Minus Winthrop Gordy1,2

M, b. 16 October 1842, d. 1 July 1926
     Minus Winthrop Gordy was born on 16 October 1842 at Greene County, Ohio, USAB,G.3,4

     Minus Winthrop Gordy married Mary Jane Renslow, daughter of Lucius N. Renslow and Mary Ann Boyle, on 29 September 1883 at Kasson, Dodge, Minnesota, USAB,G, at age 40.1,5,6
     Minus Winthrop Gordy died on 1 July 1926 at Ramsey County, Minnesota, USAB,G, at age 83.7

Locations

Milit-Beg26 October 1861High Forest, Olmsted, Minnesota, USAB,G, as a musician in Company K, Minnesota 3rd Infantry, most of whom were captured by Nathan Bedford Forrest at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. After parole they saw service in the Dakota War of 1862, then various posts until they saw service at Vicksburg and Arkansas. They were mustered in and out at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. The company lost 17 killed and 279 to disease. Musicians beat the march tempo and sounded the daily routine8,9
Milit-End18 September 1865Fort Snelling, Hennepin, Minnesota, USAB,G,8,9

Children of Minus Winthrop Gordy and Mary Jane Renslow

Unique ID=GORDY-28770
Last Edited=2 Sep 2019

Citations

  1. [S498] Donald Dale, "Email: Dale, 2004 01 18, "Re: Kling/Boyle"," e-mail message from e-mail address (Fayetteville, Pennsylvania) to Barbara Zanzig, 18 Jan 2004. Hereinafter cited as "Mary Ann Boyle's siblings/children."
  2. [S154] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, online http://trees.ancestry.com, Minus Winthrop Gordy entry, unknown author, adds middle name.
  3. [S680] 1920 US Census MN, Ramsey 853, Ramsey Co., Minnesota, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), Minus Gordy; citing Roll T625_853.
  4. [S154] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, online http://trees.ancestry.com, Minus W. Gordy entry, Thrailkill-Smith, updated 16 Sep 2004 by William D. Andrews, e-mail address.
  5. [S703] Olmsted County Index to Marriage Records, Females, 1850-1984, Microfilmed images (Rochester, MN: Olmsted County District Court, 9 Mar 2000), FHL film #2195197, Renslow, Mary, bk. H, p. 136.
  6. [S154] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, online http://trees.ancestry.com, Minus Winthrop Gordy, unknown submitter.
  7. [S466] Minnesota Dept. of Health, Minnesota Historical Society Death Certificate Index, 1908-1959, online http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm, 1908-1959 Minnesota Historical Society Death Certificate Index (Minnesota), 1997.
  8. [S566] John Dalby, Minnesota Civil War Veterans, online http://www.ancestry.com, Minnesota Civil War Veterans, 1999.
  9. [S1553] Wikipedia.com, online http://www.wikipedia.org, 3rd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment entry, rev. 8 January 2015, at 18:45. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.
  10. [S679] 1900 US Federal Census, Ramsey Co., Minnesota, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7602), M. W. Gordy; citing NARA microfilm roll T623_784.