Name |
Ira Nelson Deyo |
Title |
Corporal |
Birth |
03 Aug 1844 |
Naples, Ontario Co., New York, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Military Service |
25 Dec 1861 |
Naples, Ontario Co., New York, USA |
American Civil War (North)
85th New York Infantry, Co. B
Captured during the battle of Plymouth 20 Apr 1864 POW at Andersonville
Honorably Discharge 9 Jun 1865 |
Death |
17 Jan 1917 |
Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, USA |
Burial |
Roseridge Cemetery, Naples, Ontario Co., New York, USA |
Notes |
- WETMORE, Elam B. - Private, Co. K & B, 85th NY Infantry. Son of Dix Wetmore, 107th NY. He was 19 when he enlisted 26 Aug `61. He enlisted in Co K but soon transferred to Co B. He was captured at Fair Oaks, VA and was paroled after 100 days. Captured again 20 April `64 at Plymouth, NC. He was shot on Oct 6, 1864, near Florence while trying to escape from the train transporting them to Florence. He and Private Ira Deyo, also of the 85th NY had vowed to escape together. Deyo made it away, but Wetmore was spotted and shot. Later, Deyo was recaptured. Eleven years later, Deyo returned to Florence to attempt to find his friend's body. He located a black woman who surprisingly remembered exactly where the body had been buried in an unmarked grave next to the railroad. Deyo had him reinterred in the National Cemetery on 12 March 1875. Grave # 2965.
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Person ID |
I19869 |
OurNorthernRoots |
Last Modified |
30 Aug 2011 |
Father |
Ira Deyo, b. 19 Mar 1807, New Paltz, Ulster Co., New York, USA d. 24 Jul 1886, Naples, Ontario Co., New York, USA (Age 79 years) |
Mother |
Betsey Lyon, b. 8 Feb 1811, Naples, Ontario Co., New York, USA d. 13 Nov 1874, Naples, Ontario Co., New York, USA (Age 63 years) |
Family ID |
F5419 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Frances Romilla Semans, b. 1848 d. 05 May 1882, Honeoye, Richmond, Ontario Co., New York, USA (Age 34 years) |
Children |
| 1. George F. Deyo, b. 1871 d. 1922 (Age 51 years) |
| 2. Marinda Deyo, b. 1874 |
| 3. Grace Deyo, b. 1877 |
| 4. Elizabeth Deyo, b. 11 Jan 1879, Honeoye, Richmond, Ontario Co., New York, USA |
| 5. Frances Romilla Deyo, b. 02 May 1882, Naples, Ontario Co., New York, USA |
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Family ID |
F12122 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |