Ecker, Miner
Birth
Miner David Ecker[1] was born in Knox[2] 13 Mar. 1844[3], a son of David Ecker and Mary E. Saddlemire, and a brother to Jerome W. Ecker.
Military Service
| Residence: | Knox [2] |
| Parents Names: | David (Ecker) and Mary E. Saddlemire [2] |
| Enlistment Date: | 28 Aug 1862 |
| Term of Enlistment: | 3 years |
| Bounty Received: | $100.00 |
| Enlistment Place: | Knox, New York |
| Enlistment Rank: | Private |
| State Served: | New York |
| Mustered in with Regiment on: | 19 Sep 1862 |
| Regiment: | 61st Infantry |
| Company: | Company I |
| Discharged for Disability on: | 31 Dec 1862 |
| Discharged at: | Washington, DC |
| Place of Death: | Knox, NY [2] |
| Place of Burial: | Berne, NY [2] |
| Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 18[4] |
| Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War |
Death
Mustered September 19, 1862; discharged by reason of disability and died 8 Aug. 1864 in Knox, and is buried in Beaverdam Cemetery in Berne.[2]
Additional Research Notes
Additional Media
New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 about Miner Ecker
Name: Miner Ecker
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birth Place: Knox, New York
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Knox, New York
Muster Year: 1862
Separation Details: Discharged
Separation Date: 31 Dec 1862
Source Citation: New York State Archives, Cultural Education Center, Albany, New York; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900;Archive Collection #:13775-83;Box #:236;Roll #:1107.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts of New York State Volunteers, United States Sharpshooters, and United States Colored Troops [ca. 1861-1900]. (microfilm, 1185 rolls). Albany, New York: New York State Archives.
Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 about Miner Ecker
Name: Miner Ecker
Birth Place: Knox, Albany Co, New York
Father: David Ecker
Mother: Mary E Saddlemire
Residence Place: Knox
Enlistment Date: Aug 1862
Enlistment Location: Knox, Albany, New York
Regiment: 61st Regiment
Company: I
Rank: Private
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Ecker, Jerome W., descends from one of the early families of the Schoharie valley, one of whom was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary war.
David Ecker, his father, born in Berne, Albany county, in 1815, was a farmer and died March 17, 1896. His wife, Mary E., daughter of Adam Saddlemire, also born in 1815, died in February, 1892. One of their sons, Miner, enlisted in the 62d N. Y. Vols., and died from disease contracted in the service.
Jerome W. Ecker, born in Knox, Albany county, July 21, 1847, was educated at the Knox Academy, the Albany State Normal School and the Fort Edward Institute and was graduated from the Albany Law School and admitted to the bar in February, 1872. He afterward continued his legal studies with Hungerford & Hotaling and since 1877 has been in the active practice of his profession. In October, 1862, he enlisted in Co. G, 172d N. Y. Vols., under Capt. Morgan L. Filkins, and served ten months, participating in the siege of Port Hudson and the two expeditions to the Amite River. He is past officer in the subordinate lodge and encampment of I. O. O. F., member of the Grand Lodge and the daughters of Rebekah, member of Chancellors Lodge No. 58, K. of P., Albany Division No. 2. Uniformed Rank, K. of P., the Grand Lodge of this order since 1888, and Lewis O. Morris Post No. 121, G. A. R. June 12, 1872, he married Charlotte daughter of Jacob Kniskern of Knox, and they have had six children : Nellie G., Frederick (died aged nine months), George W. (a student at Rutgers College, class of 1899), Edward, Howard J. and Eva (deceased).
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