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Note: Ezekiel spent 3yrs Infantry went to Fort Donelson guarded prisoners.Then spent more time in service. Came home on Furlough in 1871 married Rachel C. Winnett father Marshall Winnett.Notes for Ezekiel Jr. Anderson: Mr. Ezekiel Anderson Enlisted at Calais, Ohio in Company (I) 20Regiment of Ohio Inft. On the 9th day of Dec AD 1861. ToServe Three years or Duration the War. First Engagement Ft.Donaldson, 2.Shilow, 3. Cornith, Miss. 4. Fort Gipson, 5.Raymond, 6. Sieze of Vicksburg 7. Alanta Campaaign,8.Nashville, Tenn. Reinlisted Jan 1, 1864. Discharged at Jackson,Michigan on the 22 day of July AD 1865, by Reason of TelegraphInstructions. Mr. Ezekiel Anderson Born in Noble Co, Ohio on the17 day of Sept AD 1844. Miss Rachel C. Winnett, his wife wasborn in Guernsey Co. Ohio, Oct 12, 1845,married Feb. 2, 1868SOLDIERS CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The above soldiers certificateis written as it appeared on the certificate, but thecertificate was decorated with colored flags as it would havebeen in the late 1860s. Ezekiel was a member of the Greenup PostGrand Army of the Republic, his picture is in a group picture ofCivil War Veterans, available at the Depot. Ezekiel Andersonand his sons was one of the first concrete contractors in theCumberland County area. They poured concrete sidewalks,foundations, and about anything that concrete was used for that time. At James' grandfathers home , David Winnett, where James was born and raised, two and one half miles north of Greenup, a bigwhite home sitting on a hill up from the highway, confirmed by James' father and grandfather that Ezekiel Anderson poured the sidewalk going up the hill to the front porch. Ezekiel and sons were also carpenters, constructing homes and barns and what ever came their way. Ezekiel and Rachel was married 1868, William Henry was born in Ohio 1869, and John Harvey was born Illinois 1871, Ezekiel and Rachel apparently moved to Illinois ca 1870.Rachel's brother Nathan and George moved to Illinois spring of 1863. 1880 Federal Census, Union Township, Cumberland County,Illinois, lists: House #398,Ezekial Anderson, age 36, male,Farmer, born Ohio., father born Ohio., mothr born Ohio.,Rachel, wife,age 34, Female, born Ohio., father born Pa.,mother born Pa., William H., son, age 11, male, born Ohio.,father born Ohio, mother born Ohio., (Children Same), John H.son, age 8, male, born Ill., father born Ohio, mother born Ohio., Alfred A., son, age 6, male, born Ill, Arrie E. son,age 6, male, born Ill.,David E., son, age 1, male, bornIll...... 1900 Federal Census, Village of Greenup, Cumberland County,Illinois, lists: House #131, Ezekiel, age 56, born Nov 1844Ohio., Married 32 years, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio.,Rachel C., wife, age 55, born Oct 1845 Ohio., father born Pa.,mother born/ The Anderson family worked in concrete, foundations and sidewalks. One known sidewalk by writer , was the David Winnett home located 2 and 1/2 miles north of Greenup, the sidewalk going up over the hill in the front yard was done by Ezekial Anderson, confirmed by James Winnett's Grand Father David Winnett, and James',
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