James H Redfern (1840 - 1914)

Born 13 Feb 1840 in German Mills, York, Upper Canada

Died 11 Mar 1914 at age 74 in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Cpl James Redfern served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 6 Aug 1862
Mustered out: 12 Jun 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 103rd Ohio Infantry, Company F

James was born in 1840 to Robert Redfern and Ellen McClarnen. He immigrated to the United States with his family in 1851. He was living with his brother Benjamin's family in 1860. James enlisted in Company F of the 103rd OVI on 6 Aug 1862 as a Private. He was promoted to Corporal on 9 Feb 1863. He mustered out with the company on 12 Jun 1865. After the war, he married Mary D. Bryant on 24 Jan 1866. They lived in Russia, Lorain, Ohio by 1870 and he was a Farmer by trade. In 1880, he was living in Amherst, Lorain, Ohio and continued farming. By 1890 he had moved to Elyria and he was afflicted with rheumatism. While living in Elyria he worked as a Janitor in a school building. He passed away in 1914.

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Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15599096/james-h-redfern: accessed 23 July 2023), memorial page for James H Redfern (13 Feb 1840–11 Mar 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15599096, citing Evergreen Cemetery, South Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by William Stark (contributor 46521610).

• 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.

• 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: Amherst, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: M653_1002; Page: 321; Family History Library Film: 805002

• 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.

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Russia, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: M593_1235; Page: 618B

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Amherst, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: 1041; Page: 310D; Enumeration District: 161

• 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

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Elyria Ward 4, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: 1294; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 0081

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Elyria Ward 1, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: T624_1206; Page: 2a; Enumeration District: 0107; FHL microfilm: 1375219

• Ohio Department of Health; Columbus, Ohio; Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007