Asa Riker Hillyer (1834 - 1863)

Born 19 Dec 1834 in Huron, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 Jan 1863 at age 28 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

1st Lieutenant Asa Hillyer served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: July 15, 1862
Mustered out: January 4, 1863
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company A, 101st Regiment Ohio Infantry

Asa was born in 1834. He was the son of Abraham Hillyer and Charlotte Matthews. He died of wounds inflicated at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee.

Asa R. Hillyer; lawyer; 1st Lt. In 101st Ohio Volunteer infantry; killed at civil war battle of Stone’s River

1850 US Census

Tuscarawas, Coshocton, Ohio, USA Asa R Hillyer is 15 years old, attending school, born in Ohio. The enumerated family is as follows: Abraham R Hillyer, 41, lawyer, b. New Jersey; Charlotte Hillyer, 36, b. New Jersey Asa R Hillyer, 15, student, b. Ohio James M Hillyer, 13, student, b. Ohio Jane E Hillyer, 11, student, b. Ohio Abraham W Hillyer, 8, student, b. Ohio Samuel Lee Hillyer, 3, b. Ohio Edward T Hillyer, 6mos, b. Ohio ^[1]

Marriage

12 Apr 1860 Asa R Hillyer married Maria Williams in Huron, Ohio. ^[2]

1860 US Census

Asa R Hillyer, age 25, born in Ohio, a lawyer with personal estate value $600, is enumerated with his wife Maria Hillyer, age 25, born in New Jersey. Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio. ^[3]

Death

Asa R Hillyer, 1st. Lt. is listed in the U.S. Registers of Death of Volunteers, 1861-1865 101st Ohio Volunteer Infantry died 4 Jan 1863 at the General Hospital 21 Nashville, TN, as the result of wounds received in action at Stones River, TN. ^[4]

Lt Asa R Hillyer, mortally wounded, died Jan 4, 1863^[5]

BURIAL: Stones River National Cemetery Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA

Find A Grave: Memorial #55522700

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Tuscarawas, Coshocton, Ohio; Roll: M432_670; Page: 130A; Image: 264. Ancestry.com
2. ↑ Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Ancestry.com
3. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Ridgefield, Huron, Ohio; Roll: M653_990; Page: 183; Family History Library Film: 803990. Ancestry.com.
4. ↑ Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, compiled 1861–1865. ARC ID: 656639. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's–1917. Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com
5. ↑ The Wyandot Pioneer Upper Sandusky, Ohio 23 Jan 1863, Fri • Page 2

• Pg. 23 “Descendants of John Hillyer of Windsor, Connecticut. Including some Early History of the Hart, Holloway, Dixon, Catlett, and Silliman Families”. By Hillyer G. Mormont, Jr.

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Tuscarawas, Coshocton, Ohio; Roll: M432_670; Page: 130A; Image: 264. Ancestry.com

• Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Ancestry.com

• Year: 1860; Census Place: Ridgefield, Huron, Ohio; Roll: M653_990; Page: 183; Family History Library Film: 803990. Ancestry.com.

• Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, compiled 1861–1865. ARC ID: 656639. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's–1917. Record Group 94. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3G-HDT : 12 April 2016), Asa R Hillyer in household of Abraham R Hillyer, Tuscarawas, Coshocton, Ohio, United States; citing family 16, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC25-H4F : 13 December 2017), Asa R Hillyer, 1860.

• "Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6D8-GZG : 9 March 2018), Asa R. Hillyer, 1863; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 182,739.

• "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHDZ-P27 : 24 March 2016), Asa R. Hillyer, 1863.

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS9Q-BZF : 4 December 2014), Asa R. Hillyer, First Lieutenant, Company FA, 101st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M552 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 49; FHL microfilm 882,262.

• https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=1176C5A8-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ6P-KH7 : 26 August 2019), Ara R. Hillyer and Maria Williams, 12 Apr 1860; citing Marriage, Huron, Ohio, United States, P 250 CN 1494, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2S-2PN4 : 13 December 2015), Asa Hillyer, 1863; Burial, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States of America, Stones River National Cemetery; citing record ID 55522700, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.