Leavit B Austin (abt. 1829 - 1895)

Born about 1829 in Bangor, Franklin, New York, United States

Husband of Sarah D (Fleming) Austin — married 4 Jul 1849 in Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 3 May 1895 at about age 66 in Bath, Steuben, New York, United States

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Biography

Sergeant Leavit Austin served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Aug 11, 1862
Mustered out: May 12, 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company H 106th New York Infantry

Sgt Leavit Austin was Wounded in Action during United States Civil War.

Leavit B Austin was born in 1829 in Bangor, New York to parents George Austin and Abigail McWain. Leavitt was 5’ 10” tall, had blue eyes, sandy color hair and of a light complexion. He had the occupation of a tin smith. He married Sarah D Fleming on 4 Jul 1849 in Stockholm, New York.

Children:

1. Charles Henry
2. Ida Ophelia
3. Franklin E
4. Frederick E
5. Luna L

He died on 3 May 1895 in Bath, Steuben, New York.^[1]

Military

AUSTIN, LEAVITT B.—Age, 33 years. Enlisted, August 11, 1862, at Malone, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. H , August 27, 1862; promoted corporal, no date; sergeant, March 16, 1863; wounded, July 9, 1864, at Monocacy, Md.; absent, in hospital, at muster out of company; no further record. ^[2]

U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files

Name: Leavitt B Austin

Gender: Male

Unit: H. 106 N.Y. Inf,

Filing Date: 27 Jan 1866

Place Filed: Massachusetts, USA

Relation to Head: Soldier

Spouse: Sarah D Austin

Roll number: 14 ^[3]

Pension Medical Review

18 Jul 1865 Malone, Franklin, New York, USA

July 18, 1865 Late a sergeant of Capt. Eugene Willis Co. H 106th Regt. NY Vols. in the service of the United States who was discharged at Ladies Home General Hospital New York on May 16, 1865 claims an invalid pension by reason of an alleged disability resulting from a gunshot wound of the left leg. Wound was caused by a musket ball which entered the left leg two inches below the knee joint on the anterior surface passing through the leg and (shattering?) the tibia causing extensive destruction of tissue. There is at the present time a constant discharge from the wound, the result of necrosis of the tibia. There is also great deformity by a bending of the tibia at the point of fracture. There is lameness and weakness of the leg (which) requires a cane.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 August 2020), memorial page for Leavitt B Austin (1829–3 May 1895), Find A Grave: Memorial #305100, citing Bath National Cemetery, Bath, Steuben County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Joel Church (contributor 47355364)
2. ↑ https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/Infantry/106th_Infantry_CW_Roster.pdf
3. ↑ "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDP5-2GD : 20 February 2021), Leavitt B Austin, 1861.

• US Federal Census 1850, West Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts
• US Federal Census 1880, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Marriage Records
• New York Death Index, Bath 1895