Philander Phinney

He married in 1846 in Williamson, NY, was farming on his parent's place in Chester, OH in 1850, and in 1860 was a 33 year old farmer in his own right in Lodi, WI. He enlisted there on 12 June 1861 and he mustered as a Corporal in Company A, 7th Wisconsin Infantry on 16 August. By then he'd had 6 children, 4 of whom were living.

He was wounded by a gunshot to his right foot in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

He was treated at the Satterlee US Army General Hospital in Philadelphia and was discharged there on 12 December 1862 for disability due to his inability to march. He began receiving a pension in May 1863, but had apparently fully recovered by March 1865, when he organized and was commissioned Captain of Company E, 50th Wisconsin Infantry. He mustered out of service with them on 19 April 1866.

He was farming in Butler County, IA in 1870, but bought a homestead in Rock County, MN in 1878. He lived and worked there, in Magnolia, MN, for the rest of his life.

Service information from State of Wisconsin,1 Quiner,2 and his Compiled Service Records.3. Personal details from family genealogists, most notably his Phinneysplace page compiled by Dale Phinney, and the US Census of 1850-1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave. Thanks to Kathy Steckelberg for sharing her research in his CSRs and pension files.

He married Fanny Maria Cady (1826-1902) and they had 9 children by 1873.

03/14/1827; Catlin, NY

09/29/1907; Magnolia, MN; burial in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne, MN