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Octavius Skey

Octavius Skey
Fairplains Cemetery, Fairplains Twp.,
Montcalm Co., Michigan
Biographical information - Octavius Skey:

Listed on the 1890 Veteran's Pension Schedule for Fairplains Twp., Montcalm County:
Octavius Skey, Corporal, Co. H, 8th Mich. Inf., enlisted Sept. 1861, discharged March 1862, length of service - 6 months.


Civil War Soldier:
Name: Octavins Skey
Residence: Montcalm County, Michigan
Enlistment Date: 15 August 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Michigan
Unit Numbers: 1116 1116
Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal on 15 August 1861 at the age of 41
Enlisted in Company H, 8th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 23 September 1861.
Received a disability discharge Company H, 8th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 27 March 1862 in Beaufort, SC


Montcalm County Death Record:
Montcalm County Deaths - book "C", page 21
Name: Octavius Skey
Record number: 3577
Date of death: 17 Nov 1910
Male
White
Widower
age: 97 years, 10 months
Place of death: Fairplains
Cause of death: natural decline
Birthplace: England
Occupation: farmer
Parents: unknown
Date of record: 13 Dec 1910


Per Federal Census: 1860, 1880, 1900 & 1910 - Octavius was living in Fairplains Twp., Montcalm County, Michigan.

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