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Veteran Name	Discharge	Information
Benjamin H. May Private Co. H, 81st Indiana Volunteers Infantry		Benjamin H. MAY and Ronald Eugene YATES are 2nd cousins 3 times removed. Daniel Robert ROBERSON & Esther Ada YATES are the grand-uncle & aunt of Benjamin H. MAY. Benjamin H. MAY and Nidrah, Jack & Dale ROBERSON are 2nd cousins 3 times removed. Benjamin H. MAY was born 1844 in Crawford Co, IN, and died 18 DEC 1862 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was the son of 2. John Wesley MAY and 3. Lavina ROBERSON. Benjamin died at age 18 while serving as a private in Co. H, 81st Indiana Volunteers Infantry. He is buried in Nashville National Cemetery, 1420 Gallatin Road, South Madison, TN 37115, Section B Site 6419. You can read his civil war military record at this link.
George W. YATES Color Sergeant Co. A 39th Illinois Volunteers Infantry.		George W. YATES is the 2nd great-grand uncle of Ronald Eugene YATES. Esther Ada YATES & Daniel Robert ROBERSON are the aunt & uncle of George W. YATES. George W. YATES and Nidrah, Jack & Dale ROBERSON are 1st cousins 4 times removed. You can read his civil war military record at this link. George W. YATES was born Abt 1840 in Crawford Co, IN, and died 26 OCT 1864 at an Army Hospital in Annapolis, MD. He was the son of 2. James YATES and 3. Mary Ann BUTLER. He married Eliza J. ROCKWELL 16 JUN 1863. She was born Abt 1846, and died 14 AUG 1870. He was 24 years old when he died. He is buried next to his brother Silas W. Yates in Oakwood Cemetery Wilmington, Illinois. It would appear that the brothers Silas, George and Elias migrated to this community from Crawford County before the Civil War perhaps for coal mine & farming opportunities.
John Yates Private Co. K, 38th Indiana Volunteers Infantry.		John YATES is the 2nd great-grandfather of Ronald Eugene YATES. Esther Ada YATES and Daniel Robert ROBERSON are the aunt & uncle of John YATES. John YATES and Nidrah, Jack & Dale ROBERSON are 1st cousins 4 times removed. John YATES was born 26 DEC 1825, and died 14 JUL 1864 in Vinings, GA. He was buried in Marietta Georgia National Cemetery. He was the son of 2. James YATES and 3. Mary Ann BUTLER. He married Elizabeth "Bessie" ROBERSON 8 AUG 1847, daughter of Benjamin ROBERSON and Sarah YATES. She was born 25 SEP 1823 in Crawford Co., IN, and died 5 SEP 1906 in Crawford Co., IN. She was buried in Grantsburg Cemetery, Crawford Co. IN. John Yates was "was killed by a tree falling on him while in his tent near the Chattahoochee River North of Atlanta, July 14, 1864" at the age of 39. Captain, James G. Land of Alton, Indiana, completed his final document. You can read his civil war military record at this link.
John Winfield YATES Private Co. H, 81st Indiana Volunteers Infantry		John Winfield YATES and Ronald Eugene YATES are 2nd cousins 3 times removed. Esther Ada YATES & Daniel Robert ROBERSON are the grand-aunt & uncle of John Winfield YATES. John Winfield YATES and Nidrah, Jack & Dale ROBERSON are 2nd cousins 3 times removed. John Winfield YATES was born 31 JUL 1835 in Indiana Per Census, and died 14 NOV 1862 in an Army Hospital in New Albany, Indiana. He was the son of 2. Tolbert Thompson YATES and 3. Jane MCCRANEY. He married Mahala MAY 9 MAY 1861, daughter of John Wesley MAY and Lavina ROBERSON. She was born JAN 1843 in Indiana, and died Aft 1890. She is the sister of Benjamin H. May. He died at age 27 while serving as a private in Co. H, 81st Indiana Volunteers Infantry. He is buried in Union Chapel-Yates Cemetery in Grantsburg, Indiana near his parents. You can read his civil war military record at this link.
Daniel M. ROBERSON 1st Sergt. Co. D, 23rd Indiana Volunteers Infantry.		Daniel M. ROBERSON and Ronald Eugene YATES are 2nd cousins 3 times removed. Daniel Robert ROBERSON & Esther Ada YATES are the grandparents of Daniel M. ROBERSON. Daniel M. ROBERSON and Nidrah, Jack & Dale ROBERSON are 1st cousins 3 times removed. Daniel M. ROBERSON was born 18 MAY 1840 in Indiana, and died 22 MAY 1864. He was the son of 2. George William ROBERSON and 3. Sarah A. KINTNER He was 24 years old when he died. He is buried next to his brothers and parents in the Grant-Roberson Cemetery in Grantsburg. This Cemetery is behind a private residence and accessible from old State Road 37 into Grantsburg, Indiana. Approximately 25 headstones exist. Several Grant names and many Roberson names present. You can read his civil war military record at this link.
James F. ROBERSON Private Co. D, 23rd Indiana Volunteers Infantry.		James F. ROBERSON and Ronald Eugene YATES are 2nd cousins 3 times removed. Daniel Robert ROBERSON & Esther Ada YATES are the grandparents of James F. ROBERSON. James F. ROBERSON and Nidrah, Jack & Dale ROBERSON are 1st cousins 3 times removed. James F. ROBERSON was born 9 SEP 1836, and died 15 DEC 1862. He was the son of 2. George William ROBERSON and 3. Sarah A. KINTNER. He was 26 years old when he died. He is buried next to his brothers and parents in the Grant-Roberson Cemetery in Grantsburg. This Cemetery is behind a private residence and accessible from old State Road 37 into Grantsburg, Indiana. Approximately 25 headstones exist. Several Grant names and many Roberson names present.
William Tipton ROBERSON Corpl Co. D, 23rd Indiana Volunteers Infantry.		William Tipton ROBERSON and Ronald Eugene YATES are 2nd cousins 3 times removed. Daniel Robert ROBERSON & Esther Ada YATES are the grandparents of William Tipton ROBERSON. William Tipton ROBERSON and Nidrah, Jack & Dale ROBERSON are 1st cousins 3 times removed. William Tipton ROBERSON was born 19 MAY 1840 in Crawford Co., IN, and died 12 MAR 1862 in Crawford Co., IN. He was the son of 2. George William ROBERSON and 3. Sarah A. KINTNER. He was 22 years old when he died at home of disease. He is buried next to his brothers and parents in the Grant-Roberson Cemetery in Grantsburg. This Cemetery is behind a private residence and accessible from old State Road 37 into Grantsburg, Indiana. Approximately 25 headstones exist. Several Grant names and many Roberson names present. You can read his civil war military record at this link.

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