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- blacksmith in 1880 census
Name: Enos F Kelch
[Enos Kelch] Age: 57 Birth Date: Jul 1842 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1900: Addyston, Hamilton, Ohio
[Hamilton, Ohio] Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Sarah L Kelch Marriage Year: 1883 Years Married: 17 Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
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about Enos F Kelch
Name: Enos F Kelch
Age at enlistment: 21
Enlistment Date: 19 Aug 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Ohio
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Promoted to Full Corporal on 23 Sep 1862. Enlisted in Company K, Ohio 59th Infantry Regiment on 23 Sep 1862. Promoted to Full Sergeant on 27 Apr 1863. Mustered out on 16 Jul 1865.
Birth Date: 4 Aug 1842
Death Date: 11 Feb 1920
Death Place: St Cloud, FL
Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio Research by Walt Dennis
census 1920
Name: Enos F Kelch Age: 78 Birth Year: abt 1842 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1920: Saint Cloud, Osceola, Florida Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
[Head] Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Sarah L Kelch Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Home Owned: Own Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes
Enos F. Kelch was born at Moscow, Ohio, July 4th, 1841, and died at his home in St. Cloud, Fla., Wednesday at 3 p. m. Feb. 11th, in his 79th year.
He was married to Miss Mary McKibben in 1868, and to this union five children were born: Thomas L., Frank, Belle, Georgia, and Phillip K., Four of them still survive him, one having preceded him to the other shore. Mrs. Frank Kelch of Newcomerstown, Ohio, was at her father's bedside during his last illness and death, and in attendance at his funeral. In 1883 was married to Miss Sarah Willis, his now bereaved widow, and with whom he lived happily until his death
The funeral, at the G. A. R. hall at ten o'clock on Friday morning, was conducted by Rev. Beauchamp, assisted by Rev. Wm. Landis of the M. E. church, and was attended by a large company of veterans, he having been a member of the G. A. R., and filling the various offices in the same.
Enlisted in the United States army on the 9th day of August, in Claremont county, Ohio, for three years, or during the war, in Co. K, 59th Ohio Infantry, and assigned to the 14th Army Corps, then to the 21st Army Corps, and later assigned to the 4th Army Corps, in the Army of the Cumberland, services at Nashville, Tenn. Was in all the movements of his departments of activities from the beginning to the end of the war, from his enlistment in 1862.
Battles of Perryville, Ky., Nelson's Cross; Stone River, Murphreesboro, was engaged in guard and fatigue duty constantly. Was made Corporal in Sept., '62, and Sergeant, April, '63, serving in Middle Tennessee. Crossed Cumberland mountains and Tennessee river, participating in the battle of Chickamauga, and where he received a gunshot wound in the left knee. Was in the Chattanooga, Orchard Knob, Tenn., Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, in action at Charleston, Tenn., Atlanta Georgia, Peach Tree Cree Georgia, and here was wounded in the right arm. He also received a gunshot wound in the left eye, thus being three times wounded in the service of his country, and some of the effects of which he carried until his departure for the Grand Encampment on the other shore. He was honorably discharged at Nashvillue [sic], Tenn., June 28, 1865, by reason of the close of the war.
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