Jesse J. CRAPO

1844 - 1862  (18 years)

• Name	Jesse J. CRAPO  [2]
  	Enlisted in Company E, Michigan 3rd Infantry Regiment on 11 Mar 1862. After only a few days he contracted typhoid fever and was taken to a military hospital Savage Station, Virginia (see photo). He never recovered and died. His body was to be taken back to Michigan for burial but there was a mix-up in the burial records and he was buried in this National Cemetery in Virginia. *Source - Footnote Library, Virginia Public Library in Richmond. Jesse I. Crapo, also known as "Krapo", was born 1844 in Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio, the son of David (b. 1808-1879) and Mercy or Maria (Sowle or Soule 1810-1886).Jesse's parents were married October 9, 1831, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts (where both had been born) and by 1836 had settled in Bloomville or Bloom, Seneca County, Ohio, where they lived for more than a dozen years. Sometime after 1848 the family left Ohio and eventually settled in Michigan. By 1860 Jesse was working as a farm hand and living with his family on a large farm in Odessa, Ionia County. He stood 5'10" with gray eyes, dark hair and a light complexion, and was an 18-year-old farmer living in Odessa, Ionia County when he enlisted in Company E 3rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization)on March 11, 1862, at Saranac, Ionia County for 3 years, and was mustered the same day. He was sick with typhoid fever in the hospital at Bottom's Bridge, Virginia in June of 1862, and in fact he died of typhoid fever at either Fair Oaks or Savage Station, Virginia, on June 17, 1862. He was presumably buried near Fair Oaks or Savage Station.By 1870 his parents were still living on a farm in Odessa Township, Ionia County. In 1885 his mother applied for a pension (application no. 326,826) but the certificate was apparently never granted. [1]
  Birth	19 Apr 1844	Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Living with parents in Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan   [3]
  Death	17 Jun 1862	Virginia   [1]
  Death	03 Aug 1886	Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan
  Burial	Seven Pines National Cemetery, Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I13874	Main Tree
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	David CRAPO,   b. 16 Sep 1808, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 01 Jan 1879, Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mercy E. SOULE,   b. 07 Mar 1812, Westport, Massachusetts d. 06 Aug 1886, Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage Banns	17 Sep 1831	Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts   [4]
  Marriage	09 Oct 1831	Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F15966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Apr 1844 - Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Jesse I Crapo Jesse is the son of David Crapo and Mercy Soule/Sowle. Enlisted in Company E, Michigan 3rd Infantry Regiment on 11 Mar 1862. After only a few days he contracted typhoid fever and was taken to a military hospital Savage Station, Virginia. He never recovered and died. His body was to be taken back to Michigan for burial but there was a mix-up i…

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S00091] "The Peter Crapo Clan" by Richley H. Crapo, (Name: Name: Updated 7 Dec 2005;;). [S4436] 1860 Census Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan. [S02709] New England Ancestors: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. [S03531] Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts to the year 1850 Vol II-Marriages.