Soldier Information

Name: John A Southgate
Alias:
Place of Birth: Pendleton KY
Year of Birth: 1838
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 8
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Enlistment Information

Enlistment Date: June 8, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY

Compiled Military Service Record

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Congressional District: 6th
Company: A
Regiment(s): 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:

One of the company descriptive cards incorrectly records John Southgate having enlisted May 20, 1864 at Covington, Ky. The Claim for Widow’s Pension document also listed May 20, 1864 as soldier’s enrollment date. The CMSR card may have noted the enlistment date (May 20th) for William L. Southgate, the brother of John Southgate. The two brothers were initially assigned to Co. A of the 107th; William was eventually transferred to Co. G of the 107th. John A. Southgate’s ledger files noted June 8, 1864 as his enlistment date.

Soldier Death Information

Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: November 16, 1864
Military Death Location: Baltimore, Md
Military Cause of Death: Acute bronchitis
Death Date: November 16, 1864
Cause of Death: Acute bronchitis
Death Certificate

Soldier Pension Information

No pension card found

Widow Pension Information

Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: April 7, 1865 Application No.: 88918
Certificate No.: 129497

Other Family Pension Information

No other family pension card found

Pension File Information

Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners:    Mary Warner

Pensioner County:  Lorain Pensioner State: OH
Number of Pages:33
Pension Notes:

Mary Southgate is very likely attending college at Oberlin, Ohio during the time she applied for her widow’s pension. She briefly returned to Falmouth,Ky and taught school there before relocating to Cincinnati, Ohio some time after 1880.

John A. Southgate was married to Mary Warner on December 26, 1859, by a Methodist minister, George Wyatt. They were both residents of Kentucky and never had any children together. According to Mary’s pension she and John were free persons of color. John Southgate was enrolled and mustered on May 20, 1864, at Covington, Kentucky. He died on November 16, 1864, from acute bronchitis at a hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Mary Warner resided in Lorain County, Ohio.

Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information

No Freedman’s Bank information found
Notes from Freedmen’s Bureau Documents:

Mary Southgate is employed as a school teacher at the Brandywine Freedmen’s Bureau School in Falmouth, Ky.
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Family Information

Mother First Name:  Charity Mother Maiden Name: Palmer
Father First Name:  Allen Father Last Name: Southgate
Siblings: Rebecca Southgate
Charlotte Southgate
Amy Southgate
Lucinda Southgate
Mary Ann “Polly” Southgate
Wife #1 First Name: Mary Maiden Name: Warner
Wife #2 First Name:  Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name:  Maiden Name:
Children: John Southgate abou 1857

Family Notes:

Add’l siblings: Henry Abraham, William Lazarus, Edmund Brooks, Minerva
Child: Mary and John had one child John O. Southgate who died prior to 1865.
The Southgates were a free family of color living in Falmouth, Kentucky.

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1870 Census

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1880 Census

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1880 Profession:  School teacher
1880 Live with/near former enslaver?  No
1880 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write?  Can write
1880 Census Notes:

Mary “Polly” Southgate lived in the household of her brother, Samuel Warner. She was a school teacher.

1890 Census

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1900 Census

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Enslaver Information

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Compensation Information

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