Corporal Ira Nelson Deyo

1844 - 1917  (72 years)

• Name	Ira Nelson Deyo
  Title	Corporal
  Birth	03 Aug 1844	Naples, Ontario County, New York
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	25 Dec 1861	Naples, Ontario County, New York
  	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 County, New York
  Burial	Rose Ridge Cemetery, Naples, Ontario County, New York
  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.
  Person ID	I19869	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Ira Deyo,   b. 19 Mar 1807, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York d. 24 Jul 1886, Naples, Ontario County, New York (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Betsey Lyon,   b. 8 Feb 1811, Naples, Ontario County, New York d. 13 Nov 1874, Naples, Ontario County, New York (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F5419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Romilla Semans,   b. 1848   d. 05 May 1882, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York (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, Ontario County, New York   5. Frances Romilla Deyo,   b. 02 May 1882, Naples, Ontario County, New York
  Family ID	F12122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 03 Aug 1844 - Naples, Ontario County, New York Military Service - 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 - 25 Dec 1861 - Naples, Ontario County, New York Death - 17 Jan 1917 - Rochester, Monroe County, New York Burial - - Rose Ridge Cemetery, Naples, Ontario County, New York  = Link to Google Earth
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