Ezra SHEETS

  General Notes:

died of measles while in the war.
Suzanne Link Allen has letter , that both Isaac Dutton died of Measles and were buried on the banks of the Mississippi. But when the troops returned the bodies washed away.

Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Kingston, Delaware, Ohio; Roll M432_675; Page: 328A; Image: 468.

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Kingston, Delaware, Ohio; Roll M653_957; Page: 211; Image: 426; Family History Library Film: 803957.

Services of the Ninety-Sixth Ohio Volunteers
By Joseph Thatcher Woods (Page 209)
Ezra Sheets, enlisted August 5, 1862. Died at Memphis, Tenn., March 1, 1863.


Pension filed for by his mother Mary M. Sheets 14 May 1881

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
about Ezra Sheets
Name: Ezra Sheets
Age at Enlistment: 19
Enlistment Date: 8 May 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Ohio
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company F, Ohio 96th Infantry Regiment on 19 Aug 1862.
Mustered out on 01 Mar 1863 at Memphis, TN.
Birth Date: abt 1843
Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
Roster of the 96th OH Infantry
Roll of Honor of Ohio Soldiers



American Civil War Soldiers
about Ezra Sheets
Name: Ezra Sheets
Enlistment Date: 5 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 5 August 1862 at the age of 19.
Enlisted in Company F, 96th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 19 Aug 1862.
Died of disease Company F, 96th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 1 Mar 1863 at Memphis, TN.
Sources: 17,156,501