Henry S Pickands (1834 - 1901)

Born 22 Nov 1834 in Wilmington Manor, Delaware

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Died 17 Dec 1901 at age 67 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Major Henry Pickands served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 14 Aug 1862
Mustered out: 12 Jun 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 103rd Ohio Infantry, Company G and Field & Staff

Henry was born in 1834 Rev. James D. Pickands and Louisa Sparks. He moved with his family to Akron where he was a clerk. By 1860 he and his parents have moved to Cleveland and he is a salesman. From April 16-August 1, 1861 he served as a private in Company E (Cleveland Grays), 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. On 14 Aug 1862 he enlisted with Company G of the 103rd OVI as a 1st Lieutenant and then was promoted to Captain on 9 Dec 1862. He was transferred to Field & Staff of the 103rd on 18 May 1865 and mustered out as a Major on 12 Jun 1865. After the war he returned to Cleveland and went back to work as a salesman for a shoe manufacturing company. By 1879 he has moved his family to Fruitport, Muskegon County, Michigan and he is the General Manager for the Spring Lake Iron Company. A junction of the M. & L.S. with the Chicago & Western Michigan Railroads provided a track to the Spring Lake Iron Works, after whose general manager, Major Henry S. Pickands, it was named when built in 1880.^[1] After leaving the Spring Lake Iron Works, Henry became senior member of the Pickands, Brown and Company Iron Firm in Chicago, Illinois. He passed away at the Virginia Hotel in Chicago after battling kidney disease for several weeks in 1901.^[2]

103rd OVI Memorial Foundation

The 103rd O.V.I. is a private organization whose members are all direct descendants of the veterans of the 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. We are always discovering new members; if you believe that you might be a member please contact us. We will check our records; if you are a descendant you are welcome to join us for the entire week of our annual reunion. [1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~muskegoncounty/genealogy/PlaceNames.htm
2. ↑ Pittsburgh Daily Post, 18 Dec 1901.

• Pittsburgh Daily Post; Publication Date: 18 Dec 1901; Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/86390692/?article=dfca04b8-d08c-4e89-adeb-548f4ea541cb&focus=0.8609988,0.21594359,0.98894376,0.28489518&xid=3355

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91800667/henry-s-pickands: accessed 10 May 2023), memorial page for Henry S. Pickands (22 Nov 1834–17 Dec 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 91800667, citing Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by William Stark (contributor 46521610).

• Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Deaths Index, 1878-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Illinois, Cook County Deaths 1878–1922.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health. “Birth and Death Records, 1916–present." Division of Vital Records, Springfield, Illinois.

• 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: Cleveland Ward 1, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M653_953; Page: 627; Family History Library Film: 803953

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Cleveland Subdivision 39, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M593_1188; Page: 112B

• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~muskegoncounty/genealogy/PlaceNames.htm

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Fruitport, Muskegon, Michigan; Roll: 597; Page: 125A; Enumeration District: 189

• Pittsburgh Daily Post, 18 Dec 1901