William Lewis Laffer

  General Notes:

Served in Company D, 52nd Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry from June 1861 to June 3, 1865. He enlisted in 1861 and was mustered in to Camp Dennison, Ohio on August 20, 1862. He was mustered out at Washington, D.C. on June 3, 1865. He was mustered out as a 2nd Sgt. His company muster rolls show that he was in the hospital and ill about half the time he was serving. He claimed in his pension applications to have contracted rheumatism during his service years. He served in Kentucky and in Tennessee as well as his original camp in Ohio. It is difficult to tell whether the Department of the Interior and/or the War Department honored the physical disability request. He had to send in a change of address every time he moved. This change was to reaffirm his claim. Most interesting reading. Buried in Section G Row 4, West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio 1840, 1850, 1860 see Philip P. Laffer Ottawa/Lima, Allen County, Ohio 28 June 1870 Pg. 454 Dwelling No. 410 Family No. 445 Laffer, William L. 31 Dealer in Machinery Ohio Lovina 21 Keeping House $160 pers Ohio William 9/12 At home Ohio born Oct 1869 Ball, George 19 Dealer in Machinery Ohio Welch, Mary 19 Domestic Servant Ireland

William married Lavinia Babb Ball on 2 Oct 1866 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio. (Lavinia Babb Ball was born on 8 Jul 1848 in Greentown, Summit County, Ohio, died on 17 Nov 1917 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio and was buried in West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio.)