I have done a little such research - some by accident. It becomes too voluminous to study and almost too much to even comprehend.

 

[lupaglupa]

I have barely managed to get in all my own kin - much less any one else's! I do have veterans who married into my family but none of their relatives. And my husband, to his chagrin, has not one man in his direct line who served in the Civil War.

 

[JHughes81]

Upon researching my directs, found a gentleman named William Christmas who married into the family. Volunteered, ended up with the 15th SC, poor fella died of disease Jan '63. Saved him from Gettysburg, thats for sure.