Descendants of William Christopher Wescott - Person Sheet
Spouses
1Hester "Hettie" BUCHWALTER 
, B243, 5950, F
, B243, 5950, FBirth28 Feb 1843, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH, USA31
Death2 May 1915, Starbuck, Columbia County, WA, USA31 Age: 72
BurialPotlatch, Latch County, ID, USA31
FatherJacob BUCHWALTER , 5608, M (1814-1888)
MotherSusannah KAUFFMAN , 5609, F (1818-1887)
Marriage5 Jun 1872, See Notes31
ChildrenJohn F. , 5585, M (1873-1917)
Harry E. , 5586, M (1874-1917)
Charles E. , 5587, M (1875-1953)
William E. , 5569, M (1877-1963)
Weltha Susannah , 5588, F (1880-1974)
Edward , 5613, M (1882-1967)
Arthur J. , 5590, M (1885-1885)
Notes for Samuel H. HARRISON
Text taken from the "History of the Kauffman and Harrison Family - 1561 to 1983". "Our grandparents, Samuel and Hettie Harrison, moved their family from Jewell, Kansas to Princeton, Idaho about 1887. Grandfather, a Civil War veteran, filed for a government pension in Jewell, Kansas on July 17, 1886. There are other pension papers dated December 5, 1888 in Princeton, Idaho.31
Page 132 of the above referenced family history states:
"Samuel Harrison enlisted on October 31st at Circleville, Ohio. he enlisted as a private in the infantry, Company E, 43rd Regiment. He answered the first roll call after training on October 31, 1861. He served under the command of Captain Luther Stewart. While in the service he contracted measles which necessitated that he be hospitalized in Mount Vernon, Ohio. After his release from the hospital he reenlisted in the same company and regiment on December 24, 1863. He was discharged on July 13, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky
"The Army's description of our Grandfather was that he was 5'11" tall, fair complexion, blue eyes and dark hair. He received a pension of $48.00 a month. After his death Grandmother received $12.00 per month. "The location of Samuel Harrison's birth is conflicting. According to the book, "History of the Kauffman and Harrison Family 1561-1983" by Myrtle Harrison Nettleton, he was born in Jefferson County, Ohio. According to the Kauffman Family Tree submitted by Kenneth Malloy, Samuel Harrison was born in Jewell County, Iowa.
The author of this family tree, Alice Jensen Orr, has in her possession, copies of Samuel Harrison's military information, pension information and a Copy of his Certificate of Marriage to Hester Buckwalter.31
Information is from Alice Orr; Freeze, ID is where my great-grandfather, Samuel Harrison, died. They moved his coffin to Potlatch, ID. To my knowledge, it no longer exists. It was near Potlatch, ID. Canyon, WA is the same. There is a tiny store with an old gas pump in the area where Canyon used to be. Don and I were there when we were trying to find my mother's cousin's ranch. Mother was born in what was called Canyon, but it was in what we call "the Palouse Country" of Washington, and the whole area consists of large ranches. It is called the bread basket of the country because of all the grain production.31
Page 132 of the above referenced family history states:
"Samuel Harrison enlisted on October 31st at Circleville, Ohio. he enlisted as a private in the infantry, Company E, 43rd Regiment. He answered the first roll call after training on October 31, 1861. He served under the command of Captain Luther Stewart. While in the service he contracted measles which necessitated that he be hospitalized in Mount Vernon, Ohio. After his release from the hospital he reenlisted in the same company and regiment on December 24, 1863. He was discharged on July 13, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky
"The Army's description of our Grandfather was that he was 5'11" tall, fair complexion, blue eyes and dark hair. He received a pension of $48.00 a month. After his death Grandmother received $12.00 per month. "The location of Samuel Harrison's birth is conflicting. According to the book, "History of the Kauffman and Harrison Family 1561-1983" by Myrtle Harrison Nettleton, he was born in Jefferson County, Ohio. According to the Kauffman Family Tree submitted by Kenneth Malloy, Samuel Harrison was born in Jewell County, Iowa.
The author of this family tree, Alice Jensen Orr, has in her possession, copies of Samuel Harrison's military information, pension information and a Copy of his Certificate of Marriage to Hester Buckwalter.31
Information is from Alice Orr; Freeze, ID is where my great-grandfather, Samuel Harrison, died. They moved his coffin to Potlatch, ID. To my knowledge, it no longer exists. It was near Potlatch, ID. Canyon, WA is the same. There is a tiny store with an old gas pump in the area where Canyon used to be. Don and I were there when we were trying to find my mother's cousin's ranch. Mother was born in what was called Canyon, but it was in what we call "the Palouse Country" of Washington, and the whole area consists of large ranches. It is called the bread basket of the country because of all the grain production.31