Individual Details
Samuel Clark Kretsinger
(14 Sep 1847 - 8 Jan 1929)
Events
| Birth | 14 Sep 1847 | Mount Morris, Ogle, Illinois, United States |  | ||
| Residence | 14 Oct 1850 | Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Military | Ca 1861 | Private - Unassigned Illinois Volunteers | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1865 | Height = 5' 7 1/2", Blue Eyes, Brown Hair, Fair Complexion - Dixon, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1865 | Farmer - Ogle, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Military | From 25 Feb 1865 to 16 Sep 1865 | Private - Company H, 15th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Reorganized - Freeport, Illinois, United States |  | | |
| Marriage | 21 Oct 1868 | Ogle, Illinois, United States - Phebe Ann Alden | | ||
| Residence | 16 Sep 1870 | Post Office: Lightsville, Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Property | 1878 | Property in Section 27 - Wales, Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jun 1880 | Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1 Jun 1880 | Farmer - Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Property | 1893 | 34.35 acres in E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Section 27 - Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1893 | Farmer and Stock Raiser - Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1893 | Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois | | ||
| Military | 25 Mar 1898 | Civil War Pension Application | | | |
| Residence | 11 Jun 1900 | Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 11 Jun 1900 | Farmer - Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Residence | 3 Jun 1905 | Lake Benton RFD No. 1, Diamond Lake, Lincoln, Minnesota, United States | | ||
| Residence | 22 Apr 1910 | Diamond Lake, Lincoln, Minnesota, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 22 Apr 1910 | Farmer - Diamond Lake, Lincoln, Minnesota, United States | | ||
| Property | 1915 | 168.4 acres in NW 1/4 of Section 18 - Diamond Lake, Lincoln, Minnesota, United States | | ||
| Property | 1915 | 80 acres in N 1/2 of NW 14 of Section 13 - Drammen, Lincoln, Minnesota, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1915 | Drammen and Diamond Lake, Lincoln, Minnesota, United States | | ||
| Residence | 21 Jan 1920 | Diamond Lake, Lincoln, Minnesota, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 21 Jan 1920 | Farmer - Diamond Lake, Lincoln, Minnesota, United States | | ||
| Death | 8 Jan 1929 | Lake Benton, Lincoln, Minnesota, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Phebe Ann Alden (1850 - 1924) |
| Child | Alice Lillian Kretsinger (1869 - 1925) |
| Child | Eldridge Ulysses Kretsinger (1871 - 1955) |
| Child | Caroline Hannah "Carrie" Kretsinger (1873 - 1964) |
| Child | Nellie Mae Kretsinger (1875 - 1970) |
| Child | Anna Edith "Annie" Kretsinger (1878 - 1966) |
| Child | Lewis Clark Kretsinger (1880 - 1964) |
| Child | Lloyd Israel Kretsinger (1883 - 1955) |
| Child | Minnie Gertrude Kretsinger (1886 - 1962) |
| Child | Eva Viola Kretsinger (1889 - 1956) |
| Child | Irvin Lincoln Kretsinger (1892 - 1943) |
| Father | Lewis Urias Kretsinger (1822 - 1889) |
| Mother | Caroline Zigler (1823 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Elmer L. Kretsinger ( - 1878) |
| Sibling | Jennie C. Kretsinger ( - ) |
| Sibling | Mary L. Kretsinger ( - 1878) |
| Sibling | Ernest O. Kretsinger ( - ) |
| Sibling | Josiah T. Kretsinger ( - ) |
| Sibling | Lewis F. Kretsinger (1852 - ) |
| Sibling | Milton E. Kretsinger (1858 - ) |
| Sibling | David E. Kretsinger (1868 - ) |
Notes
Military
Samuel Kretsinger enlisted in the US Army for a tour of one year on 25 February 1865. He entered service in Dixon, Illinois, under a Captain Eustace. The war ended before the end of his year of service, and he mustered out on September 16, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, under a Captain Hubbard.(https://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilMusterSearch.do?key=143773)
History of UNION ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS: 15th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
OVERVIEW: Organized at Freeport, Ill., and mustered in May 24, 1861. Ordered to Alton, Ill., June 1, 1861, and duty there till July 15, 1861. Moved to St. Charles, Mo., thence to Hannibal, Jefferson Barracks and Rolla, Mo., July 15-August 7. Advance toward Columbus August 29-September 8. Join Fremont's Army at Tipton, Mo., October 1. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District West Tennessee, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of West Tennessee, and Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to June, 1865. Dept. of Missouri to September, 1865.
SERVICE: Fremont's advance on Springfield, Mo., October 13-November 3, 1861. Moved to Sedalia, thence to Otterville, and duty there till February, 1862. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., thence to Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 1-16. Capture of Fort Donelson February 16. Expedition to Crump's Landing and occupation of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via Grand Junction, Holly Springs and Lagrange, June 1-July 21. Duty at Memphis till September 6. March to Bolivar and forced march to Hatchie River September 6-October 4. Battle of Hatchie River, or Metamora, October 5. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central R. R. from Bolivar to Coffeeville October 31, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Duty at Memphis, Tenn., till May, 1863. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., May 13. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 22-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Assault on Jackson July 12. Reconnaissance to Pearl River July 15. Moved to Natchez, Miss., August 15, and duty there till November 10. Expedition to Harrisonburg September 1-7. Near Harrisonburg and capture of Fort Beauregard September 4. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., November 10, and duty there till February, 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 5. Champion's Hill, Baker's Creek, February 4. Movement to Cairo, Ill., thence to Clifton, Tenn., and march to Ackworth, Ga., via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., April 28-June 8. Atlanta Campaign June 8 to September 8. Assigned to garrison duty at Allatoona Pass, Ackworth, Big Shanty and Marietta till November. Regiment consolidated with 14th Illinois Infantry July 1, 1864, as 14th and 15th Illinois Battalion Infantry. Action at Big Shanty October 3 (2 Cos.). Ackworth October 4 (3 Cos.). Morris Station October 4 (Detachment). Allatoona Pass October 5 (Detachment). March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Pocotaliga, S. C., January 14-16. Combahee River January 25. Salkehatchie Swamps February 2-5. Rivers' Bridge, Salkehatchie River, February 3. South Edisto River, Binnaker's Bridge, February 9. Orangeburg, North Edisto River, February 11-12. Columbia February 15-17. Cheraw March 3. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24, and of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Regiment reorganized at Raleigh, N. C., April 28, 1865, from 14th and 15th Battalion Infantry. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 7-10, thence to St. Louis, Mo., and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. March to Fort Kearney July 1-14, and duty on the plains till September 1. Ordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, September 16, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 81 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 135 Enlisted men by disease. Total 227.
(https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UIL0015RI)
Military
Samuel Kretsinger applied for a Civil War pension on March 25, 1898 (application no. 1205.953; certificate no. 1045.921). It was recorded as invalid.Endnotes
1. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1900 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, s.v. "Samuel C. Kretsinger;" Year: 1900; Census Place: Leaf Rive, Ogle, Illinois; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0081; FHL microfilm: 1240333.
2. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1850 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, s.v. "Saml C Kretsinger," Year: 1850; Census Place: Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois; Roll: M432_123; Page: 117A; Image: 242.
3. National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database (Washington, DC: National Park Service), online database, https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm, accessed January 2019, s.v. "Samuel Kretsinger," Unassigned Illinois Volunteers, M539 Roll 50.
4. Illinois State Archives, Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls (Springfield, IL: Illinois State Archives), online database: http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/datcivil.html, accessed December 2019, s.v. "Samuel Kretsinger," Private, 15th Illinois US Infantry Reorganized, 25 February 1865 to 16 September 1865.
5. Illinois State Archives, Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls (Springfield, IL: Illinois State Archives), online database: http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/datcivil.html, accessed December 2019, s.v. "Samuel Kretsinger," Private, 15th Illinois US Infantry Reorganized, 25 February 1865 to 16 September 1865.
6. National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database (Washington, DC: National Park Service), online database, https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm, accessed January 2019, s.v. "Samuel Kretsinger," Unassigned Illinois Volunteers, M539 Roll 50.
7. Illinois State Archives, Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls (Springfield, IL: Illinois State Archives), online database: http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/datcivil.html, accessed December 2019, s.v. "Samuel Kretsinger," Private, 15th Illinois US Infantry Reorganized, 25 February 1865 to 16 September 1865.
8. Ogle County Court Records, Marriage Index, Ogle County, Illinois, s.v., " Phebe Alden" and "Samuel Kretsinger," Film #1420755-1420756, 21 October 1868.
9. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1900 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, s.v. "Samuel C. Kretsinger;" Year: 1900; Census Place: Leaf Rive, Ogle, Illinois; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0081; FHL microfilm: 1240333.
10. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1910 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, s.v. "Samuel S Kretsinger;" Year: 1910; Census Place: Diamond Lake, Lincoln, Minnesota; Roll: T624_709; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0076; FHL microfilm: 1374722.
11. Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index (Springfield, IL: Illinois State Archives), online database: http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html, accessed December 2019, Samuel Kretsinger to Phebe Alden, 21 October 1868, Volume 00C, License number: 00003292, Ogle County.
12. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1870 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1870), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, s.v. "Samuel Kretsinger;" Year: 1870; Census Place: Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois; Roll: M593_265; Page: 329A; Family History Library Film: 545764.
13. History of Ogle County, Illinois (Chicago, IL: H. F. Kett & Company, Times Building, 1878), online document, accessed through Ancestry.com, 746.
14. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1880 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, s.v. "Sam'l Kretsinger;" Year: 1880; Census Place: Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois; Roll: 239; Page: 192C; Enumeration District: 158.
15. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1880 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, s.v. "Sam'l Kretsinger;" Year: 1880; Census Place: Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois; Roll: 239; Page: 192C; Enumeration District: 158.
16. George A. Ogle & Company, Plat Book of Ogle County, Illinois (Chicago, IL: George A. Ogle & Company, 1893), online document, accessed through Ancestry.com, 43.
17. George A. Ogle & Company, Plat Book of Ogle County, Illinois (Chicago, IL: George A. Ogle & Company, 1893), online document, accessed through Ancestry.com, 110.
18. George A. Ogle & Company, Plat Book of Ogle County, Illinois (Chicago, IL: George A. Ogle & Company, 1893), online document, accessed through Ancestry.com, 43.
19. National Archives and Records Administration, Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 544 rolls), accessed through Ancestry.com, s.v. "Samuel C Kretsinger," Illinois.
20. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1900 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, s.v. "Samuel C. Kretsinger;" Year: 1900; Census Place: Leaf Rive, Ogle, Illinois; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0081; FHL microfilm: 1240333.
21. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1900 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, s.v. "Samuel C. Kretsinger;" Year: 1900; Census Place: Leaf Rive, Ogle, Illinois; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0081; FHL microfilm: 1240333.
22. Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota State Census Records, 1849-1905 (St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977 [microfilm reels 1-47 and 107-164]), online database: http://www.mnhs.org/search/people, s.v., "Samuel C Kretsinger," 3 June 1905, IDs: 2882696 and 2882697.
23. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1910 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, s.v. "Samuel S Kretsinger;" Year: 1910; Census Place: Diamond Lake, Lincoln, Minnesota; Roll: T624_709; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0076; FHL microfilm: 1374722.
24. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1910 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, s.v. "Samuel S Kretsinger;" Year: 1910; Census Place: Diamond Lake, Lincoln, Minnesota; Roll: T624_709; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0076; FHL microfilm: 1374722.
25. Webb Publishing Company, Atlas and Farm Directory with Complete Survey in Township Plats, Lincoln County, Minnesota (St. Paul, MN: Webb Publishing Company, 1915), online document, accessed through Ancestry.com, 22-25.
26. Webb Publishing Company, Atlas and Farm Directory with Complete Survey in Township Plats, Lincoln County, Minnesota (St. Paul, MN: Webb Publishing Company, 1915), online document, accessed through Ancestry.com, 22-25.
27. Webb Publishing Company, Atlas and Farm Directory with Complete Survey in Township Plats, Lincoln County, Minnesota (St. Paul, MN: Webb Publishing Company, 1915), online document, accessed through Ancestry.com, 22-25.
28. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1920 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, s.v. "Samuel C Kretsinger;" Year: 1920; Census Place: Diamond Lake, Lincoln, Minnesota; Roll: T625_842; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 112.
29. U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1920 United States Census (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920), electronic document, accessed through Ancestry.com, s.v. "Samuel C Kretsinger;" Year: 1920; Census Place: Diamond Lake, Lincoln, Minnesota; Roll: T625_842; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 112.
30. Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota Death Records, 1904-2001 (Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Department of Health), online database: http://www.mnhs.org/search/people, s.v. "Samuel Clark Kretsinger;" 8 January 1929, Lincoln County, State File/Certificate Number: 1929-MN-007364, Record Number: 527726.
31. Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota Veteran's Graves Index, 1857-1975 (Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Veterans Affairs Department), online database: http://www.mnhs.org/search/people, s.v. "Samuel C. Kretsinger;" Lincoln County, 8 January 1929, Military Service: Civil War, ID: 35213.