George W Blain (1845 - 1899)

Born 8 Sep 1845 in Ohio, United States

Died 6 Jun 1899 at age 53 in Byron Township, Kent, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Private George Blain served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 9 Aug 1862
Mustered out: 12 Jun 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 103rd Ohio Infantry, Company H

George was born in 1845 to Isaac and Eliza Blain. By age 17 George was working as a farm laborer in Eaton Township, Lorain, Ohio. In 1862, George enlisted in Company H of the 103rd OVI. He mustered out with the company on 12 Jun 1865. After the war he married Mary Drinkall on 27 Jan 1866 in Lorain, Ohio. Shortly after, George and Mary moved to Michigan and started a family. He passed away in 1899.

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Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46059532/george_w-blain: accessed March 21, 2024), memorial page for George W. Blain (8 Sep 1845–6 Jun 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 46059532, citing Winchester Cemetery, Byron Center, Kent County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Ron "Ozzie" Oswalt (contributor 46902513).

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Eaton, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: 705; Page: 430b

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Eaton, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: M653_1001; Page: 51; Family History Library Film: 805001

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan; Roll: 601; Page: 560d; Enumeration District: 247

• The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Record Group Number: 15; Census Year: 1890

• Ancestry.com. Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses.

• Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.