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at age 61
in Charlevoix, Charlevoix, Michigan, United States
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Melvin Monty served in the United States Civil War. Enlisted: May 15, 1861 Mustered out: May 22, 1863 Side: USA Regiment(s): Company K 16th New York Infantry
Melvin Monty served in the United States Civil War. Enlisted: Dec 7, 1863 Mustered out: Nov 8, 1865 Side: USA Regiment(s): 2nd New York Veteran Cavalry
The following story comes from the Clinton County, NY, Civil War Records 1861-1865 Facebook Page:
HOMESTEADER NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN - Melvin Monty’s grandfather, Jacques-André Monty, was born in Chambly, Quebec, and fought in the American Revolution. He was awarded a tract of land in Beekmantown, and that is where Melvin was born. Throughout his life, he alternately used the spellings of Monty and Montey as his name.
Melvin enlisted in the 16th Infantry in May 1861 to serve for two years, and at the end of the two years, he was mustered out in Albany on May 22, 1863. He survived all the major battles of the 16th – First Bull Run, Gaines’ Mill, Antietam, the Seven Days’ Battles and the battles at Marye’s Heights and Salem Church.
By the end of 1863, Melvin was again in the military. For a town bounty of $350, he enlisted in the 2nd Veteran Cavalry in Plattsburgh and the regiment organized in Albany. They sent detachments of men to Washington as soon as they were ready and served in the Defenses of Washington until February 1864 when they were sent to Louisiana.
The regiment was in 17 engagements in the Red River Campaign between mid-March and mid-May 1864. After that, still with the Department of the Gulf, they patrolled and skirmished and fought back and forth along the Mississippi until December in Louisiana and Mississippi.
In the spring of 1865, they fought in Florida and Alabama until April 11th, before they were transferred to the Military Division of Mississippi. Their last engagement was at Whistler’s Station, a few miles north and west of Mobile. On November 8, 1865, the 2nd Veteran Cavalry was mustered out at Talladega, AL.
Melvin and wife, Emily Jane Richardson, spent time in Massachusetts and, after the birth of their first son, went to Michigan to settle on 160-acre homestead they had been granted in March 1877. On May 1, 1877, Emily died in childbirth but their son, William, survived and lived until 1940 and was buried in the Norwood Lakeside Cemetery in Charlevoix, MI, with his mother. Melvin married again and died in Charlevoix in 1900. He and his second wife, Eliza, are buried in the Brookside Cemetery in Charlevoix. She received her Widows Pension for 24 years until she died.
"Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXHR-YLK : 20 February 2021), Melvin Monte in entry for Walter Sidney Monte, 18 Feb 1867, Bernardston, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #v 195-196 p 285, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,038.
"Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFQK-GMQ : 13 March 2018), Melvin Monty in entry for Walter Monty, 15 Jan 1930; citing Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,037.
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8ZT-FNJ : 9 March 2021), Melvin J Monty in entry for Charlie Schroeder and Minni Louise Van Ry, 08 Aug 1921; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,271.
"Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ4S-H27 : 20 February 2021), Melvin Monty in entry for Louisu Monty, 04 Jul 1870; citing item 1 p 323 rn 6, Antrim, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,297,926.
"Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPWX-C24M : 19 July 2021), Melvin Monty in entry for Louisa Monty, 14 Jul 1870; citing Birth, various county courts, Michigan.
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQSR-QS5 : 18 February 2021), Melvin J. Monty in entry for Edword C. Newman and Louise Monty, 17 Sep 1891; citing Marriage, Boyne City, Charlevoix, Michigan, Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4208239.
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N367-3YV : 18 February 2021), Melvin J Monty in entry for Jacob F. Vanry and Minnie Louise Monty Newman, 9 Jun 1904; citing Marriage, Charlevoix, Charlevoix, Michigan, Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4208681.
"Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFHH-QZP : 13 March 2018), Melvin Monty in entry for William L Richardson, 07 Jun 1940; citing Norwood, Charlevoix, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,213.
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3LR-CJ7 : 22 March 2022), Melvin Montey in entry for William Durkee and Helen Fields, 05 Mar 1937; citing Steuben, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005329141.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTY-WB3 : 23 December 2020), Melvin Montey in household of Matthew Montey, Beekmantown, Clinton, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M91Y-858 : accessed 13 April 2022), Eliza Montie in household of Melvin Montie, Charlevoix township Charlevoix village, Charlevoix, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15, sheet 14B, family 332, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,706.
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