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Lafayette Rasnake

Biography
Born 04/10/1832
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died ca. 1871
Death Location Meeker Co., MN
Father Jacob Rasnake
Mother Judith Finney
Married ca. 1855
8/10/1862
Spouses Margaret Rasnake
Harriet Patrick
Military Units
16th Cavalry
Ferguson's Battalion
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
16th Cavalry
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Ferguson's Cavalry
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Census Information:

1850: 190, Age 20
1860: 164, Age 28
1870: Lebanon 255, Age 40
1880: DEAD
1900: DEAD
1910: DEAD
1920: DEAD
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:

Notes: ancestrytree says he died in 1871 in Meeker, Minnesota., wife is in 1880 census alone with kids.

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1
Private, Capt. Charles E. Stevenson's Company, Ferguson's Battalion Cavalry

Appears on a muster roll for Aug. 4, 1862 (Dated Aug. 4, 1862)

Enlisted:
When: Aug. 5
Where: Lebanon, Va
By whom: Maj. Cecil
Period: 3

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Never reported since enlisted

Card 2
Private, Company A, 16th Virginia Cavalry

Appears on a muster roll for Oct. 31, 1863 to Apr. 1, 1864 (Dated Apl. 1, 1864)

Enlisted:
When: Aug. 5, 1862
Where: Lebanon, Va
By whom: Capt. Stevenson
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom: Due from enlist
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 3

Appears on a muster roll for Oct. 31, 1863 to Oct. 31, 1864 (Dated Nov. 30, 1864)

Enlisted:
When: Aug. 5, 1862
Where: Lebanon, Va
By whom: Capt. Stevenson
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Ward
To what time: Jan. 1, 1863

Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Absent without leave

Card 4

Appears on a muster roll for Nov. & Dec., 1864 (Dated Dec. 31, 1864)

Enlisted:
When: Aug. 5, 1862
Where: Lebanon
By whom: Capt. C. E. Stevenson
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom: Ward
To what time: Jan. 1, 1863

Present or absent:
Remarks: Deserted

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