Valentine Leonard Wiggans
1816 - 1907 (90 years)
Generation: 1
1. Valentine Leonard Wiggans was born on 10 Nov 1816 in Nicholas County, Kentucky; died on 8 Jul 1907 in Taney County, Missouri; was buried in Mount Olive Cemetery, Mildred, Taney County, Missouri. Other Events:
- Occupation: blacksmith
- _MILT: Civil War, Union Army
- Census: 1850, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1860, Newell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1880, Swan, Taney County, Missouri
Notes:
US veterans' gravesites:
Name: Valentine Leonard Wiggins
Service Info.: PVT US ARMY CIVIL WAR
Birth Date: 10 Nov 1816
Death Date: 8 Jul 1907
Cemetery: Mt Olive Cemetery
Cemetery Address: Forsyth, MO 65653
Illinois database of veterans index
Name: Valentine L Wiggins
Rank: Blacksmith
Company: F
Unit: 4th Illinois Cavalry
Height: 5' 8
Hair: GRAY
Eyes: GRAY
Complexion: SANDY
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Blacksmith
Birth Date: Abt 1817
Birth Place: KY
War: Civil War
War Years: 1861-1865
Service Entry Age: 44
Service Entry Date: 9 Sep 1861
Service Entry Place: Kentucky, IL
Joined By Whom: A T SEARCH
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In Date: 17 Oct 1861
Muster In Place: Ottawa, IL
Remarks: DISCHARGED BY ORDER GEN HALLECK JUL 25, 1862
Residence Place: Kentucky, Vermilion CO, IL
Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
https://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilMusterSearch.do?key=274087
_MILT:
Private, US Army. Company F, 4th Illinois Infantry.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23646463/valentine-leonard-wiggins
Surname spelled as WIGGINS on Find a Grave
Military headstone with: OVT CO F 4 ILL INFValentine married Catharine Stipp on 15 Dec 1836 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Catharine was born in 1814 in Ohio; died in 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- George Newport Wiggans was born on 18 Dec 1840 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 4 Feb 1918 in Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas; was buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Wilson County, Kansas.
- Mary E. Wiggans was born about 1843 in Illinois.
- William Stevens Wiggans was born on 26 Jan 1847 in Illinois; died in Feb 1928 in Bourbon County, Kansas; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.
- Frances C. Wiggans was born about 1846 in Illinois.
- Valentine L. Wiggans was born about 1849 in Illinois.
Valentine married Jemima Bramhall on 6 Apr 1870 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Jemima was born about 1842 in Illinois; died in Aug 1914 in Benton County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]