Lester G. Orcutt
ID# 38449, b. 3 December 1898, d. July 1974
Emanuel Whisnand
ID# 38450, b. 18 December 1836, d. after January 1899
| Birth* | 18 December 1836, Monroe Co., IN |
| Marriage* | 9 December 1859, Edgar Co., IL, Principal=Nancy Parks1 |
| Marriage* | 26 October 1886, Franklin Co., AR, Principal=Martha C. Stockton2 |
| Death* | after January 1899, Scott Co., AR, Note: I found somewhere that he had died in Scott Co., AR on 15 Jan 1893, but I believe that information is incorrect.) |
| Burial* | Pilot Prairie Cem., Waldron, Scott Co., AR, 34.904167,-94.026944 |
| Note* | 11 August 1862, Emanuel enlisted as a private on August 11, 1862 at Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana, and mustered out at Washington D.C. June 9, 1865. He served in Company F, 82nd. Regiment. He was captured September 20, 1863, and paroled March 20, 1864. A story told about Emanuel was that while passing through Georgia on Gen. William T. Sherman's march to the sea, Emanual stopped at a farmhouse to buy a glass of buttermilk. A short time afterward, he was seized with violent cramps in the stomach and, as ascertained by his attending physician, nearly died of arsenic poisoning. His Southern hostess had placed in his drink a generous dose of poison. Fortunately for Emanuel, soldiers were exposed to high levels of arsenic handling ammunition and such, although they did not realize it, and built up a certain tolerance. |
Citations:
- [S19] Index to Vital Statistics.
- [S67] Certificate of Marriage.
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