Individual Details
Lucius A. Prouty
( - 8 Oct 1862)
Obituary Painesville, Ohio Telegraph 20 Nov. 1862 page 3 Lucius A. Prouty On W dnesday last, the body of L. A. Prouty arrived from Kentucky at the Painesvill
Depot, and on Thursday, at 2 o'clock P.M., it was followed by the heart-stric
en relatives and sympathising neighbors to its last resting place--a few very
ppropriate remarks being made at the grave by Rev. M. S. Clapp. On Sunday, th
funeral services were held at the School house on Little Mountain, when the R
v. A. Brown preached to a large and attentive congregation and the deeply affl
cted friends. The deceased was one of a family of eight children (six girls an
two boys), whose father died when they were all of minor age, and the care of
the family devolved upon their mother (the now widow Prouty), who with limited
means advanced them to man and womanhood, with much credit and honor to hersel
--and they were respected and beloved by all who knew them. Three of the girl
have since died, two of them leaving husbands and small children. The presen
deceased was the youngest of the family, and was noted for his strict moralit
, industry, and affectionate regard for his widowed mother and the family. Wh
n engaged to labor by the month, he seldom ever lost a day of his time, and al
ays had the approval of his employers--was careful of his wages, appropriating
a part to educate himself, and during the three terms of his attendance at the
higher schools, never lost a single lesson--was remarkable for punctuality, an
perseverence, always accomplishing what he undertook. He took a deep interes
in the Sabbath School--was Librarian two or three seasons--taught the childre
to sing a number of beautiful pieces, and they shed many tears when he left t
em. In August last he enlisted in Co. D, 105th Reg. O. V. I., and a braver or
etter soldier was not in the Co. In the last letter he wrote to his friends,
hich was from Louisville, in speaking of the hard march from Lexington, he sai
: "I had to throw away my knapsack, but when my gun goes I go with it." Soon
fter he was marched out with Gen. Buell's army, and all who have read the acco
nt of the Perryville battle have learned that the 105th Reg. was in the hottes
of it. There he was wounded and remained on the battlefield from Wednesday un
il Thursday P. M.,--twenty-six hours. He was then removed some two or three m
les to a church, used as a hospital. On Saturday P. M. his leg was amputated,
which he bore with Christian fortitude and resignation,--saying, that it was h
rd, but if his country required, he could endure it. Before twelve o'clock th
same night his spirit took its flight to join his sisters, who had gone befor
to that happier and better world, where sickness, sorrow, pain and death, are
felt and feared no more. G. R. Little Mountain, Nov. 17, 1862
Depot, and on Thursday, at 2 o'clock P.M., it was followed by the heart-stric
en relatives and sympathising neighbors to its last resting place--a few very
ppropriate remarks being made at the grave by Rev. M. S. Clapp. On Sunday, th
funeral services were held at the School house on Little Mountain, when the R
v. A. Brown preached to a large and attentive congregation and the deeply affl
cted friends. The deceased was one of a family of eight children (six girls an
two boys), whose father died when they were all of minor age, and the care of
the family devolved upon their mother (the now widow Prouty), who with limited
means advanced them to man and womanhood, with much credit and honor to hersel
--and they were respected and beloved by all who knew them. Three of the girl
have since died, two of them leaving husbands and small children. The presen
deceased was the youngest of the family, and was noted for his strict moralit
, industry, and affectionate regard for his widowed mother and the family. Wh
n engaged to labor by the month, he seldom ever lost a day of his time, and al
ays had the approval of his employers--was careful of his wages, appropriating
a part to educate himself, and during the three terms of his attendance at the
higher schools, never lost a single lesson--was remarkable for punctuality, an
perseverence, always accomplishing what he undertook. He took a deep interes
in the Sabbath School--was Librarian two or three seasons--taught the childre
to sing a number of beautiful pieces, and they shed many tears when he left t
em. In August last he enlisted in Co. D, 105th Reg. O. V. I., and a braver or
etter soldier was not in the Co. In the last letter he wrote to his friends,
hich was from Louisville, in speaking of the hard march from Lexington, he sai
: "I had to throw away my knapsack, but when my gun goes I go with it." Soon
fter he was marched out with Gen. Buell's army, and all who have read the acco
nt of the Perryville battle have learned that the 105th Reg. was in the hottes
of it. There he was wounded and remained on the battlefield from Wednesday un
il Thursday P. M.,--twenty-six hours. He was then removed some two or three m
les to a church, used as a hospital. On Saturday P. M. his leg was amputated,
which he bore with Christian fortitude and resignation,--saying, that it was h
rd, but if his country required, he could endure it. Before twelve o'clock th
same night his spirit took its flight to join his sisters, who had gone befor
to that happier and better world, where sickness, sorrow, pain and death, are
felt and feared no more. G. R. Little Mountain, Nov. 17, 1862
Events
| Military | Aug 1862 | County D. 105th Reg. Ohio Vol. Inf. | |||
| Death | 8 Oct 1862 | Perryville, Ohio | |||
| Burial | Blish Cemetery, Mentor, Geauga County, Ohio |
Families
| Father | Luke Prouty ( - 1841) |
| Mother | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Female Prouty ( - 1862) |
| Sibling | Living |