John N Purtteman, Civil War Veteran, Orange County California

OCCGS Civil War Veterans Project

Veteran's Information

Veteran's Name: John N. PURTTEMAN

Birth Date: July 1848 Location: Illinois

Death Date: 31 August 1922 Location: Costa Mesa, Orange County, California Buried at (Cemetery): Santa Ana Cemetery Plot Location: N-8-2-3 GPS Coordinates: N33° 46' 05.84407" W117° 50' 24.47785" (DMS) Datum: NAD83. Coordinates are +/- 1.00 feet of the grave location

Side Served – Union

Rank: Private Company: D Unit: 140th Infantry Regiment State: Illinois

Rank: Private Company: L Unit: 7th Cavalry Regiment State: Illinois

Occupation: Farmer, Machinist Family Information Parents – Father: Warren Purtteman Birth Date/Location: 8 January 1811, Delaware Death Date/Location: 22 March 1890, Lee County, Illinois Mother: Nancy Gull Birth Date/Location: abt. 1814, Maryland Death Date/Location: Unknown

Spouse: Viola I. Trumbull Birth Date / Location: December 1857, Wisconsin Death Date/Location: 16 February 1925, Orange County, California Marriage Date/Location: 1877, Unknown

Orange County California Genealogical Society - Civil War Veterans Project - OCCGS.com © 2012 Children – Name: John Warren Purtteman Birth Date/Location: 8 May 1879, Kansas Death Date / Location: 11 December 1944, Orange County, California Name: William Jerome Purtteman Birth Date/Location: 11 May 1880, Kansas Death Date/Location: November 1968, St Clair County, Michigan Name: Leon Hubert Purtteman Birth Date/Location: 5 February 1881, Kansas Death Date/Location: 26 October 1955, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington Name: Harry Earl Purtteman Birth Date/Location: 17 November 1887, Jewell County, Kansas Death Date/Location: September 1969, Washington Name: Oliver Kiner Purtteman Birth Date/Location: 20 July 1890, Moscow, Idaho Death Date/Location: 14 July 1958, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington Name: Florence Purtteman Birth Date/Location: June 1892, Idaho Death Date/Location: Unknown Name: George F. Purtteman Birth Date/Location: June 1897, Idaho Death Date/Location: Unknown Name: Emma Viola Purtteman Birth Date/Location: 30 April 1901 Death Date/Location: 1906 Additional Information

Member of Sedgwick Post No 17, GAR

Illinois Civil War Detail Report John Purtteman, age 17 and residing in China, Lee County, Illinois enlisted as a Private in Co D, 140th Illinois US Infantry at China, Lee County, Illinois on 1 June 1864 for a period of 100 days. He was born in Davenport, Iowa was single and a farmer. He mustered in at Camp Butler, Illinois 18 June 1864 and mustered out 29 October 1864 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He re-enlisted in Co L, 7th Illinois US Cavalry on 15 February 1865 at Dixon, Illinois and mustered out 4 November 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee.

Civil War Pension Index L 7 Ill. Cav D 140 Ill. Inf John Purtteman, invalid, 15 January 1906,Oregon Viola I Purtteman, widow, 7 September 1922, California

Photograph of tombstone for John Purtteman, Santa Ana Cemetery, Orange County, California taken by Charles Lewis Beal, 3/03/2007. Used with the permission of Charles Beal

National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. • Record for John Purtteman

National Archives and Records Administration. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls

Orange County California Genealogy Society Quarterly Journal, XVIII, #2, June 1981 – Roll of Honor for the Sedgwick Post No 17 GAR.

“Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls” Searchable Database, Illinois State Archives, An Index Compiled by Fred Delap in cooperation with the Illinois State Archives, http://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilmustersrch.jsp

Enrollment of Ex-Soldiers and Sailors, their Widows and Orphans, 1889. Unit ID #190462, 69 volumes. Records of the Adjutant General’s Office. Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas. • Record for John Purtteman, Co L, 7th Illinois Cavalary, residing in Waterville, Marshall County, Kansas

World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls • Record for Leon Hubert Purtteman, Spokane County, Washington • Record for Harry Earl Purtteman, Benewah, Idaho • Record for Oliver Kiner Purtteman, Chelan County, Washington • Record for John Warren Purtteman, Chelan County, Washington

United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group Number 147. National Archives and Records Administration.  Record for Harry Earl Purtteman, born Jewell, Kansas  Record for Oliver Kiner Purtteman, born Waterville, Kansas

State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics. • Record for John W Purtemman, Mother's Maiden Name: Trumbull

California, Death Index, 1905-1939. California Department of Health and Welfare. California Vital Records • Record for Viola Purtteman

Ancestry.com. Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. • Record for Leon Hubert Purtteman, Mother: Vieta Trumbell • Record for Oliver Kiner Purtteman, Mother: Viola Trumbull

Orange County California Genealogical Society - Civil War Veterans Project - OCCGS.com © 2012 Findagrave.com, searchable database of cemeteries with tombstone inscriptions, memorials and photographs • Memorial 10401811, Created by Eldora Sasser, Record for John Purtteman • Memorial 29708952, Created by Glen and Tracy Morrow. Record for Viola I. Trumbell Purtteman • Memorial 120650021, Created by Mia Houghton, Record for John Warren Purtteman • Memorial 100387728, Created by Sam Lindsay, Record for William Jerome Purtteman • Memorial 37557008, Created by Lorie, Record for Oliver Kiner Purtteman • Memorial 129546630, Created by Sandra O'Rourke, Record for Warren Purttyman

Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. • Record for Warren Putterman and Nancy Gull, Washington County, 22 August 1839

Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. • China, Lee County, Illinois; Roll:M432_116, Page 106A, Family 122, Record for John Purdyman

1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. • China, Lee County, Illinois; Roll M653_198. Page 539, Family 2179, Record for John Pertiman

1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. • China, Lee County, Illinois; Roll M593_246, Page 287B, Family 227, Record for John Prettyman

Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. • Waterville, Marshall County, Kansas; Roll T9_388, Page 181C, ED: 164, Family 28, Record for John Purtman

United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls • Seats, Whitman County, Washington; Roll T623_1753, Page 20A, ED: 0096, Family 354, Record for John N Purtteman

Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. • Chelan, Chelan County, Washington; Roll T624_1654, Page 3B, ED: 0029, Family 32. Record for John N Purtteman

Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. • Okanogan, Okanogan County, Washington; Roll T625_1934, Page 1B, ED: 92, Family 20. Record for John Purtteman