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CCGS MEMBER SUBMISSIONS
ANCESTOR VIGNETTE
Several months ago, I received a packet of information from member Hylon J. Heaton to be included in our ancestor files in the research room. Included in this was the following "Ancestor Vignette" which I thought our readers might enjoy. Hylon also enclosed a photograph of this ancestor, which I regret would not copy clearly enough to include in this piece.
George Elias William Beryl Heaton
Sergeant 28th Michigan Infantry Co. F
Great Grandfather of Hylon J. Heaton III
Gov. Crapo Camp No. 145
GEORGE ELIAS WILLIAM BERYL HEATON was born 5 August 1844, in Orleans County, New York. He volunteered for service in Company B of the 13th Michigan Infantry on February 10, 1863. He was wounded on 20 September 1863 at Chickamauga Creek, Tennessee and was hospitalized in Chicago, Illinois. He returned home to Fitchburg, Michigan to recover from his wound.
George E.M.B. Heaton re-enlisted into Company F of the 28th Michigan Infantry as a Corporal on 20 August 1864. His father, Private John C. Heaton, a wagon maker, enlisted with him. His brother, Private Hylon (Hyler) E. Heaton also enlisted but in Company C of the 9th Michigan Cavalry.
George E.M.B. Heaton was injured a second time in the battle of Kingston, North Carolina (also called Wyse Ford). It was said that he lay trapped for 26 hours under a breastwork timber during this battle. He gained the rank of Sergeant before his honorable discharge on June 5, 1866 at Raleigh, North Carolina. He wore a double truss the remainder of his life to correct the left inguinal hernia he received at Wyse Ford. He later died of surgery complications for a strangulated bowel, the result of this save hernia, on 3 March 1922 in Boyne City, Charlevoix County, Michigan.
Thank you again Hylon for sharing this item with our readers. For those of you who have written, or would like to write a similar vignette on one of your ancestors, please do so and submit a copy to the Editor. These make for great reading and we love to add new material to our ancestors files!
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