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Note: Oren J. Taylor was in the Civil War. The following information was obtained from his compiled military service record which was viewed at the National Archives in Washington, DC. Oren enlisted on 8-27-1863 in Indianapolis at the age of 18. He was mustered in on 9-11-1863 as a member of (Hubbard's) Company K of the 7th Indiana Cavalry. He was paid a bounty of $20. Born either Mercer Co, OH or PA. Occupation: farmer. Company Muster Roll: Enrollment to 10-31-1863: Present Company Muster Roll: 10-31-1863 to 2-29-1864: Present Company Muster Roll: March/April 1864: Absent. Absent sick in hospital at Memphis, Tenn. To be retained from his pay $20 for loss of revolver. Hospital Muster Roll: March/April 1864: Present as patient, last paid by Maj. Stevenson to 10-31-1863. Bounty paid $25; due $75. Company Muster Roll: July/August 1864: Present Company Muster Roll: July/August 1864: Deserted from furlough 8-11-1864 Company Muster Roll: Sept/Oct 1864: Present. Stoppage $2.49 for transportation Company Muster Roll: Nov/Dec 1864: Present Stoppage $8.73 for transportation. Promoted to Corporal 12-15-1864 Company Muster Roll: Jan/Feb 1865: Present. Due Gov't $8.73 for transportation. Promoted to Corpl 12-15-1864 Company Muster Roll: dated Apr 30-1865: Present. Demoted Corp. to Priv. 4-20-1865 Company Muster Roll: May/June 1865: Present. Due Gov't $1.27 for ordnance Company Muster Roll: July/Aug 1865: Present. Due Gov't $1.27 for ordnance. Men of this organization transferred to Co. E, same regiment 9-19-1865, per S. O. No. 4 Hd. Qrs. Mil. Div. of the Gulf, July 21, 1865. Company Muster Roll: Sept 19, 1865: Present. Company to which transferred E. Company Muster Roll: Sept/Oct 1865: Present. Company Muster Roll: Nov/Dec 1865: Absent. Absent on expedition. Co. Muster-Out Roll: Austin, TX 2-18-1866. Last paid to 6-30-1865. Clothing account, due soldier $20.95. Due U.S. for arms, equipments, &c $3.13. Bounty paid $25; Due $75. Remarks: Enlisted in Co. K as within stated. Transf'd to Co. E Sept 19/1865 per S.O. No. 4 Hd.Qrs. Mil. Div. of the Gulf New Orleans, LA. 7-21-1865 Stoppage one picket per Cav. lost. Stoppage one sabre and accoutrements retained per S.O. No. 101 A. ? O. Series of 1865. According to Civil War Muster Roll records, Oren Taylor enlisted as a Private in Captain Hubbard's Co. 7th Regiment Indiana Cavalry on August 27, 1863 in Indianapolis, Indiana for a 3 year period. He was mustered in for service in Indianapolis on September 11, 1863. He is listed as being 18 years old, but was actually only 16 years old according to the date on his tombstone in Dygert Cemetery. Two different birth locations are given in his military records, Pennsylvania, the other Mercer Co. Ohio. He is listed as being 5 ft. 8 3/4 in., complexion light, with grey eyes and brown hair. Occupation is listed as a farmer. Hubbard's company would be later called Co. K. At his enrollment he was paid $25.00 plus a $2.00 premieum. Oren is listed as present in company Muster Rolls until March-April 1864 when he is listed absent, sick in Hospital at Memphis, Tennessee. Also noted is $20.00 dollars is to be retained from his pay for the loss of his revolver. In a Hospital Muster Roll of Gayoso U.S.A. General Hospital Memphis, Tn. dated July-August 1864, Oren is listed as Deserted from Furlough August 11, 1864. From September 1865 until September October 1865 he is listed as being present. On the September-October muster roll it indicates he had a stoppage of $2.49 dollars for Transportation, also the same in November-December 1864 this time for $8.73 Dollars and also in January-February 1865 for $8.73 dollars for Transportation. On December 15, 1864 he is promoted to Corporal in Co. K 7th Indiana Cavalry. On April 20, 1865 he is reduced from Corporal to Private. In both muster rolls, May-June 1865 and July-August 1865 he is listed as having a Government due of $1.27 Dollars for Ordnance. On September 19, 1865 Oren is transferred to Co. E of the 7th Indiana Cavalry. November-December 1865 he is listed a Absent on Expedition. Pvt. Oren Taylor is mustered out on February 18, 1866 in Austin Texas. On August 6, 1870, Oren J. Taylor filed for a pension for his service #159166. On December 1, 1888, Oren's widow, Amanda M. Olmstead filed for a widower's pension in Michigan #384855, and on June 21, 1890, in Kansas, Ella M. Gary filed for a minor's pension for her father's service #426970. *7th Indiana Cavalry service record--Expedition to Paris, Tenn., December 14-23, 1863. Action at Huntington, Tenn., December 27. Expedition from Union City to Trenton January 22-24, 1864. Bolivar February 6 (Detachment). Smith's Expedition to Okolona, Miss., February 11-26. West Point February 20-21. Okolona February 21-22. Ivey's Hill February 22. Hudsonville February 25. Regiment complimented by Generals Smith and Grierson for soldierly bearing and conduct during the Expedition. Near Raleigh, Tenn., April 3. Wolf River April 8. Near Raleigh April 9 (Detachment). Cypress Swamp April 10. Sturgis's Expedition to Ripley, Miss., April 30-May 9. Sturgis' Expedition to Guntown, Miss., June 1-13. Ripley June 7. Brice's Cross Roads (or Tishamingo Creek), near Guntown, June 10. Ripley June 11. White's Station June 20 and 26. Byhalia Road, near Colliersville, July 2. Action at Port Gibson, Miss., July 17. Grand Gulf July 19. Tallahatchie River August 7-9. Hurricane Creek August 9-13-14 and 19. Oxford August 9 and 11. Lamar August 14. Colliersville August 28. White Station October 4. Near Memphis October 4 (1 Company). Memphis, Tenn., October 20 and 24. Nonconah Creek October 29 (Co. "F"). March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price September-November. Action at Little Blue, Mo., October 21. Independence October 22. Big Blue and State Line October 22. Westport October 23. Mine Creek, Marias des Cygnes, October 25. At the Marmiton, or Battle of Charlot, October 25. Grierson's Expedition from Memphis to destroy Mobile & Ohio R.R. December 21, 1864, to January 15, 1865. Capture of Verona December 25, 1864. Egypt Station December 28. Lexington January 2, 1865. Duty at Memphis and along Memphis & Charleston R.R. till June, 1865. Expedition from Memphis to Marion, Ark., January 19-22 (Detachment). Expedition from Memphis into Northern Mississippi March 3-11, 1865. Moved to Alexandria, La., June 6-16. Consolidated to 6 Companies July 21. March to Hempstead, Texas, August 5-26. Duty there and at Austin, Texas, till February, 1866. Mustered out at Austin, Texas, February 18, 186 Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 47 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officer and 243 Enlisted men by disease. Total 294. *Source: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer. This regiment was also known as the 119th Indiana Infantry. Oren filed for a pension service on August 1, 1870, as a resident of York Township, Steuben Co. Indiana. His occupation is listed as coopering (barrelmaker) when he is able. In the pension application he claims he was disabled in January 1866, while serving with the 7th Indiana Cavalry Co. E. He states, " from severe hardships and exposures to which he was subjected and from overexertion while on a march from Austin to Sherman, Texas became overheated and took violent cold which settled upon his lungs resulting in permanent disease of the same which continued up to the time of his discharge and still continues by reason of which he is broken down in health and constitution and unable to perform manual labor." Witnesses to his claim are listed as Peter Buck and W.H. Eldridge. He signs his names as Orren Taylor. On December 28, 1870 his disabled claim is sent to the pension office for review. On January 4, 1870 the Adjutant General's office reports that there is no muster roll record on file for January 1866. It states that a muster roll dated February 18, 1866 reports Oren present and that he mustered out with company on that date with no evidence of disability. A Adjutant General's office report of June 6, 1884 states that the nature of Oren's sickness in March and April 1864 and the extent of his furlough in September 1864 is not stated. No hospital records, returns of companies K and E non medical leaves on file.
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