Nelson Savage

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 4 Sep 1861, Ohio; American Civil War (North) 38th Ohio Regt, Co.I Discharged 18Sep1864 Atlanta

Notes:

1st Wife Electa M. Savage, née Church
Birth: Nov. 1853 Ohio
Marriage: Jan. 1, 1867 Barry County, Michigan

2nd Wife Mary L. Savage, formerly McConnell, née Barber
Birth: 1863 Missouri
Marriage: Jul. 9, 1920 Howell County, Missouri

Nelson served twice in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a Private. On Sep. 4, 1861, he enlisted in Ohio in Company I of the 38th Regiment and was discharged at the end of his term on Sep. 18, 1864 in Atlanta, Georgia. On Feb. 13, 1865, he re-enlisted in Fulton County, Ohio, in Company D of the 189th Regiment and was mustered out Sep. 28, 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Nelson lived with his first wife, Electa, in Lenawee County, Michigan, for over two decades before moving to Missouri, where he married his second wife, Mary.

Ten days after being admitted to the Western Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Leavenworth, Kansas, Nelson died of erysipelas, with basal cell carcinoma being a contributory factor.

Nelson was a Protestant. He worked as a farmer and was able to read and write. He stood 5'7" in height and had a fair complexion with blue eyes and gray hair.