A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Michael Kanouse
From Ancestry.com, "U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles 1861-1865":
Enlisted in Company C, Michigan 5th Cavalry Regiment on 07 Feb 1865. Mustered out on 02 Jun 1865. Transferred to Company F, Michigan 7th Cavalry Regiment on 02 Jun 1865. Mustered out on 15 Dec 1865 at Fort Leavenworth, KS. [Note that these dates and companies are exactly the same as for brother Moses.]
A number of family trees give his birth date as 13 Jun 1844, but the obituary below and the "U.S. Veterans Administration Master Index 1917-1940" on Ancestry.com have 12 Jun 1844. I don't know which is right, but I am going to go with June 12. Also, some family trees say he was born in Reading, Berks Co., PA, but Columbia County, as in the obituary below, seems to make more sense.
A letter from Patsy (Kanouse) Dotson to Glen & Rosie Gathright, dated 11 Aug 1995, says that Michael Kanouse is buried in the same cemetery as Jay and William Kanouse, but he is not listed in Find A Grave, so I wonder if it is true.
From the Vici Beacon, 21 Feb 1929 (obtained from the Dotson Family Tree):
OBITUARY--KANOUSE
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Michael Kanouse was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, June 12, 1844 and died at Camargo, Oklahoma on February 18,1929.
With his parents he moved to Branch county, Michigan in 1855. He was married to Margaret Moyer, January 1,1868. He volunteered in the Union army on February 6, 1861 and was honorably discharged on December 15, 1865. He served under General George A. Custer. In 1894 his wife Margaret died, having no children. He was married to Jessie A. Moore on May 4, 1898. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife Jessie A., also three daughters, Mrs. Mae Potter and Mrs. Faye Clifton of Smith Center, Kansas and Mrs. Stella Kanouse of Camargo, Okla. Also has four brothers and one sister alive, one in Omaha, Nebraska and the rest in Michigan. He also has three grandchildren. He joined the Free Methodist church in 1897 and has always lived an honest upright life.
We sincerely thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and help during his sickness and death.
Jessie A. Kanouse and family.
Note: Some of the information in these pages is uncertain. Please let me know of errors or omissions using the email link above. ...Mike Wilson
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