Elizabeth Ellen Baylor

Elizabeth Ellen BAYLOR, daughter of Amelia KEAR and Frederick BAYLOR, was born 5 February 1843, Ohio, probably Champaign County, and died 7 June 1987, Van Wert, County, Iowa. She married John Henry DEYOE, son of James P. DEYOE and Laura CREEL, on 11 April 1865 in Winchester, Van Buren County,Iowa. John was born on 28 January 1838, Saratoga, New York, and died 13 July 1917, Mercer County, Missouri. Elizabeth is buried in the Dibble Cemetery, Van Buren County, Iowa.

John enlisted from Big Mound, Iowa, on 28 September 1861 in Company D, 14th Regiment, Iowa Infantry. He was five feet seven and one-half inches tall, light complexioned, gray eyes, and light hair. After being promoted to 8th Corporal on 12 April 1864, he was discharged on 5 November 1864 at Davenport, Scott County, Iowa [note].

John applied for and received a pension for an injury to the right ankle on a March from Fort Henry to Fort Donaldson, Tennessee in February 1862. He also was taken prisoner at the battle of Shiloh, and a chronic diarrhea contracted early in service was aggravated while being held in Southern prisons for three or four months. He received $30.00 a month pension from the Government.

Elizabeth's sister, Harriet Rebecca BAYLOR, married John's brother, Joseph M. DEYOE. Another sister, Mary Jane BAYLOR, married another brother, Cyrus DEYOE.

John was a member of the Baptist church, and the I.O.O.F. Lodge.

Elizabeth and John had one child:

Joseph Francis DEYOE

Note: ROSTER OF IOWA SOLDIERS, Vol. 2, p 796, cited by Martha DEYOE, and United States National Archives. Civil War Compiled Military Service Records [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-.

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