iii Thurston, b Oct. 23, 1827; m Jan. 4, 1851, at Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y., Helen Scully.
He enlisted in Co. C, 32nd Wis. Vol. Inf., Aug. 13, 1862, and d Sept. 3, 1864, being struck by lightning at Jonesboro, Clayton Co., Ga. (Pen. Ctf. 66,471); res of widow 1894, Phillips, Price Co., Wis.
United States Census, 1850,Lenox, Madison, New York, [2]
United States Census, 1860,Princeton, Green Lake, Wisconsin[3] oc. Mason Issue:
Zoa C, b at Oneida, Madison Co., N.Y., Sept. 12,1853;
Frances Adella, b at Oneida, Oct. 1, 1855;
Orville, b at Princeton, Green Lake Co., Wis., Apr. 6,1860.
Pvt. Thirsten VanDusen alias Thursten was married in 1851 to Helen Scully (1831-1913). They had three children listed on his military pension:[1][2]
Thirsten enlisted with the Union Army on 13 August 1862. He was mustered into Company C, 32nd Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry.[3]
Pvt. VanDusen was killed accidently by a lightning strike near Jonesboro, Georgia on 3 September 1864.
He was reinterred at the Marietta National Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia after its opening in 1866 during a 3-year project to relocate Union soldiers to this military cemetery.[4]
[2]*"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCY1-V2P : 9 November 2014), Thurston Van Dusen in household of Levi Van Dusen, Lenox, Madison, New York, United States; citing family 848, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
[3]* Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9Q-M7D : 30 December 2015), Thursten Van Dusen, 1860.
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