Alexander Thomas Sackett (1820 - abt. 1865)

Born 22 Jan 1820 in Fayette County, Indiana

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Died about 1 Apr 1865 at about age 45 in Cape Hatteras, Dare, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Alexander Sackett served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 8th Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, 15th Army Corps

Alexander Thomas Sackett was born 22 Jan 1819 in Wayne County, Indiana, USA. He was the son of David Sackett and Martha Milliken. He died 1 Apr 1865 (aged 46), BURIAL Columbia Cemetery, Chillicothe, Wapello County, Iowa,^[1]

He married 20 Feb 1845 in Muncie, IN. to Cornelia Clark Gilbert, daughter of William Gilbert and his wife Anna Delamater. ^[2]

Mr. Sackett was a Union veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted in 8th Iowa Cavalry, which was attached to the 15th Army Corps. After participating with credit in several engagements he was captured by the Confederates in McCook's raid at Newman, Georgia and suffered confinement in several prisons. At length, in 1865, he was exchanged, and broken in health started north on the steamer General Lyon, which was lost between Fortress Monroe and Wilmington.

On March 31, 1865 two days into the voyage, the ship encountered a hurricane off Cape Hatteras and a fire broke out in the engine room, quickly spreading through the ship. Of the passengers on board, approximately 600 lost their lives. There were only 28 survivors of the disaster.See report of this incident, click here[[1]] or here NY Times [[2]]

In 1869 his widow married Hampton Olney, who died in 1883. In 1905 she was residing with her son, James A. Sackett, on a farm they own jointly near Dudley, in Wapello Co., IA. (now a ghost town, A sign on the former edge of town reads: "Population 12 and God only knows how many dogs and cats." see Wikipedia article here [[3]])

Census

1860; IA; Wapello County; Columbia Township, Page: 662, 509/516

• Sackett, Alexander 40 m farmer IN W
• Sackett, Cornelia C. 32 f NY
• Sackett, Mary E. 19 f IN
• Sackett, Thomas 12 m IN
• Sackett, Emma 11 f IN
• Sackett, Miligan 8 m IN
• Sackett, Jane 6 f IN
• Sackett, Charles J. 4 m IA
• Sackett, Alonzo 3 m IA
• Sackett, Clara 1 f IA

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77713711/alexander-thomas-sackett : accessed 15 September 2021), memorial page for Alexander Thomas Sackett (22 Jan 1819–1 Apr 1865), citing Columbia Cemetery, Chillicothe, Wapello County, Iowa, USA.
2. ↑ Charles Weygant; "The Sacketts of America", Pages 358-359 .

• https://sackettfamily.info/g109/p109725.htm
• http://sackettfamily.info/tekdatabase/g3/p3936.htm